Warsaw 2008

"Waltz with Bashir" (Ari Folman)

24th Warsaw Film Festival. Under the direction of Stefan Laudyn, the 24th Warsaw Film Festival presents a diverse selection of features and shorts from across the world. The opening with Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) emphasised its penchant for debut and independent filmmaking, and also for Eastern and Central European films. In addition to its other selections, the festival included a retrospective of Israeli actress Gila Alamagor and Finnish filmmaker Priit Parn. The FIPRESCI Jury considered films form Central and Eastern Europe from across the competitions, whilst the selection FIPRESCI Warsaw Projects gave critics and journalists from the country the chance to hone their skills. The Warsaw Film Festival enjoys particularly committed audiences from across the region and their willingness to support new filmmaking talent gives people the opportunity for discussions with viewers and other filmmakers in an 'A-List' festival atmosphere without the habitual pressure that 'A-List' festivals can often exert. (Laurence Boyce)

24th Warsaw Film Festival (October 10-19, 2008), www.wff.pl
FIPRESCI Prize: The Investigator (A nyomozó) by Attila Gigor (Hungary, 2008, presented in the official competition). Details

Reports

Private Investigations. Detective stories and Identity in Attila Gigor's The Investigator.
Social Consciousness. Mihai Fulger examines escaping from realism in new CEE cinema.
Voices of Young Creators. Olga Markova is wondering about the artistic engagement of young film directors with significant problems of our times.

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