The 37th Portland International Film Festival runs this year from February 6th to the 25th. They’re screening 104 feature films and 24 shorts across those two weeks from countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Iceland, Nepal, and Taiwan. Check out the official site for tickets and/or more details. Our seventh trio of Piff films all hail from the same region of Europe and all feature kids fusing fantasy and reality to grow up and join genre stories usually reserved for adults. Antboy sees a boy turned into a superhero after being bitten by a special insect, but the fun he has fighting crime is threatened by the arrival of an equally powerful villain. The Tough Guys follows another boy who fancies himself a superhero but lacks anything resembling a super power. His efforts to help others lead to some tough consequences for himself. Lastly, The Zigzag Kid bypasses the comic book stuff all together in favor of a...
- 2/17/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Dutch filmmaker Boudewijn Koole’s Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant for best film in the International Live-action Competition at this year’s International Children’s Film Festival of India (Icffi) which wrapped in Hyderabad on Nov 20.
French-Belgian film Ernest And Celestine, directed by Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, was awarded the Golden Elephant in the International Animation Competition, while Russian film Chinti, by Natalia Mirzoyan, took the top award in the International Shorts Competition.
International Live Action Competition
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature
Kauwboy
Golden plaque for Second Best Live Action Feature
A Horse On The Balcony
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Director
Kaphal – Batul Mukhtiar
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Screenplay
Nono, The Zigzag Kid
A Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature (Children’s Jury)
A Horse On The Balcony
International Animation Competition
Golden Elephant for Best Animation Feature
Ernest Et Celestine
Golden plaque for Second Best Animation Feature...
French-Belgian film Ernest And Celestine, directed by Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, was awarded the Golden Elephant in the International Animation Competition, while Russian film Chinti, by Natalia Mirzoyan, took the top award in the International Shorts Competition.
International Live Action Competition
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature
Kauwboy
Golden plaque for Second Best Live Action Feature
A Horse On The Balcony
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Director
Kaphal – Batul Mukhtiar
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Screenplay
Nono, The Zigzag Kid
A Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature (Children’s Jury)
A Horse On The Balcony
International Animation Competition
Golden Elephant for Best Animation Feature
Ernest Et Celestine
Golden plaque for Second Best Animation Feature...
- 11/24/2013
- ScreenDaily
Dutch filmmaker Boudewijn Koole’s Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant for best film in the International Live-action Competition at this year’s International Children’s Film Festival of India (Icffi) which wrapped in Hyderabad on Nov 20.
French-Belgian film Ernest And Celestine, directed by Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, was awarded the Golden Elephant in the International Animation Competition, while Russian film Chinti, by Natalia Mirzoyan, took the top award in the International Shorts Competition.
International Live Action Competition:
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature: Kauwboy
Golden plaque for Second Best Live Action Feature: A Horse On The Balcony
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Director: Kaphal – Batul Mukhtiar
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Screenplay: Nono, The Zigzag Kid
A Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature (Children’s Jury): A Horse On The Balcony
International Animation Competition:
Golden Elephant for Best Animation Feature: Ernest Et Celestine
Golden plaque for Second Best Animation...
French-Belgian film Ernest And Celestine, directed by Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner, was awarded the Golden Elephant in the International Animation Competition, while Russian film Chinti, by Natalia Mirzoyan, took the top award in the International Shorts Competition.
International Live Action Competition:
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature: Kauwboy
Golden plaque for Second Best Live Action Feature: A Horse On The Balcony
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Director: Kaphal – Batul Mukhtiar
Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Screenplay: Nono, The Zigzag Kid
A Golden Elephant for Best Live Action Feature (Children’s Jury): A Horse On The Balcony
International Animation Competition:
Golden Elephant for Best Animation Feature: Ernest Et Celestine
Golden plaque for Second Best Animation...
- 11/24/2013
- ScreenDaily
Batul Mukhtiar won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Live Action Director for Kaphal in the Competition International Live Action section at the International Children’s Film Festival of India.
Tamaash or The Puppet by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Short, Children’s Jury. The film was competing in the International Shorts section.
Shilpa Ranade’s Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Artwork and Arnab Chaudhuri’s Arjun won a Golden Elephant trophy for Best Animation Feature, Children’s Jury. Both films were competing in the International Animation competition section.
The 18th edition of the festival was held in Hyderabad from November 14 – 20, 2013.
Complete list of winners:
Competition Little Directors
Golden Elephant trophy for Best Little Director – Breaking The Silence by Siddhanth Joshi and Tamatar Chor by Pawanjot Singh.
Golden Plaque for Second Best Little Director – Ecole Mondiale World...
Tamaash or The Puppet by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Short, Children’s Jury. The film was competing in the International Shorts section.
Shilpa Ranade’s Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Artwork and Arnab Chaudhuri’s Arjun won a Golden Elephant trophy for Best Animation Feature, Children’s Jury. Both films were competing in the International Animation competition section.
The 18th edition of the festival was held in Hyderabad from November 14 – 20, 2013.
Complete list of winners:
Competition Little Directors
Golden Elephant trophy for Best Little Director – Breaking The Silence by Siddhanth Joshi and Tamatar Chor by Pawanjot Singh.
Golden Plaque for Second Best Little Director – Ecole Mondiale World...
- 11/21/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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