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360 Vision 2017 is an invitation-only Virtual Reality Lab bringing together some of Australia’s best screen producers, directors, practitioners and artists to meet with key VR content creators and professionals for two days of inspiration, information and networking.
Galway City of Film received a special invitation from its counterpart Sydney to attend the 360 Vision event held in April along with Galway-based filmmaker Paula Kehoe.
Kehoe, originally from Melbourne and based in Connemara, is an award winning filmmaker who recently created...
Busan invites the UNESCO Creative Cities of Film to nominate one filmmaker from each city to participate in a three week collaborative filmmaking residency.
From 24 April to 11 May, this inter-city session featuring cinematic representatives from the other Creative Cities of Film will be a unique opportunity to display the collaborative spirit and unity that bonds together the members of the Network.
Following the residency, participants will be invited to screen their city’s filmmaker film at the 1st Busan Inter-City Film Festival,...
Open to all members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, the theme of the 2017 edition of Bradford’s Small World Film Festival is “My City”.
In this framework, the Creative City of Film calls for the UCCN members to submit a short film about their city, meeting the following instructions:
The short films should not exceed a maximum of 6-minute length;
All entries must be carry English subtitles and be suitable for a family audience;
All genres are accepted to portray your city: animation...
From 18 to 21 November, the 18th edition of the Independent Film Festival of Busan, which was launched in 1999, has screened 56 films of the most renowned and promising directors of the independent genre in the Republic of Korea and across the world. The screenings were held at Busan Cinema Center and other city's theaters.
This year’s edition has welcomed the Creative Cities of Film of Bradford (UK), Galway (Ireland) and Sofia (Bulgaria), and was composed of 6 main sessions: “Deep Focus”, “Inter-City”,...
On 20 October, Rome, Creative City of Film, organizes an International Conference on Cine-Creative Communities, to be held at the National Museum Palazzo Massimo, to further explore the potential of UNESCO Creative Cities of Film and Creative Cities 3.0 for sustainable urban development. The Conference will focus on the objectives of the action plan of Rome as a Creative City of Film, with the participation of decision-making institutions, the UNESCO Creative Cities – including Galway, Bradford, Bologna, Fabriano, Parma and Turin...
Galway, UNESCO City of Film, is commemorating the Irish 1916 Rising with a programme of seminal Irish Cinema and landmark television events to take place over eight Saturdays throughout 2016.
This programme, called “100 Years of Cinema”, will take the form of one-day events, roughly one Saturday per month, to include screenings, debate and lively discussion of the development of Galway's national identity and national cinema over the past one hundred years.
Each event will be themed and programmed by a different guest curator...
Under the Galway UNESCO City of Film, Galway Film Centre, in association with the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), have just launched a partnership project called ‘Science on Screen’ funded through Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme, which aims to facilitate, promote and increase the inclusion of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) content in Irish film and TV production.
The Science on Screen project will 100% fund two 26 minutes science films with a...
As a UNESCO Creative City of Film, Bradford (UK) plays an important role from the beginning of its designation developing a large range of activities intended to implement the UNESCO Creative Cities Network Mission Statement both at the local and international levels. The Film Critic Master Class is organized in this context by the University of Bradford in partnership with Bradford UNESCO City of Film and forms part of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO.
Given by Phillip Bergson, winner of a New Statesman competition, the Master...
From 10 to 20 March 2016, the Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria) spreads its wings wide across the city to celebrate its 20th anniversary with international film makers and fans of big screen.
Sofia International Film Festival is the leading film festival in Bulgaria. Launched in 1997, it attracts more than 70 000 spectators annually. The Festival promotes important and innovative works of modern world cinema to local audiences as well as Bulgarian and Balkan cinema to international audiences, implementing the mission...
As a Creative City of Film, Sydney is launching two annual funding programmes for 2015.
The Emerging Filmmakers Fund (EFF) supports new and emerging filmmakers in New South Wales (NSW) by funding the production and post-production of short form projects. It provides a funded career development opportunity for creative teams and encourages exploration, experimentation and the chance to master the art of screen storytelling. In partnership with Screen NSW, Metro Screen supports up to three projects with grants of up to $30,000. Each team will...