The Seventh Edition of Quest Europe has just finished

The Seventh Edition of Quest Europe has just finished.

The headlights of the final weekend of events included:

 - Fashion Show by Natalia Zielińska – with projects and designs inspired by films from both past and preset editions of the festival

 - A Music Concert of film soundtracks performed by Giga Drum

 - A Recital of Ewa i Wojtek Jaske

 - A Special meeting with, and tribute to renowned actor Piotr Machalica

 - A Special meeting with, and tribute to renowned actress Marzena Trybała

 - Special screenings of films awarded at partner festivals from abroad.

 - An exhibit of film posters

 - A Special Screening of the STAR CINEMA Series

 - And finally, the Competitive Screenings from the culmination of the festival itself.

The two Masters of Ceremony were actors from The Lubuski Theatre: Janusz Młyński and Wojciech Brawer.

Many film makers and audiences from Poland and across Europe visited our festival.  The normally „rustic” Nysa Cinema became the centre of the cinematic world in Lubuskie Region by hosting hundreds of cinema fans during the final three days of Quest Europe.

From the competitive section of Quest Europe, the jury granted the awards to films from Poland, Belarus, Russia and Germany.

The jury members frequently emphasised the high quality of films presented at the competitive stage and were astonished by the ambience of the festival and the beauty of the region:

 It has been a great time! I am very grateful for the invitation and all the  great things I have experienced here. It is a special event and it is a pity, it has finished already. The films viewed here and people, who I have had honour to meet – all this moved my heart and I am deeply enchanted by all of this!

 Piotr Machalica

I just love Quest Europe! It is amazing that in Zielona Góra, which is not a big city, an event can be organized by just a few people with many fantastic screenings and such artistic ambience! I have been to many places around the world, but my visit to Quest Europe and the pulse of the festival made me feel as if I would be in a cinematic world worth of any metropolis.

I admire the organisers for their stunning ideas, persistence and the fact that everything was „wired for sound”. They put their heart and soul into the organization of the festival and it was a great honour for me to be a jury member and by this chance to get know many fantastic people. Zielona Góra is a beautiful and charming place. Viva Polska!

Charles Michel Duke

I would like to express my thanks for being invited to be a jury member. I never excepted what I experienced here! Everything from A to Z was prepared with great care starting with selected competitive films and finishing with the ogranization of the smallest details. Great jury members, marvelous ambience, fantastic new friendships and a lot of fun!

It is amazing that a splendid festival can be organized by such a small group of people!  My films were screened at various festivals and I have to admit that no other festival made such an impression on me! Congratulations to the organisers and once again it was a great honour for me to take part in this festival.

David Bonneville

I have come back home. What a stunning and fantastic event! Never in my life, and I say this with conviction, have I met such creative people! It was a great pleasure for me to visit Quest Europe again and to spend many marvelous moments here amongst many wonderful people. I leave Zielona Góra astonished!

 Marzena Trybała

The previous editions of festival, where I was honoured to judge films were very succesfull, but this year edition is just a real cinematic feast organised with a flourish! It was a great event! Contratulations and thank you for everything!

 With love,

 Aleksander Podolak

QUEST EVENTS A HUGE SUCCESS!

In this edition of Quest Europe lot of magic events have taken place already. The highlights  till now were meetings with distinguished Polish artists - JERZY STUHR, KASIA FIGURA and SYLWESTER CHECINSKI. These were really amazing and unforgettable evenings!  Every time with audience of hundreds:) Please check out our gallery: http://www.quest-europe.eu/Galeria.html

Competition movies!

Selection commitete decided to screen in the main competition of VII Quest Europe 18 movies:

1.  Cicho w drodze do ludzi Reniferów / Dokument, Poland, 35’

2.  Klajmax / Fabuła, , Poland,  38’

3.  Popatrz na mnie / Fabuła, Poland, 30’

4.  You Good / Fabuła, Espania, 8’

5.  Koniec świata / Fabuła, Poland, 38’

6.  Kryzys w raju / Dokument, Byelorussia, 59’

7.  Sea Of Desires  / Fabuła, Rusia, 28’

8.  Stones / Fabuła, Armenia, 33’

9.  Tabu / Fabuła, Belgium, 34’

10. Busy / Fabuła, Germany, 16’

11. Upstream  / Fabuła, Germany, 10’

12. Ostatni dzień Iwana Bulkina  / Fabuła, Rusia, 12’

13. Brzydkie słowa / Fabuła, Poland, 28’

14. Takie życie / Dokument, ,Poland, 28’

15. Pszczoły / Dokument, Poland, 5’

16. Victoria / Fabuła, Rusia 11’

17. Connected  / Fabuła, Germany, 8’

18. Paparazzi / Dokument, Poland, 33’

Many stars visit Quest Europe

It's a pleasure for us to inform that this year visit ouer festival many known artists: PIOTR MACHALICA, MARZENA TRYBAŁA, SYLWESTER CHĘCIŃSKI and two big stars whos names we can't publishe yet:) And also film friends from Portugal, London and Rusia! See you soon in Zielona Gora!

QUEST EUROPE 2011

15.07 - 28.08.2011 - ZIELONA GÓRA - POLAND!

COMPETITION OF VII QUEST EUROPE – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHOR’S MOVIES July / August 2011

Movies should be sent on a DVD with a completed ENTRY FORM and must be submitted before the deadline on 15th May 2011 in order to be considered for competition, to the following address:

Akademia Twórczych Poszukiwań:
Lubuska Szkoła Telewizji i Filmu
ul. Festiwalowa 3
65-520 Zielona Góra, POLAND
with a note: "Quest Europe 2011"

The 6th Edition of MFKA Quest Europe concluded with a closing gala in Nysa  Cinema.
Alike during previous editions this year final events were filled with  attractions for film lovers and deeply moving meetings. The master of  ceremonies were ‌ Charles Chaplin (Dariusz Roźniata) and ‌ Marlene Dietrich
(Natalia Zielińska).
The closing gala was attended by makers of competition films from all over Poland and from other countries like Spain and Germany. The biggest highlight of the event seemed to be meetings with artists as
well as STARS CINEMA Film Series.

Within the meeting "with artist at a small table" there was held a scheduled meeting with distinguished actress Joanna Szczepkowska as well as another one with Spanish actor Asier Muniz.

Joanna Szczepkowska has been granted a honourable statuette WIELKI UKŁON (OBEISANCE) "for all the beauty the soul of the audience was filled and satiated with".
The meeting with the actress was hosted by D. Jolanta Kostecka, lecturer at Lubuska School of Television and Film as well as University of Zielona Góra.

Afterwards the audience had a unique opportunity to ask questions. The meeting concluded with a funny
interpretation of the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet" rendered by awardee of OBEISANCE statuette and Dariusz Roźniata:) Apart from the statuette the actress has been granted gifts by Stanisław Domaszewicz from Departament of Culture on behalf of the Mayor of Zielona Góra and Marshal of Lubuskie Voivodeship.

The meeting with the other special guest of final gala – Asier Muniz was hosted by Czesław Markiewicz – a journalist of Radio Zachód. The actor told among others about his film meetings with Pedro Almodovar, his street
theatre and position of young actors in Spain. He also frequently underlined that he was immensely impressed with films presented at Quest Europe Festival as well as the festiwal itself and that being a jury member was a
great pleasure for him.

During the festival final events the jury has seen 26 competition films (preselected by selection comittee from over 250 entries). Morever there have been presented special screenings – short film gems from all over the
world as well as screenings of feature films from STARS CINEMA and WITHIN THE FRAME OF THE USA Film Series.

VI Quest Europe finished

VI edition of Quest Europe finished.. This year we have showed 150 movies from 35 different countries, we have organized few photo exhibitions, fewconcerts, debats, film panels,  magic meetings with most famoust polish filmmakers: ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (acotr), SYLWESTER CHĘCIŃSKI (director), KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ (actor), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (actress) and meeting with a direcotr of partner film festival La Boca Del Lobo - ASIER MUNIZ from Spain. Ouer films have seen about 2 tousands people from Poland and other countries who come visit ouer festival.

Now we are starting work to prepare the next year edition..