Partners

BUSHO – Budapest Short Film Festival www.busho.hu

The festival was established in 2004 by a group of young Hungarian filmmakers in order to fill a gap in the category of short film, but during the years it became clear that it was about much more. The name "BuSho" has come from a pun (Budapest Short - budapesti rövid), but it refers to a traditional popular custom of winter-send-of from Southern Hungary called "busójárás". The festival became an international breakthrough in an exceptionally short period of time: we got 620 individual entries from 61 countries in 2008. Nearby the competition and informational program we have plenty of festival screenings, selections of filmuniversities, feature films, film-, and all-art workshops in the program.

ALTER-NATIVE
International Short Film Festival
Romania

In the last years the ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival became a debut not only for the film creators from Romania and nearer regions, but also from the rest of Europe and the whole World. For the last twelve years, in Tg.Mures cinema-goers have had the opportunity to see 60-70 film on the average, and approximately the same number of directors, cameraman and producers have realized again and again that their work is watched with interest and appreciation.

www.madisz.ro

Chicago Independent Film Festival

In 2009, a small group of Chicago filmmakers and The Cervantes Institute founded the First Chicago Independent Film Festival, a groundbreaking cultural effort to bring quality movies to our diverse communities. This festival is unique in that it offers free admission to homegrown, as well as international, independent films. One of the primary aims of the founders was to break the barriers of access to the arts by taking the festival out to the community. But that was not the only goal. The individuals and institutions that made the festival come to life also wanted to open the world of filmmaking to the youth of our city. In particular, those low income students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to study film. Consequently, a second goal became the establishment of a Film Institute that would train and support these fledgling filmmakers. This goal has now been met thanks to the collaboration of Northeastern Illinois University and GEAR UP.Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs is a federal program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The Chicago GEAR UP Alliance consists of universities and colleges, and community based organizations, working in collaboration with 10thand 11thgrade students, teachers, and parents in 21 Chicago public high schools to increase the number of low-income students who enroll in and graduate from postsecondary programs. Along with NEIU and GEAR UP this year activities are being supported by: Roosevelt University, Loyola University, the University of Chicago, DePaul University, Truman College, UNAM, Saint Augustine College, as well as the Consulates of Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.

La Boca Del Lobo

To show and to promote the most interesting, avant-garde and hazardous movies from the international and independent cinema, transforming madrilean nights into a cross cultural place. To attract and create new amateurs of this kind of production with an alternative offer, by generating new place for showing. These are the main objectives of this festival.
First to organize a film festival in a music club and to promote it with a new project - the touring festival - La Boca del Lobo suggests a different model of competition, by organizing itself in small places to make connections between audience and producers easier.
The aim, since its first edition in 1997, is to explore new ways in the seventh art from a different perspective, valiant; blended with the other art: music. Workshops, forum, exhibitions and concerts are part of the festival program.
A festival escaping from the main stream ghetto. A festival made in a cave. A bet against who thinks: ”madrilean movida is dead!”
A project coming from the dark night, shining by itself, that pays a tribute to creators of our age.

www.labocadellobo.com

A.RE.S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

The A.R.E.S. Short Film Festival is promoted by Ergoform soc. coop. and the City of Siracuse,in joint effort with the “Segno” Voluntary Association, the Busho Budapest Short Film Festival, the Association Cinecircolo (cinema club) “L’Eclisse”. A short film isat the same time art expression’s synthesis and a momentto set social messages to shared by others.
This Festival wants to launch a new kind of social communication; it is an invitation to prove one’s commitment towards the social causes that most concern contemporary society.

LATO MUZ WSZELAKICH

ASSOCIATION FILMFORUM