Please note, the festival team are still hard at it, viewing and considering the 900 films plus submitted to the Kinofilm European Short Film Festival. The notification date for informing filmmakers of the success of the entries has been put back until 28th February. A list of successful entries will be posted on the web site at the start of March. We will endeavor to contact all filmmakers by 1st March. Those who submitted films via Withoutabox will be notified through the WAB system.
Thank you all for your patience and good luck with your entry.
Kino returns for our first event of the year on 10th February at the Greenroom Manchester. Greenroom, 54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester. M1 5WW. ENGLAND, UK Box Office 0161 615 0500 To reserve tickets - Email us through the Contact us page on the home page.
As special and North West Premier we bring you the controversial micro feature documentary Diary of a Disgraced Soldier.
DIARY OF A DISGRACED SOLDIER
In 2004, British soldier Corporal Martin Webster filmed fellow British soldiers beating Iraqi youths during rioting in Al Amarah, Iraq.
It was his commentary that people heard when the film was leaked to the British newspaper, News of the World. The shocking images and commentary caused outrage across the world. The soldiers were arrested, but no charges were ever brought against them. Martin Webster left the Army soon afterwards.
WEDNESDAY 9th December - Kino Shorts 7 (Christmas Special) 8.00pm
Our Christmas Special Kino Shorts will take place on Wednesday, 9th December (as usual on the second Wednesday of the month)
In normal Kino style the evening will feature screenings of local and North West short films plus Q & A’s with the attending filmmakers, in conversation with John Robb (local media commentator from punk-rock singer from the band Goldblade).
We'll have a 30 min networking break for drinks half-way and will carry on after the show for what maybe your last networking session before Christmas.
Remember, as announced last month and as a Christmas special, we'll be opening up the last two or three slots of the evening to the audience, so bring along any recently completed films to be shown on the night.Read More...
MIShorts
MISHORTS - download for life
Created by the people behind Brighton’s Final Cut, this brand-new VoD service is free to join and has hundreds of UK/international short films to download or stream at up-to HD quality. This is YouTube without the dross! If you love your shorts, visit MISHORTS
CALL FOR ENTRIES NEWS: the FINAL deadline to KINOFILM closed on (30th November), any entries not yet received must be postmarked no later than Monday 30th November.
We have had a fantastic response from filmmakers wishing to submit short films to our special European Short Film Festival to take place in April 2010 with near 800 films submitted - thanks to you all for your support by submitting your films. Competition for selection will be tough but we wish all entrants the best of luck with their submissions.
Please note, that due to the changes in the festival dates - 28th April – 2nd May2010 (note the dates in your festival diary), the notification date of whether your film is accepted or not has now changed to the end of FEBRUARY 2010. If you don't hear from us by then it may be that your entry has not been accepted on this occasion. Please note we cannot guarantee to contact all filmmakers due to the amount of entries, but we will endeavour to contact as many as possible and we will list all films selected on the web site by the end of February.
For those that submitted through WAB films selections will be notified through the web site.
Sidebar - New Features – DEBUT FEATURES WANTED
New for the 2010 festival is a sidebar of debut features from UK and European filmmakers that have recently made the transition from short film to feature or from those directors that have moved into features from other art forms.
Call for Short Films for Autumn season of KINO SHORTS Film Nights.
Kinofilm is seeking the latest short films by North and North West filmmakers for the Autumn season of Kino Shorts at the Green Room. Films should have been made in the last 12 months and ideally should be no longer than 12 – 15 mins though we will consider shorts upto a maximum of 20 minutes. If you’re a filmmaker who has recently made the transition from short to feature, then we are also looking for DEBUT independent low budget features for feature screenings in the Autumn.
Filmmakers should preferably be able to attend the screening to discus their work in a question and answer session with the host of the evening.
CALL FOR ENTRIES TO THE 11th edition of the KINOFILM FESTIVAL
Kinofilm is now inviting the CALL FOR ENTRIES to its new European Short Film Festival in 2010.
The 11th edition of the KINOFILM Festival will take place in Manchester from 23rd - 28th February 2009, as a European Short Film Festival and invites submissions from all over Europe including former Eastern Europe and Baltic States. Though the 2010 festival focuses on Europe there will be a limited number of entries considered from non-European countries for award-winning films or for those of outstanding artistic merit, for a special International showcase and therefor we welcome wider International entrants.
Submissions are open from 1st July with the first deadline on 10th September. To submit a Film you can download the festival rules, regulations and procedures, and application form from the links on the left column of the home page: or if you have further questions, use the Contact Us form on the left menu.
CALL FOR ENTRIES to KINOFILM’S New Short Film Expose in Manchester.
SHORT FILMS and INDEPENDENT FEATURES are wanted now.
On 11th ~March we relaunched ou short film nights in Manchester to take place the second Wednesday of every month, at the Green Room, Whitworth Street.
We are looking for short films from local filmmakers and those based anywhere in the North of England. The emphasis is on Quality Production and Original Ideas, films that push the boundaries of traditional film-making. Films can be short fiction, animation, experimental or documentary. Films must be no more than 20 minutes and made in the last twelve months (the more recent the better). We will also consider shorts from other parts of the UK though though screenings of shorts from outside the region will be limited to two per event. We will also consider international shorts but this will be limited to one per event.
The emphasis on the night is to encourage debate and feedback for films being made in the North and North West, and how our region’s filmmakers rate to those in other parts of the UK. Each event will also screen a UK and European Short film so that we can evaluate films in the context of European Short Film Production.
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FIRST HERE"S THE GOOD NEWS (and yes we are shouting about it)!
Our first main Funder has come on board to support our efforts in relaunching the KINOFILM Festival. Though we've had some disappointment over the last few months, at last we have something to shout about. Good news yes, but we still have to raise two thirds of our intended budget, so there is still much hard work to do.
Shortly, we'll officially announce the return of Kino as a European Short Film Festival for Manchester in Feb 2010. As soon as we post news on this page we will also forward an email to all members, friends and supporters and also post it on our associated sites (our Facebook Kino Appreciation Society page), our Myspace page, and the official Kinofilm web site. We'll also be announcing soon an official Call for Entries - so keep checking back our page for important news.
In the meantime, do forward this link to anyone from the Northwest or across the UK and Europe who has any interest in short film and seeing the return of KINOFILM -and do extend it to your friends and colleagues around the world. Help us spread the word that Kino is making a comeback.
Many of you will notice that our web site is out of date. This was due to losing our funding in 2006 and subsequent closure of the company in 2007. I have kept the site up and running the best I can and I urgently need a web designer to help me get it back up to date. Read More...
Subscribe to our members email list
Subscribe to our email list now from the menu on the left to receive regular emails regarding the festival and other events that we are planning or associated with. Fill in the full questionairre and you'll be able to post messages on our new bulliten board and interact with other filmmakers in the forum.Please use this site to develop your own community of filmmakers, producers, technicians, crew and other cast. The forum is there for you to use so please USE IT! Read More...
