I am excited that “Lullaby of the butterfly” will get to screen again in Los Angeles, California, this October, at the International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts (Shorts and Micro Cinema). The film has been officially selected for the festival’s 4th edition which takes place 9-11 October 2015. More details soon!
I am thrilled to announce that “Lullaby of the butterfly” has been officially selected at the 21st Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol UK. This is the second time one of my films is selected at this prestigious Festival (DEAD END was part of 19th Encounters) and I am particularly proud.
Encounters Festival presents one of the world’s leading International Competitions for short film and animation, and is also an official gateway to the world’s most prestigious awards: The BAFTAs, European Film Awards and Cartoon D’Or and a qualifying festival for The Academy Awards®. Each year the Encounters Festival Grand Prix winners qualify for consideration in the Short Film category of the Annual Academy Awards®. Filmmakers screening in competition are eligible for BAFTA nomination, and our EFA and Cartoon D’or nominees can go on to receive these top awards later in the year. Over 2,000 films are submitted each year, and only around 200 are selected to screen in competition during the festival. This year it takes place 15-20 September.
Here is the list of the films officially selected for this edition.
And since I haven’t posted anything in a while the film has been officially selected in a number of other festivals around the world (since my last post).
– Clare Valley Film Festival in Australia presented Lullaby of the butterfly in a Special edition program on 30 May 2015.
– Rencontre de Film Marocain a Fès Maroc (20th edition) in Fès, Morocco officially selected the film (3-6 June 2015)
– Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (9th edition) in Los Angeles California (3-7 June 2015) officially selected the film and it presented it as the USA Premiere. It was one of the Festivals that I managed to attend and represent the film. The screening took place at the Egyptian Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.
–Mediterranean Film Festival Split (8th edition) in Split, Croatia (5 -13 June 2015) officially selected the film
– Very proud once again that Helsinki International Film Festival ‘Love & Anarchy’ has invited one of my films for competition. This year will be the 28th edition of the Festival in Helsinki Finland (17-27 Sept. 2015).
– And again proud to be part of the Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangiers (13th edition) in Tangiers, Morocco (5-10 Oct. 2015) as part of the official selection
The 37th short film Festival in Drama, Greece began yesterday and a small team representing our film is travelling to Drama tomorrow, the Director Tonia Mishiali and lead actress Alexia Charalambidou!
Our film screens on Thursday 18th Sept at 10pm as part of the National Competition. We will be posting photos and news from Drama keeping you updated….
“Lullaby of the butterfly” has been officially selected in two more International Festivals, the Athens International Film Festival ‘Opening Nights’ in Greece and the 3rd Eka Deshma Festival De Contemporary Cinema in Nepal.
Our film has been selected in the National Competition Section of the Athens International Film Festival ‘Opening Nights’ to be held in Athens, Greece 17-28 Sept. 2014. Our film is to be screened on Friday 26th September at Odeon Opera at 5.30pm
You can view the detailed schedule of ‘Opening Nights’ Festival HERE.
You can view the programme of the day of our film’s screening HERE.
This is the Festival’s 20th birthday, featuring over 100 feature films from all over the world, three competition sections, special tributes, documentaries and more than 60 homegrown shorts.
The 3rd Eka Deshma Festival De Contemporary Cinema had invited our film to apply to the Festival and a few weeks ago we got the wonderful news that the film has been officially selected to compete in the Changing Perspective Section of the Festival to be held in Kathmandu from September 19-21, 2014. Changing Perspective is the section for selected new works by talented filmmakers, which is unconventional form of expression, which is focused on narration of identifying a search and formats with strong in depth imaginative short which fulfill audiences various appetite of viewing experience.
Taking a break from trying to pack everything for Sarajevo Film Festival and “Lullaby of the butterfly”‘s World Premiere…
Feeling really excited that the film will be screened at the National Theatre on August 22nd at 2pm. The event is a red carpet ceremony and this is even more exciting…
We will keep you posted with news and photos from Sarajevo!
Furthermore, the film has been officially selected for the Short Film Festival in Drama in September as well as the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus in October 2014. We are feeling blessed!
I am so blessed that Sarajevo Film Festival has officially selected “Lullaby of the butterfly” in its Shorts Competition Section to make its World Premiere!
I have to thank the film’s team (cast, crew, sponsors and co-producers) once again as this would not have been possible without them!
CLICK HERE to view the Festival’s lineup.
Sarajevo Film Festival is an international film festival with a special focus on the region of South-East Europe, shining an international spotlight on films, talent and future projects from the region. It is the leading film festival in the region, recognized by both film professionals and the wider audience. High quality programming, a strong industry segment, an educational and networking platform for young filmmakers and thus generated presence of the international film industry, film authors and media representatives alongside a paying audience of over 100,000, confirm its status as the leading film festival in the region, recognised by both professionals and the wider audiences.
So, Sarajevo here we come….
Moving on to the next post-production stage… colour correction! Sound Design has finished and we are glad to be moving on to colouring….
A sneak peak….
Lullaby of the Butterfly 