history-kinofest: octombrie 2009

International Digital Film Festival Kinofest (Festivalul International de Film Digital Kinofest) was founded in 2007 by Valentin Partenie.
Kinofest promotes the new wave of films, and the independent productions. The contest brings together some of the most impressive directors, animators, producers, graphic-designers, media artists and musicians from all over the world.

PROGRAMMES
Kinofest is organised in various sections, some competitive, and some non-competitive:
The Competition has three sections and takes place in the main event of the festival. The winners (one for each section) is designated by the juries. The films presented in the competition are the finalists of a preliminary selection from all the submited films.
FICTION
ANIMATION
MICROMOVIE
The Off-concours section presents many films, in a non-competitiv screening. The projected films are awarded films, but, from various reasons, they couldn't be present in the competition.
Parallel Sections - These are non-competitive programmes dedicated to discovering other aspects of digital cinema.

The Official Selection
The Kinofest curator is Valentin Partenie. He selects the films for the main event of the festival: for the Competition and for the Off-concours.

JURIES
Juries are formed of specialists: directors, animators, film producers, film critics, directors of photography, graphic-designers, etc.

Awards
Best FICTION
Best ANIMATION
Best MICROMOVIE

EVENTS
The main event of the festival takes place at the end of October or at the beggining of November. During the three days are screened the competitive films (the juries designate the winners), the off-concours films, and other productions. Also, the main event ends with concerts and the Gala.

The first two editions of Kinofest took place at MNAC (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART BUCHAREST), and the third - at the Light Cinema (Liberty Center).

Kinofest propose other events, during the year: reloaded screenings in other cities, promotion events, etc

Impact
The festival has become an important Romanian showcase for international films.

CONCERTS
The Kinofest events host also concerts of important Romanian bands,artists from the new underground wave.

External links
Kinofest Official Website www.kinofest.com

Kinofest 2009

166 films in competition
44 film out competition
190 competitors
21 hours of screening
films from 20 countries
1000 spectators

Kinofest 2009 Awards

The Best Animation:Anhalter, by Daniel Hopfner, from Germany

The Best Fiction Film:Como Conoci A Tu Padre, by Alex Montoya from Spain

The Best Micromovie:Waiting Chairs, by Ashwin Inamdar from USA

Concerts Kinofest 2009

Les Elephants Bizzares

Scout Astray

Spot Kinofest 2009

Kinofest 2009 - trailer

Photos Kinofest 2009

2009 Competitors

Dan Radu Mihai
Oriana Alcaine
Alejandra Marquez
Piotr J. Lewandowski
Olatz Arroyo Abaroa
Charly Planell
Aryane Spica
Anartz Zuazua
JMIN
Laura Amante
Pau Camarasa
David Mabille
Vlad Trandafir
Paul Negoescu
Jean Gabriel Periot
Pilar Palomero
Jared Hogan
Andrei Barbu
Juan Parra Costa
Giorgi Abashishvili
Olivier Premel
Mircea Ghibortz Ghinescu
Andrei Staruiala
Laurent de Vismes
Luke Doolan
Vincent Diderot
Alex Montoya
Artiz Moreno
Xavier Hibon
Chirea Mihai Daniel
Lena Geller
Lee Keeler
Martin Rosete
Jorge Molina
Bertoti Attila
Carlos Fraiha
Lucie Arnissolle
Yann Boyer
Vincent Mache
Mael Gourmelen
Stephen Vuillemin
Jossie Malis
Jad Sarout
Marliyn Farah
Amandine Brenas
Patrick Sfeir
Theresa
Signe Baumane
Marcos Valín,
María Monescillo
David Priego
Joris Cletre
Alexei Gubenco
Michat Socha
Stephen Hammond
Max Hattler
Daniel Hopfner
Nima Azarba
Wassim Boutaleb
Bruno Mangyoku
Sebastien Rouxel
Carlo Vogele
Pierre Foldes
Jad Sarout
Guy Weitzman
Pierre Emmanuel Iyet,
Didier Ah-Koon
Olivier Dusart
Agnès Fouquart
Etienne Materra
Gaëlle Rouby-Serieis
Carlo ToselliMartin Trzstram
Sharlene Lin
Valentin Neacsu
Alex Budovsky
Luis Zamora Pueyo,
Florian Simovici
Helene Tragesser
Florian Grolig
Matt Hammill
Dan Vezentan
Carlo Vogele
Motomichi Nakamura
Juan de Dios Marfil
Kyle Stephens
Ely Dagher
Laura Seymour
Jen Shen Gur
Alexei Tylevich
Warren Brown
Jakub Jablonski
Bartlomiej Kik
Jorg Petri
Will Hoag
Alexei Gubenco
Stephanie Lansaque
Francois Leroy
Chadi Aoun
Tyler Kupferer
Johannes Nyholm
Julien Bocabeille
Francois -Xavier Chanioux
Oliver Delabarre
Thierry Marchand
Quentin Marmier
Emud Mokhberi
Jorge Morais Valle
Jean-Nicolas Arnoux
Quentin Bailleux
Antonin Herveet
Tom Haugomat
Célia Riviere
Sophie Roze
Jean Paul Frenay
Bruce Stirling John Knox
Bang Yao Liu
Jean-Michel Boesch
Stéphane Chung
Sophia Chevrier
Jeremy Paoletti
Stéphane Vlavonou
Jean-Nicolas Arnoux
Tom Haugomat
Charles-André Lefebvre
Louis Tardivier
Rodgers Dameron
Mon Cheung,
Katy Davis
William Barr
Philippe Grammaticopoulus
Ron Segal
Joji Koyama
Charles-André Lefebvre
Manuel Tanon-Tchi
Louis Tardivier
Sébastien Vovau
Emmanuelle Walker
Shani Vargo,
Simon Rouby
Nixon Leung
Guy Ben Shetrit
Anne Leclerq
Romain Baudy
Ludovic Bouancheau
Liane Cho Han
Yann Le Gall
Marietta Ren
Sebastien Wodja
Till Penzek
Jon Frickey
Clement Delatre
Looky
Adrien Cayus Toupet
Timm Osterhold
Wade Clarke
Warren Brown
Eric Ledune
Jakob Schuh
Saschka Unseld
Daniel Pardo
Nikolai Ockel von Sallwitz
Julia Burgardt
Wei Shan Yu
Eduardo Chapero
Jackson,
Fabrice de la Rosa
Catalin Bugean
Fraser Ntukula
Sabin Dorohoi
Joy Zhang
Sebastien Loghman
Joana Toste
Diogo Kalil
Brice Chevillard
David Francois
Gaelle Thierry
Jacques Jarczyk
Melody Cisinski
Pierre Migeot
Cyril Drouin
Phuong Mai Nguyen
Gabriel Jolly-Monge
Marion Stinghe
Elen Le Tanno
Nicolas Caffarel
Thomas Charra
Floriane Marchix
Jeremie Moreau
Baptiste Rogron
Melvina Wong
Vitor Lopes,
Wassim Boutaleb
Yann Boyer
Vincent Mahe
Bruno Mangyoku
Christiane Scheibe
Jayoung Kim
Par Stéphane Vlavonou
Sébastien Rouxel
Stéphane Chung
Nicolas Rubio
Nima Azarba
Par Carlo Vogele
Antonin Herveet
Sophia Chevrier
Cécile Francoia
Leah Ordonia
Sorin Luca
Kherveen Dabylall
Denis Do
Benoît Guillaumot
Françoise Losito
Patrick Pujalte
Murgu Petronela
Pierre Schwarz
Panagiota Chaidogiannou
Cosmina Pop
JL Design
Sebastien Vovaux
Quientin Ballieux
Manvel Tanon Tchi
Jean Michel Boesch
Jamie Demetriadi
Juan Ibanez
Jorinna Scherle
Melanie Beisswenger
Beata Pantya
Neil Lessons
Beki Tower
Ian Pilger
Mehreen Bazm
Peter Wasielewski
Ashwin Inamdar
Par Nicolas Athane
Meryl Franck
Alexis Liddell
Andres Salaff
Maïlys Vallade
John Riley
Denes Ruzsa
Par Lucie Arnisolle
Maël Gourmelem
Léah F. Ordonia
Célia Riviere
Stephen Vuillemin

1er. premio en Espartinas de Cine @ Yahoo! Video

The best MICROMOVIE film:
The Flower - directed by Dale Hayward & Phil Dubrowsky (Canada)

Howling Saints

2008 Competitors

Marco Fantechi
Leszek Plicha
Markus Feder
Alex Budovsky
Marco Morandi
Bastien ROGER
Irene Alvarez
Sergio Gallardo
Dmitry Geller
Charles Zambaro
Blaz Erzetic
Bassam Kurdali
Thorsten Fleisch
Brad Pattullo
Karl Kliem
Vincent Chai
Olen Robashkin
Yu Fujii
Elena Hajar
Miguel Lopez
Ged Haney
Andreas Hykade
Carola Bouler
Dustin Rees
Uri Alonim
Moshe Servatka
Tobias Feltus
Annelaure Daffis
Leo Marchand
Deplhine Hermans
Petros Papadopoulos&Zina Papadopoulos
Claude Wiess
Frederic Philibert
Momoko Seto
Mathieu Labaye
Francois d’Assise Quedraogo & Louise Marie Colon & Mahamadou Dieni
Kathy Kuk
Sacha Goedegebure
Rno Engelhardt
Marcos Valín
David Alonso
Alexandru Barbu
Berin Tuzlic
Adnan Halvadeja
Catalin Rulea
Didier Voctor Cohen
Eduardo Chapero Jackson
Grigoris Panopoulos
Gareth Crook
Vicente Navarro
Chris Cloyd
Ricky Rijneke
Armando del Rio
Fabio Guaglione
Fabio Resinaro
Claire Walka
Ivana Mladenovici
Harrient Macdonald
Koldo Almandoz
Angelo D’Agostino
Jorge Dorado
Luis Alejandro
Borja
Yannik Ludemann
Francis Theberge
Maria Trifu
Fernando Urdapilleta
Haritz Zubillaga
Lucas Figuero
Catalin Bugean
Isabel Munoz
Cota Callejas
Peter Vadocz
Simon Bovey
Ione Hernandez
Johann Sachs
Alfonso Camarero
Adnan Adi Mahinic
Juan Ibanez
John E.Hanson-Hawrad
John Ryan
Dan Veznetan
Maarten Isaak de Heer
Alexander Timoneev
Johnason Lo
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Till Penzek
Santini MICHEL& PAOLONI
Anamaria Lazarovici
Tind
Julien Valle
Denis Chan
Francis Theberge
Vlad Grigorescu
Dale Hayward
Phil Dubrowsky