This evening marked the final screening of the month-long festival, concluding with a taste of Romanian cinema. The reason for selecting Romania as the final country/ ‘national’ cinema was primarily due to the country’s impact on an international scale and festival valorization since (at least) 2005. For example, at the ‘A’ grade festival Cannes, Romanian films received prizes on a frequent basis in the different categories, such as the Prix un certain regard for California d

First of all, a huge thanks to Simon Miller, filmmaker of Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle (2008), for providing a detailed introduction and an illuminating Q&A this evening. Simon Miller is an award-winning filmmaker, whose films have been valorized at the Celtic film festival. The evening was dedicated to Scottish Cinema, with the selection of a feature film articulated in Scottish Gaelic. Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle represents the first, and up to this point the on

First of all, thank you to all that attended the first night of the Cinemas of Europe's Small Nations event, hosted at The Phoenix, Exeter. The event opened with introductions by the organiser, Dr. Jamie Steele, followed by a video introduction by filmmaker Jonas Bloquet regarding his film The Unexpected Taste of Apple, and the feature film, Black (El Arbi and Fallah, 2015). Beginning with Belgium, the Cinemas of Europe's Small Nations film event received 47 submissions from

The film festival is dedicated to and designed to begin to showcase the work of cinematically small nations. The film that you have submitted to the festival highlights some of the limitations of thinking in terms of nation, that is it is articulated in English, filmed in Latvia and produced by the Czech Republic. What are some of the challenges as a short filmmaker in terms of sourcing and applying for film funding? Having worked in many countries around the world, I can say