From the Edge of the City

In the Evening of Sunday, January 24th , the 4th altcineAction! came to its end with the closing ceremony during which the festival awarded the prizes to the winners of this year's competition at LAIS Theatre of The Greek Film Archive . A successful writer, inspired by her interviewer, creates the character for her…... Eight random characters synthesize with their actions a surreal portrait of modern…... A young boy named Nikita, has gone out to his favorite club…... Nick saw a dream last night that God is gonna kill himself.…... In this short documentary a multinational crew from Croatia and France tries…... More films... In the frame of the 3-day event of the 4th altcineAction! Online Short Film Festival for Balkan Filmmakers, we had the pleasure to host the acclaimed French film critic (former Editor in Chief of Cahiers du Cinema), Jean-Michel Frodon, who gave an open masterclass on film criticism on January 22th, at the Institut Francais d΄Athenes. But what is film… "Something that may seem beautiful to me, could be uninteresting or even ugly to someone else. So, winning the award gave me the confidence that the decisions we made while shooting "Pledge" were communicating with the viewers, because for me that's the essence of cinema." George Tampakakis, the cinematographer of Pledge, altcineAction! 2015-16 Best Cinematography Award, talks to us about the difficult lighting… "Suddenly, altcineAction! came along and gave our film a chance to be seen and the viewers helped us continue our work. This win takes us one step closer to our dream: to make movies." Christos Gkotsis, the director of Pledge, altcineAction! 2015-16 Best Short Film Award, talks to us about his award winning film, his plans for creating a new project, the… Mihai Salajan and Adelina Bulibasa, the directors of Libelula, altcineAction! 2015-16 Best Short Film Award, talk to us about their reactions at the time they heard they won the award, their current projects and their future plans and expectations. [caption id="attachment 12181" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Adelina Bulibasa, director of Libelula[/caption] How do you feel about winning this award? Mihai: Sincerely, while… Alma Zekollari, the director of See you in the morning, altcineAction! 2015-16 Best Short Film Award, talks to us about the award and its significance as it's derived exclusively from the audience, the online festival which provides chances to new filmmakers and the 5C Project, which can transform voters to active spectators. She also talks about her new projects, including another documentary… Simon Intihar, director of Kopanje (Diving-In), altcineAction! 2015-16 Alida Dimitriou Award, shares his thoughts with us about the award, his plans about making a new short or feature film, the significance of an online festival for the filmmakers -especially nowadays that film industry is shifting away from cinemas and the internet gives more opportunities and begins to play a role similar to the traditional tv-, the… Blaž Gracar, editor of Kopanje (Diving-In) by Simon Intihar, altcineAction! 2015-16 Best Editing Award, shares his thoughts with us about the award, his future plans and the significance of an online festival nowadays, which provides more chances to young filmmakers and an alternative way of interaction among the audience, voters and critics. Blaž Gracar was born on Slovenian coast in… In the Evening of Sunday, January 24th, the 4th altcineAction! awarded the prizes to the winners of this year’s competition at LAIS Theatre of The Greek Film Archive. The closing ceremony of the festival started with a warm welcome to the audience, the contestants, the juries and the sponsors, and with the announcement that the festival from now on… altctineAction! Online Short Film Festival for Balkan filmmakers returns again for the 4th year! Packed with new films, great awards and more unique opportunities! altcineAction! has become THE online meeting place for young and talent