The third edition of the European Art Cinema Day took place on 14th October 2018. It gathered 80,000 spectators in 650 cinemas from 39 countries across the globe**. Most of the participating cinemas were European members of the CICAE or Europa Cinemas, however cinemas from Colombia, Iran, America, Canada and Argentina also joined this special day to celebrate the diversity of European arthouse cinema.  Euro ...

The International Confederation of Art Cinemas is proud to announce that the Art Cinema Award at the Filmfest Hamburg, goes to Woman At War by Benedikt Erlingsson. [divide] Film information Woman At War (Kona fer í stríð) France, Island, Ukraine, 2018, 100 minutes Director: Benedikt Erlingsson Screenplay: Benedikt Erlingsson, Ólafur Egill Egilsson Cast: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Davíð Þó ...

The International Confederation of Art Cinemas is proud to announce that the ART CINEMA AWARD at the Annecy Cinéma Italien in France, goes to Un giorno all'improvviso, by Ciro D'Emilio. Film information Un giorno all'improvviso Italy, 2018, 88 minutes Director: Ciro D'Emilio Screenplay: Ciro D'Emilio, Cosimo Calamini Cinematography by: Salvatore Landi Cast: Anna Foglietta, Giampiero De Concilio, Biagio Fore ...

The International Confederation of Art Cinemas is proud to announce that the ART CINEMA AWARD at the Jameson CineFest, in Miskolc (Hungary), goes to Consequences (Posledice) by Darko Štante. [divide style="2"] Film information Consequences / Posledice Slovenia, Austria, 2018, 95 minutes Director: Darko Štante Film Script: Darko Štante Cinematography by: Rok Kajzer Nagode Cast: Matej Zemljič, Timon Šturbej, ...

Press Release Berlin, 14/09/2018 The International Confederation of Art House Cinemas (CICAE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Boglárka Nagy as the new General Delegate of the association. Boglárka joins the CICAE team after having spent 9 years at the French Institute in Romania: the last 5 years as programmer and film projects manager of Elvire Popesco Cinema in Bucharest, which received the Euro ...

PRESS RELEASE VENICE FESTIVAL WINNER INVISIBLE TO CINEMA’S AUDIENCE WORLDWIDE Berlin, 11/09/2018 As film-festivals accept in competition TV productions, cinema’s audience is losing out on art house masterpieces.  The International Confederation of Art Cinemas has recently called for a ban on movies produced or distributed by Netflix that were part of the official competition of the Venice International Film ...

VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ASKED TO SHOW CONCERN FOR ART CINEMAS Venice, 02/09/2018 The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) is opposing the choice of the direction of the Mostra del Cinema di Venezia to present three movies belonging to Netflix in the competitions sections. The Venice International Film Festival presents in its official line-up three movies belonging to Netflix: “Roma ...

EUROPEAN ART CINEMA DAY EXPANDS FOR 2018 Directors Christian Petzold, Alice Rohrwacher, Michel Ocelot Confirmed to Participate as Ambassadors. Continued Expansion Beyond Continental Europe Includes US, UK, Middle East. European Art Cinema Day, set to take place worldwide on October 14th, 2018, has announced its ambassadors for this year's program as well as a series of ambitious new initiatives for its 3rd ...

Photo by Antonymon, CC BY-SA 4.0 #freesentsov Ukrainan filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been sentenced in 2015 to 20 years in prison on charges of terrorism and arms trafficking. His “crime” from Moscow’s perspective is him having refused the Russian citizenship after Crimea has been annexed. He has been on a hunger strike now for over 100 days in his prison in Siberia. The European Parliament and numerous profes ...

ARTHOUSE EXHIBITORS IN VENICE AIMING AT INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Berlin, 20/08/2018 The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) introduces innovations and a new project management for its 15th “Art Cinema = Action + Management”, the international training course for arthouse exhibitors and professionals. ...