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. ...

The applications for the 15th edition of the Art Cinema = Action + Management training course are officially open. The course will take place once again on the island of San Servolo, Venice (Italy), from August 27th to September 2nd, and will be co-financed by the Creative Europe - MEDIA programme. Art Cinema = Action + Management (ACAM) is the only international course specifically dedicated to independent ...

  The International Confederation of Art Cinemas is proud to announce that the ART CINEMA AWARD at the Festival de Sevilla went to White Sun by Deepak Rauniyar. [divide] Film information White Sun Nepal / USA / Qatar / Netherlands, 2016, 89 minutes Director: Deepak Rauniyar Scenario: Deepak Rauniyar & David Barker Cast: Asha Magrati, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Sumi Malla, Amrit Pariyar, Dayahang Rai Pr ...

The International Confederation of Art Cinemas is proud to announce that the ART CINEMA AWARD at the Festival de Sevilla went to God's Own Country by Francis Lee. [divide] Film information God's Own Country United Kingdom, 2017, 105 minutes Direction and scenario: Francis Lee Cast: Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart Production: Shudder Films, Inflammable Films International sales: Protagon ...

The International Confederation of Art Cinemas is proud to announce that THE RIDER by Chloé Zhao receives the ART CINEMA AWARD for the second time in 2017 at the Hamburg International Film Festival. [divide] Film information THE RIDER USA, 2017, 104 min Direction: Chloé Zhao Screenplay: Chloé Zhao Cast: Brady Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Lane Scott, Lilly Jandreau, Tim Jandreau Production: Caviar, Highwayman Fil ...