Anything For You

Anything for you has won the special mention of the jury at Potenza International Film Festival, Italy.

Another selecion. Here is the email from there:

“Dear author,

we are glad to announce you that your film has been selected - between the numerous entries received from each part of the world - in order to participate in competition to the Potenza International Film Festival 2009!“

We saw your film which was submitted for the 15^th edition of the Int Short Film Festival Leuven and liked it very much. Therefore we’ve selected it for the European Competition of the Int Short Film Festival Leuven.

Christoffer Olofsson (programme director): Good news from Uppsala - we want to screen your film ANYTHING FOR YOU in the International Competition! We have received over 3000 entries and the selection is now complete. We are happy to let you know that your film will be one out of 75 short films competing for the Grand Prix at the 28th Uppsala International Short Film Festival!

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»Fortunately, there are many short film festivals in Germany these days, but there is only one Weiterstadt. Weiterstadt is beyond comparison.«
Rudolf Worschech, epd film magazine

The festival is going to take place from the 13th till 17th of August 2009 on the arcadian site of the Braunshardter Taennchen. Attending filmmakers may camp in the forest, next to the festival area. Mainly short films of all genres, formats, and lenghts, but also long feature films and documentaries, can now apply for participation. We are looking for originality and viridity in form and content!

The 3-rd Vukovar film festival, this year from 26th to 30th of August. Film projections on two locations: Danube barge ( evening projections) and Ruzicka’s house ( daily projections).Competition section is based on 3 categories ( short and long feature and documentary film), all Danube river countries titles.

Here is the email from the festival team:

“Dear Toma,

the screening of your film at the festival was a success for you. There 
were lots of people who really enjoyed watching especially your film, 
and gave it the best rating. Although it didn’t win in the end it got a 
very good place in our ranking.
I really loved your film and I was very happy to screen it here.

I wish you all the best and more such great ideas for films!

Best wishes,
Fentje Hanke”

Svetoslav Vladimirov was at Festival de Cine de Huesca in 2006 with his film In The Garden Of Eden and says that is a great festival with a very good selection, parties, food, big awards and more. Will see…

Huesca, the capital of Altoaragon, lies at the foot of the Pyrenees in a zone of transition between the first of the Pre-Pyrenean peaks, the most notable being Sierra de Guara, and the plains which slowly descend to the River Ebro.

Anything for you is now on Short Film Corner (Cannes, France).

Short Film Corner will take place from May 13th to May 22nd 2009.

Inspiring, independent, in the fringe short films are at the heart of the film creation.
Organized by the Festival de Cannes, the Short Film Corner is the essential rendez-vous for short film makers.

The Short Film Corner stimulates new cinema talents!
Throughout the Festival, a privileged meeting place for international professionals.
Directors, producers, distributors, festival programmers, buyers, institutions…all are part of the Short Film Corner alchemy!

A short film exhibited at the Short Film Corner is able to use the label “Short Film Corner – Cannes 2009”. This distinction reinforces the professional potential of the short film concerned and its distribution to an audience of professionals.

Filmfest Dresden

Anything for you was chosen to be screened in the International Competition of the 21st edition of Filmfest Dresden.
43 animated and short films from all parts of the world have been selected out of the record number of more than 2,100 entries.

Since its beginning in 1989, Filmfest Dresden has developed into one of the major short film festivals in Germany - and with a total amount of € 60,000 prize money into the best funded short film festival across Europe.

Toma Waszarow was invited to be a guest of 21st Filmfest Dresden festival to present the film personally to the German audience between 15th and 19th of April 2009.