From the Baltics to the most Southern tip of Africa, Film O’Clock International Festival uses meridians to connect audiences across cities, countries, and continents. With simultaneous screenings and live Q&A’s, audiences are given the chance to experience a film festival from miles away. FoC IFF will bring the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres together, because the love for cinema stretches beyond our borders.
Curated by a committee of programmers from each country, the festival selection will focus on the discovery of new voices, and highlight each culture’s storytelling trends.
FoC IFF aims to make the film festival experience more accessible by eliminating expensive travel fees and the “by invitation-only” tradition. Films can be used as a vehicle to communicate emotions and ideas and, thereby, enrich the audience’s understanding of themselves and others. By connecting different audiences in the same time zone, the interchange of films and discussions aim to instil empathy and broaden one country’s awareness of another. A love is cultivated as a result, not only for cinema, but also for our time zone–neighbours.
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The films ‘Truth or Dare,’ directed by Simona Borcea, and ‘Hushes and Phonics,’ directed by Polish filmmaker Piotr Kaminski, won the Ex Aequo Jury Award at the fifth edition of the Film O’Clock International Festival, according to a press release sent to AGERPRES on Friday.
The Ex Aequo Jury Award went to ‘Truth or Dare’ for its ‘precise performances and well-defined coming-of-age universe,’ while ‘Hushes and Phonics’ was recognised for its ‘subtle cinematography and nuanced acting,’ according to the jury’s motivation.
A Special Honourable Mention from the jury was awarded to ‘From You,’ directed by Jedrzej Gorski (Poland), for its ‘exceptional portrayal of the father-son relationship.’
The Audience Award, based on votes from filmgoers across the 11 participating countries, went to ‘A Promise to the Sea,’ directed by Hend Sohail (Egypt). The film moved audiences with its deeply human and universal story, capturing hearts through its sensitive and complex approach to themes such as promises and human connection, despite cultural differences.
The short film competition was judged by an esteemed international panel: Romanian director and screenwriter Bogdan Muresanu, Hungarian cinematographer Eszter Csepeli and Egyptian producer Muhammad Taymour.
This year’s edition of the Film O’Clock International Festival brought together cinema lovers and film professionals from 11 countries – Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, Serbia, Hungary and Poland – in a celebration of cultural diversity and dialogue through cinema. The festival screened 38 films across 94 screenings, providing a unique platform for connection and reflection on global filmmaking.agerpres
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