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UNICA NEWS - May/June 2001
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Anfang Februar fand in Berlin der BDFA-Sonderwettbewerb Eulenspiegeleien 2001 statt. Einen Bericht darüber finden Sie in BDFA-REPORT-ONLINE auf diese Seite.


PIOTR MAJDROWICZ (POL) - CURRICULUM FILMAE

One of the leading figures in Polish amateur film movement, Piotr Majdrowicz has been making films with the Amateur Film Club AWA since 1974. His films have received awards at numerous film festivals in Poland and abroad. In 1994 he made a full-length feature FROM A DISTANCE. At present he deals mainly with film education and organizes film courses, workshops, presentations and movie competitions. Majdrowicz (1957) is the director of Film Education Department in the Culture Center "Zamek" and a vice president of the Federation for Nonprofessional Filmmakers in Poland. He has been organizing famous International Film Workshops "One Take" in Leba where participants from all over Europe come to take part in activities prepared by well-known Polish film directors. Piotr Majdrowicz is also the director of the International Film Festival "Off Cinema" in Poznan, the most important event in nonprofessional film movement in Poland. He has been twice received the Diploma of Honor granted by the Minister of Culture in Poland.

 Piotr Majdrowicz


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Gisela Anna-FreierGISELA, GOOD BYE

In front of me lies the last letter Gisela wrote to the Friends of UNICA, an optimistic letter, looking forward to the next meeting. Just a few days later we gathered in Niedergailbach to say goodbye to Gisela.

Time slips by so quickly, and in its fleeting passage took a person dear to so many hearts.

Gisela took over leading the Friends of UNICA from Serge Michcl. She organized meetings enormous energy and enthusiasm. She was always friendly, ready to help, but also critical in arguments during UNICA Committee sittings. She truly enriched UNICA Committee activities .

Gisela is not with us any more. After a long and hard illness she passed away. On March 9th 2001 we said farewell in her home town of Niedergailbach in Germany.

Gisela, thank you very much for all you have done for the Friends of UNICA. You will always be in our hearts.

For the UNICA Committee

Max Hänsli, president

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Max HansliReport of the Committee Meeting held 22nd - 25th March 2001 in Luxembourg

Ladies and Gentlemen, dear film friends.

At the invitation of the Luxembourg Federation, the UNICA Committee met in Luxembourg-Ville. The following information is just a short report on the discussions. On this occasion - perfectly organised by Georges FONDEUR, the president of the Luxembourg Federation - we had the opportunity of visiting the venue where the UNICA 2002 Congress will be held and I can assure you that the premises are up to our expectations. We will provide further information in due course.

The Committee examined the various items of the long agenda.

With deep regret we took leave of Gisela who took such a good care of the "Friends of UNICA". An impressive number of Committee members and members of the Friends of UNICA Club had come to attend the funeral. We will pay homage to Gisela's memory in the next issue of the News of UNICA. Her husband Wolfgang will be in charge of the club until the Tallinn Congress and then we will examine the matter of succession. Wolfgang is very familiar to all Friends of UNICA so that the management of this operation will not be interrupted.

The Treasurer gave a positive report: all membership fees for 2000 have been duly paid. New Zealand has left UNICA as of 31.12.2000. We regret that. Malta, which has failed to pay the fees in the past few years, has been crossed out of the list of members, in compliance with the Statutes.

Concerning UNICA 2001 in Tallinn, it was confirmed that the Organising Committee is very active. They kindly requested all national federations to promote the event and the Committee takes this opportunity to support that request. Tallinn is well prepared and equipped for the Congress and I hope that many UNICA friends who are still hesitant will now confirm their participation. We also hope that many national federations will encourage one or more young film makers to take advantage of the chance to gain first-hand experience of a UNICA Congress.

It appears that we have increasing difficulties screening conventional film formats (16 mm and S-8) - and this observation applies to Tallinn. Even if it still possible to provide particular equipment in specific cases, we generally have no spare equipment. This is the reason why this issue will also be on the agenda of the General Meeting in Tallinn.

Leaflets with short information about the films selected for the UNICA Competition are very useful for both viewers and jury. We ask national federations to provide them and to arrange that their film programme is supported by such information (as far as possible in English, French and German).

The "What is UNICA" folder now exists in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish versions. This leaflet will be appropriate when it comes to answering the question "UNICA ? - what is it ?". We may order copies - in reasonable numbers - from the Secretary General.

We will try this year - in Tallinn - to have the audience take part in the discussion. However, for obvious reasons, this will be subject to time constraints. We are looking forward to seeing how this experiment can be implemented, as it might be the way to the future.

We intend to publish the catalogue of our Library in UNICA-News. This will probably take several issues. The objective is to answer the frequently asked question : "How many films/ videos are currently stored in the Library?".

The Autumn Meeting of the UNICA Committee will be held in South Africa as part of the preparations for the UNICA 2003 Congress to be held in that country. We will share with you the information collected during this meeting.

Finally, I request all national federations to circulate UNICA information (such as this) - either in full or as a summary - to all their members. I would like to thank them in advance for all such arrangements.

I look forward to greeting many of you on at the UNICA Congress in Tallinn.

Max HÄNSLI, President of UNICA

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Who is Who

Rainer Hasselbarth

Rainer Hässelbarth (DEU)
"Ein Fenster zum Osten" Festival Officer

Joan Ozanne

Joan Ozanne (GBR)
"Guernsey Lilly" Festival Officer

Max Hansli

Max Hänsli (CHE)
UNICA President

Igor Subbotin

Igor Subbotin (RUS)
President of the Russian Film Federation

Arie de Jong

Arie de Jong (NLD)
UNICA Committee Secretary General

Witold Kon

Witold Kon (POL)
President of the Polish Film Federation

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UNICA 2001 1st - 8th August Tallinn, Estonia

Tallin castle
Just a reminder.  For details click here.


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birthday celebrations "Happy birthday to you"


At UNICA 2000 in Roermond Mr Hansjoachim Stampehl (DEU), the president of BDFA and UNICA treasurer, and Mr Ariel Winograd (ARG), a "jeunesse" film maker from Argentina both celebrated their birthday.

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Letter from ...

Les Amputés de guerre - Québec * The War Amps - Québec
Service des plaques porte-clés * Key Tag Service
606, rue Cathcart, bureau 530, Montréal (Québec) H3B 1K9, Canada
Tél.: (514) 398 - 0759, téléc. : (514) 398-0699 ou 1-877-600-6212
<www.amputesdeguerre.ca> C. élec. : montreal@amputesdeguerre.ca

February 9, 2001


RE: 25th Film Song and Video Clip Mohelnice, Lazebnicka 2, 78985 Mohelnice, Czech Republic

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, on behalf of The War Amps of Canada, for presenting our Association with the UNICA Medal for our video production entitled AU FOND DE TOI.

It is a tremendous honour to be recognized by such a distinguished festival. A news release has also been sent to the media advising them about this award and its importance.

Congratulations to the dedicated people who helped launch such a first-class festival.

Kindest regards

H. C. Chadderton, OC, O. Ont, DCL, LLD
Chief Executive Officer

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REPORTS

1st International Festival of Visual Arts of Czechia (CZE) and Russia (RUS)
BRIDGE OF FRIENDSHIP - AWARDS

Bridge of Friendship Festival

Date and place: 19th- 23rd October 2000, Luga, Leningrad Province, Russia
Manager: Vladimir Popov (RUS)
Jury: Evgenij Mezentsev - filmdirector (RUS), Valerij Rodchenko - filmdirector (RUS), Valerij Volkov - manager of the Amateur Film Club (RUS)
Grand Prix: not awarded
1st Award: NOCTURNE - Vladimir Popov & Nadezhda Evdokimova (RUS)
EXHIBITION - Jan Popelka (CZE)
2nd Award: WHAT IT COST US TO BUILD A HOUSE - Evgenij Osipov (RUS)
3rd Award: NIKSA - Gennadij Kuralev (RUS)
Medals: THE WALL - Miroslav Veselý (CZE)
A HIT - Jaroslav Nykl (CZE)
KANKÁN - Excess Film (CZE)
ZIMRI - Lucie Hejbalová (CZE)
A DAY IN NEW YORK - Ctirad Štipl (CZE)
STORIES ABOUT INSECTS - Eduard Mocek (CZE)
COUNTRY DON JUAN - Tania Semenova (RUS)
DON´T BE SAD, NO NEED ... - Filmstudio "The Youth" (RUS)
THE END - Dimitrij Frolov (RUS)
PRAYER - Sergej Koslov (RUS)
BY THE HANDS OF YOUR OWN ART - Yurij & Galina Sokolov (RUS)
NEVSKIJ PROSPECT - Aronchuk & Subbotin (RUS)
Special Prizes: DESTINY SPROUTS - Zdenek Till (CZE)
WRONG FOOTBALL - Sergei Nozhenko (RUS)
16 DROPS - Yulia Petrova (RUS)
PROGRAMME OF CHILDREN´S CARTOONS - Children´s Videostudio Fenix (RUS)
PROGRAMME OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS - Videostudio Red Mount (RUS)

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COTSWOLD INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL 2000 - AWARDS
124 entries from 21 countries; the top three awards in each category were:

amateur: OCEAN ODYSSEY - Terry Elding (GBR)
PIANISSIMO - Mino Croce & Guido Wilhelm (ITA)
LONELINESS - Horst Brucker (DEU)
students: HANDS OFF - Jason Dainter (GBR)
HOPELESS - Rena Perakis (USA)
STAFF ROOM AT TIFFIN SCHOOL (GBR)
open: JESUS 2000 - Eric Cooper (USA)
THE OFFERING - Paul Lee (CAN)
PERSISTENCE - James Irving (GBR)


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XXXIV POL - 8 - AWARDS
Place and date: Polanica Zdroj - Poland * 28. April 2001		 festival logo

Director: Krzysztof Tokarski
Jury: Jan Peszek (POL), Stanislaw Puls (POL), Vladimir Murtin (NLD), Daniel Stephan (DEU), Ctirad Stipl (CZE)
Grand Prix: THE MAN WHO LOVED MOVIES - Mette Christensen (DK)
1st Prize: NA KRAWEDZI - Jacek Adamczewski (POL)
2nd Prize: SADWAJ Z TEXASU - Wojciech Wikarek & Jozef Klyk (POL)
MA - Bartosz Daniel Kulas (POL)
3rd Prize: KOLEJ RZECZY - Mariusz Skrzynski & Krystian Lipiecki (POL)
Jury Prize: Danish Film Institut/Videoworkshop - for the collection of films
Awards: VICINE - Rolf Mandolesi (ITA)
DRACOOL Ariel Winograd (ARG)
AZ BEHESTI KE MIAGYIM - Mehradad Osuki (IRN)
DER JORDAN - Ludwig Schneider (DEU)
SZAFA - Katarzyna Lehnert (POL)
SZPAN - Grupa filmowa Sawa (POL)
TEMIDA - Henryk Lehnert (POL)
WEST 15 - Lukasz Cholewiak & Katarzyna Koniarz (POL).

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DEUTSCHER MINUTENWETTBEWERB GÖRLITZ, 5 MAI 2001

Goldmedaille und delegiert zu DAFF und UNICA ENDLICH! - Videofilmer Senftenberg
Silbermedaille und delegiert zu DAFF und UNICA KLO-STORY - Fantasia Dresden
Bronzemedaille HEIMWÄRTS - Videofilmer Senftenberg
RECYCLING - Jürgen Danßmann, Berlin
MARK - Filmclub Reinickendorf, Berlin
2005 - DER KONTAKT - Jürgen Schallock, Niederndodeleben
SOAPING - Michael Rösel, Möglingen
KUHMIST - Stefan Rühberg, Rostock
HIER SCHMIDT AG - Kurt Rehfeld, Düsseldorf
SO HEGT's AUCH! - Hans-Günther Ludwig, Neunkirchen

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NEW FILMS IN THE UNICA ARCHIVES

Librarian: HANS SCHOBER, UNICA filmotheque, Rosenbergstrasse 56, CH - 9000 St Gallen, Suisse
tel.: ++ 41 71 223 6002
fax: ++ 41 71 2229 236
e-mail: Schober@Telenet.ch

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FESTIVALS WITH UNICA PATRONAGE
& UNICA MEDALS AWARDED

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