December 22, 2011

Special Mention on International WATCH DOCS Film Festival.


On December 18, the 11th International WATCH DOCS Film Festival. Human Rights in Film came to an end. During ten days of the festival, one of the two biggest human rights film events in the world, the audience watched almost 90 movies, which combined the concern for human beings with the art of filmmaking.
The Jury gave a Special Mention to “Pit No. 8”, a film about three Ukrainian children, whose childhood is slipping away before our eyes, but in whom we still see the spirit of resilience.

October 18, 2011

The Silver Nanook goes to "Pit No 8"

 "Pit No 8" by Marianna Kaat won the Silver Nanook at 2011 International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana” in the nomination Best Feature Documentary.
“Flahertiana” festival has been held in the Russian Siberian city of Perm since 1995 and it is the biggest documentary festival in Russia. It was named after noted US filmmaker Robert Flaherty, one of the founders and classics of the world documentary cinema.

September 04, 2011

11 new festival screanings


We are proud to announce that Pit No 8 will be soon screened in the competition programs of the following international film festivals all over the world:

France Premier
Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine
France
September 1-10, 2011

DocuWest
2011 International Documentary Film Festival
 USA
September 7-11, 2011

Latvian Premier
Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries
Latvia
September 7-11, 2011

Lithuanian Premier
Vilnius Documentary Film Festival
Lithuania
Sept 22nd - Oct 2, 2011


Turkish Premier
14th Istanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival
Turkey
September 29 - October 3, 2011.

Mexican Premier
6th DOCSDF
International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City
Mexico
Sept 29-Oct 9, 2011


Russian Premier
XI Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana
Russia
October 11-16, 2011

Ad Hoc: Inconvenient Films
Lithuania
October 20-30, 2011

German Premier
21. Film Festival Cottbus
Germany
November 1-6, 2011


Belarus Premier
Documentary Film Festival Listopad
Belarus
November 5-12, 2011

11. IFF WATCH DOCS
Warsaw, Poland
December 2-11, 2011




Festivals prizes up to September 2011


Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award & The Nicholas School Environmental Award -
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, USA 2011; 

Special Mention - 14th Tallinn Black Nights FF, Tridens Baltic Feature Film Competition; 

Film of the year 2010 - Estonian Cultural Endowment;  

Movies That Matter Special Mention - ZagrebDox 2011, Croatia.

Official selections up to September 2011


One World Romania Documentary Film Festival, Bucharest 2011; 
Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa; 
Crossing Europe Film Festival, Linz 2011; 
Hot Docs International Film Festival, Toronto 2011; 
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver 2011;  
International Documentary Film Festival Cronograf, Chisinau 2011; 
Krakow Film Festival, Poland 2011; 
Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia 201; 
Lume International Film Festival, Brazil 2011.