23/06/2005

The European Coordination of Film Festivals organises tomorrow at the ISELP (Institut Supérieur pour l'Etude du Langage Plastique) in Brussels a day of presentations and debates on "digital film".

The event, which begins with a presentation by George Bollon, European Coordination of Film Festivals' President and Costa Daskalakis, head of Unit for the MEDIA programme of the European Union, has a raft of international guests, film and audiovisual professionals who will share their perspectives on the topic.
Pierre-Paul Renders, who has just finished shooting his latest film , Comme Tout le Monde [+see also:
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Also in the programme, the presence of several representatives from international festivals such as Luca Rafaelli (International Animated Film Festival - Italy), Tony Jones (Cambridge Film Festival – UK) and also Mira Sanders (Argos Film Festival – Belgium).
The day will end with the screening of Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, a German expressionist film which Robert Wiene directed in 1920. Christian Leroy and José Bedeur will provide the musical accompaniment.