Joël Friso

Media and cultural scientist, programme manager at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Country of origin: 
The Netherlands

Articles

Brand New Film Award in The Netherlands: World Cinema Exchange Award
The festival World Cinema Amsterdam has added a brand new award this year: the World Cinema Exchange Award. The award is made possible by INTERFILM member Het Filmgesprek.
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Connecting Cottbus
Joël Friso registers significant moments at the 27th Festival of East European Cinema in Cottbus 2017.
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Festivals

30.04.2022 to 09.05.2022
Oberhausen
68th International Short Film Days Oberhausen
07.11.2017 to 12.11.2017
Cottbus
27th FilmFestival Cottbus

Current issues

Church Media Foundation Award 2024
Film directors Satu Majava and Joel Tainio have won the Church Media Foundation Award with their film «Do No Harm». The documentary was awarded in the domestic competition of the Tampere Film Festival 2024.
Seeing, Not Seeing, Recognising
In his report about the Forum section of the Berlinale 2024 Karsten Visarius focusses on documentaries as Romuald Karmakar's "The Invisible Zoo" and Alexander Horwath's "Henry Fonda for President", mentioning a number of outstanding feature films as well.

Events

11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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26.04.2023 to 30.04.2023
Budapest
In Uncertain Times
In Budapest at the end of April 2023 INTERFILM is organising a seminar on the history of Hungarian film and the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe.
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