The festival will feature competition in several categories such as feature films, documentaries, short and animated films
TIRANA, May 1 – The Albanian Film Festival will return this year for the independence centenary events after a six-year absence. Organized by the Albanian National Center of Cinema-tography, applications for the festival scheduled to be held from October 7 to 13, 2012 have already been launched.
The festival will feature competition in several categories such as feature films, documentaries, short and animated films. Albanian artists from Kosovo and Macedonia have also been invited to take part in the festival which will select the best productions from the 2007-2012 period. Artan Minarolli, the director of the Cinematography Center promises a well-known Hollywood name will be present at the festival.
Back in 2010, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography (ANCC) became a member of European Film Promotion (EFP). Founded in 1997, the ANCC supports the development, production and distribution of films which have a potential to achieve international recognition, thereby enhancing the cultural identity of the local film productions and improving the economic viability of its cinematography. Since 1997, around 167 different projects – 37 feature-length films, 20 short feature films, 63 documentaries, 39 animated films, and eight film festivals – have been backed by ANCC. The main mandate remains the development of new cinema of artistic value.
