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[20-08-2010]
8th Annual International film festival TUR OSTRAVA 2011 It will be held from the 25th until the 29th of April 2011 in the City of Ostrava House of Culture. The festival involves short films and documentaries aimed at all branches of industrial, agricultural, economic and civic pursuits of people and their connection with living environments and long-term sustainable development (Trvale Udržitelný Rozvoj). Film productions will be separated under the following themes: Ø Lifestyles and Health; For participation we are appealing to Czech and international filmmakers regardless of whether you are an association, organization or individual. If you have a film which falls within the given themes your participation will be heartily welcomed! More information about the preparations for the festival can be found at www.turfilm.cz, where you can also find an application form, which is necessary to submit your documentary into the festival program. Please send submitted films to this address: Fabex Media s.r.o. The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 15th March 2011. The films will be screened competitively. A five member panel comprised of experts in the field, from the Czech Republic and abroad, will honour the best films within a number of categories. The award ceremony will be held on Friday 29th April 2011, with the media, political representatives and partners of the festival also in attendance. The exact time and place of the award ceremony will be specified to the prizewinning filmmakers closer to the date. Conditions for submitting your film into the festival: 1) Application form: can be found at the festival website www.turfilm.cz An introduction to the Festival International film festival TUR Ostrava follows the traditions of another similar festival about our living environment – Ekofilms, which moved from Ostrava a number of years ago. Our festival TUR (Trvale Udržitelný Rozvoj) which means long-term sustainable development, would like to continue in its footprints. The themes surrounding environmental problems have been further enriched to include other aspects such as human relations and economic phenomena, and their impact on our lives. In it’s almost six year existence, the TUR festival has become a firm component of the spring cultural program in Ostrava. It is held annually in the City of Ostrava House of Culture, but its ongoing growth has seen it expand to other locations. Last year film screenings also took place in settings such as Ostrava’s Mining Museum in Landek. For the sixth installment we have established many new partnerships including the Johann Palisa Observatory and Planetarium, Báňská Technical University Ostrava (VŠB – TU Ostrava) and the Silesia-Ostrava Castle. For the first time, the festival will also be able to screen in a number of surrounding cities. Awaiting festival attendees is a selection of films and documentaries about the environment and its protection, with works not just from Czech but also international filmmakers. Viewers can thus compare how ecological problems are dealt with in other corners of the world. In addition to the four days of film screenings, as always there will be prepared an accompanying program for viewers. It will be include discussions with experienced experts from various fields, workshops and cultural performances. TUR Ostrava 2011 is arranged by Fabex Media in association with the statutory City of Ostrava, the Moravia-Silesia Region, and the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic. Entry to all festival events if entirely free of charge. About Ostrava There is no a better place in Europe to submit your films and documentaries, that deal with all topics on sustainable development, than Ostrava in the Czech Republic. After Prague and Brno, Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, and well known for three different reasons, all of them connected with environmental affairs: Ø For decades, Ostrava was called the “Steel Heart of the Republic” because the coal and steel industry was concentrated in the city; but less respect was paid to environmental protection. Contact 
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