I’VE SEEN FILMS - INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Milano, September 24 - October 3, 2009
With 231 works from 70 countries, and with more than 100 premieres, ‘I’ve Seen Films’ International Film Festival, founded by Rutger Hauer and organized by the non-profit organization ‘Rutger Hauer Starfish Association’ provides one of the largest and more innovative celebrations to film and culture in the world. All the International Competition’s selected short films are screened during the Festival’s 10-day period in the Gnomo Milano Cinema , Centre Culturel Français and THECA venues.
It is the first festival in the world whereby a film competition is judged by an International Jury formed by so many notable artistic talents and experts of the cinematography sector. The 2009 Jury members are : Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, Lech Majewski, Christopher Nolan, Miranda Richardson, Paul Verhoeven, Eugenio Cappuccio, Anton Corbijn, Bill Bristow, Daniela Catelli, Teresa Cavina, Roberto Nepoti and Rutger Hauer.
I’ve Seen Films, directed by PierPaolo De Fina, has held the distinction of being the first short film festival to screen the authors works in a masterful, high-definition digitalized version.
With Microcinema Digital Network and the support of the European Space Agency, the ‘I’ve Seen Films’ competing films are broadcast to Microcinema’s network theaters via satellite and the Award Evening is aired live. Many of the films in the program are European or Italian premieres and have been assigned international acknowledgements, with their interpreters winners of Emmy and Academy Awards. The films in the Festival’s program are in the fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and videoclip categories, with a special ‘Social Awareness’ category. All of these categories are represented in each Festival screening day.
Apart from the International competition we are proud to announce that twenty of the shorts that are produced during the 2009 master class will be screened at the festival during 2 special event evenings with Rutger Hauer and Lech Majevski on September 30th and October 2nd.
