Previous UNICAs | Many of the
films screened at UNICA can be seen here
The British contribution
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Great films, great company, great fun ... it must be UNICA! |
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St Isaacs Cathedral |
Alan Atkinson receives awards for British films |
South Korean tea ceremony in the kino |
This UNICA had exceptional films, a knowledgeable
jury, excursions, entertainments plus the opportunity to
explore a beautiful historic city.
Sacred Blood Cathedral |
UNICA is the umbrella organisation for
national, non-commercial film-making federations. For one week
each year it arranges a festival where the nations compete. |
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Talk, talk, talk Normally all official
announcements including the jury discussions are translated
into English, French, German and the host language. This was
not always the case in St Petersburg as this UNICA was short
of translators but the general assembly, jury discussions and
most of the speeches were covered. The majority of the films
screened in competition were either in English or had
subtitles in English. Delia Vagner in a sound-proof booth translating the General Assembly discussions Foyer of the kino |
Films, films, filmsThe UNICA-News website has details of all of the films sent to UNICA 2015 (here) and you can see almost 40 of them online (here).
Britain's selection won a Silver Medal, 4 Bronze medals and two Diplomas of Honour.
More details here. Copy That Selfie You can see the full UNICA competition results on the UNICA website starting here. There was also a World Minute Movie competition, judged by audience vote. Britain entered two films and one of them won third equal. More here. |
The General AssemblyThis year several members of the UNICA committee stood down, so there are many new faces. The new President is Dave Watterson (our assistant webmaster). The last time a British person was President was in the 1930s.From left: Thomas Krauchi Treasurer (Switzerland); Zeljko Balog (Croatia); Georg Schoner General-Secretary (Austria); Franke Stas (The Netherlands); Tatyana Alahverdzhieva (Bulgaria); Pavel Leski (Poland); Bernhard Lindner Vice-President (Germany);Dave Watterson President (UK);Rolf Mandolesi (Italy); Wolfgang Freier (Germany); Mitze Chapowski (Macedonia); Jeanne Glass Vice-President (France) The Assembly also confirmed
UNICA 2017 will be in Dortmund, Germany and UNICA 2018 will
be in Blansko, Czech Republic.
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Excursions to local sightsAn important part of every UNICA is sightseeing. 2015 included a whole-day trip with a bus tour of the main sights and a visit to Peterhof Palace built by Peter the Great. Later in the week we had a half day sight seeing boat trip around the canals and rivers. The opening and closing ceremonies included dance and music entertainments. |
2016's UNICA will be in Suceava in Romania19th to 26th August. The Romanian delegation came to St Petersburg with welcome packs and tons of enthusiasm to encourage as many people as possible to come to the festival next year. Why not think about joining us? There are sure to be people you know in the British group and you will quickly make new friends from other countries. If you are interested email Dave Watterson (asstweb@theiac.org.uk) and he will keep you up to date with plans, travel suggestions and so on. |
Previous UNICAs | Many of the
films screened at UNICA can be seen here
The British contribution
| The Results