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Visegrad Film Forum kicks off in Bratislava for the 4th year running

Xinhua, March 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava is hosting the Visegrad Film Forum for the fourth year, with Oscar-winning Christopher Newman as the main guest. The forum runs from March 11 to 14.

Newman, a famous director who won three Academy Awards and worked as a sound engineer in the 1972 film, The Godfather, is opening with a a screening of the legendary movie. Newman is also screening the documentary The Ambassador, a film by Danish director Mads Brugger who was made famous for directing and starring in the documentary as himself. Brugger won an award at the Sundance Film Festival for his work wherein he posed as a fake Liberian diplomat and investigated the corruption of Western businessmen.

The forum's main goal is to foster a creative dialogue amongst film and television industry professionals, and as a networking and educational platform for emerging film professionals, notably students majoring in film, media or audiovisual studies. Endit