The film industry and US International Film & Video Festival lost a friend Dec. 6 with the death from cancer of Pim Korver, a Dutch member of the Festival Board and a great documentary filmmaker.
Korver was known as THE maritime film- and photo specialist, according to a posting by TowingLine.com blog. Over 50 years he documented the towage and salvage heritage of Dutch maritime.
Korver was also a journalist on other subjects. He and his talent will be greatly missed.
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| Michio Kokubu, producer of “Music" for Honda, receives Best of Festival-Corporate Award for BIS, Japan, from Lee Gluckman of FilmFest. | Wolfgang Landgraeber (right), Head of Department, Society/Documentaries at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Cologne, accepts Best of Festival Award-Documentary for “The Blood of the Rose” from Lee Gluckman. |
Congrats to 2011 Silver Screen winner!  Before the skyline of Los Angeles, Lee Gluckman, chairman of US International Film & Video Festival, presents the 2011 Silver Screen Award for Eaton GmbH, Vienna, to Gregor Jasch, president of planB Advertising Agency, Vienna, Austria. FilmFest judges praised the planB production for its “nice simple approach” to telling the story of renewable energy and how Eaton’s research and development offers safe and tested solutions for powering electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power sources.
Upon hearing this, Jasch noted: “Emotional storytelling creates trust and distinctiveness and is remembered longer.” The two met for the “ceremony” at the Sky Bar in the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood when Jasch was in Los Angeles to attend the NAMM Show, the world’s largest music product trade show. Watch an interview with Gregory Jasch Visit the planB website |
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 Lee Gluckman (right), chairman of US International Film & Video Festival, is the newly elected president of Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique), i.e. The International Committee of Tourism Film (CIFFT). Here he is with Martha Schultz, vice president of The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO), Vienna;, Andreas Meschuh of Art Media Film & TV Produktion (Austria) and director and producer of the Grand Prix Winner Film, “Styria – The Green Heart of Austria“; Georg Bliem, CEO of the Steirische Tourismus GmbH, which is the Tourist Office of Styria. “Styria – The Green Heart of Austria,” was the Grand Prix winner. Lee Gluckman Jr., founder of Producers Group Ltd. and chairman of US International Film & Video Festival and of Mobius Awards advertising competition, all headquartered in Redondo Beach, California, has been chosen president of Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique, The International Committee of Tourism Film (CIFFT). Member festivals hold international competitions and award independent prizes to tourism films. Based on awards received throughout the year, an overall winner is determined by a point system and the film is awarded the Grand Prix CIFFT at the “Festival of Festivals” in Vienna. At the recent 2010 event, the following films were nominated for the top award in 2010: “Styria – The Green Heart of Austria,” and “Eaglewalk,” Austria; “Styria – The Green Heart of Austria” won the Grand Prix. CIFFT member festivals, in addition to US International Film & Video Festival, include New York Festivals, New York; Art&Tur - International Tourism Film Festival, Barcelos, Portugal; Tourfilm Riga, Riga, Latvia; Toura d'Or and Das goldene Stadttor / The Golden City Gate, Berlin; Internat. Wirtschaftsfilmtage and Festival of Festivals - Grand Prix CIFFT, Vienna; SILAFEST - The International Festival of Tourist and Ecology Film, Veliko Gradište, Serbia; Tourfilm Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; International Tourfilm Festival Plock, Plock, Poland; Document.Art - The International Festival of Documentary Films, Otopeni, Romania; Tourfilm Brazil – Brazil International Tourism Film Festival, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards , Cannes, France. CIFFT was formed in 1989 by organizers of the Viennese “Festival of Festivals” to assure an international platform encouraging global tourism through audio-visual media. U.S. International Film & Video Festival is one of member festivals of CIFFT. |
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