Awards
The members of the Jury for the International Film Festival Documfest 2008, Timisoara (6-8 November), David Lowen (UK), Sabina Pop (Romania), Hermann Barth (Germany), Nicolas Feodoroff (France), Bert Hogenkamp (The Netherlands) and Milan Knezevic (Serbia) after viewing the films of the official competition, grant the festival awards.
Judges Comments
Gallery
Documentary film - a dilema
During the workshop entitled "Documentary Film from Est to West", the directors and the jury members debated the issue of production and broadcasting of documentary films on a national and international level.
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Official Selection of DocumFest, International Documentary Film Festival, 1st Edition - 2008
On the festival organizers' address a number of 183 films have been sent, from 30 countries. The pre-selection Jury was formed of Cornel Ungureanu, PhD, Claudiu Arieșan, PhD, and Gheorghe Sabău.
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DocumFest 2008 International Film Festival
DocumFest 2008 International Film Festival is organized by TVR Timișoara (the local branch of the national TV station broadcasting for the South-Western area of Romania), with the help of The City Hall and the City Council of Timișoara, and co-organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute, in partnership with The French Cultural Centre and The German Cultural Centre of Timișoara.
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Timisoara city
Timișoara is one of the biggest cities of Romania and an important economic and university centre, with a population of over 350,000 people. It has been shaped by various cultures and civilizations. Turkish rule began in 1552 and lasted until 1716, when the city was conquered by the Habsburg troops under the command of Eugeniu de Savoya.
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TVR Timisoara
TVR Timișoara is part of the Romanian Television Society (Societatea Română de Televiziune - TVR), being the local studio which covers the South-Western counties of Romania: Timiș, Arad, Caraș-Severin, and Hunedoara. It broadcasts general interest programmes, in line with the norms set for public TV networks. It is attended by an average number of 2 million viewers.
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Main sponsor:

Incontro Prefabbricati
Partners:
- French Cultural Centre of Timisoara
- German Cultural Centre of Timisoara
- Romanian Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, National Culture Heritage of Timis County
- Timisoara Museum of Art
- The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design - University of West, Timisoara
- Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Timisoara

Austrian Cultural Forum
Cervantes Institute Bucharest
Sponsor:
- Royal Netherland's Honorary Consulate in Timisoara
With the support of:
- Center for Independent Journalism, Bucharest


