It’s been always characteristic of the Festival to have a colourful guest-list. It happens that Turkish, Georgian, Persian, Russian or Venezuelan people are interested in us and visit the MEDIAWAVE Festival! Here comes a little conversation with Anna and Elena who spent their time during the MEDIAWAVE in the Weöres Sándor Theatre, Savaria Cinema and on the Main Square. Just like all the other Festival visitors who had a lot of fun during their stay.

Dear young ones!

Summer is coming and so is our usual art camp which is to be organized in Kisharsány as you probably know it by now. There will be the usual art types present: film, photo, music, architecture. Behind our project stand the organizations IV. Ördögkatlan Festival and MEDIAWAVE Üst (Kettle).

The others interested in film and photography we offer the following programs – other than being together is fun and worth it!

You can still enter for free your fiction, animation or experimental film that is no longer than 30 minutes and was made after 1. January 2008. Beside the previous technical updates the biggest change is that you can not only send the registration form on-line but you can also upload your film for the pre-jury to review. Those whom movies make it to the final we require a screening copy as well. Of course whoever wish to send their film by postal service they are free to do so.Shortly there will be a list of films have been entered this year with those highlighted that we actually recieved! Deadline is 30th of April 2011! Shortly there will be a list ont he website of the films have been entered this year with those highlighted that we actually recieved!

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The 19th Passport Control of MEDIAWAVE Foundation awaits young artists and those interested over 16, whether beginners, intermediate students (in formal art education) or advanced (with qualifications and/or experience) who intend to learn and develop their talent within the framework of a creative, international art cooperation offering fast and effective progress in practical knowledge. Click here!

The 19th Passport Control of MEDIAWAVE Foundation awaits young artists and those interested over 16, whether beginners, intermediate students (in formal art education) or advanced (with qualifications and/or experience) who intend to learn and develop their talent within the framework of a creative, international art cooperation offering fast and effective progress in practical knowledge.

Passport Control 18's workshop films and photos are already available on the online film archive of MEDIAWAVE. The acoustic ethno music workshop's concert film is under editing and will come soon as well. Films are available here, and the photos here!

Romungro Fiúk, a band from Csorna that counts as MEDIAWAVE Festival's own house band, and that got a push in the acoustic-international ethno workshops of György Ferenczi, boosting their musical development, was recently awarded by FRINGE Pécs2010 Festival's special award. At the same time they got the opportunity to participate in the international talent programme Roots&Routers. Congratulations to Vilmos Csuha and Péter Horváth!

It is probably the editor's work that is most invisible for a simple cinema-goer among the most important processes of filmmaking - directors, cinematographers and composers usually get much more attention. That is exactly why it is worth to take a look at films through the scissor-eyes of the editor. Alan Heim, Oscar-winning American editor, guest of Mediawave gave a presentation for the participants of the film workshop Passport Control.

Participants from Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine and Hungary joind their forces in Szombathely for a fresh Passport workshop. The opening gig of MEDIAWAVE by the Portuguese-Afro Terrakota helped to get into the mood, but on the first of May, in the spirit of international labour day, Passport participants started work too.

©Rózsa Ferkó Károly

Photographers equipped a traditional lab and with Gábor Kapolka, they discussed dimensions of photography and the role of emotions and senses. Young filmmakers set up the editing background and became a bit familiar with camera movement, and started to work on the scripts along with on-site checking of the locations of the shootings...