Save Tirana International Film Festival

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Tirana International Film Festival

Cinema Short Film Festival

Fiction, Documentaries, Animation and Experimental

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Save  Tirana International Film Festival

 

To:  The Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports of Albania, Mr. Ylli Pango

From: The PEOPLE OF FESTIVAL

 

The Tirana International Film Festival, created in 2003, is based on a simple trinity: the filmmakers, the public and the festivals financial supporters.

In these five years, TIFF managed to represent the largest network ever generated from Albania that was able to gather FILMMAKERS from over 70 countries all around the World and to facilitate the circulation of more than 4,000 films, the exchange of their respective techniques, point of views, themes and diversity of cultural values.  

The Tirana International Film Festival, relying on the work, the passion and expertise of its staff and collaborators, acted in these 5 years to promote the Albanian cinema in the world through numerous actions (including but not limited to film retrospectives) that respond to the real need of the industry and of the international audiences.  

But what really makes the difference, speaking on terms of human relations, are the citizens of the cities where film festivals are held. The success of a film festival heavily depends upon their reaction, the reaction of the public. The PUBLIC of Tirana, the public of Albania, during these years in which TIFF has existed, has demonstrated that the International Film Festival is a more than needed event in a culturally fast-growing capital. The TIFF counts about 3000 Albanian spectators per year.

While the two pillars, the filmmakers and the public "the PEOPLE OF FESTIVAL" become increasingly stronger, this year, on the fifth anniversary of TIFF, the sudden and inexplicable disengagement of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports, which was the main financial supporter of the Festival, put TIFF in a very difficult situation.

So far, there has been no official reply to our requests for financing TIFF project in its 2007 edition.

TIFF decided to respond jointly to this situation by publicly reacting through this petition.

We really do feed the hope that Tirana Film Festival has more and more followers that really do want TIFF in existence, for the best of the culture of Albania and for our integration through culture.

THAT IS WHY, WE APPEAL TO YOU TODAY, PEOPLE OF FESTIVAL, FOR YOUR ACTIVE SUPPORT.

WE ASK YOU, PEOPLE OF FESTIVAL, TO SUPPORT THE ACTION OF TIFF BY SIGNING THIS PETITION.  

 

The undersigned

 

Click Here to Sign  Petition

 

Please Forward this Petition everyone who belives in good things and specials events

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TIFF

Tirana International Film Festival

P.O. Box 8361

Tirana, Albania

http://www.tiranafilmfest.com

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[ilir butka]

Tirana International Film Festival

Cinema Short Film Festival

Fiction, Documentaries, Animation and Experimental

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PETITION