The fifth annual Silent Film days in Tromsø is due September 2-5. Once again you may witness silent film classics on Verdensteatret Kino, accompanied by live music from top of the line local and international musicians. The program will be released in the beginning of August, and will be published on Verdensteatret's website.

This weekend you can attend a workshop with renowned German director and producer Tom Schreiber at Verdensteatret. The workshop "Creative idea developement on documentaries" is a part of Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF). The workshop still has room for new attendants. There is also an open lecture with Schreiber Saturday evening, together with a screeinng of "Portraits of German Alcoholics, which he has produced.

Espen Dreyer is the lucky winner of an iPhone, delivered by our partner Telenor. He was one of those who voted for his favourite film during TIFF 2010. We congratulate Espen, and use the opportunity to also honour For a Moment, Freedom, by director Arash T. Riahi who won the Silver Audience Award. 

We're happy to announce that this year's "Golden Palm" winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by director Apichatpong Weerasethakul is ready for the program for Tromsø International Film Festival 2011.

Tank Design, who have designed TIFF's visual profile received recently an award at the Dieline Awards in Chicago. Dieline are one of the most prestigious awards for packaging design. We congratulate our good partner through many years with the award!