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The Crescent Theatre 
Eleven Brindley Place, Brindleyplace,
Sheepcote St, Birmingham B16 8AE, UK
 

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Rolf Leuenberger, President of UNiCA, has discussed the future UNiCA with Mike Wyhman, Linda Gough and Simon Sumner. Andrzej Przezdziecki in Poznań hands over the sceptre.

We are

international

27

National
Members
Associations


> 300

Videoclubs

> 7000

Videomakers

PL-Poznań 2024
3 Jury Members
  Jan Watterson GBR, Thomas Schauer AUT, Wojtek Kukla POL

Jury substitute Nadine Scharfenort DEU

and a voice from the audience per day
day 1 Adalbert Becker DEU, day 2 Romy Van Krieken NLD , day 3 Bernd Zimmermann DEU

I-Comacchio 2023
3 Jury Members
  Martin Stoll CZE, Thomas Schauer AUT, Romy Van Krieken NLD

Jury Assistant Tini Schuurmans NLD

and new a voice from the audience per day
day 1 Josep Rota ESP, day 2 Jürgen Richarz DEU, day 3 Jan Watterson GBR

Vimeo VIDEO link
from the jury session about the film "Charlot's Last Suit" (UBC - Guy Gauthier).
Commentary on a French translation by Kamelya Özdemir, edited by Luc Toussaint.

CH-Locarno 2022

3 Jury Members
Sandor Buglya HUN, Jacqueline Pante ITA, Thomas Schauer AUT

Jury Assistant Tini Schuurmans NLD

CZ-Blansko 2018
5 Jury Members
Martin Stoll CZE, Tarmo Hotanen FIN, Alfons Hereu ESP, Thomas Schauer AUT, Mike Whymann GBR

Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger

AUT - Fieberbrunn 2013
7 Jury Members 
Daniel Caracci FRA, Wim Aegerts BEL, Wolfgang Allin AUT, Reinhardt Steininger AUT, Greta Varts EST, Ladislav Frantis CZE, Bernhard Lindner DEU

Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger CHE

BEL - Blankenberge 2005

7 Jury Members
Georg Schörner AUT, Dave Watterson GBR, Julien Loncke BEL, Michel Creten BEL,

Rolf Leuenberger CHF, Diana Nenandic HRV, Pawel Levski POL

Our History

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2022

1946

1937

1931

A new start 21 - 27 August Locarno (CHE)

82nd Film Competition
between Nations and Congress

There was a restart in Switzerland,

after the second World War,

with the UNiCA Congress in Lugano (CHE)

UNiCA - Union Internationale du Cinéma

was founded
at the Paris World's Fair (FRA)

BRUXELLES (BEL)
1st International Amateur Film Competition with participation from five countries

 

After 2019 in Zeist NLD

and a 36-month forced break

a new start in 2022 in Locarno Switzerland



 

                    [2020   BIRMINGHAM (GBR) cancelled due to COVID-19]
                    [2021    WARSZAWA (POL) cancelled due to COVID-19]
                    [2022   KERSON (UKR)
postponed to 2024]
2022        21.-27.8. LOCARNO (CHE)

2023        10.-16.9. COMACCHIO (ITA)

                    [2024   KERSON (UKR) cancelled due to the war]

2024        18.-23.8. POZNAN/POSEN (POL)


2025        Birmingham (GBR) Website from 1.1.2025

2026        Skopje (MKD)

2027        Cannes (FRA)
2028        open

 

I-Poznan 2024 - General Assembly
Thomas Kräuchi, Viorel Ieremie, Jaroslav Kolčava, Wolgang Allin, Mitze Chapovski, Wolfgang Freier, Public, Serge Michel, Public,
Rolf Leuenberger (just taking this picture), Marcus Siebler, Tini Schuurmans, Andrzej Przeżdiecki (covered by Tini)

I-Comacchio 2023 - General Assembly
Thomas Kräuchi, Rolf Leuenberger (just taking this picture), Marcus Siebler, Tini Schuurmansr, Viorel Ieremie

CH-Locarno 2022 - General Assembly

Marcus Siebler, Viorel Ieremie, Wolfgang Allin, Thomas Kräuchi, J.Essing, Rolf Leuenberger, Andrzej Przeziecki, Tini Schuurmans

BUL-Ruse 2012 - General Assembly
Artashes Hovanessian, Wolfgang Freier, Alois Urbanek, Rolf Mandolesi, Jeanne Glass,

Georges Fondeur, Jan Essing, Thomas Kräuchi, Stanislaw Puls, Zeljko Balog, Rolf Leuenberger

NL-Zeist 2019 (Hilversum) - Archive of NLD Amateur Film Makers
Rolf Leuenberger

D-Dortmund 2017 - People who have contributed a lot to UNiCA over the years

Jan Essing, Jacqueline Pante, Dave Watterson, Max Hänsli, Georges Fondeur, Arie De Jong

CH-Einsiedeln 2010 - Excursion to Lucerne
Mitze Chapovski, Odilion Dupont, Jozef Van Gompel, Jan & Dave Watterson, Jean-Claude Lejosne, Claire Auda; Zvonimir Karakatic

CH-Lugano 1946
The event went off brilliantly and with great camaraderie. Switzerland, Film Amateurs and especially the Lugano Club,
under the leadership of Messrs Wullschleger and Vicari, deserve our warmest thanks. E. Weissenberger (interim Secretary General)

Our Films

Three example

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Video by Dieter Leitner

Video by Barnabás Tóth

Video by Thomas Speckhofer

Our
Souvenirs

Many thanks to the authors

Past UNiCA festivals


1951-57 shot by Donald Elliot.

1979 - onwards by Arie de Jong.


Up to 1989 shot on 8mm.

Thereafter on various video formats.


Includes glimpses of

  • 1951 Glasgow (United Kingdom)
  • 1954 Angers (France)
  • 1955 Lisboa (Portugal)
  • 1956 Zurich (Switzerland)
  • 1957 Rome (Italy)
  • 1965 Mar Del Plata (Argentina)
  • 1979 Turku (Finland)
  • 1984 Karl Matrx Stadt
    (East Germany)
  • 1990 Västeras (Sweden)
  • 1991 Sankt Gallen (Switzerland)
  • 1992 Lido Degliestensi (Italy)
  • 1993 Villa Carlos Paz (Argentina)
  • 1994 Hradek Kralové
    (Czech Republic)
  • 1995 Bourges (France)


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