BAFF - BETINA FILM FESTIVAL

Betina Film Festival (BAFF) is a five-day film festival of Croatian and international film. It is oriented towards the promotion of Croatian cinematography, presentation of short
international film, education on film art and exploration of the possibilities. The festival competition program consists of screenings of short films divided into three categories: animated, documentary and feature films, and the best of them are selected by three expert members of the festival jury.
Outside the competition program are the award-winning feature films of Croatian productions. In addition to the rich film program, the BAFF also attaches great importance to film education itself through lectures, workshops for children and young people, panel discussion, debate clubs, live music, entertainment and awards ceremony.
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Betina Film Festival ( BAFF ) petodnevni je filmski festival hrvatskog i međunarodnog filma. Orijentiran je na promicanje hrvatske kinematografije, prezentaciju kratkog međunarodnog filma,edukaciju o filmskoj umjetnosti te istraživanje mogućnosti iste.
Natjecateljski program festivala čine projekcije kratkometražnih filmova podijeljene u tri kategorije: animirani, dokumentarni i igrani film, a najbolje od njih odabiru tri stručna člana festivalskoga žirija. Izvan natjecateljski program čine nagrađivani dugometražni filmovi hrvatske produkcije.
Osim bogatog projekcijskog programa, veliku važnost BAFF predaje i samoj edukaciji o filmskoj umjetnosti kroz predavanja, radionice za djecu i mlade, panel rasprave, debatni klub, glazbeni,zabavni i nagradni program.

Visit www.betinafilmfestival.com for more insight.

Awards & Prizes

Festival jury will award Croatian films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award International films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award Croatian or International film:
• Best Kids Animated Short

Festival jury will award Croatian student/young author films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award regional films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

The Festival jury will award the best VR animated film.

The public will award the best feature-length film.

International films in competition programs will get special mentions in the category of short feature, animated, and documentary film.

• Special mentions might be given to the outstanding talents from the fields of directing, production, acting, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, sound design...

Article 1— General
Betina Film Festival is an international short film festival which is held in Betina, on the island of Murter. The festival is organized by Mirage Creative Studio and under the sponsorship of the Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC), Tisno Municipality, and Tourist Board of Betina.

Article 2— Program
The festival consists of:
competition program (short and short student film),
non-competition program (feature film)
educational program (lectures and workshops) and
entertainment program.

Article 3—Terms of application
Films for the competition program can be registered by film directors, producers, and national film authorities with film representation rights.

*All films must have English subtitles.*

Article 4— Application
All films must be submitted online, by sending an application through FilmFreeway or through a form on the official festival website.
The duration of the film in the competition program must be under 45 minutes.
All projects submitted for 2021 Festival consideration must have been completed in either 2019 or 2020. If your project was completed
prior to June 1st, 2019, it is no longer eligible for submission.

Article 5— Selection and screenings
The Betina Film Festival jury will examine all the applications and will inform all filmmakers if they have passed for selection within a short period after the submission deadline.
The Festival will invite representatives of the selected films to attend the festival (at their own expense).

Article 6 — Rewards
Croatian films in the competition program will get BAFF award in animated, documentary, and feature categories.
Croatian student film will receive an award in the category for the best young author(feature and documentary film).
An audience award is given for the best feature film.
Audiences will evaluate films with a 1—5 grade (where 1 is the lowest and 5 is the highest grade). The best-rated film will be the audience winner of Betina Film Festival.
International films in the competition program will get special mentions in the category of short feature, animated, and documentary film.