We are a monthly film festival held in Eastern Europe and our main purpose is to find passionate filmmakers that thoroughly enjoy art and to make their work known across every platform.

Our judge panel is full of festival award-winning Directors, Cinematographers, Screenwriters, and Editors from Eastern Europe.

Furthermore, our festival is also a tribute to the late, great and award-winning Romanian actor, ILIE GHEORGHE.

ATTENTION: Due to the Covid-19 situation being out of control, certain delays might happen from time to time and we sincerely apologize.
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Awards & Prizes

Main Categories:

Best Short Film
Best Feature Film
Best Documentary
Best Animation
Best Directing
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Screenwriting
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Music
Best Student Filmmaker
Best VFX
Best Sound Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Production Design
Best Drone Short Film
Best Movie Poster
Best Music Video

All winners will receive laurels and certificates.

NOTE: The Best Actor winner will receive the ILIE GHEORGHE Award Certificate, as a tribute to the late and great Romanian actor, ILIE GHEORGHE.

Rules & Terms

Every single filmmaker must own all the copyrights used on their film.

If your film is in a foreign language, it should be submitted with English subtitles. However, if it does not have complex dialogue, it may be submitted without subtitles.

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  • Jacopo Fantastichini

    Thank you Eastern Europe Film Festival for the documentary special award, truly appreciated. Great communication, kind people, loved to be part of it.

    October 2022
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  • Ioannis Symeonidis

    Eastern Europe Film Festival will always be special for me, as it offered me my first trophy ever! It was a pleasure to communicate with you guys, i enjoyed every step of the process. Hope to participate again next year and wish you all the best!

    October 2022
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  • Meng Sum

    Thank you Eastern Europe Film Festival Team for the acknowledgment and recognition of our film, much appreciated, and cheers! :)

    October 2022
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  • Mejan Pun

    Hello festival Team
    Namaste from Nepal, thank you for selecting my film In Search of Light. It's Honored.

    October 2022
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  • David Aboucaya

    Thank you so much for the 2 awards. I'm honoured. Long life to your great festival

    October 2022
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