COMPETITION AND REQUIREMENTS
The competition program includes:
- Main Fiction Films Competition;
- Main Non-fiction Films Competition;
- Animation Films Competition;
- Children and Youth Films Competition “Listapadzik”;
- Youth Films Competition “Cinema of the Young”;
Only full-length films (running time from 52 minutes) made in 2022-2023 may participate in the Main Fiction Films Competition Program. Preference is given to the films specially mentioned at international festivals and highly acclaimed by filmmakers and viewers
No less than 10 films minimum from 5 countries participate in the Main Fiction Films Competition Program.
Only full-length and medium-length films (running time from 26 minutes) made in 2022-2023 may participate in the Main Non-Fiction Films Competition Program. Preference is given to the films specially mentioned at international festivals and highly acclaimed by filmmakers and viewers
No less than 10 films minimum from 5 countries participate in the Main Non-Fiction Films Competition Program.
Films created in 2022-2023 participate in the Animation Films Competition. Animated films of all genres are accepted (running time up to 39 minutes.
No less than 10 films minimum from 5 countries participate in the Main Animation Films Competition.
Full-length fiction and animated films for children and youth created in 2022- 2023 participate in Children and Youth Films Competition “Listapadzik”.
Up to 10 films take part in “Listapadzik” Children and Youth Films Competition Program.
Demonstration copies of films participating in the Film Festival Competition Programs must be in the original language and with English subtitles if the original language is not English.
Youth Films Competition “Cinema of the Young” accepts films created in the last one and a half years. Films of all genres of any running time are accepted. The director's age at the time of filming must not be more than 40 years old.
No less than 10 most outstanding debut films (the first or the second work of the film director) participate in the Youth Films Competition “Cinema of the Young”;
Demonstration copies of films participating in the Film Festival Competition Programs must be in the original language and with English subtitles if the original language is not English.
Copies of films participating in the Competition Programs should be submitted to the Film Festival Directorate no later than October 13, 2023.
The final decision on the number of films participating in the Competition Programs is made by the Film Festival Directorate. The order of Competitive Films Demonstration is determined by the Film Festival Directorate.
Copies of films accepted for the other Film Festival Programs should be submitted to the Film Festival Directorate no later than October 13, 2023.
