Silence is golden

1. The 1st Silent Film Festival SILENCE IS GOLDEN in its competition program shows domestic and international silent films that do not have dialogue but can contain ambient noises, without composed music score, or completely without sound, of all categories and types.
2. Movies may contain text boards or subtitles, or notes for a score which can be performed live along with film.
3. Entries must not be older than 3 years
4. The duration of films that can be submitted is up to 45 minutes.
5. Films from the competition program are shown with live music.
6. Films may be submitted by directors, producers, institutions or other legal entities with rights to represent films.
7. The selection of films for the competition program is chosen by the selector of the competition program in coordination with the Artistic director of the festival.
8. In addition to the competition program, the festival presents other program sections in the field of theory, history and aesthetics of film, namely retrospectives, lectures, panel discussions and presentations of current film theoretical works on the topic of silent film.
Silent Film Festival SILENCE IS GOLDEN awards the prize for the best film according to the evaluation of the expert jury and the audience award. The award consists of a plaque and the participation of the festival organizers in the production of a silent film by the awarded author, lasting up to 5 minutes until the next edition of the festival.
10. The organizer undertakes to store all submitted films in the archives of the Festival and use them exclusively for documentary, educational and cultural purposes. In case the organizer has lost or damaged the copy, he is obliged to cover the cost of materials and making a new projection or archive copy.
11. The selector has the right to disqualify a film submitted on a copy of poor technical quality.
12. The organizer invites directors, producers and other members of the creative team of films selected for the competition program and provides them with accommodation during the three nights of the festival, but without the possibility of reimbursement of travel expenses, given the limited budget.