The Festival invites films, which foster positive, formative and life-asserting worldview of children and young people:
• are focused on strengthening common human values: family, friendship, childhood, understanding between people, talents and creativity, nurture and education, value of life, concern for nature, love for a profession, etc.
• put forward such human qualities as kindness, friendliness, cheerfulness, care, diligence, generosity, humor, intelligence.
• propose innovative and effective cases and solutions of the tasks in the spheres of society, culture, ecology, nurture and education, politics, economics, technologies, etc.
The festival doesn’t consider films which visualize destructive meanings and scenes regarding:
• human personality: suffering, psychological disorder, suicidal thoughts, alcohol and drugs addiction, etc.
• family, interpersonal relationships, social affairs: scandals, betrayals, violence, unresolved conflicts and dramas, careless attitude towards one another, crimes, wars, etc.
• environment: disrespectful attitude to the nature, plant life, wildlife, planet in general.
The International competition program invites:
• FEATURE FILMS
Year of production: 2019-2023
Duration: from 60 mins
• ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS
Year of production: 2019-2023
Duration: from 60 mins
• SHORT LIVE ACTION FILMS
Year of production: 2019-2023
Duration: from 3 to 40 mins
• SHORT ANIMATED FILMS
Year of production: 2019-2023
Duration: from 3 to 40 mins
• DOCUMENTARY, POPULAR SCIENCE,
EDUCATIONAL FILMS
Year of production: 2019-2023
Duration: from 3 to 100 mins
• DANCE FILMS
Year of production: 2019-2023
Duration: from 3 to 40 mins
The non-competition program invites:
• feature and short films, documentaries, and animated films of any duration and year of production, which correspond to the festival criteria.
If the original language of the submitted films is not English, English subtitles are required.
One applicant can submit 3 films at maximum. The films which were selected to the previous editions of the festival cannot participate in the competition program of the 9th Zero Plus film festival. Please note that the festival is Non-Commercial.
