Kosice International Film Festival is film festival with live screenings in Košice, in Slovakia. Our mission and goal is to discover and promote talented filmmakers from all over the world and present them to the public. Therefore our festival is a brilliant opportunity to participate in international competition.
FilmFreeway has ranked our festival, among the TOP 20 BEST REVIEWED FILM FESTIVALS out of a total of 10,000 festivals from around the world and FilmFreeway ranked our film festival as the best festival in the Best Reviewed category in Europe.
The first and second year was held under the name Kosice International Monthly Film Festival (KIMFF), which also qualified for IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0013367/2021/1/).
During the first and second year, we registered more than 3,500 projects, some of which premiered at the Festival de Cannes, the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival or have been awarded and nominated for ACADEMY AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBES, and BAFTA-winning actors and directors, but most of all, hundreds of films and scripts.
The best films from the autumn edition and the spring edition will be screened at the Smile Cinema at the year-round festival. Some films will be screened internally for students of the Secondary Film School of Film in Košice. We project the best super short film, short film and feature film and you can visit the city Košice and get to know our culture. Košice is a beautiful city with a wonderful culture and amazing nightlife.
The best film, screenplay and music video will be nominated for the main prize at the Golden Art Film Academy (GAFA), which will redistribute $ 5,000.00 annually which they will receive in the form of various movie rewards.
𝐌𝗔𝐈𝗡 𝗖𝐀𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗥𝐈𝗘𝐒
Grand Prix Best Feature Film
Grand Prix Best Feature Documentaty
Grand Prix Best Short Film
Grand Prix Best Short Documentary
Grand Prix Best Super Short Film
Grand Prix Best Student Film
Grand Prix Best Short Script
Grand Prix Best Feature Script
Best Slovak Short Film
Best Music Video
Best Animation
Best Experimental
Best Director Feature Film
Best Director Short Film
Best Director Super Short Film
Best First Time Director (Short)
Best First Time Director (Feature)
Best Director Student Film
Best Director Music Video
𝐒𝗣𝗘𝐂𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝐀𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗥𝐈𝐄𝐒
Best Indie Short Film
Best Indie Feature Film
Best Web/TV Series
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Sci-fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Mobile Phone Short
Best Inspirational
Best Action
Best Poster
Best Drama Screenplay
Best Comedy Screenplay
Best Actor Short Film
Best Actress Short Film
Best Actor Feature Film
Best Actress Feature Film
Best Original Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best VFX
Best Cinematography
Best Production
Drama Screenplay
Comedy Screenplay
Thriller Screenplay
Horror Screenplay
Action Screenplay
Sci-fi Screenplay
LGBTQ Screenplay
Television Script - Pilot
In addition to the gold place, we also award special prizes.