As a group of friends with film education, we decided to organize a film festival. We have a real audience in a real forest in southern Poland.
Imagine a festival surrounded by beautiful nature, breathtaking views and remarkable people. That's exactly what Meadow Hills Short Film Festival is.
Festival is focusing on a hero's struggle against adversity. We are looking for heroes who are full of determination, strength and perseverance in the fight against the turmoil of fate, oppressive environment or simple human reluctance.
We are a festival open to genre films, specific and full of creative courage. Non-linear narratives, devoid of classic frame division, and strange characters are allowed as long as they serve the good of the story being told. We have also created a category for low-budget films "a meadow sown with friends - low budget category" and a category "cudna łąka" for the local community and Polish filmmakers.
The organizers of our festival are the directors, Piotr Pluta and Mikołaj Janik, who, often looking for warm festivals without formal barriers, decided to open such a festival. Magdalena Janik, a graphic designer, set designer and architect, is the creative director of the festival.
The film competition takes place as part of the "Where the flying squirrels fly?" festival, organized in the south of Poland in the tiny village of Wilkowice. The winning films are shown on the last day of the festival, as part of an outdoor cinema.
The festival audience is very diverse. We are visited by families with children, friends, local residents and seniors, we are open for LGBT+ community. More information about the festival can be found on the festival's fanpage "Where the flying squirrels fly?".
https://www.facebook.com/gdzielatajapolatuchy
Golden Meadow - 100 USD
Golden Meadow is our only financial award, awarded to the best film of the festival.
The prizes awarded by the jury in the remaining categories are symbolic prizes, a title, a laurel and a diploma sent by e-mail.
All awarded categories:
Golden Meadow - best short film
Sunny Meadow - best documentary short
Meadow full of beavers - the funniest movie
Meadow full of tears - the most touching movie
Cudna łąka - best polish film
Painted meadow - best animation movie
Charming flower - best student movie
Meadow sown with friends - low budget category