Student Film Festivals Czech Republic

Karlovy Vary (August): Fresh Film Fest International Film Festival

Deadline: April
Categories: Debuts, Student films: fiction, documentaries, animation, experimental
Requirements: 16mm, 35mm, video. Films must have been produced during the year before the festival
Awards: Fresh Film Fest award 3000 EUR, Visegrad Award 3000 EUR, Theatre Optique Award 3000 EUR, Best debut award 3000 EUR
Fees: None
Administrative address: Fresh Films,, Kubelíkova 1548/27, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 296 330 940
Fax: +420 296 330 951
Email address: info@freshfilmfest.net
Program department: Jakub Felcman
Festival address: Fresh Film Fest, Thermal Hotel, , I.P.Pavlova 11, , 360 01 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Website: http://www.freshfilmfest.net

Ostrava (September/October): Ostrava Kamera Oko International Festival of Cinematographers

Deadline: July 31
Categories: International competition of full-length feature films; national competition of student films
Requirements: All formats; films produced during 20 months before festival
Awards: Grand Prix for Best Cinematography, Special Jury Prize, Student Prize for Best Cinematography
Fees: None
Administrative address: Ostrava Kamera Oko, Valdstejnske nam. 2, 118 01 Prague, Czech Republic, Europe
Tel: +420 257 534 646
Fax: +420 257 534 646
Email address: program@filmfestivalostrava.com
Programme Director: Jakub Felcman
Website: http://www.filmfestivalostrava.com

PÍSEK (October): International Student Film Festival PÍSEK

Deadline: May

Categories: International competition of short movies (drama, documents or animated), made by students of film and media schools

Requirements: DVD, DV, Blu-ray, films must have been produced during 2 years before festival

Awards: Grand Prix, Best narrative, documentary, animated film, special awards

Fees: none

Administrative address: Filmfest Písek, Lipová alej 2068, Písek, 397 01, Czech Republic

Tel: +420 382 264 212

Email address: festival@filmovka.cz

Festival Director: Vladana Tercova

Website: http://www.filmfestpisek.cz

Tøeboò (April/May): International Festival of Animated Films Tøeboò

Deadline: January
Categories: International competition of full-length and short author´s work, student work, TV and commission films
Requirements: 35mm, BETA SP, DVD, Blu-ray, films must have been produced during 2 yearsbefore festival
Awards: Grand Prix, Prix in category, special jury and audience awards
Fees: none
Administrative address: Anifilm, Valdštejnské nám. 2, 118 01 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 271 743 730
Fax: +420 271 743 730
Email address: info@anifilm.cz
Executive Producer: Tomáš Rychecký
Programme Director: Petr Slavík
Website: http://www.anifilm.cz

Zlin (May/June): Zlín Film Festival, 51st International Festival for Children and Youth BC

Deadline: March
Categories: Feature films for children, feature films for youth, animation, student films, documentaries, European debuts
Requirements: For feature film competition: 35mm. Others: Betacam SP, DVD
Awards: Various, including a ‘Golden Slipper’ for best film
Fees: None
Administrative address: Filmfest, s.r.o., Filmova 174 , 761 79 Zlin, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 577 592 217
Fax: +420 577 592 442
Email address: festival@zlinfest.cz
Artistic Director: Petr Koliha
Programme Department: Jaroslava Hynstova
Website: http://www.zlinfest.cz

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