This year’s 20th International Short Film Festival “Film Front” in Novi Sad, which is being held this year under the slogan “Back to the Roots”, opens a competition for creators of short feature films from around the world.
The competition is officially open and is waiting for your applications in two competition selections: Serbia / region and the International selection. This year’s competition will be open from April 19th to August 31th. As part of the competition program, the festival takes into account short feature films that were completed after January 1st 2021 and whose duration does not exceed 30 minutes. Under the same conditions in terms of duration and year of production, the festival accepts experimental, documentary and animated films as part of the accompanying program. Registration for the festival is done through the FilmFreeway platform, and all additional information about the competition can be found on the official website of the festival.
“What’s new is that we have decided to primarily turn to short feature films in competitive selections. It is difficult to establish uniform criteria when selecting and awarding films that would be applied equally to all film types. As there are many festivals that present short documentaries, animated and experimental films in a quality way, we decided to focus on short films. The audience will still have the opportunity to see the latest work in the field of documentary, animated and experimental films at the festival, but in special programs “, points out the director of the festival, Nina Latinović.
“This year’s slogan Return to the Roots refers to the very character of the Film Front, which grew out of the underground environment and has a close connection with the independent music and comics scene. It is also a matter of marking the mini jubilee, the 20th edition of the festival. Since its beginnings, the festival has nurtured independent creativity, trying to bring the authors of independent film closer to the mainstream and encourage them to take a step further in their work – above all to present their work to a wider audience and thus make their worldview more visible, “added selector Filip Markovinović. The 20th Film Front will be held from October 27th to 30th, 2022 in Novi Sad.