Our Live Event at the Variรฉtรฉs Movie Theatre, May 11th was an absolute blast! ๐ Congratulations to all filmmakers whose films were screened. Check out the pictures above !! ๐ท.
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ!
โก๏ธ The ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ will be organized in May 31 - June 1, 2025 in Variรฉtรฉs Movie Theatre. More than 1,000 filmmakers will be invited to the gala evening, a RED CARPET, A PHOTOWALL, DRINKS, A GOOD ATMOSPHERE, A PRESENTER and MUCH MORE AWAIT YOU.
๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ is international film festival with ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ซ a ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ for film distributors and film professionals. Our festival ranks among the best film festivals for directors' first and second films. We offer you space to promote your film, you, your production and much more. Our goal is to raise awareness and promote the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms. We want to introduce to the world new film directors who will one day stand at the Oscars.
FilmFreeway has ranked our festival:
๐ #1 MOST POPULAR FESTIVAL IN WESTERN EUROPE
๐ #2 MOST POPULAR FESTIVAL IN EUROPEAN UNION
๐ #15 MOST POPULAR FESTIVAL IN WORLDWIDE
๐ #30 BEST REVIEWED FESTIVAL IN WESTERN EUROPE
You could also read about the preparations for the festival in successful magazines such as Vents Magazine or Film Daily: https://filmdaily.co/indie-film/film-festivals/the-cannes-film-awards-invites-to-the-screening-and-presents-the-jury/
Over the years we have hosted films by ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ข (Shortlist Oscar), ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ (Oscar Nominee), ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข ๐. ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข (Sundance Nominee), ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ (Cairo Nominee), ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ (Raindance Nominee) and many other authors which later got recognized by major awards, along with filmmakers with their first films, students and independent producers. Among the submitted projects were films that were shown on ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐. Therefore, our festival is an excellent opportunity to show the world your talent.
In the last four years since the festival was founded, we have organized ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, organized a ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ for filmmakers and ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ. More than 100 films had their ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฌ.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ to our festival have already placed their trust in our hands. Of these, 167 filmmakers won and 507 projects made it to the Official Selection.
The festival collaborates with experts in the field of European film art. We believe that we will bring you a lot of joy and happiness from winning and at the same time it will guide you in advancing your professionality. Our festival cooperates with and addresses several global ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ. The festival also ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ - ONLINE FILM MARKET:
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Our festival does not cooperate in any way and does not want to be a competitor of the Festival de Cannes. The aim of our festival is to present independent world films and offer the opportunity to screen your film in the most film city in the world.
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๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ (Australia) is an award-winning actor and film director. He is the recipient of various international film awards. It is also the winner of the Cannes Film Awards 2022 in the category - Best Director for Feature Film. James became a Fellow of the ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐. With a strong acting background, James started his career studying at the prestigious acting school, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐, before landing a guest role on the hit TV show Home & Away and Freemantle media's Wonderland. Since then, James has gone on to work in Hollywood alongside the likes of ๐'๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ง.
๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ-๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ซ (Germany), a graduate of Vancouver Film School, graduated with a diploma in 2D Animation, she is also a graduate of Fine Arts of Toulon - CEAP (Plastic Art Study Certificat) with specialization in art. She is the director of the movie "Lucie" and animator for the movie "Mystic Melee". With the film Lucie, she won last year's Cannes Film Awards 2023.
The name of the main prize is ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ซ, because the city of Cannes is definitely associated with the pier, and the pier is also a place for inner freedom, which is very important in art. The winners can look forward to their trophy, which they will be able to receive during the LIVE SCREENING.
Although our festival has more categories than film festivals usually have, our aim is to appreciate the largest number of filmmakers in the world and thus ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ . And we also want to find space for new film methods such as Virtual Reality, Game, 360, or Drone Video.
Our festival offers to submit your film in a non-competitive category - if your film is planning a world premiere at another festival, then this category is just for you. Our festival does not claim premiere status. However, we will give preference to films that have not yet been presented at Cannes.
Are you a film distributor or work for a national film centre? We will be very happy if you contact us, we will be happy to give you a bulk discount for your movies.
"๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ." Pierre Descamps, french director and screenwriter
"๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐." Crystal Stevens, american screenwriter
"๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ." Matthew Ewald, american actor and filmmaker
The main prize is the ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, which is awarded for the main categories.
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฅBest Feature Film
๐ฅBest Feature Documentary
๐ฅBest Short Film
๐ฅBest Short Documentary
๐ฅBest Student Film
๐ฅBest Indie Short Film
๐ฅBest Indie Feature Film
๐ฅBest Super Short Film
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Drama, Best Director Drama Film, Best Comedy, Best Director Comedy Film, Best Horror, Best Director Horror Film, Best Thriller, Best Director Thriller Film, Best Sci-Fi, Best Director Sci-Fi Film, Best Animation, Best Director Animation Film, Best Experimental Film, Best Director Experimental Film, Best LGBTQ, Best Crime Film, Best War, Best Series โ Pilot, Best Trailer, Best French Film, Best Young Filmmaker (under 30y), Best Travel Documentary, Best Western, Best Film with a human rights theme, Best Inspirational, Best Female Film, Best Action
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Director Short Film (Fiction/Documentary), Best Director Feature Film (Fiction/Documentary), Best Director Student Film, Best Director Super Short Film, Best Male Director, Best Female Director
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Actor (Short/Feature), Best Actress (Short/Feature), Best Child/Young Actor, Best Child/Young Actress, Best Duo, Best Ensemble
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Cinematography (Short/Feature), Best Editing (Short/Feature), Best Production (Short/Feature), Best Sound Design (Short/Feature), Best Visual Effects (Short/Feature), Best Costume, Best Makeup Artist, Best Original Screenplay
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best European Film, Best European Director, Best American Film, Best American Director, Best South American Film, Best South America Director, Best African Film, Best African Director, Best Asian Film, Best Asian Director, Best Australian Film, Best Australian Director
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฅBest Super Short Script (under 10 pages)
๐ฅBest Short Script (under 30 pages)
๐ฅBest Medium-Length Script (under 60 pages)
๐ฅBest Feature Script (over 61 pages)
๐ฅBest First Time Screenwriter (Short Screenplay)
๐ฅBest First Time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)
๐ฅBest Television Script
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Drama Screenplay, Best Comedy Screenplay, Best Thriller Screenplay, Best Horror Screenplay, Best LGBTQ Screenplay
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๐ฅBest Music Video
๐ฅBest Animation Music Video
๐ฅBest Experimental Music Video
๐ฅBest Dance Music Video
๐ฅBest Low Budget Music Video
๐ฅBest Original Song
๐ฅBest Director Music Video
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Film Poster, Best Photography
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Best Virtual Reality, Best Game, Best 360 Video
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Best Costume, Best Silent Film, Best Commercial, Best Dark Comedy, Best Adventure, Best Detective Film, Best Enviromental Film, Best Musical Film, Best Work-In-Progress, Best Education Film, Best Scenography, Best Drone Video, Best Fight Choreography in Film
๐ข OFFICIAL SELECTION โ The festival undertakes that your film will be screened at the film festival.
๐ NOMINEE - Your project is one of THREE nominated projects to win in one of the categories. The nomination ensures that your project will be presented on our social networks, but unfortunately it will not be among the films shown, but you can still be a winner in one of the categories.
๐ต FINALIST - The jury decided to honor your project with a laurel for the Finalists, but it did not receive enough points for the project to be among the Nominated projects.