The International Student Film and Video Festival Filofest is the first international festival in Slovenia that is focused on student film and video production. Filofest festival takes place every two years at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, since 2006. The festival is organized by the students of the Faculty of Arts as well as other Ljubljana faculties.
Along with its primary role as a film festival, the International Student Film and Video Festival Filofest is accompanied by additional programme: lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, social gatherings, etc.
Before 2014, the competition part of the programme was opened exclusively to independent student films, whose authors were amateurs without any formal film education. Films directed by students of film academies or film schools were screened within the non-competition part of the programme. In 2014, the festival opened the competition programme to all student films, but also presented a special award to an independent student film. The festival accepts fiction, documentary, animated and experimental films, and music videos.
Awards Between 2006 and 2010, the best film, which received the main award of the festival, was chosen by the audience. The festival jury also presented awards to films that entered in the competition part of the programme: the award for best film, best directing, best screenplay, best performance, best fiction film, best documentary film, best animated film, and best experimental film. In 2012 and 2014 all awards were presented by the jury, including main award for best film. In 2014, an additional award for best independent film was awarded.
Filofest 2006 Film Directed by Country Best FilmPERFECT Alen Pavšar, Robert MastnakSlovenia Best DirectingTATITATatita TeamKosovo Best ScreenplayAMOR SANJUÁNLuis Misis HerreroSpain, Argentina Best PerformancePERFECTAlen Pavšar, Robert MastnakSlovenia
Members of the jury gave special recognition to: ?orque, Hallucii, What Do We Need This For and Behind Closed Minds. The winning video of the video workshop was shot and edited by Agata Rosochacka, the director of the film Reflections.
Filofest 2007
Filofest 2007 was again hosted at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana and took place between December 10 and December 14.
Film Directed by Country Best FilmFREQUENT MEETINGS Darja KornijenkoEstonia Best Experimental FilmEVAPORATIONSimon ChangTaiwan/Czech Republic Best Animated FilmDEATHMitja MančekSlovenia Best Documentary FilmBALKAN JUNCTIONSLuksuz ProductionSlovenia Best Fiction FilmA SWAMPLuka PušSlovenia Best ScreenplayROCHELLE'S CAFÉTiago AméricoBrazil Best PerformanceEYES FULL OF WATER (Vitomir Vratarič)Jože BašaSlovenia Best DirectionTERMINALMario GomesPortugal Special Recognition of the JuryDEAD SERIOUSAndrej Arsenijevič, Marija GrintalSlovenia
The winning video of the 'Video Workshop', THE LIPSTICK AND THE RAZOR, was directed by Simon Chang (shot by Valentin Perko and edited by Arnold Marko).
Filofest 2010
Filofest 2010 was again hosted at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana and took place between December 6 and December 10.
Film Directed by Country Best FilmNEVERENDING KNOT Miha Šubic, Mitja Mlakar, Mojca Pernat, Robert Ribič, Miha Šubic, Simon KomarSlovenia Best Experimental FilmJUST A GAMEKaja Ocvirek-KrušićCroatia Best Animated FilmEVENING FAIRYTALEAndraž SedlarSlovenia Best Documentary FilmLEBEN IN SEIFENBLASENNadine LüchingerSwitzerland/Argentina Best Fiction FilmMY TOWNŽiga Divjak, Matic Drakulić, Jakob AdlerSlovenia Best ScreenplayNEVERENDING KNOT Miha Šubic, Mitja Mlakar, Mojca Pernat, Robert Ribič, Miha Šubic, Simon KomarSlovenia Best PerformanceIN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (Larisa Dagul)Luka GluvićSlovenia Best DirectionA REASON TO STAYAdiya OrrIsrael Special Recognition of the JuryJOLLY ROGERMatias Zemljič, Francisco Pako AmezcuaSloveniaA BALLADMatevž JermanSlovenia
Filofest 2012 Filofest 2012 was hosted at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana and took place between December 12 and December 14.
Film Directed by Country Best Film7 DREAMSAlexandru CăpătoiuHungary Best DirectingTHE MOST PRECIOUSJoseph BliadzeGeorgia Best PerformanceTHE MOST PRECIOUSJoseph BliadzeGeorgia Best Fiction FilmTHE MOST PRECIOUSJoseph BliadzeGeorgia Best Documentary FilmBROKEN BORDERKeywan KarimiIran Best Experimental Film7 DREAMSAlexandru CăpătoiuHungary Special Recognition of the JuryLAPINDOFelix JäkelIndonesia
Les Inattendus Filofest is partnered with the Les Inattendus festival from Lyon, France.
External links Filofest festival official website Filofest on Twitter
Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana