SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED

STIFF – Student International Film Festival is now calling on all student and debutant filmmakers to submit their films for the 7th festival edition which will take place from 26th to 29th of November 2020 in Rijeka, Croatia. The deadline for submitting applications is now June 15 th 2020.

Works entering the competition program must be original, student-created films or debutants films of all genres: fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films. All the works need to be up to 60 min in length and completed after 1st of January 2017. The films must be in English or with English subtitles and must be submitted via FilmFreeway platform.

This year there’s also a special category dedicated to SOUND. In order to explore the sound in film and its impact on contemporary society, for the 2020 festival, we decided to create a special program named “Sound Occupation” where the role of sound is altered and placed in a dominant position, unlike the classic cinema experience. In this category, we are looking for films that build a film narrative through creative sound or music design, creating a powerful audio visual experience. This category is accepting fiction, animated, documentary and experimental films up to 60 min in length, produced after 1st of January 2015.
The festival jury will award Best Fiction Film, Best Documentary, and Best Animated Film while our audiences will award one film of their choice. Special mentions might be given to the outstanding talents from the fields of directing, production, acting, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, production design, sound design and score composing.