Betina Film Festival

Betina, Šibensko-kninska županija

01 - 05 Sep, 2020

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Betina Film Festival

Betina, Šibensko-kninska županija

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3rd

Contact details

Trg na Moru Betina, Šibensko-kninska županija 22244 Croatia

160-1722244

desk@betinafilmfestival.com

+385 99 677 68 10

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About the festival

BAFF - BETINA FILM FESTIVAL

Betina Film Festival (BAFF) is a five-day film festival of Croatian and international film. It is oriented towards the promotion of Croatian cinematography, presentation of short
international film, education on film art and exploration of the possibilities. The festival competition program consists of screenings of short films divided into three categories: animated, documentary and feature films, and the best of them are selected by three expert members of the festival jury.
Outside the competition program are the award-winning feature films of Croatian productions. In addition to the rich film program, the BAFF also attaches great importance to film education itself through lectures, workshops for children and young people, panel discussion, debate clubs, live music, entertainment and awards ceremony.
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Betina Film Festival ( BAFF ) petodnevni je filmski festival hrvatskog i međunarodnog filma. Orijentiran je na promicanje hrvatske kinematografije, prezentaciju kratkog međunarodnog filma,edukaciju o filmskoj umjetnosti te istraživanje mogućnosti iste.
Natjecateljski program festivala čine projekcije kratkometražnih filmova podijeljene u tri kategorije: animirani, dokumentarni i igrani film, a najbolje od njih odabiru tri stručna člana festivalskoga žirija. Izvan natjecateljski program čine nagrađivani dugometražni filmovi hrvatske produkcije.
Osim bogatog projekcijskog programa, veliku važnost BAFF predaje i samoj edukaciji o filmskoj umjetnosti kroz predavanja, radionice za djecu i mlade, panel rasprave, debatni klub, glazbeni,zabavni i nagradni program.

Visit www.betinafilmfestival.com for more insight.

Awards & Prizes

Festival jury will award Croatian films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award International films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award Croatian or International film:
• Best Kids Animated Short

Festival jury will award Croatian student/young author films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Public will award the best feature lenght film.

International films in competition program will get special mentions in category of short feature, animated and documentary film.

• Special mentions might be given to the outstanding talents from the fields of directing, production, acting, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, sound design...

About

BAFF - BETINA FILM FESTIVAL

Betina Film Festival (BAFF) is a five-day film festival of Croatian and international film. It is oriented towards the promotion of Croatian cinematography, presentation of short
international film, education on film art and exploration of the possibilities. The festival competition program consists of screenings of short films divided into three categories: animated, documentary and feature films, and the best of them are selected by three expert members of the festival jury.
Outside the competition program are the award-winning feature films of Croatian productions. In addition to the rich film program, the BAFF also attaches great importance to film education itself through lectures, workshops for children and young people, panel discussion, debate clubs, live music, entertainment and awards ceremony.
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Betina Film Festival ( BAFF ) petodnevni je filmski festival hrvatskog i međunarodnog filma. Orijentiran je na promicanje hrvatske kinematografije, prezentaciju kratkog međunarodnog filma,edukaciju o filmskoj umjetnosti te istraživanje mogućnosti iste.
Natjecateljski program festivala čine projekcije kratkometražnih filmova podijeljene u tri kategorije: animirani, dokumentarni i igrani film, a najbolje od njih odabiru tri stručna člana festivalskoga žirija. Izvan natjecateljski program čine nagrađivani dugometražni filmovi hrvatske produkcije.
Osim bogatog projekcijskog programa, veliku važnost BAFF predaje i samoj edukaciji o filmskoj umjetnosti kroz predavanja, radionice za djecu i mlade, panel rasprave, debatni klub, glazbeni,zabavni i nagradni program.

Visit www.betinafilmfestival.com for more insight.

Awards & Prizes

Festival jury will award Croatian films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award International films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Festival jury will award Croatian or International film:
• Best Kids Animated Short

Festival jury will award Croatian student/young author films:
• Best Short Feature
• Best Short Documentary

Public will award the best feature lenght film.

International films in competition program will get special mentions in category of short feature, animated and documentary film.

• Special mentions might be given to the outstanding talents from the fields of directing, production, acting, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, sound design...

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

Article 1— General
Betina Film Festival is an international short film festival which is held from 1st to 5th of September 2020 in Betina, on the island of Murter. The festival is organized by Mirage Creative Studio and under the sponsorship of the Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC), Tisno Municipality and Tourist Board of Betina.

Article 2— Program
The festival consists of:
competition program (short and short student film),
non-competition program (feature film)
educational program (lectures and workshops) and
entertainment program.

Article 3—Terms of application
Films for the competition program can be registered by film directors, producers and national film authorities with film representation rights.

*All films must have English subtitles.*

Article 4— Application
All films must be submitted online, by sending an application through FilmFreeway or through a form on the official festival website.
The duration of film in the competition program must be under 45 minutes.

Article 5— Selection and screenings
The Betina Film Festival jury will examine all the applications and will inform all filmmakers if they have passed for selection within a short period after the submission deadline.
The Festival will invite representatives of the selected films to attend the festival (at their own expense).

Article 6 — Rewards
Croatian films in competition program will get BAFF award in animated, documentary and feature category.
Croatian student film will receive an award in the category for the best young author(feature and documentary film).
An audience award is given for the best feature film.
Audiences will evaluate films with a 1—5 grade (where 1 is the lowest and 5 is the highest grade). The best-rated film will be the audience winner of Betina Film Festival.
International films in the competition program will get special mentions in the category of short feature, animated and documentary film.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

BAFF Croatian Shorts
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €0
Regular (29th February, 2020) €0
Late (4th May, 2020) €0

Films under 45 minutes in length from a Croatian director or writer. We accept all film genres (feature, bio, fiction, sci-fi, expreimental, student, amateur...)

BAFF Kids Croatian Animated Shorts
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €0
Regular (29th February, 2020) €0
Late (4th May, 2020) €0

Animated films under 45 minutes in length with Croatian director or writer. In this category we only accept animated films that are suitable for children (4 - 14 years old).

BAFF Croatian Documentary Shorts
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €0
Regular (29th February, 2020) €0
Late (4th May, 2020) €0

We accept films under 45 minutes in length from Croatian director or writer.

BAFF International Shorts
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €10
Regular (29th February, 2020) €15
Late (4th May, 2020) €20

Films under 45 minutes in length from an European director or writer. We accept all film genres (feature, bio, fiction, sci-fi, experimental, amateur...).

BAFF Kids International Animated Shorts
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €10
Regular (29th February, 2020) €15
Late (4th May, 2020) €20

Animated films under 45 minutes in length from international director or writer. In this category we accept only animated films that are suitable for children (4 - 14 years old).

BAFF International Documentary Shorts
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €10
Regular (29th February, 2020) €15
Late (4th May, 2020) €20

We accept films under 45 minutes in length from international director or writer.

Young Croatian Authors - Hrvatski Mladi Autori
Early Bird (15th October, 2019) €0
Regular (29th February, 2020) €0
Late (4th May, 2020) €0

Mješovita kategorija igranog, animiranog i dokumentarnog filma mladih autora do 30 godina.

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