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 Film | |||||
| PERFECT | Alen Pavšar, Robert Mastnak | Slovenia | |||
| Best Directing | |||||
| TATITA | Tatita Team | Kosovo | |||
| Best Screenplay | |||||
| AMOR SANJUÁN | Luis Misis Herrero | Spain, Argentina | |||
| Best Performance | |||||
| PERFECT | Alen Pavšar, Robert Mastnak | Slovenia | |||
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 Film | |||||
| FREQUENT MEETINGS | Darja Kornijenko | Estonia | |||
| Best Experimental Film | |||||
| EVAPORATION | Simon Chang | Taiwan/Czech Republic | |||
| Best Animated Film | |||||
| DEATH | Mitja Manček | Slovenia | |||
| Best Documentary Film | |||||
| BALKAN JUNCTIONS | Luksuz Production | Slovenia | |||
| Best Fiction Film | |||||
| A SWAMP | Luka Puš | Slovenia | |||
| Best Screenplay | |||||
| ROCHELLE'S CAFÉ | Tiago Américo | Brazil | |||
| Best Performance | |||||
| EYES FULL OF WATER (Vitomir Vratarič) | Jože Baša | Slovenia | |||
| Best Direction | |||||
| TERMINAL | Mario Gomes | Portugal | |||
| Special Recognition of the Jury | |||||
| DEAD SERIOUS | Andrej Arsenijevič, Marija Grintal | Slovenia | |||
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 Film | |||||
| NEVERENDING KNOT | Miha Šubic, Mitja Mlakar, Mojca Pernat, Robert Ribič, Miha Šubic, Simon Komar | Slovenia | |||
| Best Experimental Film | |||||
| JUST A GAME | Kaja Ocvirek-Krušić | Croatia | |||
| Best Animated Film | |||||
| EVENING FAIRYTALE | Andraž Sedlar | Slovenia | |||
| Best Documentary Film | |||||
| LEBEN IN SEIFENBLASEN | Nadine Lüchinger | Switzerland/Argentina | |||
| Best Fiction Film | |||||
| MY TOWN | Žiga Divjak, Matic Drakulić, Jakob Adler | Slovenia | |||
| Best Screenplay | |||||
| NEVERENDING KNOT | Miha Šubic, Mitja Mlakar, Mojca Pernat, Robert Ribič, Miha Šubic, Simon Komar | Slovenia | |||
| Best Performance | |||||
| IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (Larisa Dagul) | Luka Gluvić | Slovenia | |||
| Best Direction | |||||
| A REASON TO STAY | Adiya Orr | Israel | |||
| Special Recognition of the Jury | |||||
| JOLLY ROGER | Matias Zemljič, Francisco ''Pako'' Amezcua | Slovenia | |||
| A BALLAD | Matevž Jerman | Slovenia | |||
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 Film | |||||
| 7 DREAMS | Alexandru Căpătoiu | Hungary | |||
| Best Directing | |||||
| THE MOST PRECIOUS | Joseph Bliadze | Georgia | |||
| Best Performance | |||||
| THE MOST PRECIOUS | Joseph Bliadze | Georgia | |||
| Best Fiction Film | |||||
| THE MOST PRECIOUS | Joseph Bliadze | Georgia | |||
| Best Documentary Film | |||||
| BROKEN BORDER | Keywan Karimi | Iran | |||
| Best Experimental Film | |||||
| 7 DREAMS | Alexandru Căpătoiu | Hungary | |||
| Special Recognition of the Jury | |||||
| LAPINDO | Felix Jäkel | Indonesia | |||
Les Inattendus
Filofest is partnered with the Les Inattendus festival from Lyon, France.