Fresh Film Festival
| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Started | 2004 |
| Most recent | 2014 |
The Fresh Film Fest International Film Festival was a student film festival held annually in August in the Czech Republic, between 2004 and 2014.
History
The Fresh Film Fest is a successor of the CILECT festival that took place in Karlovy Vary during the 1980s, initially as an independent festival and subsequently as part of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). In 2010, the festival moved from Karlovy Vary to Prague.[1][2] Over the years the CILECT festival was attended by filmmakers including Jan Svěrák and Emir Kusturica.
Fresh Film Festival was founded in 2004 by Martin Posta and three students from the Film and TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), as a competitive showcase of student films in the Czech Republic.[3][4] The organizing team, consisting mostly of students from FAMU, presented public screenings of over 250 mainly student films each year, from various countries and genres.[5]
The theme of the 11th event in 2014 was young directors; the event was held in Prague.[6] Having held 11 events, the 12th event, scheduled for summer 2015, was cancelled.[7]
References
- ^ Velinger, Jan (26 August 2010). ""Heroes" the theme of 7th annual Fresh Film Fest". Radio Prague. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Fresh Film Fest ve Varech definitivně končí". e15 (in Czech). 23 April 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ Frankova, Ruth (21 August 2007). "Focus on student films in Karlovy Vary's other festival". Radio Prague. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Pohorela, Monika (2009). "Institut dokumentarniho filmu Subvencni strategie IDF a jejich vliv na rozvoj dokumentarni kinematografie v CR" (PDF). Masaryk University. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Festival Fresh Film Fest dává i letos prostor osvěžujícím designovým hrátkám - Design portál" (in Czech). 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Willoughby, Ian (17 September 2014). "Eleventh Fresh Film Fest gets underway in Prague". Radio Prague. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ Spáčilová, Mirka (14 May 2015). "Festival mladých Fresh Film Fest ruší letošní ročník. Nemá peníze". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 18 May 2025.