Festival of European Student Animation
Festival evropske studentske animacije
Also known as: FESA
📝 Sign up as a festival representative to manage this page!
FESA presents student animation from European film schools and individual student authors at the Belgrade Fortress in Serbia. Its competition uses a different theme for each edition and covers films up to five minutes, films from five to thirty minutes, experimental animation, advertising films and music videos, and films for children. The festival dates back to 2012 and is organised by the public enterprise Belgrade Fortress, with artistic direction by animator and professor Rastko Ćirić.
The 2017 edition dates are 26–27 August 2017 at the Great Gunpowder Magazine, with the competition theme “Rhythm (around and within us)”.
Country
Serbia
Focus
Animation
Categories
Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student
Awards and prizes
The 2017 regulations provide a Best Student Film prize, a jury award for animation technique, and diplomas in five categories: films up to five minutes; films of five to thirty minutes; experimental animation; advertising films or music videos; and films for children. A SAE Institute Belgrade award offers a three-month computer animation course to a student living in Belgrade.
Festival rules
The 2017 regulations accept student animated works of European production up to 30 minutes, completed after January 2014. Animation must be the primary medium. Non-European works may be selected for screenings outside competition. Multiple entries are allowed and entry is free. Films require English subtitles unless the spoken language is English. Electronic submissions include an entry form, film, at least two stills, synopsis, author photograph and biography. The 2017 competition theme is Rhythm (around and within us).
Contacts
- beogradskatvrdjava.co.rs
- fesafestival@gmail.com — Festival submissions (2017 regulations)