Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival (Међународни филмски и музички фестивал Кустендорф)

Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival

Међународни филмски и музички фестивал Кустендорф

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Kustendorf centres on short films by emerging directors and encounters with established filmmakers in Drvengrad, the wooden village at Mokra Gora in Serbia. Rasta International organises the festival, whose founder is director Emir Kusturica. Its programme combines an international short-film competition with contemporary feature films, retrospectives and workshops led by visiting film authors.

Screenings take place in the village’s cinemas, including the Damned Yard theatre and Noam Chomsky amphitheatre. Concerts and exhibitions accompany the film programme. The festival dates back to 2008 and presents auteur cinema in a setting without a red carpet, billboards or advertising.

Country

Serbia

Focus

Animation, Documentary, Experimental

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Short, Student

Awards and prizes

The international short-film competition awards the Gold, Silver and Bronze Egg. The Vilko Filač Award recognises cinematography.

Festival rules

Published submission guidelines for the 2024 edition: narrative, documentary, animated and experimental films with a running time not exceeding 40 minutes are eligible. Films in languages other than English require English subtitles. Submissions are free and require an online screening link; physical media are not accepted. Send the completed application form, screening link and password if needed, three film stills and a director’s portrait to kustendorffestival@gmail.com. Selected filmmakers are invited to participate in the festival programmes. These are the archived 2024 guidelines; submission conditions for a later edition are not confirmed.

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