The 4th Short Film Festival FF600" was held on 22 and 23 May 2008 in Stara mestna elektrarna (Old Power Plant) in Ljubljana ( Slovenia). Overall 34 short films in six categories were screened. The first festival day was dedicated to animated, one minute, experimental and short feature films as well as music videos. On the second day documentary films were screened and after the screening the jury revealed the award winners.
The jurors director Barbara Zemljič, director Janez Lapajne and editor Goran Mitrović awarded one of the films in each category. In addition the jury decided also to give three special mentions.
Jury Prizes
I. Animation
Genesis
Director:Jaka Kramberger
(Screenwriter: Jaka Kramberger; Editor: Jaka Kramberger, Emina Djukić, Ugo Ugowsky; Camera operator: Jaka Kramberger, Emina Djukić; Sound by: Jaka Kramberger, Ugo Ugowsky; Music by: Richard Strauss "Also sprach Zaratustra", Eric Weissberg, Steve Mandel " Dueling Banjos"; Cast: /; Length: 02:30; Year of production: 2008; Original medium: Camera )
II. Music Video
El Soter – The Hail
Director:Blaž Erzetič
(Screenwriter: Blaž Erzetič; Editor: Blaž Erzetič; Camera operator: Blaž Erzetič; Sound by: Blaž Erzetič; Music by: Blaž Erzetič (El Soter project); Cast: /; Length: 03:25; Year of production: 2008; Original medium: Generated )
III. One Minute Film
Socks Party
Director:Urša Bajželj, Maja Miloševič
(Screenwriter: Urša Bajželj, Maja Miloševič; Editor: Urša Bajželj, Maja Miloševič; Camera operator: Urša Bajželj; Sound by: Maja Miloševič; Music by: Maja Miloševič; Cast: Maja Miloševič; Length: 01:00; Year of production: 2007; Original medium: /)
IV. Experimental Film
Undisclosed Beauty
Director:Anders Weberg
(Screenwriter: Anders Weberg; Editor: Anders Weberg; Camera operator: Anders Weberg; Sound by: Anders Weberg; Music by: Anders Weberg; Cast: /; Length: 03:00; Year of production: 2008; Original medium: Mini DV)
V. Short Feature Film
Entre Potes
Director:Gregor Andolšek, Ivan Tobalina
(Screenwriter: Gregor Andolšek, Ivan Tobalina; Editor: Gregor Andolšek; Camera operator: Merilyn Haycraft; Sound by: Robert Kopec, Boštjan Pirnar; Music by: Srečna mladina, Demeter, Minister Amer; Cast: Marko Bajzelj, Ivan Tobalina, Gwendolyn Gourvenec; Length: 10:00; Year of production: 2007; Original medium: 16 mm)
VI. Documentary Film
Still divided
Authors :Bogdan Jankovič, Radovan Jaušovec
(Length: 15:15; Year of production: 2007; Original medium: Mini DV)
Special Mention of the Jury
Short feature film Goslač
Director:Matej Kolmanko
(Screenwriter: Janez Žlebič, Matej Kolmanko; Editor: Matej Kolmanko; Camera operator: Matjaž Kuronja; Sound by: Matej Kolmanko; Music by: Ulver, Hexenbrutal; Cast: Alen Kozar, Karel Kisilak, Igor Lačen, Gabriela Dora- Lačen; Length: 08:00; Year of production: 2007; Original medium: Mini DV)
Actress Tjaša Ferme for the role in short feature film Zadoščenje
Director:Maja Šest
(Screenwriter: Maja Šest; Editor: Maja Šest; Camera operator: Grega Rupret; Sound by: Dejan Žinko; Music by: Iztok Drabik; Cast: Tjaša Ferme, Vid Valič, Blaž Rotovnik, Jaka Žilavec; Length: 09:52; Year of production: 2008; Original medium: Mini DV)
Documentary film Abraham in Žan
Director:Pavel Povše
(Screenwriter: Pavel Povše; Editor: Pavel Povše, Grega Arbiter, Čedimir Mugoša; Camera operator: Pavel Povše; Sound by: Grega Arbiter; Music by: Brane Novak, narodne; Cast: /; Length: 18:34; Year of production: 2007; Original medium: Mini DV)
The collecting of films is now concluded. We have received over seventy works. 34 films have been included into the competition programme. After the screening the films will be awarded by the jury.
This year's jury: director Janez Lapajne (SLO),
film editor Goran Mitrović (SRB),
director Barbara Zemljič (SLO).
The festival programme has been changed due to a large number of received documentary films!
List of films in the competition programme!
PROGRAMME: Thursday, 22 May 2008:
Animation
Music Video
One Minute Films
Experimental Films
Feature Films
Friday, 23 May 2008:
Documentary Films
After the screening there will be a party with DJ 1tz2getlaid.
Ticket for one evening: 3 EUR.
Discount price when purchasing a set of tickets for both evenings: 5 EUR.
You are kindly invited to join us, DHARMAFILM
FF600''2008
Notice!
Due to great interest in the Festival the deadline for submission of films is extended until Wednesday 7 May 2008.
The year has come around and it is time to inform you about the 4th Short Film Festival 600". The Festival will take place in Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana, Slomškova 18, in Ljubljana on 22 and 23 May 2008.
This year's novelties are the two-day festival and the One Minute Film Category. The names of this year's jury members will be published by 15 April 2008. The deadline for submission of works is 7 May 2008.
Festival Programme:
Day 1: 20.00 Opening, short intro and introduction of the jury
*20.10 One Minute Films
20.30 Experimental Films
21.00 Advertisements
21.30 Music Video
22.00 Animation
22.00 Discussions and party with DJ 1tz2getlaid
Day 2: 20.00 Documentary Films
21.00 Feature Films
22.00 Discussions and party with DJ 1tz2getlaid
This timetable is not definitive and depends on the amount and quality of received films!
* One Minute Films may be made using mobile phones, cameras …
Please attach the correctly filled-out entry form and dialogue list (Note: Works in language other than Slovenian must be subtitled in English!)
For additional information send an e-mail (see contact).
Kind regards,
FF600"-Team
FF600''2007
The 3rd Film Festival FF600'' was held on 18 May 2007. The Jurors producer Petra Bašin, editor Miloš Kalusek and director Marko Cafnik awarded 3 Jury Prizes for each of the three sections. Because of their exceptional quality further three works received Jury’s Special Mention.
Atmosphere in the full hall of Stara elektrarna in Ljubljana was pleasant. Of 68 received submissions from 8 countries 19 were screened within the competitive programme that was divided into three sections.
Jury Prizes:
Animation, experimental film and music video: Plac (by Ana Hušman)
Documentary film: Egon (by Irena Kovačević)
Feature film: Day by day (by Igor Matijevič)
Jury’s Special Mention:
Animation, experimental film and music video: Wind water stone (by Kevin Evensen)
Documentary film: Nekaj je na tem (by Ruggero de Virgiliis, Mara Guerrini, Gabriel Martin, Alessandro Mendizza, Laura Merkač, Maja Žiberna)
Feature film: Sendvič (by Tomaž Gorkič)
thejury:
Milos Kalusek, film editor
Born in Chrudim, Czech Republic. In 1990 starts to study at FAMU, Prague, film and TV editing.
Filmography:
- Short films (some of them):
Voices on the phone (dir. Martin Ježek), experimental feature film, 2000
Miloš (dir. Nataša Burger), experimental feature, 2004
Ni č novega, ni č pretiranega (dir. Sonja Porsenc), feature, 2005
Pes, ki je umrl ob pravem č asu (dir. Alenka Kraigher), student feature, 2005
A mia madre (dir. Gregor Boži č ), student feature, 2005
Na son č ni stra ni Alp (dir. Janez Burger), fe a ture film, 2007
Bordo rdeča (dir. N. Gazvoda), student feature, 2007
- Long feature films:
Akate bele (dir. Bohdan Slama), absolvent feature, 1997
Idle Running (dir. Janez Burger), feature 1999
Nemir (dir. Andrej Žumbergar), experimental, 2002
Ruins (dir. Janez Burger), feature, 2004
Gravehopping (dir. Jan Cvitkovi č ), 2005
Teah (dir. Hanna A. W. Slak), 2006
Živa in mrtva (dir. Janez Burger), experimental TV incenation , 2007
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Petra Bašin , MgA. in Production
Assistant to the Director of expert and technical tasks management, Film-studio Viba film
She was born in 1970 in Ljubljana. Since 1994 she takes part in production of Slovenian feature-length, short, documentary and TV films. Because of the so called »film crisis« in Slovenia and due to her thirst for knowledge in the field of film production in 1998 she decides to take up film and television production studies at the FAMU in Prague. She completes her studies in 2003 and graduates in 2004.
During her studies she took part as production manager in production of TV-ads and as organizer, production manager, executive producer, script, assistant director etc. in production of films (»Účastnícizájezdu«, »Heidi«, »Ljubljana je ljubljena«, »Od groba do groba«, »Ruševine«, »V leru«, »Stereotip«, »Carmen« etc.) and was organizer and co-organizer of festivals (»FAMU festival«, »MFF Karlovy Vary – Student film section «, »FAMU se vam predstavlja / FAMU se vám představuje«, »Slovenski film v Pragi / Slovinský film v Praze«).
Since 2006 she is employed at the Film-studio Viba film in Ljubljana.
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Marko Cafnik, film director
He was born in 1977, in Maribor, Slovenia. In high school years he joined the artistic theatre group Begunci (Refuggees), where he directed several theatre plays. Before entering the Academy of theatre, radio, film and television in Ljubljana, he studied philosophy and theology at the same University.
Filmography:
2002 Sleepwalkers sleep tonight (16 mm, doc.)
2003 Blue room (16 mm, short fict.)
2004 Revival of old wells and fountains (beta, doc.)
2005 Russian resurrection (beta, doc.)
2005 Does it hurt? (16 mm, short fict.)
2007 Bojan Štih - 20 years later ( HD, doc.)
2007 St. Nicholaus`s boat (IMX, doc.)
Festival 2007
The 3'rd FilmFestival 6oo'' will take place on 18 May 2007 in Stara Elektrarna, Ljubljana.
This year the length of works that are allowed to participate is limited to 20 minutes.
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FF600''ABROAD
FRANCE
On 24 November 2006 the Festival FF600'' visited the Town of Brest in F rance,where the awarded films and videos from the previous two festivals as well as the selection of films and videos2005/06 were screened.
POLAND
At the invitation of Slovenian embassy in Warshaw the films and videos from FF600'' were also screened at the Film Festival ''Festival Mlodego Kina SKOFFKA4''. As the organizers of FF600'' and the organizer of polish festival strive for greater internatinal participation, we might expect that exchange of films and videos continues in the future.l
We gladly present films and videos from the FF600'' in other cities and countries but due to the orgnizational problem we must set certain conditions:
- Films and videos are screened once
- Amember of Cultural and Artistic Society Dharmafilm is present at the screening
- After the screening works are returned to Dharmafilm
- The screening shall be arranged at least15 days in advance
- Expenses shall be covered ( amounting to 83,52 EUR )