Baku International Short Film Festival to be held in November

The 11th Baku International Short Film Festival (BISFF) this year will be held on November 13-17.

Initiated by the Center for Young Cinematographers "CINEMA", the festival aims at reviewing and discussing films and selecting the best ones and reach a wide audience.

Supported by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the  project provides a great opportunity for local film directors to strengthen contacts with their foreign colleagues. Nizami Cinema Center, The Guild of Producers, “02 MEDIA” and OZ FILM company are also among the supporters of the event.

This year, the festival remains committed to the principle of "35 years, 35 minutes." Directors under the age of 35 must submit the film that should not exceed 35 minutes to the festival by September 1.

There are international, local and Cinemobil competition sections at the festival. Foreign and local directors can participate in the international competition with fiction, documentary and animated films.

The festival's programs for local directors are rich as well. Along with fiction, documentary and animation, social videos one can also join to the local competition.

The Cinemobil competition is also intended for local film directors. Unlike previous years, this year participants can submit a film to the competition which do not exceed 5 minutes.Each author can submit his film on the festival website and Filmfreeway.

The films are reviewed by the Selection Committee and included in the competition program.

The official program of the festival will be announced on October 20, Trend reported.

Films competing for the main prize-Golden Pomegranate, will be selected by a jury consisting of local and foreign experts.

This year, the festival is willing to provide technical and post-production support for the next film project to the winners of the local competition for "Best Short Film" and "Best Documentary Short Film". The winner of the "Best Animated Short Film" nomination will be supported only  by post-production works of the next film project.

Founded in 2004, the Baku International Short Film Festival is the longest-running festival in Azerbaijan.