Film Festival of Faculty of Informatics

Film Festival of Faculty of Informatics
Country Czech Republic
Presented by Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
First awarded 2001
Website festival.fi.muni.cz

Film Festival of Faculty of Informatics (FFFI) is a student film festival held annually in May at the Faculty of Informatics of the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Short films of various genres produced by students with an assistance of Laboratory of Electronic and Multimedia Application (LEMMA) are showcased during one festival evening. The festival is held in the building of the Faculty of Informatics and since 2016 also in the University Cinema Scala. Each year 800–1000 visitors attend to see the new student projects.[1] Initially, the festival was supervised by the dean of the Faculty of Informatics, since 2011 by the mayor of Brno as well.

Organization

Visitors during the projection (2015)
Voting (2015)
Professional jury (2015)
Award ceremony (2015)

A short films no longer than eight minutes can take part in the festival. The films have to be produced by students of Masaryk University in the last three years. Most of the films are made in the current academic year, in the courses Základy filmové řeči (Basics of film discourse) and Produkce audiovizuálního díla (Production of audiovisual artefacts) lectured by Petr Sojka, Robert Král and Radovan Hakl.[2] In these courses students learn basic filmmaking knowledge, starting with ideas and story for the film, creating screenplays, filming, production and postproduction. Students also handle acting, sounds, costumes and makeup by themselves.

Every year about twenty films are presented. The best of them are awarded in two categories: Professional jury's choice and Visitor's choice awards. The winners are awarded the Filmobolos trophy and win prizes from sponsors of the festival.[1]

The festival is organized by students themselves. Every year a new motto and visual style is presented in the form of posters, pamphlets and DVDs. Students have to raise money from various sponsors, they handle public relations, create a trailer and propagation materials, and take care of the official website and social media.[1]

History

Organization of the first film festival in 2001 was motivated by the faculty's new possibility of digital video processing and students' interest in making their own films.

The fourth year of festival (2004) was promoted and sponsored for the first time. The beginning of festival was connected with the release of 10th anniversary of Faculty of Informatics DVD.

The fifth year (2005) was attended by more than 500 visitors.

In 2006 the festival offered various film genres such as documentary films, sci-fi, thriller and comedy. The absolute winner was Relace (Broadcast), a film by Stanislav Hrabí.

Year after, in 2007, a film called Krajina za duhou (The Land Over the Rainbow) by Lukáš Horáček was chosen as the winner of the Visitor's choice award.[3][4] The Jury chose a romantic film Neznámý (Stranger) by Martina Mičovičová and Michal Oravec as the best.

In 2008 the festival took place during Dies Academicus, in the light of Masaryk University's anniversary. Actors from JAMU also took part this year and thus cooperation with other faculties had begun.

The winner of 9th year was Martin Kacvinský with his film Vir CRT-2116 a jeho přemožitel (CRT-2116 Virus and His Defeater). In the bonus section, lecturer Robert Král introduced his film Doprdelesvěta! [5]

In the 10th year the festival was visited by over 700 people. The first prize was awarded to a comedy by Michaela Miovská and Martin Bakeš named Nebylo nebylo – Jak by asi vypadaly pohádky, kdyby zmizeli kladní hrdinové (Not Once Upon a Time – How Would It Look Like If There Were No Heroes). The jury chose stop-motion film (L)egoist by Miroslav Kolárik as their film of choice. [6]

In 2011 films were presented with English subtitles for the first time. The winners were Mrkvička (A Carrot) — an animation by Jiří Starý, and a stop-motion film Don't Stay Outside by Tomáš Kněžek.[7]

Motto of the 12th festival was Film máme v krvi (Film Is in Our Blood).[8][9] This year's winner was Radek Gomola with his 90's RPG-stylized stop-motion film Epic Quest I. The jury chose fake Wikipedia documentary Lež.org (Lie.org) by Radim Urbášek and Tomáš Hůsek as the best one.[10]

The 13th festival was stylized in the like of Hollywood blockbusters.[11] Black (brown) comedy Shit Happened by Jan Kutil won the Visitor's choice award. Jana, a documentary drama based on real events which happened during the Prague Spring, by Zdeňka Sitová was awarded Jury's choice award. [12]

...a přece se točí! (...and yet it's being shot!) was the motto of the 14th festival held on May 15, 2014 during the 95th anniversary of Masaryk University.[13] This year both awards went to Jan Pater and his comedy Výjimka v překladu (Exception in the Translation), which made fun of the number of Slovak students in Czech colleges, mainly in Brno. [14]

The 15th festival was held on May 15, 2015. This year's motto was Střih! (Cut!) as a homage to all film editors. Modern interpration of a classic Greek myth Pygmalion, a comedy of the same name directed by Tomáš Schmidl, was awarded the Jury's choice award. The visitor's choice award went to Shitman: A New Hero Is Born — a parody of Hollywood blockbuster trailers, directed by Samuel Briškár. [15][16]

The 16th festival was held on May 20, 2015. For the first time ever, the screenings took place at the Faculty of Informatics and simultaneously at the University cinema Scala in Brno. The motto was slightly provocational, asking people whether they would want to experience the films themselves — Chceš to taky? (Do you want it too?). The visitor's choice award went to Vysněná Domácnost (Dreamed Household) — a comedy by M. Humaj. The Jury's choice award was given to cute_cats.avi, an experimental piece by J. Szlauer and J. Špiřík.[17]

On May 17, 2017, the 17th festival - the second one, which was screened at both Faculty of Informatics and University cinema Scala, took place. The number of people attending this year was speculated to be the highest among festivals so far[18] , as people came to "Move the Picture" (this year's motto). The winner of the visitor's choice award was Gin, a short philosophically-comedic sketch by František Kovařík. The Jury's choice award went to Co se dělo ve škole? (What happened in school?), a multi-genred sketch directed by Lýdie Palečková.[19]

18th festival took place on 18th May, 2018. Like every year, there were screening of short films from students of Masaryk University as well as graduates. The festival screening took place at two locations simultaneously - at Faculty of Informatics and University cinema Scala. The winner of the visitor's price was Pavel Čadek's "Nelajkla mi status" and the Jury's choice award won film "Šelma". [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vlna z Brna - BTV". BTV (in Czech). Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  2. ↑ Máte v šuplíku krátký film? Přihlaste ho na festival
  3. ↑ Krajina za duhou, Dobré ráno s Českou televizí, 5. dubna 2007, 06:22–06:30
  4. ↑ Bujo Brothers: Krajina za duhou
  5. ↑ "9. FF - Výsledky | FI MU". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  6. ↑ "10. Filmový festival - Program | FI MU". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  7. ↑ Na filmovém festivalu fakulty informatiky bodovaly animace
  8. ↑ Brno hostí přehlídku studentských filmů
  9. ↑ Informatici mají film v krvi
  10. ↑ "Film máme v krvi" aneb XII. filmový festival fakulty informatiky MU
  11. ↑ "XIII. ročník Filmového festivalu Fakulty informatiky". Kult.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  12. ↑ "Výsledky hlasování z Filmového festivalu Fakulty informatiky MU". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  13. ↑ "XIV. FILMOVÝ FESTIVAL FAKULTY INFORMATIKY - 95. výročí Masarykovy univerzity". 95.muni.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  14. ↑ "14. Filmový festival Fakulty informatiky MU - Výsledky". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  15. ↑ "Antické drama a superhrdinský akčňák ovládly festival FI". online.muni.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  16. ↑ "15. Filmový festival FI MU". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  17. ↑ "16. Filmový festival FI MU". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  18. ↑ "Návštevníci filmového festivalu študentov informatiky zaplnili sály fakulty aj kina Scala". www.munimedia.cz. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  19. ↑ "17. Filmový festival FI MU". festival.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  20. ↑ "18?". lemma.fi.muni.cz. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
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