The 12th edition of STIFF brings us 31 films that will certainly leave a trace – in Rijeka, at the festival, and in all us viewers. This year’s stories are curated in eight programme blocks, selected by Maša Drndić and Marta Ban, this year joined by Bela Bračko Milešević.

All the films are vying for Best Film prize – in Fiction, Documentary and Animation – and one will win the coveted Audience Award.

To help you navigate through the programme, we prepared the list by genre, with a side note: whichever block you choose to see, we firmly believe every one of these films will leave a small, but permanent TRACE.

Whether you are a fan of powerful documentary stories, playful and imaginative animation, or intense and emotional fiction films – 12th STIFF has a programme for you.

Join us from 27th until 29th November and discover which film will leave the biggest TRACE in you.
Animated films:

Vincent in the Call Center (CRACKS, day 1); Fabula Rasa (CURRENTS, day 1); Detlev (CURRENTS, day 1); Braided (SNAGS, day 2); The Undying Pain of Existence (STITCHES, day 2); Can You Hear Me? (STITCHES, day 2); Wish You Were Ear (VIS-À-VIS, day 2); Esca (TIMELESS STORIES, day 3); Their Eyes (TIMELESS STORIES, day 3); Caught in 4K (BOLD BATTLES, day 3); Pillow Talks (BOLD BATTLES, day 3); Supreme Domain (AFTER ALL, day 3).

Documentary films:

Vale Tudo (CRACKS, day 1); Everything Else (CURRENTS, day 1); A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places (SNAGS, day 2); Between Heaven and Halls (STITCHES, day 2); Grand Prize (VIS-À-VIS, day 2); Yet Another One (BOLD BATTLES, day 3); Project Nika (BOLD BATTLES, day 3); Run, Monnie, Run (AFTER ALL, day 3); Dry Goods (AFTER ALL, day 3).

Fiction films:

Everybody’s Doing Fine (CRACKS, day 1); The River (CURRENTS, day 1); Truth or Dare (SNAGS, day 2); The Sea in Between (SNAGS, day 2); Ashes (STITCHES, day 2); 8 (VIS-À-VIS, day 2); Koka (TIMELESS STORIES, day 3); Our Shadows (AFTER ALL, day 3); Til Tomorrow (AFTER ALL, day 3).

STIFF’s long-lasting tradition of free screenings continues – see you in Art-kino!

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The International Student Film Festival — STIFF is organized by Filmaktiv and the Student Cultural Center of the University of Rijeka, in co-organization with Art-kino and with the support of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), the City of Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Rijeka Tourist Board, the Serbian National Council, the Council of the Serbian National Minority, and the Goethe-Institut Kroatien. The work of Filmaktiv is supported by the Kultura Nova Foundation and the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.