Thank you all for building the wonderful 10th edition of STIFF, an edition that celebrated unity, imagination, creativity, creation, and — film. A edition that celebrated the past and envisioned the future. An edition that closed one decade and opened the doors to a new one. Seven more titles joined the sea of the best…
The last day of the 10th International Student Film Festival was marked by the award ceremony honoring the best films in the categories of documentary, fiction, and animated film. Among more than 650 submissions and 40 selected films, students from Georgia, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, and the USA were recognized. Over the past…
The last day of the festival is an ideal moment to relax, and so we bring you a special event called Tales of Studying. We will let ourselves be carried by the inspiring tales of filmmaking and hear about challenges that authors face in their quest to bring their ideas to the big screen. After…
We will spend the last day of the festival enjoying a breakfast that heals even the worst hangover. An afternoon breakfast. A student breakfast. Stuffed cabbage, conversation, and films. Mirela Džafić will take us through Tales of Studying, a conversation about film schools, film financing and workshops, brought to you first-hand by experienced people. We…
Time flies, days pass by, and the penultimate day of the festival is here. We have two workshops for you this afternoon. First up is Distribute this! with Morana Ikić Komljenović in Mini Art-kino from 1 until 3 PM. Morana will teach you all you need to know about filmmaking, from production to distribution. Next,…
We enter the third day of the festival with Beats, exploring the dynamics of the future, especially the fast pace and instability of it. How to address the unknown, what frightens us about it, what is it that makes us uncomfortable – these are some of the questions posed in this block. We open with…
Walk with us to the second day of the festival, with a programme block titled Prophecies, exploring how the past shapes our future, and how the signs around us only acquire meaning over time. First up, a documentary film Uncle Vakho’s Dream follows a blind man in a remote mountains in Georgia, battling his suffering and…
The jubilee 10th STIFF – International Student Film Festival was opened in Art-kino Rijeka on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 7:00 PM, organized by Filmaktiv and the Student Cultural Center of the University of Rijeka. It was officially opened by Slobodanka Mišković, the director of Art-kino; Marta Žuvić, the vice-rector for studies, students, and quality…
The time has come for the first day of the 10th STIFF. We are bidding farewell to a decade of best international student films and openly embrace new decades. The first celebratory drinks bring us three fabulous films in a programme block named Aberrations. First up is a the Russian drama Red, Yellow, Green, a…
In precisely 24 hours, the 10th edition of International Student Film Festival starts, with illustrious guests in attendance at the opening ceremony: Slobodanka Mišković, Head of Art-kino; Maša Drndić, Artistic Director of STIFF; Sonja Šišić, head of Culture, Sport and Technical Culture Department of the Primorje-Gorski kotar County; Marta Žuvić, vice-rector for Studies, Students and…
STIFF’s side programme makes sure the tenth edition will be celebrated in the best possible way. This year’s programme is focused on marking the past decade through an exhibition programme made in collaboration with the curatorial workshop Paspartu. The initiative invites students to actively engage in creating and setting up an exhibition, as well as…
The tenth edition of International Student Film Festival – STIFF is just around the corner, bringing you 40 fantastic short- and medium-length films from all over the world. These 40 films, presented in 11 programme blocks, were carefully selected by Maša Drndić and Marta Ban. As is the tradition, the festival is happening in Art-kino…