Category: STIFF 2024

11th STIFF in 11 days

In 11 days we’ll see you at the 11th edition of Student International Film Festival STIFF. This year STIFF explores different forms of escape – physical, emotional and mental – through films by young authors from 20 countries spread across 4 continents. They will guide the audience through the film programme made of stories about…

11th STIFF Film Festival Jury

The STIFF jury consists of three teams: one for fiction, one for documentary, and one for animated films. Each team includes a film professional, a previous years’ winner, and a local student. This structure allows students to actively learn from professionals as part of the jury, and fosters connections between local filmmakers and young international…

Nine programme blocks to build a new decade of STIFF

Our selectors, Maša Drndić and Marta Ban, organised the best of the student cinema from all over the world into nine fabulously designed blocks that all but guarantee you to Escape into different film worlds. Take a look at the stories hidden in this year’s STIFF. Carried Away In their sincere search for meaning that…

11th STIFF — Escape

SAVE THE DATE Escape the ordinary. Experience extraordinary stories in the new decade of STIFF. More info coming soon! 21th —23rd November 2024, Art-kino & Galerija SKC

Presentation of STIFF at Cinehill

STIFF took a break in the forest on the hill of films — Cinehill. And with our refreshments, STIFF added a spark to the last day of this year’s edition as Katarina and Maja introduced the festival and collaboration opportunities. From the film hill, we’re already dreaming of November and the 11th edition of our…

See you on the Hill of Films

Yesterday, Cinehill was officially opened, and on Sunday, the closing day, we are expecting a special event — the presentation of STIFF. The STIFF program at Cinehill will be held on July 27 from 1:30 PM to 2:40 PM. With young filmmakers from around the world gathered in the DHFR Campus program, we will watch:…

STIFF — Extended Deadline for Student and Debut Films

Student International Film Festival — STIFF invites students and debut filmmakers to submit their films by July 24, 2024. Submissions for the competitive segment should consist of original works created by students or debut filmmakers in various genres: feature film, documentary film, animated film, and experimental film. All works must not exceed 60 minutes in…

Announcing the winner of this year’s STIFF visual solution contest!

After much discussion about the excellent proposals from APURI students, Artistic Director Katarina Kožul and longtime STIFF designer Gea Rajić have chosen the design that will represent the festival this year, marking the entry into a new decade — congratulations to Ira Andrea Potnar for the winning design! Once again, a big thank you to…

SDF x STIFF: A Cinematic Spectacle is behind us

SDF x STIFF: A Cinematic Spectacle at the Žilav Park Campus was a Full-House! As you can see for yourselves, students and films — love each other And Žilavi Park didn’t mind opening its doors to such a large audience, award-winning films, free popcorn, and especially the extra cocktails mixed by the team from the…

SDF x STIFF: A Cinematic Spectacle on Campus!

This year’s Student Day Festival brings something truly new – something unseen – as part of the warm-up for SDF! On Wednesday, June 5th at 9:30 PM, we are transforming Žilavi Park (the newly opened basketball court), in collaboration with Art-kino, into a cinema under the stars filled with award-winning student films. ???? Given the…

Cinehill Volunteer and Workshop Invitation!

On Monday, May 27th at 3:00 PM, the team from the Cinehill festival, the younger sibling of the Motovun festival, led by director Igor Mirković, will arrive at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Rijeka to present the program and festival opportunities for students in Rijeka (benefits, educational workshops, and volunteering opportunities). Everyone is welcome…