Kratka Forma – The International Festival of Short Films

The Kratka Forma is a leading short film festival in the European region. The festival has served as an influential platform for European film makers and talent at an international level, by spearheading the cinema movement for short films in the european region.

Overview

Kratka Forma is a not-for-profit cultural event, presented and organized by the Cultural Centre Gornji Milanovoac, Gornji Milanovac, the Republic of Serbia. The festival is held every second year in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. The film festival is a manifestation that by its programme cherishes and promotes artistic values of the contemporary film creation. The main aim of the festival is to encourage short film creation as well as film creations by children and the young.

The 3rd Kratka Forma was held in 2015. Every year Kratka Forma presents new and EXCITING cinema from the European region and beyond, introducing audiences to new talent and original and distinctive filmmaking. The next Kratka Forma will be held in 2017.

Awards

Jury Awards

A jury hand out awards to the films they deem best at the closing ceremony.

  • Grand Prix for the Best Film
  • Best Movie in category Micro Film
  • Best Movie in category Mini Film
  • Best Movie in category Short Film
  • Best Movie in category Children-made Film
  • Special Jury Mention in category Micro Film
  • Special Jury Mention in category Mini Film
  • Special Jury Mention in category Short Film
  • Special Jury Mention in category Children-made Film
  • Special Jury Mention for Animation
  • Special Jury Mention for Sound
  • Special Jury Mention for Production

Audience Awards

  • Best Short Film
  • Best Mini Film
  • Best Micro Film
  • Best Children-Made Film

Kratka Forma 2015

The 3rd Kratka Forma was held from 19 September 2015 to 27 September 2015. The festival showcased over 206 short films from 42 countries which included a plethora of world premiers.

Awards

Award

Category

Film

Director

Country

Grand Prix

The First Step

Vanessa Clement

France

Best Film

Micro Film

Seriosly Deadly Silence

Sara Koppel

Denmark

Best Film

Mini Film

A2042

David Castro Gonzales

Spain

Best Film

Short Film

If I Had It My Way I Would Never Leave

Marko Grba Singh

Serbia

Special Mention

Mini Film

Counsellor

Venetia Taylor

Australia

Special Mention

Mini Film

Choices

Quentin Perez

France

Special Mention

Short Film

Listen

Rungano Nyoni

Denmark and Finland

Special Mention

Animation

Father

Santiago 'Bou' Grasso

Argentina

Grand Prix

Film Creation by Children and Young

Who Is in Charge Here?

Collective Work (Animation studio "DA", "Humra -Human Rights Animation", Goethe-Institut)

Russia

Best Film

Children Film Creation

How Flowers Get Their Colors

Collective Work (School of animated film "ŠAF" Vranje)

Serbia

Best Film

Young People Film Creation

Hypnagogic Hallucination

Collective Work ( Camera-ETC )

Belgium

Special Mention for Production

Film Creation by Children and Young

Hands

Collective Work (The Cultural Centre Jagodina)

Serbia

Special Mention for Production

Film Creation by Children and Young

Island of Panši

Collective Work – (School of film Šipan)

Croatia

Special Mention for Production

Film Creation by Children and Young

In The Name of Burek

Matija Piralić, Cinema Club Karlovac

Croatia

Special Mention for Production

Film Creation by Children and Young

The Loneliness

Collective Work (A BAO A QU)

Spain

Special Mention for Sound

Film Creation by Children and Young

Snowman and Snow Woman

Collective Work (School of animated film "ŠAF" Vranje)

Serbia

Special Mention

Film Creation by Children and Young

Suddenly Our Life Changed

Collective Work – Aleksey Balashov

Ukraine

Youth Jury Awards

Award

Category

Film

Director

Country

Grand Prix

Femoral Neck Night Be Serious

Sergey Dakhin

Russia

Best Film

Micro Film

My Body in May

Matilde De Feo

Italy

Best Film

Mini Film

Counsellor

Venetia Taylor

Australia

Best Film

Short Film

Don Miguel

Kote Camacho

Spain

Kratka Forma 2013

In 2013, Kratka Forma screened a line-up of 143 short films from around the world. The international jury for Mini, Midi and Micro Film consisted of Vera Schmidt, Narcisa Darijević Marković and Dragomir Zupanc. The international jury for films created by children and the youth consisted of Duško Popović, Ivana Vesković and Miodrag J. Novaković.

Kratka Forma 2011

In 2011, Kratka Forma screened a line-up of 84 short films from around the world. The jury consisted of Snežana Trstenjak, Rajko Petrović, Radoy Nikolov, Igor M. Toholj and Krunoslav Jović.