International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA - Video-art contest

International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIŻENIA is a significant and important cultural event - part of a small group of the biggest, and most important festivals of that type in Poland. Jelenia Góra plays a significant role as far as Polish independent film scene is concerned. Every year the event features more prominent pictures and hosts authors from Poland and abroad. The purpose of the festival is to present different cultures, film language, exchange of ideas, as well as presentation and promotion of independent film art. The Local Community Centre (Osiedlowy Dom Kultury) in Jelenia Góra, is the official organizers of this remarkable, promoting independent film making event. We would like to extend a warm welcome to directors, film makers, and producers of presented films from all over the country and abroad. We have the pleasure to inform you that the festival will host professional and international Jury, as well as other well-known representatives of the film and media industry. The oversight over the festival is held by some major national media; from where we also notice a growing interest in the event and consequently its participants. The event will feature festival screening and special film shows, there will also be numerous panel discussions, as well as open to the audience Jury debates, and meetings with filmmakers. There will also be other events accompanying the festival. Because the main aim of the festival is presentation of the filmmakers' accomplishments, coupled with any new trends and ideas in the independent movie making scene, the character of the festival makes room for variety of forms. There are no restrictions on themes and topics. Within the 20. IFF “ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA” 2017, two separate sections will be held: International main contest and International video-art contest for short video-art to 15 minutes