Star Film Fest

Competition awards: an award of the general sponsor for the best industrial film, Documentary Star for the best documentary, Fictive Star for the best fiction film, Experimental Star for the best experimental film and Animated Star for the best animated film. Special awards: Stardust (audience award), Special Star (selectors' award), Golden Star for the best student film, chosen by a youth jury and carrying a cash prize of 500 euros, and Supernova Star for the film that presents the concept of light in the most innovative way. The official awards consist of a statue, a certificate and sponsors' gifts. The jury may give one additional award for dramaturgy and technical achievement, and other organisations and media may present special awards.

The festival is open to directors, producers and national film organisations. Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old; a director over 35 may submit a film made before turning 35. Films may be submitted in the fiction, documentary, animated, experimental or industrial category, must run no longer than 20 minutes and must have English subtitles. For the 2026 edition, films had to be completed on or after 1 January 2024. Submissions are made via FilmFreeway. Entries from Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro are free of charge; entries from other countries are free until an early deadline and then carry a small fee. Each author may submit up to two films, and each film school, academy or rights holder up to five. A film submitted in an earlier year and not selected cannot be submitted again. Selected films are screened up to twice during the festival.