EAST DOC COMPETITION FOR SHORT & MEDIUM-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Get to know our competitive program!
Through the EAST DOC Competition for Short & Medium-Length Documentary, selected works stand as clear windows towards real stories and the tumultuous New East.
The official selection presents compelling narratives through carefully crafted titles with an exciting range of creativity and dedication in examining the subject.
The program includes 4 titles inviting the viewer to discover through the eyes of young emerging filmmakers from the region.
Selected for the EAST DOC Competition:
A Cat Is Always Female Martina Mestrovic, Tanja Vujasinovic | Croácia | 2019 | DOC. | 16’ | SUB. PT/EN
Pure art Maxim Shved | Polónia | 2019 | DOC. | 52’ | SUB. PT/EN
Time is Zaur Kourazov | Bélgica | 2019 | DOC. | 21’ | SUB. PT/EN
EAST WAVE COMPETITION FOR SHORT & MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM
Get to know our competitive program!
Twelve titles are selected for the EAST WAVE Competition for Short & Medium-Length Film, representing a new generation of young talents and exhibiting enthralling narratives, an ode to creative approach in storytelling.
Through powerful, sometimes provocative gazes, the selected works tackle topics and situations through a wide scope of types of the fiction genre.
The program brings forth a special selection of recent films made in the Central & Eastern Europe context, with a highly curated line-up, aimed towards supporting young promising directors.
TO THE STARS Štefánia Lovasová | Slovakia | 2019 | FIC. | 19’ | SUB. PT/EN
ONLINE EDITION – GET TO KNOW OUR PROGRAM
Less than a month before the festival, BEAST IFF hopes to remind the public to explore the exciting Wild Wild East through our special program.
This year, sections such as EastWave, EastDoc, experimentalEAST, Focus Country, and V4 Screen will be available online through the streaming platform Filmin Portugal, between March 24th and April 4th.
The structure of the festival was designed to enable a diverse collection of films within the scope of the official competition and special programs. The EastWave program, for instance, aims to support young rising directors, bringing forth the best short and medium-length fiction films of the last two years made in an Eastern Europe context.
Moreover, the EastDoc section stands as a clear view of the New East’s culture, taking into consideration the delicate work around constructing motion pictures based on reality. The experimentalEAST program, on the other hand, aims to defy audiovisual standard rules, looking for directors who were able to create their own. These three categories form the Official Competition, which has functioned as the core of BEAST International Film Festival since its first edition.
Furthermore, the Focus Country section will be paying homage to Romania this year, which debuts at the Opening Session one of the most acclaimed documentaries of 2020: “Ivana The Terrible“, director Ivana Mladenović’s second feature.
Finally, the V4 Screen program highlights feature-length films from the V4 countries, as part of a project co-financed by the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through the International Visegrad Fund in collaboration with various cultural institutions.
Stay tuned to our website and social media to know all about the films featured in our program. This year, stay online with us – here, there, and everywhere.
BEAST IFF 2021 – EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 1ST
BEAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS EXTENDING ITS PROGRAM UNTIL JUNE 1ST
Presented by OKNA (PLUSEAST) Cultural Association, BEAST International Film Festival has been proving itself and the public since 2017 as an event that shines an important light on the East European cinema landscape.
This year, our edition will be held online between March 24th and April 4th through the Filmin Portugal platform. Alongside the Portuguese streaming website, other platforms such as Vimeo, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and Instagram will also host BEAST IFF’s screenings, events, live streams, and Q&As.
But that’s not all of it – after the end of the edition, BEAST IFF will continue until June 1st through special monthly screenings, events, and the Visegrad Film Hub, an industry event dedicated to the V4 countries.
This will include even more screenings, masterclasses, and workshops, with an online and possibly on-site offer. In case it’s safe for festival spectators in the nearby future, limited screenings and activities will be held in the city of Porto at venues such as Cinema da Trindade, Cinema Passos Manuel, Casa das Artes, and Almeida Garrett Municipal Library. Since its existence, BEAST International Film Festival has presented over 300 short, medium-length, and feature films, several world, European and Portuguese premieres, and more than 150 screening sessions, including special line-ups of national and international guests. Stay tuned to our website and social media to know about it all!
BEAST IFF IS BACK WITH ITS 4th EDITION
4TH BEAST IFF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STREAMING PLATFORM FILMIN
With the challenges generated by the pandemic and the viability for an enriching online experience, BEAST International Film Festival will first kick off from the 24th to the 28th of March in partnership with the Portuguese streaming platform Filmin.
Born from a collaboration and dialogue initiative between Portuguese cinematographic operators, critics, festivals and national as well as international cultural institutions, Filmin is the main independent cinema streaming platform in Portugal.
This year, Romania is the focus of BEAST IFF through the Focus Country program, which debuts at the Opening Session one of the most acclaimed documentaries of 2020: Ivana The Terrible, director Ivana Mladenović’s second feature.
The section will also include sessions dedicated to other documentary films from Romania, such as the critically praised Acasa, My Home, a film by director and investigative journalist Radu Ciorniciuc, and The Distance Between Me and Me, a feature-length documentary by directors Dana Bunescu and Mona Nicoară, which elicits deep reflections around the iconic figure of Romanian artist Nina Cassian.
Besides Focus Country, the EastWave, EastDoc and experimentalEAST competitive sessions are also highlights of the festival, featuring mid-length and short films that show the work of emerging young talents from Central and Eastern Europe.
These sessions will be available until April 4th for Filmin subscribers or via the platform’s pay-per-view model. Along with the Portuguese streaming website, other platforms such as Vimeo, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram will also host BEAST IFF’s exhibitions, events, live streams and Q&As.
