ABOUT FESTIVAL

Goals

We believe that youth cinema and works of young directors, actors and cinematographers in general require continuous attention and encouragement.
Our film festival is organized to discover and showcase the young filmmaking talents from all over the world. The festival will provide the next generation of filmmakers an opportunity to gain exposure and recognition by presenting their works to a wide audience of professionals and cinema aficionados.

Venue

St.-Petersburg is the ideal place for such kind of event. Being the cultural center of Russia, Petersburg is one of the centers of film industry, where is forming the cultural heritage of our country.

Time

The festival will take place from 6-th to 11-th of october, 2009.

Participants

We accept films from filmmakers under 29 years. During 1-st edition of the festival we screened more than 100 films from 20 countries.

Founders

The festival is founded by ‘Insight In’ art-centre with the support of Ministry for Youth Policy of Russian Federation, Government of St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics.

IMPORTANT
Problems of the racism and national intolerance are still very relevant. These problems concern everyone, who cares about the world of tomorrow, the world where our children will live in.
Founders of SPBIYFF do believe that cinema, and art in general, is able to deliver this important and painful message to young generations.