International Student Film Festival Early Melons
Early Melons is an International Student Film Festival held in Bratislava. It shows a diverse selection of Slovak and abroad student films. Basic aims of the festival are to enrich the offer of audiovisual cultural events in Slovakia and get Slovak audience closer to phenomenon of student cinematography. Early Melons project aims to encourage the cultural interchange and partnership between different countries and schools.
International jury awards the best films in the categories of Best Fiction, Best Animation, Best Documentary and Grand Prix. Other festival screenings are organized by special thematic selections. The program includes profiles of the partner festivals, exhibition of films made by children and high school students, films from countries outside the EU and films from non-european regions, video-art or photographic competition.
Festival`s aims are to present a variety of themes and techniques used in student films and to enable an engagement between public, film makers, school representatives and film professionals. This will help to build international relationships and enable possible future cooperation. It will also provide a base for an important multi-cultural exchange of ideas and experiences.
3rd edition of festival will be held in March 2010.
