Industry Program
Prague Short Film Festival

Friday 28 February
11am
Goethe Institut
4th floor

Industry presentation: Would You Buy This?

How do distribution, sales, and VOD professionals select short films for their portfolios? The industry session Would You Buy This? presents a unique opportunity to find out what determines a film’s success on the marketplace. Selected filmmakers will present the first three minutes of their film to a panel of experts, who will assess its distribution potential and provide valuable feedback.

In order to make the selection as diverse as possible, the program features a wide range of short films representing multiple genres – from documentaries and animation to experimental and mainstream work. Besides providing the filmmakers with valuable insight, the program also give audiences the chance to observe the process of short film evaluation and distribution.

Filmmakers may apply and submit their films by 18 February using this form.

The program will be in English without interpretation.

Friday 28 Februaryh
5:45pm
Světozor cinema

Master class: NEOZOON – Nothing Cute to See Here

Meet NEOZOON, an art collective that has been bringing together film, activism, and public space since 2009. At this master class, artists Friederike and Michaela will discuss their creative process, the beginnings of the collective, their artistic interventions, and the themes they address in their work. How did they work with recycled fur in street art? How do they create edgy, ironic film collages from YouTube videos? And how do the issues of people’s relationship to animals, consumerism, and religion resonate in their films?

The master class offers an exclusive look at NEOZOON’s work through excerpts from their films and an open discussion about art, humor, and society in today’s audiovisual world. The event, moderated by Iranian film journalist Hossein Eidizadeh, will be held in English without interpretation.

The festival will present NEOZOON’s films as part of its Tribute NEOZOON section (at the Světozor cinema on 27 February and again on 1 March). One screening is before the master class and one is afterwards, but the meeting with the filmmakers is sure to be captivating even without prior familiarity with their films.