Short Movie Club

Short Movie Club Film Festival tries to avoid "the best of the best" way but we don't ignore it completely, sure. The festival’s jury awards the best film of every section. Nevertheless, the festival provides every submitter with an opportunity to show the film, discuss and get feedback in the case of visiting. Screenings are held at National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Cinema theatre “Pioneer”, Azgur Muzeum, art-galleries. Our team hopes to create a community, brotherhood of filmmakers to celebrate a spirit of indie cinema together. We accommodate selected participants at cottages in beautiful nature place of Minsk. Also, we compile comments of viewers, cinephiles and experts and send them to filmmakers. The another key point of our project is to establish a communication between the filmmaker and the audience.

Before you read the festival philosophy and history let know 10 worth reasons to be part of The Short Movie Club:

• CONSIDERATION Your film is placed greater focus on and given due consideration
• SHOWING The films are screened at National Centre for Contemporary Arts
• TRAVEL Discover the Belarus, white point on the Europian map
• FILM INDUSTRY PARTNERS One of the leading studios in Eastern Europe «BELARUSFILM» opens gates
• REVIEW An in-depth review of the best films will be published with IMDb rating
• COMMENTS We compile comments of viewers, cinephiles and experts
• FEEDBACK We establish connections between the filmmaker and the audience
• TROPHY AWARD CinemAngel awarding ceremony is held at the marvellous hall of the Azgur Muzeum
• FILM FESTIVALS Your film is considered to be selected for Short Movies Club partner festivals
• PARTY — AFTERPARTY Yes, party every day. It is the main reason…

Idea of the SMCFF

Millions of movies are shot and thousands of short film festivals are held all over the world every year. On average, several thousands of films are submitted to a film festival. So various good films can be neglected for whatever reason. Some times selecting probability is like winning a lottery. As a result, filmmakers are left with no feedback. It is a paradox that no one can hear you in an age of the Internet! The mainstream culture prefers attractions and casual viewing. For this reason, we’d created this “unfiltered cinema” project. It aims to promote films unpurified by festivals and producer companies. We collect films and do our best to show programmes to the wide audience at National Centre for Contemporary Arts. We compile comments of viewers, cinephiles and experts and send them to filmmakers. The key point of our project is to establish a communication between the filmmaker and the audience.

Please, read about SMCC history through the link to the festival's website.

What will you do with the fee? The project aims to provide building of Cinema-van mobile library amphibia . Please, consider your 10$ payment as a contribution to the amazing project! And one day the wonder on the wheels visits your city, village or island.

Awards & Prizes

• Grand-Prix with CinemAngel trophy
• The best fiction film
• The best documentary film
• The best animation
• The best experimental film
• People's choice award
• Most discussed film