Eight festival cities, dozens of films, accompanying event

BANSKÁ BYSTRICA (10. 2. 2012)
Just a few days have remained till the deadline for the submission of entry forms and films to the film competition at ENVIROFILM 2012. Up till now, the festival organisers received more than 150 entries from authors from 26 countries worldwide. Among them from Palestine that participates in the festival for the first time.
The pre-selection committee, which will meet at the beginning of March, shall see all the submitted films and select films for the International Jury. Besides the members of the International Jury (which shall meet one month before the festival), the selected films shall be projected during the festival week to festival spectators and visitors in eight Slovak cities. Recently, Košice joined the festival cities of Banska Bystrica, Zvolen, Banská Štiavnica, Kremnica, Krupina, Poltár and Skalica. This year for the first time the CFC Cinemas (Cultural Facilities Petržalka, Bratislava) will be screening, during the festival, award-winning films from the last ENVIROFILM as well as a block of competing films from this year’s festival.
Festival organisers have been preparing a rich accompanying programme, which traditionally includes events for children and youth.
The leitmotif of the 18th International Environmental Film Festival ENVIROFILM 2012, which will be held on 14 - 19 May 2012, are environmental hazards.

The International Environmental Film Festival ENVIROFILM was established in 1995 and is held annually in May. The centre of festival events is Banská Bystrica. Last year, 156 films from 33 countries worldwide competed in the festival; 33 films were submitted by Slovak authors. During the seventeen years of the festival filmmakers from around the world sent more than 1,800 films. The Ministry of the Environment is the promulgator and the Slovak Environmental Agency (SEA) and the non-profit organisation Envirofilm, n. o.  are the organisers of the festival.  More on www.envirofilm.sk.

Source: SEA, AG

ENVIROFILM every year includes also events for children and youth...
Photo: Peter Rusko (ENVIROFILM 2011)