Open call: First Crossings

Taking part of the Tribute to a Vision cross-border film festival, First Crossings is a young festival section for discovering new film languages within the short film form. Based in the cross-border area between Slovenia and Italy, we welcome films that somehow revolve around the border in the broadest sense of the word, be it regarding form or content. We encourage original, daring, and underrepresented ideas with social, dramatic, and transformative impact to draw attention towards the short audio-visual forms of all genres.

Call for entries is now open.
Deadline for submitting is August 1, 2024.

FIRST CROSSINGS is a festival platform that presents brave, youth–hearted, innovative authors that find exciting ways to explore new cinematic perspectives. With its 7th edition on the way, First Crossings is again in search of aesthetically novel, cutting-edge films, both from emerging and well-established authors who strive towards the foundation of new film languages. First Crossings will be organized within the compelling film festival program of Tribute To A Vision, organized by the audiovisual center Kinoatelje. We are proud to offer a symbolic cash prize to our best short, awarded by our esteemed jury members, as well as our dear audiences.
 

Applicants are required to fulfill the application via FilmFreeway.

What kind of films do we accept?
All genres and formats up to 30 min. of length *
(*Films must have been completed in the current or previous three years).

Who can apply?
Open to projects (short films) from the whole world.
(Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.)

Dates and venue
From 08-13 October 2024 in the cross-border region around Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Gorizia (Italy).

Should filmmakers require assistance or have questions, they can contact us at
We look forward to seeing your films!
More about the festival: https://www.poklonviziji.com/first-crossings

Awards & Prizes
- Jury award (500 euros)
- Audience award (recognition)