Pančevački filmski festival (PAFF) je internacionalni takmičarski festival dugometražnog i kratkog filma u Pančevu, jednom od industrijskih centara Srbije. Program festivala je sastavljen od naslova sakupljenih sa raznih strana sveta, od dokumentarnih do igranih, eksperimentalnih i film eseja, kratkog, srednjeg i dugog metra. Pančevački filmski festival je manifestacija i platforma posvećena negovanju i promociji nezavisne autorske kinematografije, ali i filmova nastalih u ozbiljnijim i bogatijim produkcijama koji neguju originalan i kinematografski uzbudljiv pristup narativu, formi, strukturi, estetici, dakle, svim onim filmovima koji se zrelo i inovativno služe vizuelnim komuniciranjem. Glavna misija festivala je da predstavi, istraži i proširi ideje i pitanja šta sve kinematografija danas može da bude, kao i da, kroz prisustvo mladih talentovanih autora na festivalu, promoviše i pruži podršku novoj generaciji filmskih umetnika. Naša želja je da budemo kulturna manifestaciju koja će obogatiti život građana Pančeva, okoline i regiona, i da utičemo na stvaranje platforme za jedan drugačiji vid filmskog izraza i komunikacije. Želimo da, takođe, inicramo i utičemo na formiranje i stvaranje nove filmske publike, na one buduće filmadžije i filmofile. Na one koji će, na našem festivalu, po prvi put imati priliku da vide drugačiju vrstu kinematografije, na drugačiji način – u bioskopu - a da, pritom, imaju priliku da od samih autora čuju i nauče kako, zašto i na koji način se filmovi prave, čitaju, gledaju i vole.
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Pančevo Film Festival (PAFF) is an international short and feature film festival held in Pančevo, one of the biggest industrial towns in Serbia. Pančevo Film Festival is an event and a platform dedicated to cultivating and promoting independent cinema but also films created in any kind of production (big-budget or no-budget) that cherish original and cinematographically exciting approach to narrative, form, structure, and aesthetics. In other words, the festival encompasses all those movies that use mature and innovative ways of visual communication. The main goal of the festival is to present, explore and expand ideas about contemporary cinema, while promoting and supporting the new generation of filmmakers through the presence of young and talented authors, and their work, at the festival. Our desire is to be a cultural event that will enrich the lives of the citizens of Pančevo and the region, but that will also serve as a platform for a different form of cinematic expression and communication. We want to initiate and influence the formation and creation of a new film audience, those future filmmakers and film lovers. Those who will, for a first time at our festival, have the opportunity to see a different kind of films, in a different way - in cinemas - and that they will have a chance to meet the authors themselves and learn how, why and in which ways the films are made and meant to be read, seen and loved.
