Požarevac Film Festival (2)

Festival start: 23 December 2026      Festival end: 28 December 2026

Our ideology is to make good films for a good audience. We focus on long talks and Q&As after each short film (no blocks of films and then shorts Q&As after. We put our effort into bringing all the authors to the festival.

We are also screening feature films but as a side, non competitive section.

Accommodation and food is provided for all selected filmmakers. Unfortunately we can cover travel costs only to participants coming from inside of Serbia.

Požarevac is a small town in eastern Serbia and Požarevac Film Festival or simply POFF is a valuable alternative local cultural event held in a variety of local venues. Our main venue is the Culture Center of Požarevac, however we put effort into bringing good films to a wider local audience by organising screenings and talks in local bars, pubs and clubs.

Our sections:

FIRE / Short International program

This section is open to films from all over the world (excluding Serbia).
There is no limit on the date of production of the film. Also no limit on the age of the author. Films can be from any genre, style and done with any technique.

FLAMBEAUX / Serbian short films

This section is open only to films which are:
- Produced, made or filmed in Serbia;
- Producer, made, directed and/or written by a Serbian artist;
- strongly related to Serbia in terms of theme.

IMPORTANT: Selected authors in this section are obliged to be fiscally present during the screening of their film in Požarevac. The festival is covering accommodation, food and travel expenses within Serbia.

SPARKLES - WIP Projects

This section is dedicated for short film projects in postproduction.
Festival will organise a private screening with film professionals and targeted audience who will be giving their feedback during one hour discussion.

Before final selection, submitters might be invited for a zoom interview in order to discuss their target audience and professionals they would prefer getting feedback from.

MATCHES - non competitive program

This program is dedicated for films directed by students of SERBIAN film and cinema programs who are not studying film directing.

If you are a student of production, editing, cinematography, film theory or dramaturgy, animation, or basically anything else... and you made a film during your studies. This section is for you.

IMPORTANT: Selected authors in this section are obliged to be fiscally present during the screening of their film in Požarevac. The festival is covering accommodation, food and travel expenses within Serbia.

BONFIRE - FEATURE FILMS

We screen features as a side, non competitive program of the festival because we want to put higher focus on shorts. Of course, all selected authors are invited to the festival.

FIRE - international section

SPARKLE of Požarevac - Presented by Junior Jurry (members are under 20) / CASH AWARD

FENIKS of Požarevac - Presented by Senior Jurry (members are 55+) / CASH AWARD

FLAMBEAUX - serbian section

POFFBEDNIK - Presented by Main Jurry (professionals) / CASH AWARD

FLARE - Presented by I.O rental company and 3FILM production company / In kind equipment rental services in the amount of 1000EUR for the next film.

AUDIENCE AWARD

SPARKLES - WIP Projects

FLAMMAT AWARD - Festival team will choose one project which is automatically being selected for the festival once the film will be finished.

DISTRIBUTION-CONSULTATION AWARD - A consultation session with festival distributor on distribution strategy for the project / presented by festival

- We accept films up to 65 minutes long;

- All genres, forms and approached;

- No limits for the birthplace or birthdate of the film;

- No limits for the author's age;

- You can submitt unlimited amount of entries;

- English and/or Serbian subtitles required;

- Resubmissions allowed;

- We are trying to keep submission fees as low as possible but our festival is dependent on them and every cent means a lot. However, if you have difficulties with paying the submission fee, feel free to request a waiver