Kyiv International Short Film Festival
kyiv international short film festival kisff annual festival held kyiv aimed acquainting audience international short film latest movie winner international festival retrospective extraordinary figure special attention modern classic ukrainian movie feature festival kisff also organizes project event develop diversity short film ukraine work kyiv international short film festival started held spring first time since take place annually circumstance festival independent nonprofit nongovernmental organization main aim promote short film festival mission attempt discover new form method film production ukraine abroad developing national international platform short film program also includes screening class meeting winner film huntsville station throughout film audience able explore concept freedom feel released year imprisonment shot distance viewer able observe group inmate waiting bus released penitentiary react finally free special mention went film stay awake ready take viewer exciting yet trivial night vietnam film disappear also received special mention shot perspective firstperson shooter game film explored theme deserting whilst video game described jury humorous surprisingly poetic intelligent ode deserter winner ukrainian competition went carpet natasha kyselova beautiful cinematography capturing teenage boy comingofage moment burgeoning love friendship tested set increasingly tense backdrop escalating war special mention awarded metawork created vasyl lyah director artistic vision highly promising independent voice film depicted young man tending garden creativity care becoming political act survival resistance modernday ukraine festival jury elected administration festival usually several foreign guest representative ukrainian cinema jury member prominent director producer filmmaker received international award according regulation film whose language ukrainian english russian must english subtitle submitting film person solely responsible film observance necessary right competition program consists international national program jury competition present award three category best film best director audience award addition jury may award ‘jury special mention’ wake russian invasion ukraine escalated russoukraine war kyiv short film festival requested foreign city screen ukrainian short film introduce european culture especially ukrainian culture raise fund humanitarian assistance war also called cultural boycott russian film due russia aggressive imperialist activity official website