Febiofest is the largest film festival in the Czech Republic and the second most prestigious festival in the country (after Karlovy Vary). The festival presents a wide spectrum of contemporary and retrospective examples of high-quality film including alternative, film-school and amateur works to a diverse viewing public. A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e. ... Karlovy Vary - venue The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic. ...

History

The festival was founded in December 1993 in Prague by movie and television company Febiofest. The main personalities of the foundation were Fero Fenič and Pavel Melounek. Originally taking place in one city (Prague) in two small theaters, the event gradually grew (in just ten years) into more than 140,000 viewers in two countries, 12 cities and nearly 43 theaters. In 2005 the festival presented 336 films from 65 countries. Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...

Award

The annual award is the Kristián (Czech critic's prizes). It focus attention not only on feature films, but on animated and documentary works, while also encompassing film production, theory and criticism. The prize was made by famous sculptor Olbram Zoubek.

Venue

• Czech Republic
  • Prague
  • Ostrava
  • Brno
  • Liberec
  • Pardubice
• Slovakia
  • Bratislava
  • Košice
  • Nitra
  • Žilina
  • Prešov
  • Martin
  • Banská Bystrica

Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Ostrava   listen? (German: Ostrau, Polish: Ostrawa) is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region. ... Brno   listen? (German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. ... Liberec - the town hall Jested mountain with TV tower Liberec  listen (German: Reichenberg) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Liberec Region. ... Pardubice  listen? (German: Pardubitz) capital of the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic on the Labe river. ... Bratislava (until 1919: PreÅ¡porok in Slovak and Pressburg in German and English; Pozsony in Hungarian) is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 430,000. ... KoÅ¡ice (German: Kaschau, Hungarian: Kassa, Latin: Cassovia) is Slovakias second largest city. ... Nitra (in German: Neutra, in Hungarian: Nyitra [in the past frequently Nyitria]) is a city in western Slovakia (and the fourth largest urban settlement in Slovakia) situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra river valley. ... Žilina (Hungarian: Zsolna, German: Sillein, Polish: Å»ylina) is a city in northwestern Slovakia. ... PreÅ¡ov (Hungarian: Eperjes, German: Preschau or Eperies) is a town in eastern Slovakia. ... Martin (until 1950 called Turčiansky Svätý Martin, i. ... Banská Bystrica, SNP Square, town centre Banská Bystrica, SNP Square, town centre Banská Bystrica (Hungarian: Besztercebánya, German: Neusohl) is a town in central Slovakia at the Hron river and at the Lower Tatra mountains. ...

External Link

• Official site
• Febiofest in New Style
• Febiofest 2005