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SKENA UP Festival

The SKENA UP International Students Film and Theatre Festival or 'SKENA UP Festival is an international student film and Theatre Festival held annually in December in Pristina, Kosovo. Every year gathers more than 50 Film and Theatre Academies from all around the World

Mission
Founded in October 2003 by a group of students and young artists, SKENA UP is the NGO that organises the International Students’ Film and Theatre Festival in Kosovo. SKENA UP Festival is unique not only in Kosova, but also in the wider Balkan region, by being one of the few ‘in competition’ festivals dedicated to film and theatre students.

SKENA UP Festival has two key missions, that both aim to overcome the weak institutional support offered to film and theatre students across the Balkans. First, we provide a suitable forum for students to present their work to the public, thereby building a crucial link in the chain of artistic creation: interaction with and feedback from the audience. Second, by bringing together peers from all over the world and introducing students to internationally renowned directors, producers, writers and actors, we facilitate their access to an artistic network invaluable for their future careers.

Thus, SKENA UP aims to promote artistic and professional values in Kosova, as well as partnership and artistic commitment between Kosova and other countries in the world. In addition, by bringing together young artists from all the various countries of the Balkans, SKENA UP makes a modest, but valuable, contribution towards promoting inter-ethnic understanding and reconciliation in the region.

Basic information
www.skenaup.com

Call for entries
SKENA UP Festival Fest usually opens its call for entries usually at the beginning of May and ends on September 15th.

Guests
More than 50 Film academies from around the world are presented every year at SKENA UP including National Film and Television School, American Film Institute, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Marubi film school, London Film School etc.

Special guests have included: Arta Dobroshi, Katriel Schory, Nik Powell, Jan Harlan, Donall McCusker, Mark O'Halloran, Pavel Jech, Daniel Mulloy, Nikola Vukčević, Jacques Achoti, Gjergj Gjuvani, Bernd Buder, Daniel Stamm, Enver Petrovci.

Staff
Arben Zharku Festival Director; Hana Qena, Bardhi Haliti, Valon Bajgora, Vesa Qena, Getoarbe Mulliqi, Norika Sefa, Bernd Buder, Marcel Maiga, Visar Krusha, Majlinda Hoxha, Gjergj Filipaj, Milot Hasimja, Berat Murina, Erdis Driza, Dren Maliqi, Gentian Rizaj, Ariel Shaban, Nertila Latifi.

2011
Best National Film BABA Director: Gledis Bica Marubi Film School, Albania Special mention for Cinematography ACROPOLIS Director: Blerdi Malushi Faculty of Arts, Kosova Best Documentary Film GUANAPE SUUR Director: Janos Richter ZeLIG - school for documentary, Italy Best Animation Film THE VISIT Director: Conrad Tambour Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany Best Cinematography THIEF Cinematographer: Andrew Wheeler American Film Institute, USA & Best Cinematography OBLIVION Cinematographer: Mihalis Bouris Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Best Script THE CONFESSION Scriptwriters: Caroline Bruckner & Tanel Toom National Film and Television School, UK Best Fiction Film OPALESCENCE Director: Alejandro Jiménez INIS, Canada

Best Actor GANI RRAHMANI Performance: Journey Faculty of Arts, Kosova ADRIANA Award for the Best Actress given by Dodona Theatre LARA SOLANO ARANA UK/SPAIN Best Director ASTRIT ISMAILI, REIMONDA HOXHA, KALTRIM BALAJ, ARIAN GECI Faculty of Arts, Kosova Best Performance SEHNSUCHT Scuola Teatro Dimitri Switzerland