Kota2023 is a festival of short minimalist films, in which the idea is the crucial element. The one spanning between the ages of Plato and Hitchcock, as a parallel universe in which everyone works under the same conditions. Anyone not thinking too academically (traditionally, reservedly) or too experimentally (i.e. changing only one ingredient in the mixture), as well as too radically (revolutionary, intending to overthrow the world), and who instead prefers to deliver their message in simple (visual) elements, is welcome to take part.
It places the films in four categories:
– A Short Film (up to 30 min.) – General
– A Short Film (up to 30 min.) on the Topic Set by the Organizer
– A Short Film (up to 30 min.) Centering around Sexuality (homo/bi, loveless sex and vice versa, etc.) and the Problems It Entails
– A Short Animated Film (up to 30 min.)
The given topic, non-compulsory for the films of the first, third and fourth category (which does not mean they are not allowed to treat it), for this year is: “Self-Search and Epilogue” and all materials (produced in 2007, 2008 or 2009), in DVD (PAL) format, must arrive by the 15th of April 2009.