CINEAMA

CINEAMA is the national creative competition and festival of amateur filmmaking and video production. Its main mission is to create the conditions for the evaluation and presentation of Slovak amateur film and video production, and to offer opportunities to compare the production of amateur films across regions of Slovakia and see the work of authors of different thematic, genre orientation and technical make up.

CINEAMA is an advancement three-level competition (district and regional rounds, national round), the only one of its kind in Slovakia. It presents the highest concentration of Slovak non-professional film production and the only comprehensive platform for its public presentation. The National Centre of Culture announces the national competition, acting upon authorisation of the Ministry of Culture, and is also the expert guarantor of the national advancement competition and the national finals of the event; the organiser and organisational guarantor of the national competition is the Central Slovakia Cultural Centre (SOSBB) in Banská Bystrica, while the co-organisers of the finals are the Museum of the Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica and the Association of Film Amateurs and Video Amateurs. The festival takes place on the premises of the Museum of the Slovak National Uprising in Banská Bystrica. In the national round the event has a presentation section (projections of competing and non-competing films) and an education section (analytical seminar and consultations). The competition is open to every film amateur who is a citizen of the Slovak Republic. The competition is structured according to age, education and genre criteria. Competitors enter their works under particular categories. Participants are divided into four groups: amateurs, children and youth (up to 18 years), independents, and film school undergraduates. The competition in the most widely represented group of amateurs (A) is run in six categories: documentary, reportage, experimental, feature film, animated film, and video clip. In the three remaining groups the competition is run without discrimination by category. Authors from all groups can also compete also in the category of CINEAMA competition’ sound spot and UNICA competition sound spot.