Below are the International Partner Festivals of Ffresh. The International Partner Festival Scheme is sponsored by Skillset Screen Academy Wales.

Each festival will annually select 3 pieces of student work to screen as part of the festival programme.

The Vancouver Short Film Festival is committed to the promotion of the vibrant community of short film, video and new media artists in the province of British Columbia. By showcasing the films of post-secondary students, recent graduates, and professionals in the same festival, we hope to enhance the lines of communication that currently exist and provide an arena where all levels of short filmmakers and artists can show their films to the public and acknowledge the work of their fellow colleagues.

The Vancouver Short Film Festival Society’s vision is to raise awareness for creative pioneers in the BC film, video and new media industries, including those living in or representing local Aboriginal communities. The festival aims to provide opportunities for exhibition and distribution, celebrate the achievements of artists working on the Canadian West Coast in the medium of short film, and help create lasting working relationships for filmmakers within the BC Film Industry.

www.vsff.com

The Shanghai Student Film Festival is a showcase for the many ways that students are using video as a tool in the classroom. We welcome entries from grades three through twelve. Our mission is to create a space for students that is cross cultural in scope and global in reach, for students to share their video projects and exchange new ideas. We encourage students to participate by watching and responding to the work of their peers and submitting work of their own. You can see previous winners at http://www.youtube.com/shanghaifilmfest.

http://www.shanghaifilmfest.org

Fresh Film Fest is an international competitive film festival, which focuses on student and first feature films. In 5 days, with 10 screening venues and services of Hotel Thermal Festival Centre, the festival aims to provide a wide portrait of contemporary young world cinema and is able to host professional non-public presentations. Up to 200 films with around titles in five competitive sections of the Official Selection are screened during the festival. Special film programs and feature film openings are accompanying the student and first films selection.

Fresh Film Fest annually offers a solid and varied array of Central and Eastern European student films with the special attention the Visegrad Group countries and to Germany. Fresh Film Fest is also the creator and executive curator of the official students section "Fresh Selection – The promising five" at this year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the second biggest film festive event in the Central Europe after the Berlinale. Similar to prestigious student sections of Cannes Film Festival and the Berlinale, the KV IFF and Fresh Film Fest present the world’s most interesting young filmmakers.

www.freshfilmfest.net

Cinemagic embraces the magic of film, television and digital technologies to educate, motivate and inspire young people through the medium of film screenings, workshops, and industry led masterclasses. Over the last number of years Cinemagic has been proud to welcome guests such as Brian Cox, Danny Boyle, Sir Alan Parker, Colin Hanks, Mike Hodges, Helen Mirren, Lindy Hemming, Stephen Warbeck, Mark Kermode, Brian Freisinger, The Henson Company, Roy Disney, Hamish Hamilton, Dermot O’Leary and many more industry professionals to Belfast, where they have given their time to share their knowledge and skills with young people across Northern Ireland.

The Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival (which takes place annually in November) is currently one of the leading international young people’s film festivals and the largest in the UK and Ireland, attracting over 20,000 people annually to a wide range of events. Designed for and attended by young people, Cinemagic caters for a wide age range of young people (aged 4 -25) with just about every level of interest in film covered – whether they want to watch and enjoy, create their own work or take things one stage further and find out more about a possible career in the film or television industry.

www.cinemagic.org.uk

The Puchon International Student Animation Festival - the first student animation festival in Korea - is a festivity of imagination with about 1,000 educational, artist and popular works by international competitors from more than 30 countries, showcasing ten very special student - indie directors from around the world. The festival contains three main strands:

Student Film Competition: One of the world’s largest student film competitions with torrents of creativity and imagination.

Student – Indie Film Directors Special 10: PISAF’s choice of ten international student – indie directors.

PISAF Invitation Films – A wide variety of animated films accommodating the diverse tastes of students, industry professionals and members of the general public

www.pisaf.or.kr

Expresion en Corto is a state-sponsored, non-profit organization and cultural event that does not charge admission to its viewing audience, the festival estimates an attendance of over 77,000 total audience members and receives over 1,300 works from more than 70 participating countries in its international competition. It presents a variety of films, conferences, workshops, tributes and activities at no cost to the visiting public.

The international competition is the largest in Mexico, with films competing in a variety of categories that include: Short Fiction, Short Animation, Short Experimental, Short Documentary, Long Documentary and Mexican Feature Length Opera Prima (or works by first-time Mexican feature directors). As well as an assortment of workshops, conferences, Women in Film and Television luncheons and tributes to both Mexican and international A-list filmmakers who are in attendance.

www.expresionencorto.com

From April 21st to April 26th, 2009 the International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte Potsdam, Germany unites the art of emerging filmmakers and the experience of media professionals. The festival comprises of two core areas: The international competition and the supporting programme. In the competition, juries consisting of well known individuals award lucrative prizes to the emerging filmmakers. The supporting programme completes the cinematic experience with discussions, workshops, pitches and exciting film galas. The submission period for the next festival is February 2009.

www.sehsuechte.de

The Sydney Film School is a premier creative institute for emerging filmmakers, using 16mm film and digital technologies.The School's friendly staff emphasise team building, production work and open minded individual creativity.

Established in a spacious warehouse by a team of award winning filmmakers and educators, the School is governed by a Board of international professionals and leading industry representatives. Sydney Film School aspires to be a gateway between the Eastern and Western film cultures, continuing to build strong local relationships, while attracting and interacting with students and practitioners from around the world

www.sydneyfilmschool.com

Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival "BEGINNING" takes place from September, 18 – 23, 2009 in St.Petersburg, Russia. Founded by St.Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union, the festival is held with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St.Petersburg Government and Committee of Culture of St. Petersburg. The festival programme includes the Main Competition (fiction, documentary and animation films) and a Special 5-minute-length Fiction Film Competition. Submission Deadline is July 15^th.

www.festival-nachalo.ru/eng/

Roshd International Film Festival is the oldest Film Festival in Iran. It is centered around films with educational and pedagogical themes and is staged every year by the Supplying Educational Media Center, a sub-branch of the Ministry of Education of the I.R.Iran. The main objectives of the festival are identifying, choosing, and introducing the best educational and pedagogical films in order to encourage the Iranian and foreign film makers who are active in the field of educational films and promote artistic and cultural interactions among them.

http://festival.roshd.ir/

Sleepwalkers - 10th
Student and Short Film
Festival

12-15 November, 2009 in Tallinn

The aim of the festival is to present to Estonian audiences the freshest and boldest student and short films from all over the world and to create a special meeting place for future filmmakers. The Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers consists of the international competition programme of student films, national competition of Estonian short films, various special short film programmes and various events in the evenings.

Films in the international competition are judged by the international jury who chooses the best film in fiction, documentary and animation categories as well as the most outstanding film in the whole selection to win the Grand Prix. Special programmes introduce various short film genres from music videos and commercials to experimental films, from debut films of accomplished filmmakers and student films from renowned film and media schools to winning films from different short film festivals.

www.poff.ee/sleepwalkers