We invite everyone who loves film and would like to undergo informal practical training in the field of organising film and cultural events to join us and build an unforgettable film experience with us.

We offer you experience in an international environment, a possibility of completing obligatory practical training, socialising with established international filmmakers and, last but not least, new friendships. We will provide you with the knowledge and the skills that will enable you to initiate and carry out similar projects and programmes in the field of culture, education and youth work, and at the same time, we would also like to continue our cooperation in the following editions of the festival.

In its eighteen years, Isola Cinema has spontaneously developed into a space of informal practical training of young people, which is our answer to the current socio-economic situation. We devote special attention to including young people in the form of mentored practical training in the numerous areas of festival organisation and the related cultural and educational programmes of the Otok Institute. In addition to the festival, we organise film screenings and film education events throughout the year, and various events commonly named On the Island with Slovenian and international partners. We cooperate with numerous organisations like universities, youth centres, student clubs and cultural societies. We also encourage international cooperation of peers from Slovenia and abroad.

In a pleasant work atmosphere during the festival, our mentors will assist you in numerous areas of:

• Organising and producing cultural and educational programmes,
• promotion and public relations,
• taking care of international festival guests,
• managing festival venues and logistics,
• managing the festival camp,
• photo and video documenting of the festival (attach your portofolio to the application),
• assisting in the kitchen and many more.

KO_Descriptions of volunteering positions (EN)

A month before the festival, we will also be glad to receive your help in the following areas:

• distribution of promotion materials,
• writing short texts,
• folding and enveloping promotional materials,
• promotion of the festival.

The daily presence in Izola is necessary during the festival dates (6th June – 11th June 2023). During the festival, we offer you:

• Accommodation in the festival camp,
• meals,
• a festival pass affording you free entrance to all festival venues in your free time.

If you want to cooperate with us, please fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.

Anyone under 18 can apply if accompanied by an adult and with the consent of their legal guardian.
For further information please contact out Volunteer Coordinator Ana Bajt at volunteers@isolacinema.org.

On your request you will be given a certificate of participation. We are looking forward to responsible candidates who will happily co-create this year’s festival and perhaps become part of our annual organisational team or future creators of new film connections.

See you at Kino Otok – Isola Cinema 2023!

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In the Video on the Beach section, Kino Otok supports screenings of film production by new generations of emerging filmmakers, which explores the wealth and daring of film expression in both form and content. In addition to Slovenian independent production, the section also screens films from neighbouring countries and beyond. Video on the Beach is not a competition programme, but rather, it functions as an exploratory platform that enables not only public screenings of films, but also a dialogue, an exchange of ideas and experiences between the visiting established filmmakers and those who are either at the beginning of their film career or those whose work places them outside the established spaces of conventional and market-oriented filmmaking.

We call on young filmmakers (young at heart, that is) from Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Austria and beyond to submit their works, which, if selected, will be screened during the festival in a relaxed atmosphere under the stars in close proximity to the Lighthouse beach in Izola.

The selected authors will be entitled to:
• festival pass that enables access to all screenings, PRO and other events,
• free-of-charge camping at the festival camp Scamp,
• presentation of their film in the official festival catalogue.

There are no restrictions on film genres. Documentary, fiction, experimental or animated shorts should first and foremost be marked by unbridled, free and affiliative spirit that in one way or another does away with a series of constructed social, religious, cultural, ethnic, political, intergenerational and, of course, expressive barriers.

Length of submitted films: under 30 minutes. Films completed in 2022 or 2023 will be given priority. There are no limits to the number of entries by one filmmaker, but these have to be submitted separately. Video on the Beach does not require a submission fee.

You are invited to submit a completed online SUBMISSION FORM with attachments by Thursday, 30 March 2023.

Video on the Beach programmers are Matevž Jerman, film critic, editor, curator, director and co-founder of Society for Short Film Promotion Kraken, and Programme Assistant at the Slovenian Cinematheque, and Mila Peršin, an author who focuses on film programming, film directing and acting while studying at the AVA Academy of Visual Arts, and works as part of the DobraVaga gallery team.

For more information please write to video@isolacinema.org. We are looking forward to your submission(s)!

See you at Otok!

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