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78th UNICA 2016


The Jury

Portrait of Zuzana Skoludova. Phdr. Zuzana Škludová
(Slovakia)


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Portrait of Ivan Kozlenko. Ivan Kozlenko
(Ukraine)


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Portrait of Florin Paraschiv.Florin Paraschiv
(Romania)


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Portrait of Stanimir Trifanov.  Stanimir Trifonov
(Bulgaria)


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Portrait of Pia Kalatchoff. Pia Kalatchoff
(Switzerland)


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Portrait of Eugy Van Gool.. Eugy Van Gool
(Belgium)

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Portrait of Jacqueline Pante. President of the Jury

Jacqueline Pante
(Italy)


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Two or three times a day, the jury discusses the films in public and at the end of the week they vote in public to choose which will win UNICA medals and special prizes.
A display of UNICA medals.

Voting System

Round One deals with films that are not labelled in a special category. (Films by young people do not get special treatment.) The majority required to pass each step is 5:2 or better.

  1. The first vote is for Diplomas of Honour.
    If a film gets a Diploma, it goes on to the Bronze Medal vote.
  2. The second vote is for a Bronze Medal.
    If a film gets a Bronze, it goes on to the Silver Medal vote.
  3. The third vote is for a Silver Medal.
    If a film gets a Silver it will later go on to the Gold Medal vote.

    There is then a pause for some jury discussion.

  4. The fourth vote is for a Gold Medal.

Round Two deals with films made by students at film colleges and by films from young professionals.The same voting steps are worked through.

After that the film with the best voting score is regarded as the best film of the competition. In the event of a tie there may be a second or third round of voting. If no resolution is achieved the same prize is given to both films.

Any special prizes are agreed by a simple majority of the jurors.

National Programmes

Only UNICA member federations contribute films to the festival. Entry is not open to individual or club film makers.

List of UNICA members.

Programme Length

Each member federation has a maximum of 60 minutes.
After each film there is a 2 minute pause for the jury to make notes. The exception is the last film in the group which does not need to be followed by a special pause.
e.g.
film 1 15 mins
pause
02 mins
film 2
18 mins
pause
02 mins
film 3
23 mins
total
60 mins
Each federation may also present a 3 minute introductory film which is not judged and does not count within their hour.
Introduction to UNICA 2016 - click here.