The 35th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - ekotopfilm 2008.

The 35th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films - ekotopfilm 2008 will be held the Capital City of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava in October 20. - 24. 2008.

The program structure and its content focus on all fields of economic, industrial and human activities stressing the need for sustainable development to be a continuous process. The basic aim of the Festival is to merge technological and economical development of humankind, while maintaining the balance within nature and the preservation and development of human aspects of life.

The festival program consists of screenings of the accepted entries in the international contest or the informative collection; the accompanying professional program (conferences, seminars, workshops);the public program (discussions on current issues) and ceremonies.

The films and videoprograms are evaluated in the following categories (suggested entry length is given in the brackets):

1. Popular -scientific - science and technology (60 minutes)
2. Nature, natural science (60 minutes)
3. Documentaries (60 minutes)
4. Educational, instructive (30 minutes)
5. Current affairs (30 minutes)
6. Video clips, short feature, advertisement, promotion (15 minutes)
7. Children and youth (30 minutes)


The International Jury is entitled to select the following awards:

* Grand Prix of EKOTOPFILM 2008
* Seven main prizes for each respective category
* Prize of the International Jury
* Prize of the Festival President
* Prize of the Mayor of the capital city of Bratislava
* and other prizes and honor acknowledgements.


www.ekotopfilm.sk
Festival general director
Pavol Lím
tel./fax: +421 2 63530333, 36
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Róbert Bro