The festival celebrates cinematic heritage and supports contemporary filmmakers, as well as education through conferences and masterclasses.
The International Short Film Competition, curated by Mirona Radu (Romania), Andrew Mohsen (Egypt) and Zhana Kalinova (Bulgaria), features 16 short fiction and documentary films that will compete for two cash prizes, each worth 1,000 EUR. One prize will be awarded by a jury, while the other will be decided by the public across the 11 participating countries.
Among the highlights of the edition is the online Masterclass for Educators on Teaching Film to Children, which will be led by experts from the Greek organisation Schedia for educators from the participating countries on 5 April 2025.
The participation in the masterclass is free for selected participants. The registration for the masterclass is open until 23 March, and the selection results will be announced on 30 March 2025.
The festival involves Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, Serbia, Hungary and Poland.
Film O’Clock International Festival #5 is a cultural project produced by Creatrix Fama and co-financed by Romania’s Administration of The National Cultural Fund (AFCN)*. The fifth edition is organised under the aegis of the “Solidarity on Screen – Polish Presidency Film Review,” with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, as part of the 2025 Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union’s cultural programme.
The partners of the event include Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN), National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale” Bucharest (UNATC, National Academy of Theatre and Film (NATFA, Bulgaria), Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania), Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF), Romanian National Film Archive, Lithuanian Film Centre, CNC Moldova, Tisza Mozi, Zhovten Cinema, Asociația Româno-Elenă Artă și Cultură, Otvoreni Univerzitet Subotica Doo (Serbia), Polish Institute Bucharest, Nelsiee Cinema (South Africa).
International Short Film Competition:
A City without Love (Egypt)
Directed by Mostafa Gerbeii
A Promise to the Sea (Egypt)
Directed by Hend Sohail
Across (Hungary)
Directed by Tóth Kristóf Zsolt
Cameras Do Not Record Such Things (Romania)
Directed by Alexandru Solomon
Claudia (Working Title) (Romania)
Directed by Adrian Sitaru
Concrete Rodents (Greece)
Directed by Apostolis Gkanatsios
Debtors (Poland)
Directed by Andrzej Danis
From You (Poland)
Directed by Jędrzej Gorski
Hushes and Phonics (Poland)
Directed by Piotr Kamiński
Keba, Interrupted (South Africa)
Directed by Meja Shoba
Posterity (Bulgaria)
Directed by Emil Alexandrov
The Nominees (Lithuania)
Directed by Birutė Kapustinskaitė
The Visit (Ukraine)
Directed by Dara Sokolova
Temporary Central Problem (Hungary)
Directed by Gergő Szoták
Truth or Dare (Romania)
Directed by Simona Borcea
We Lived Slowly in Times of Peace (Moldova)
Directed by Kristina Jacot
