Film Festivals
para sa ating mga kaibigan / za naše prijatelje, Nika and Alexis
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2026
1 — Tromsø, Norway [employed]
2 — Berlinale
3 — EUNIC European Film Festival, Vienna [staff]
4 — Regensburg Shorts
5 — Thessaloniki Documentary
6 — Bref, Aosta, Italy (shorts) [jury]
7 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
—— Subversive, Zagreb [actor, short visit]
8 — Vienna Shorts [staff]
9 — Innsbruck (IFFI) [jury]
10 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
11 — Fest Anča, Žilina, Slovakia [employed]
12 — European Film Festival, Palić, Serbia [employed]
13 — Sarajevo [employed]
overall total (since 1999, best guess) = 426
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2025
1 — Tromsø, Norway [employed]
2 — EUNIC European Film Festival, Vienna [staff]
3 — Thessaloniki Documentary
4 — HARD:LINE, Regensburg [#400]
5 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
6 — Vienna Shorts [staff]
7 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
8 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland
9 — Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo [employed]
—— Locarno [actor. short visit]
10 — Sarajevo [employed]
11 — Drama, Greece (shorts) [jury]
—— Neue Heimatfilm, Freistadt, Austria [employed] [short visit]
12 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain
13 — Underdox, Munich [filmmaker/actor]
14 — Viennale [staff]
15 — Thessaloniki
16 — IDFA, Amsterdam [employed]
17 — Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovenia [employed]
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2024
1 — Tromsø, Norway [employed]
—— Berlinale [short visit]
2 — EUNIC European Film Festival, Vienna [staff]
3 — Thessaloniki Documentary
4 — Noir City, Los Angeles
5 — AmDocs, Palm Springs, California
6 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
7 — BelDocs, Belgrade
8 — Vienna Shorts [staff]
9 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [filmmaker]
10 — FIDMarseille
11 — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic [employed]
12 — Neue Heimatfilm, Freistadt, Austria [employed]
13 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain
14 — Kutaisi Shorts, Georgia [employed]
15 — Underdox, Munich
16 — Viennale [staff]
17 — Jihlava, Czech Republic [employed]
18 — Thessaloniki
19 — IDFA, Amsterdam [employed]
20 — Author Film Festival, Belgrade [jury] aka Autorski
21 — Animateka, Ljubljana, Slovenia [employed]
2023 [25]
1 — Tromsø [jury]
2 — Rotterdam
3 — Berlinale
4 — Thessaloniki Documentary
5 — Sofia
6 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
7 — BelDocs, Belgrade
8 — Vienna Shorts [staff]
9 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway [employed]
10 — Midnight Sun, Sodankylä, Finland
11 — Evia Film Project, Greece
12 — Fest Anča, Žilina, Slovakia [employed]
13 — Golden Apricot, Yerevan, Armenia
14 — European Film Festival, Palić, Serbia [employed]
15 — Locarno
16 — Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo
17 — Sarajevo
18 — Neue Heimatfilm, Freistadt, Austria [employed]
19 — Tirana European Youth, Albania [jury]
20 — Manaki Brothers, Bitola, North Macedonia (cinematography) [jury]
21 — DOK Leipzig
22 — Viennale [staff]
23 — Thessaloniki
24 — Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania [employed]
—— interFilm, Berlin [filmmaker] [short visit]
25 — Alternative Film Video, Belgrade [employed]
2022 [23]
1 — Berlinale
2 — Thessaloniki Documentary
3 — Martovski, Belgrade [employed]
4 — goEast, Wiesbaden, Germany [employed]
5 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
6 — Vienna Shorts [staff]
7 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
8 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway [staff]
9 — Evia Film Project, Greece
10 — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
11 — FIDMarseille [employed]
12 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [employed]
13 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland
14 — Locarno
15 — Sarajevo
16 — Film Noir, Český Šternberk, Czech Republic
17 — Neue Heimatfilm, Freistadt, Austria [employed]
18 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain
19 — Busan, South Korea
20 — Viennale [staff]
21 — Thessaloniki
22 — IDFA, Amsterdam
23 — Alternative Film Video, Belgrade
2021 [10]
1 — Bildrausch, Basel, Switzerland [jury]
2 — Palić, Serbia [staff]
3 — Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo
4 — Locarno
5 — Sarajevo
6 — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic [employed]
7 — BelDocs, Belgrade [jury]
8 — Viennale [staff]
9 — Winterthur, Switzerland
10 — IDFA, Amsterdam
2020 [7]
1 — Rotterdam
2 — Berlinale
3 — Tampere, Finland [jury]
—— Regard, Saguenay, Québec [jury] [festival cancelled after opening night]
4 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
5 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [staff]
6 — Transatlantyk, Katowice, Poland [employed]
7 — Viennale [staff]
2019 [27]
1 — Rotterdam
2 — Berlinale
3 — FICUNAM, Mexico City [jury]
4 — Guadalajara, Mexico
5 — Diagonale, Graz, Austria [filmmaker]
6 — Play-Doc, Tui, Spain
7 — Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland
8 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
9 — Jeonju, South Korea
10 — Vienna Shorts [staff]
11 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
12 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway [staff]
13 — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic [employed]
14 — Transatlantyk, Łódź, Poland, [jury]
15 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [staff]
16 — Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo [jury]
17 — Locarno
18 — Concorto, Pontenure/Piacenza, Italy [jury]
19 — San Sebastián / Donostia (Spain)
20 — Gent / Ghent, Belgium [jury]
21 — DocLisboa, Lisbon
22 — Viennale [staff]
23 — Seville European
24 — Gijón, Spain
25 — IDFA, Amsterdam
26 — ZubrOFFka, Białystok, Poland [jury]
27 — Alternative Film Video, Belgrade
2018 [30]
1 — Rotterdam JAN
2 — Berlinale FEB
3 — One World Prague
4 — Diagonale, Graz, Austria MAR
5 — Short Waves, Poznań, Poland
6 — Let’s CEE, Vienna APR
7 — Finále Plzeň, Czech Republic [jury]
8 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
9 — IsReal, Nuoro, Sardinia [jury] MAY
10 — BelDocs, Belgrade
11 — TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
12 — Vienna Shorts [staff] JUN
13 — OsloPix, June [employed]
14 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway [staff]
15 — Edinburgh
16 — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic [employed] JUL
17 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [staff]
18 — Melbourne AUG
19 — CinéfestOZ, Busselton etc, Western Australia
20 — Oldenburg, Germany SEP
21 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain
22 — 25 FPS, Zagreb
23 — Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, Italy OCT
24 — Underdox, Munich
25 — DocLisboa, Lisbon
26 — Viennale [staff]
27 — Camerimage, Bydgoszcz, Poland (cinematography) [jury] NOV
28 — IDFA, Amsterdam
29 — Leuven Shorts, Belgium [jury] DEC
30 — Alternative Film Video, Belgrade
2017 [24]
1 — DocPoint, Helsinki [jury] JAN
2 — Rotterdam JAN/FEB
3 — Berlinale FEB
4 — CPH DOX, Copenhagen MAR
5 — Kino Pavasaris, Vilnius, Lithuania [filmmaker]
6 — Saas-Fee, Switzerland [jury] MAR/APR
7 — L’Europe autour de l’Europe, Paris [jury] APR
8 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
9 — DOKer (Moscow Documentary) [jury] MAY
10 — Vienna Shorts [jury] JUN
11 — OsloPix
12 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway [employed]
—— East End (London) [short visit]
13 — Edinburgh
14 — Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic [employed] JUL
15 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [employed]
16 — Locarno AUG
17 — Venice [jury] AUG/SEP
18 — Riga [employed] SEP
19 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain
20 — Curtocircuito, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
21 — Viennale [staff] OCT/NOV
22 — Jihlava, Czech Republic OCT
23 — RIDM, Montreal [jury] NOV
—— IDFA, Amsterdam [remote attendance]
24 — Porto/Post/Doc, Porto, Portugal [Partycrashers VIII] DEC
roundup: A Walk Through M: 2017 in 24 Film-Festivals
2016 [24]
1 — Tromsø, Norway JAN
2 — Rotterdam JAN/FEB
3 — Berlinale FEB
4 — !f Istanbul Independent
5 — Diagonale, Graz, Austria [Partycrashers V] MAR
6 — AmDocs, Palm Springs, California [Partycrashers VI] MAR/APR
7 — Ambulante, Oaxaca, Mexico APR
—— Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Mexico [festival cancelled]
8 — Nitrate Picture Show, Rochester, NY APR/MAY
9 — (S8), A Coruña, Spain JUN
10 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway
11 — Edinburgh
12 — Karlovy Vary JUL
13 — Curtas, Vila do Conde, Portugal [jury] [Partycrashers VII]
14 — European Film Festival, Palić, Serbia [employed]
15 — Locarno AUG
16 — Sarajevo Youth [jury]
17 — Venice SEP
18 — Oldenburg, Germany
19 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain
20 — Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, Italy SEP/OCT
21 — Warsaw OCT
22 — Viennale [staff]
23 — Winterthur, Switzerland [jury] NOV
24 — IDFA, Amsterdam
roundup: Partycrashers [for MUBI]
2015 [25]
1 — Rotterdam JAN/FEB
2 — Berlinale, [jury] FEB
3 — True/False, Columbia, Missouri MAR
4 — AmDocs, Palm Springs, California [jury] APR
—— Noir City, Los Angeles [short visit] APR
5 — CPH PIX, Copenhagen [employed]
6 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria
7 — IndieLisboa, Lisbon APR/MAY
8 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team] JUN
9 — Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway [employed]
10 — Edinburgh
11 — FIDMarseille [jury] [Partycrashers I] JUN/JUL
12 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [employed] JUL
13 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland [Partycrashers II] JUL/AUG
14 — Locarno [Partycrashers III] AUG
15 — Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo [employed]
16 — Pančevo, Serbia [jury] SEP
—— Dead Lake, Palić, Serbia short visit
17 — Jameson Cinefest, Miskolc, Hungary [jury]
—— Oldenburg, Germany short visit
18 — San Sebastían / Donostia, Spain
19 — CurtoCircuíto, Santiago de Compostela, Spain [jury] OCT
20 — Comedy Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania [jury]
21 — Viennale [Partycrashers IV] OCT/NOV
22 — CPH:DOX, Copenhagen NOV
23 — Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania [jury]
—— LIFFe, Ljubljana, Slovenia [short visit]
24 — IDFA, Amsterdam
25 — Alternative Film Video, Belgrade [jury] DEC
roundups: Partycrashers (for MUBI); In A Year of 27 Festivals
2014 [26]
1 — Tromsø, Norway [employed] JAN
2 — Rotterdam
3 — Berlinale FEB
4 — A/V Newcastle, etc. MAR
5 — Bradford, UK [staff]
6 — CPH PIX Copenhagen APR
7 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria
8 — IndieLisboa, Lisbon APR/MAY
9 — Kino Otok Izola, Slovenia [team] MAY
10 — Edinburgh JUN
11 — FIDMarseille JUL
12 — Odessa, Ukraine [jury]
13 — European Film Festival, Palić, Serbia [employed]
14 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland JUL/AUG
15 — Locarno AUG
16 — Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo [jury]
17 — Liburnia, Ičići, Croatia
18 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain SEP
19 — ASTRA Documentary, Sibiu, Romania OCT
20 — Golden Orange, Antalya, Turkey
21 — American FF, Wrocław, Poland
22 — Viennale [staff] OCT/NOV
23 — Seville European FF, Spain NOV
24— LIFFe (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
25 — IDFA, Amsterdam
26 — Alternative Film Video, Belgrade
roundup: In A Year of 26 Festivals [for MUBI Notebook]
guest reports by Andrei Kartashov (Sakhalin), Michael Pattison (Bergman Week, Fårö, Sweden; IndieLisboa, Lisbon; Thessaloniki Documentary), Sheila Seacroft (TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2013 [17]
1 — Rotterdam JAN
2 — Bradford, UK [staff] MAR
—— San Diego Latino [jury] MAR remote attendance; short visit
3 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria APR
4 — Cannes [jury] MAY
5 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
6 — Edinburgh
7 — Bergman Week, Fårö, Sweden
8 — FIDMarseille JUL
9 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland [jury] JUL/AUG
10 — Locarno AUG
11 — Venice AUG/SEP
12 — Gdynia, Poland SEP
13 — Viennale [staff] OCT
14 — Seville European, Spain [jury]
15 — LIFFe Ljubljana, Slovenia NOV
16 — IDFA, Amsterdam NOV
17 — Film Mutations, Zagreb NOV/DEC
guest reports by Michael Pattison (Berwick, UK; Seville European, Spain), Sheila Seacroft (TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2012 [17]
1 — Tromsø, Norway JAN
2 — Berlinale FEB
3 — A/V, Newcastle etc MAR
4 — Bradford, UK [staff]
5 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed] APR
6 — IndieLisboa, Portugal [jury]
7 — Cannes MAY
7 — TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania JUN
8 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
9 — Edinburgh JUN/JUL
10 — FIDMarseille JUL
11 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland
12 — Venice AUG/SEP
13 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain SEP
14 — Abu Dhabi OCT
15 — Viennale [staff] OCT/NOV
16 — LIFFe, Ljubjlana, Slovenia NOV
17 — IDFA, Amsterdam NOV
guest report by Sheila Seacroft (Tbilisi , Georgia)
2011 [19]
1 — Tromsø, Norway JAN
2 — Rotterdam JAN/FEB
3 — Berlinale FEB
4 — Bradford, UK [staff] MAR
5 — Crossing Europe, Linz, Austria [employed]
6 — CPH PIX, Copenhagen APR
7 — IndieLisboa, Lisbon MAY
8 — TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania JUN
9 — NYFF (Nordic Youth-Film Festival) Tromsø, Norway [jury]
10 — Kino Otok, Izola, Slovenia [team]
11 — FIDMarseille JUL
12 — European Film Festival Palić, Serbia [jury]
13 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland
14 — Locarno [jury] AUG
15 — Venice AUG/SEP
16 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain SEP
17 — Viennale [staff] OCT
18 — CineDays, Skopje, Macedonia [jury] NOV
19 — IDFA, Amsterdam
guest report by Sheila Seacroft ( Kaunas, Lithuania)
2010 [12]
1 — Tromsø, Norway JAN
2 — Rotterdam JAN/FEB
3 — Berlinale FEB
4 — Bradford,UK MAR
5 — British Silent, Leicester, UK APR
6 — IndieLisboa, Lisbon
7 — Edinburgh JUN
8 — New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland JUL/AUG
9 — San Sebastián / Donostia, Spain SEP
10 — Reykjavik SEP/OCT
11 — Viennale OCT
12 — Leeds NOV
2009 : Rotterdam, Berlin, Bradford, Linz, Lisbon, Cluj, Edinburgh, San, Sebastian, Vienna, Ljubljana, etc
2008 : Gothenburg, Rotterdam, Berlin, Bradford, Nottingham Silent, Amsterdam Fantastic, Linz, Lisbon, Split, Cluj, Bradford (Fantastic), Edinburgh, Bergen, Vienna, Ljubljana.
2007 : Tromsø, Rotterdam, Lisbon, Linz, Izola, Cluj, Edinburgh, Vienna, etc
2006 : Rotterdam, Bradford, Linz, Izola, Cluj, London, etc
2005 : Rotterdam, Linz, Izola, Edinburgh, Vienna, Cottbus, etc
2004 : Tromsø, Edinburgh, London, Torino, etc
2003 : Rotterdam, Berlin, Edinburgh, San Sebastian, Leeds, London, etc
2002 : Berlin, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Leeds, Ljubljana, etc
2001 : Bradford, Edinburgh, London, Tallinn, etc
2000 : Edinburgh, London
1999 : Edinburgh
annual tally (best guess) [minimum 3-night stay or equivalent]
1999 1 [1]
2000 2 [3]
2001 5 [8]
2002 5 [13]
2003 7 [20]
2004 6 [26]
2005 14 [40]
2006 13 [53]
2007 13 [66]
2008 15 [81]
2009 10 [91]
2010 12 [103]
2011 19 [122]
2012 17 [139]
2013 17 [156]
2014 26 [182]
2015 25 [207]
2016 24 [231]
2017 24 [255]
2018 30 [285]
2019 27 [310]
2020 7 [317]
2021 10 [327]
2022 23 [350]
2023 25 [375]
2024 21 [396]
2025 17 [413]
most-visited
20 VIENNALE 2005-2025
18 LINZ (Crossing Europe, Austria) 2005-2026
18 EDINBURGH 1999-2018
17 BERLINALE 2003-2026*
17 ROTTERDAM 2003-2023
14 IZOLA (Kino Otok, Slovenia) 2005-2026*
14 SAN SEBASTIAN 2003-2025
12 PALIĆ (European Film Festival, Serbia) 2011-2026
11 IDFA (Amsterdam) 2011-2024 (plus one “remote attendance”)
11 LJUBLJANA 2002-2014*
10 TROMSØ (Norway) 2004-2026
10 LOCARNO 2011-2023*
*plus one short visit
