1. Engagement of young artists in the production of an international festival in all its – artists relevant – phases, followed by production of multi-genre performances, preferably done by nationality mixed teams.

2. Production of light and interactive performances with artistic depth focusing on temporal and spatial specifics and societal issues in the V4 region with strong emphasis on historical heritage and shared values.

Their joint performances often reflect current state of society and societal issues in indirect connotations with space for individual imagination… meaning, each spectator perceives the performed narrative according to their personality, which leaves opening for, partly, self-interpretaion, but most important, individual self-reflection, which in the end boosts the impact of morals told. The emphasis is put on youth in terms of young artists from V4 region in order to help them gain necessary experience in promoting of their own work, emphasising team effort in multinational environment, skills acqusition, knowledge sharing, inclusion and networking during relatively big festival production and prepare them to for art market entry after their studies.

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The photographic and film work of the enrolled pupils was again at a good level. An interesting aspect that appeared was the nature and man. A special moment of interconnecting children with nature can be seen in the photos. In the global sense, it could be said that the nature of the competition is and will be the nature, relationships and bonds of man and nature. The jury surprised the ability of young students and students to find and find details, structures and interesting compositions. Take the camera or camera and look at the world with other eye-catching eyes. From all these pictures, it is possible to create an image of the environment in which the children live, of their relations with them, but also of the relations between them. Children’s perceptions of the jury have convinced that children from abroad have come very close to each other.

Static and moving images are gradually coming from classic digital cameras and cameras to mobile phones, giving them a new look and versatility. These new mobile forms offer fairly accessible space for the development of creativity, inventiveness and creativity. The competition of photography and short film productions has an increasing tendency of interest every year for pupils and students of Slovaks living abroad. The concept is undergoing constant thematic innovation for each year of the competition and thus attracting new young artists. The competition section is based on three photographic and one film categories.

The most prominent representation this year, 141 photos, has the category “Landscape”, which brought above standard standard. Surprisingly, a lot of sensitive approaches to composite pictures. In this category, children focused on photographing the aforementioned flora. The smallest photos 56 include the category “Searching Traditions and Slovak Roots”. This is a topic that needs to be put on and ready to capture every moment that comes under the camera lens. The one that seems to be interesting. The child’s eye is curious, the details of the ordinary eye are often blind and unknown. This was confirmed by the last third category “Experiment” with. The “Winter Landscape” photo surprised the melancholy that emanates from it. A shade of white, losing in a hillside with a river composed on the left side of the image. Haze creates a game with depth of 112 unconventional images. The prize-winning nine photographs and the prize of the rector of Matej Bel University for the overall collection of author’s photographs are a great cross-section of the competition and prove that the photo still has its loyal young supporters.

In the category “Short film and animation”, nature does not dominate the themes as the theme of free children has chosen their own themes and themes. The 55 videos logged show the growth of interest in motion in the image. Formally, a number of stop-motion animations (pixels) were entered into the contest, which pleased the jury. Children used the potential of this form of animation and used the imagination to revive the inanimate. They chanted banal themes shifted mostly formally into witty exaggeration. On the other hand, they were just videos with an attempt at a deeper subject, with narrative work, compositional play, and last but not least symbolic. The fact that children have taken this time in a more demanding way is considered courageous and their works proved that this category can be very creative.

The evaluation of the work has become fun because it will always be pleased if comparable works are found in the competition, among which it is difficult to choose. Children who have participated and those who win have a talented eye and feel. And perhaps this sensitive eye can see things otherwise lacking in the elders. Very important, however, is the experience gained by all the young creators. We are glad that this competition has become a creative and cultural engine in developing relationships and we believe that all the authors will take on valuable experiences from their competition and professional stay, which they will make use of in their next artistic creation.

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Photography as a medium and, in particular, digital photography is now more and more popular in the eyes of professionals and the general public. Capture an interesting picture and give it a static in an attractive composition, if colorfulness is a difficult task in the past. Children have done very well with this creative task and have managed not only a photo but also a short film or animation. Static and moving images are easy to get into mobile phones, giving them a new look and versatility. These mobile forms offer space for the development of creativity, invention and creativity. The competition of photography and short film productions has an increasing trend of interest every year for Slovak pupils and students living abroad. The concept is based on three photographic and one film categories. In 2016, 635 photojournalists were presented before a professional jury (in the different categories: landscape 270, experiment 254 and action 111). In addition to the photo, 33 films from 4 countries (Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine) were recorded.

Children’s greatest interest is traditionally in photography. The first category In AKCII presented a variety of approaches, mostly documentary character. She mapped people and situations. In some photographs, besides classical documentation, the children also worked with fine-grained stylized images. This aspect helped many photographers. The selection of the winning photos was 5 pictures, 2 of which were honored. Portrait portrait of youth and youth in black and white tone and fine vintage occupied 3rd place. A nice design in the form of generational contrast with the love of grandmother and child was placed above the cross. The winning photo shows a trio of girls on a cycle trip with a gently bent horizon that dramatically highlights an unidentifiable forced pause.

Category LANDSCAPE is a popular theme for kids that has the most frames. However, the landscape requires a concentrated focus and a perfect moment to shoot the shutter on the camera. Views of the natural and urban units also reached the winning trio. A night city in a perfect composition, or a house on the hill called Spring Mood with Grandma. An excellent moment was captured by a young photographer in the Sun Theater. The crane’s industrial arm in strong sunlight looks natural to the camera’s composer frame.

The last and also new category of the photo in the contest is EXPERIMENT. The task of the children was to experiment with light, shadow and all the settings the technology offers them. Four photos came to the final, in which a book from the book offered a sun-beam viewfinder. The First Fire is built on a distinct contrast to the orange-red fire and darkness in the focal pyramid. A fire that blows the hearth out of the image in the viewer creates a “hot” feeling. The penetration of the light rays of the street lamp over the tree crown became the dominant point of photography in the second place. The triple plan (tree, surface and ground) very nice to feel in the detailed view of the winning photo underlined by the delicate melancholy mood.

The Short Film and Video category brought up to six awards this year. Autumn rose was a time-consuming visual work, as a young photographer mapped the entire plant growth process that lasted for several days. In the end, static images were embedded in authentic animation. The animation was also central in a short, almost as out of the action film cut out, a car hobby part. A special prize was won by the Kovacice School for 6 minutes for a demanding one-stop shop. The third place includes a 2-minute animation on how the letter A was selected for the vandrovka. The current subject was very well captured by a pupil in a 3-minute film showing the risks and difficulties of social networks. The first place was defended last year’s winner from Serbia with a stopmotion drawing animation titled The Future is now. Nice idea and pleasant art decides. The expert committee is enjoying this year’s significant image quality and quality. An increase in animations and short films, as compared with the previous year, shows that children are also keen to work on time-consuming forms – such as movie media or animation. Children are actively demonstrating that they are watching and reflecting current themes and are able to give them a creative form and content from the perspective of the child’s eye.

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Whole world is build on contrasts, small or large differences, harmony or disharmony. Circle of life concludes all, from movement of our planet and universe.  There are so many wonderful things, moments, corners, colours. The world is full of all possible and impossible, what about we do not have a clue. It’s up to us noticing – what we see and what is not seen. On the other hand, that certain things we can not see and do not perceive is quite natural. If we had seen absolutely everything, we would probably be crazy. Therefore, just photograph and film production we can convey the beautiful world around us, to show us the diversity, things through photography and photographers opened many eyes. Most colorful in the competition are just different views of the world and they are amazing.

Children from Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine and Romania have given us Picture of place where they live, what they are interest in, what they like and how they see world around them.  But to push trigger is not enough.  They have to choose composition, work with light, … But their work is not finished still. It is necessary to make the right selection, which can be the key to seccess.

313 photos and 13 short movies was registred for the competition in 2014. This year was reflected  in significantly more advanced formation of children. 

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