To be eligible for Pustnik, a short film you’ve written must have screened in at least one of these festivals.
AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
AFI FEST (USA)
ALCINE – FESTIVAL DE CINE DE ALCALÁ DE HENARES (Spain)
ANIMA, THE BRUSSELS ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (Belgium)
ANIMAFEST ZAGREB – WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILM (Croatia)
ANIMATOR INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL (Poland)
ANIM’EST – INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (Romania)
ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (France)
ANONIMUL INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Romania)
ASPEN SHORTSFEST (USA)
ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
BAFICI BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA (Argentina)
BELFORT ENTREVUES FILM FESTIVAL (France)
BENGALURU INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (India)
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Germany)
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
BILBAO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM (Spain)
BLACK CANVAS CONTEMPORARY FILM FESTIVAL (Mexico)
BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – BOGOSHORTS (Colombia)
BRUSSELS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Belgium)
BUCHEON INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (South Korea)
BUSAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (South Korea)
CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Egypt)
CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (main competition, Semaine de la Critique, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cinéfondation) (France)
CARTAGENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Colombia)
CINEMALAYA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Philippines)
CINEMED FESTIVAL CINÉMA MÉDITERRANÉEN MONTPELLIER (France)
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
CHILEMONOS INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Chile)
CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (France)
CORK FILM FESTIVAL (Ireland)
CURTAS VILA DO CONDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Portugal)
DRAMA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Greece)
DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (South Africa)
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
FICVALDIVIA (Chile)
GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Spain)
GLASGOW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
GO SHORT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN (The Netherlands)
GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL (Sweden)
GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Mexico)
GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Mexico)
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Japan)
IN THE PALACE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Bulgaria)
INDIE LISBOA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Portugal)
INTERFILM INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN (Germany)
JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL (Israel)
KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Czech Republic)
KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL (Poland)
KURZFILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG (Germany)
LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
LEIPZIG INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FILM (Germany)
LES ARCS FILM FESTIVAL (France)
LEUVEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Belgium)
LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Switzerland)
MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Argentina)
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Australia)
METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL (Philippines)
MONTREAL FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA (Canada)
MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Mexico)
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Russia)
MESSAGE TO MAN (Russia)
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS (USA)
NORDISK PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL (Five Nordic Countries)
OBERHAUSEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Germany)
ODENSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Denmark)
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST (USA)
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
REGARD – SAGUENAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
REYKJAVIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Iceland)
RIGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Latvia)
RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Brazil)
ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (The Netherlands)
SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Spain)
SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Brazil)
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
SEMINCI VALLADOLID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Spain)
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (China)
SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (Japan)
SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (New Zealand)
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Bulgaria)
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (USA)
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL (Australia)
TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL (Estonia)
TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL (Finland)
TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Greece)
TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Albania)
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
TRANSILVANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Romania)
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Japan)
UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Sweden)
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
VILNIUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Lithuania)
VIENNALE (Austria)
VIS VIENNA SHORTS FESTIVAL (Austria)
WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL (Poland)
WINTERTHUR INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Switzerland)
+ all national film industry awards (Academy Awards, BAFTA, European Film Awards, Goya, César, Gopo etc.).