The Ljubljana International Film Festival (also known as LIFFe) is an international

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

established in 1990 and held annually in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. Apart from screenings of Slovenian films, it also regularly features renowned authors' film retrospectives, international independent film programmes and a short films competition.

Awards

Awards presented at the most recent 2007 edition were as follows: * The Kingfisher Award for best debut or second film by up-and-coming directors * The Golden Reel Award ''(Audience Award)'' for best film overall, as voted by audiences * The FIPRESCI Award, given by an international film critics' jury * The Amnesty International Slovenia Award for best film that deals with a theme related to human rights issues

Award winners

2007 LIFFe

2008 LIFFe

2012 LIFFe

References

External links

''LIFFe'' official website''LIFFe'' at IMDb
Film festivals in Slovenia Film festivals established in 1990 Cultural events in Ljubljana 1990 establishments in Slovenia {{Europe-film-festival-stub