Annual Film Competition between Nations and Congress
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A new start 21 - 27 August Locarno (CHE)
82nd Film Competition
between Nations and Congress
There was a restart in Switzerland,
after the second World War,
with the UNiCA Congress in Lugano (CHE)
UNiCA - Union Internationale du Cinéma
was founded
at the Paris World's Fair (FRA)
BRUXELLES (BEL)
1st International Amateur Film Competition with participation from five countries
Video by Dieter Leitner
Video by Thomas Speckhofer
Video by Barnabás Tóth
GBR - 2025 Birmingham - 4 Jury Members (plus 1 subsitute)
Thomas SCHAUER AUT, Michael GOUGH GBR, Jacqueline Pante ITA, Jürgen RICHARZ DEU
Jury substitute Nadine Scharfenort DEU
and a voice from the audience per day
day 1 x, day 2 y, day 3 z
POL - 2024 Poznań / Posen - 3 Jury Members
Jan Watterson GBR, Thomas Schauer AUT, Wojtek Kukla POL
Jury substitute Nadine Scharfenort DEU
and a voice from the audience per day
day 1 Adalbert Becker DEU, day 2 Romy Van Krieken NLD , day 3 Bernd Zimmermann DEU
ITA - 2023 Comacchio - 3 Jury Members
Martin Stoll CZE, Thomas Schauer AUT, Romy Van Krieken NLD
Jury Assistant Tini Schuurmans NLD
and new a voice from the audience per day
day 1 Josep Rota ESP, day 2 Jürgen Richarz DEU, day 3 Jan Watterson GBR
Vimeo VIDEO link
from the jury session about the film "Charlot's Last Suit" (UBC - Guy Gauthier).
Commentary on a French translation by Kamelya Özdemir, edited by Luc Toussaint.
CHE - 2022 Locarno - 3 Jury Members
Sandor Buglya HUN, Jacqueline Pante ITA, Thomas Schauer AUT
Jury Assistant Tini Schuurmans NLD
NLD - 2019 Zeist - 5 Jury Members
Denis Nold FRA, Vincenzina Di Bartolo ITA, Rob van Maanen NLD, Johanna Maria Paulson EST, Tomasz Drozdowicz POL
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
CZE - 2018 Blansko - 5 Jury Members
Martin Stoll CZE, Tarmo Hotanen FIN, Alfons Hereu ESP, Thomas Schauer AUT, Mike Whymann GBR
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
DEU - 2017 Dortmund - 5 Jury Members
Bernnhard Lindner DEU, Aase Högfeldt, Georges Fondeur LUX, Sunčica Fradelić HRV, Darko Basheski NMD
Jury Coordinator Bernhard Zimmermann
ROU - 2016 Suceava - 7 Jury Members
Jacqueline Pante ITA, ...
RUS - 2015 St. Petersburg - 7 Jury Members
Bernhard Lindner DEU, Jeanne Glass FRA, Sándor Buglya HUN, Danielle Vioux FRA, Tarmo Hotanen FIN, Paweł Łęski POL, Peter Pleshanov RUS
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
SVK - 2014 Piestany - 7 Jury Members
Dave Watterson GBR, Guido Haesen LUX, Josep Rota ESP, Romy Van Krieken NLD, Vjekoslav Zivkovic HRV, Anton Szomolányi SVK, Tomáš Hučko SVK
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
AUT - Fieberbrunn 2013 - 7 Jury Members
Daniel Caracci FRA, Wim Aegerts BEL, Wolfgang Allin AUT, Reinhardt Steininger AUT, Greta Varts EST, Ladislav Frantis CZE, Bernhard Lindner DEU
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger CHE
BGR - 2012 Pyce/Ruse - 7 Jury Members
Kees Tervoort NLD, Daniel Cartier CHE, Alan Atkinson GBR, Julia Obraztsova RUS, Art Hovanessian ARM, Petre Chapovski MKD, Stanimir Trifonow BGR
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
LUX - 2011 Luxembourg - 7 Jury Members
Ody ROOS LUX, Danielle VIOUX FRA, Lauri HIRVONEN FIN, Hana JUŠIĆ HRV, Josep ROTA ESP, Zuzana SKOLUDOVÁ SVK, Paul STEPANEK AUT
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
CHE - 2010 Einsiedeln - 7 Jury Members
Sandor Buglya HUN, Jan Watterson GBR, Bernhard Lindner DEU, Leo Baeten NLD, Jacqueline Pante ITA, Juillerat Michel CHE, Dany Marique BEL
Jury Coordinator Rolf Leuenberger
POL - 2009 Gdansk - 7 Jury Members
Daniel Ziegler FRA, Wolfgang Allin AUT, (Andrzej), Tomasz Schimscheiner POL, Paweł Łęski POL, Krista Maajärv EST, Dario Juričan HRV, Ctirad Śtipl CZE
TUN - 2008 Hammamet - 7 Jury Members
Kees Tervoort NLD, Paweł Łęski POL, Jef Van Gompel BEL, Selma Baccar TUN, Michael Gough GBR, Hassan Dezvareh IRN, Bengt Andersson SWE
SVK - 2007 Liptovský Mikuláš - 7 Jury Members
Filippo Lubiato CHE, Paul Stepanek AUT, Elen Lotman EST, Josep Rota ESP, Sándor Buglya HUN, Anton Azomolányi SVK, Anke Stoverock DEU
KOR - 2006 Gyeongju - 7 Jury Members
Kees Tervoort NLD, Mr. X KOR, Laura Asti ITA, Jeanne Glass FRA, Hassan Dezvareh IRN, Zuzana Skoludova SVK, Ctirad Stipl CZE
BEL - 2005 Blankenberge - 7 Jury Members
Georg Schörner AUT, Dave Watterson GBR, Julien Loncke BEL, Michel Creten BEL,
Rolf Leuenberger CHF, Diana Nenandic HRV, Pawel Levski POL
from 2019 back to 1951
Many thanks to the authors
1951-57 shot by Donald Elliot.
1979 - onwards by Arie de Jong
Up to 1989 shot on 8mm.
Thereafter on various video formats.
Includes glimpses of
[2020 BIRMINGHAM (GBR) cancelled due to COVID-19]
[2021 WARSZAWA (POL) cancelled due to COVID-19]
[2022 KERSON (UKR) postponed to 2024]
2022 21.-27.8. LOCARNO (CHE)
2023 10.-16.9. COMACCHIO (ITA)
[2024 KERSON (UKR) cancelled due to the war]
2024 18.-23.8. POZNAN/POSEN (POL)
2025 Birmingham (GBR) Website from 1.1.2025
2026 Skopje (MKD)
2027 Cannes (FRA)
2028 open
UNiCA Committee
UNiCA 2025: