Alternative Film/Video is the festival of Yugoslav alternative film and video. The aim of the Festival is to document and define in theory the values and new creative possibilities in the fields of alternative film and video. All authors of alternative film and video are eligible to participate. The founder and organizer of the Festival is Academic Film Center in Students’ City Cultural Center.

The award to the authors of the films and videos selected to the List of significant achievements is the program of production of new film or video in Academic Film Center of SCCC, with the ability of the use of all technical and logistic support of AFC, accommodation and restaurant service in Students' City in Belgrade for a month of the following year.

The Jury of the Festival consists of the theorists and authors of alternative film and video. The Jury establishes the List of the significant achievements of the Festival, which can consist of ten, works most. The Jury considers films and videos equally. The Jury works during the Festival Selection committee, according to the Festival regulations, the overseas selection of films and videos for competition and other programs.

The publication ALTERNATIVE 2009 will contain photos, texts, information on films and videos provided by authors, also the talks, presentations and texts submitted after the Festival.

Screening formats: DVD, mini DVCAM, mini DV.

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Inovativni eksperimentalni, istraživački, avangardni, lični filmovi i video radovi mladih umetnika ali i afirmisanih autora biće predstavljeni u dve takmičarske selekcije: Internacionalna selekcija i Regionalna (ex-Yu) selekcija.

Kao mesto susreta autora, teoretičara, kritičara i publike, Festival želi da zabeležii, teorijski definiše kretanja, ukaže na istinske vrednosti i podstakne nove stvaralačke mogućnosti u oblasti vizuelnih digitalnih medija.

Kroz takmičarske programe, autorske selekcije i retrospektive, selekcije produkcijskih centara i festivala, predstavljanje novih inicijativa u regionu, audio-vizuelne performanse, video instalacije, izložbe, razgovore i diskusije na okruglom stolu, Festival pruža uvid u trenutno stanje novog filma i videa u regionu i u svetu.

Preko 100 filmova biće ove godine prikazano u oba takmičarska programa od preko 400 koje autori svake godine prijave. Više od 30 autora iz regiona i sveta biće smešteno u Studentskom gradu za vreme Festivala.