ONE MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL, POŽEGA 2002

Tradition and the Breaks from Tradition

The One Minute Movie Cup celebrates its tenth anniversary. From a local Požega festival it developed into an international event with one peculiarity: both projections and the award ceremony take place in one evening. This year we have witnessed a kind of a brake from tradition. At previous festivals most films were anecdotal and their quality depended mainly on the director’s skill to make a point in a slapstick fashion. This year’s entries were characterized by an auctorial approach. They preferred questioning and experimenting, which made them more demanding, and perhaps less charming. At the end of the festival, it was quite evident that this year’s festival had so far the best and most mature selection of films.

Unfortunately, not a single work was special enough to win the undivided admiration of both the viewers and the jury, as was the case at previous festivals. Twenty-two foreign films in competition that included 48 entries in all, was also a certain break from tradition. Although we may argue whether Požega Cup is the best festival in the country, it is certainly the funniest and most democratic.

Staša Ćelan