More about the BOO IFF can be found HERE.

The BOO International Film Festival was created by merging two International Film Festivals ELBE DOCK and Young Film Fest and its first year will take place from 3 to 9 November 2025 in Prague.

The festival's dramaturgy is based on a selection of films from the most prestigious film festivals (Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand, Berlinale, Sundance, Toronto, Oscar nominations), but also gives space to emerging talents. In addition, the industry programme will also play an important role, focusing on short films and audiovisual education.

You can look forward to a total of six competition categories in which contemporary short films will compete. The two main competition categories are the pan-European and Czech-German sections, which follow the tradition of the ELBE DOCK festival, in which the Czech-German programme had a special place alongside the pan-European programme. In addition to these two categories, films can also compete in the categories for children aged 3 years and older, two categories for young people (12-14 and 15-19 years), as well as in the category of films for seniors.

What makes BOO different from other film festivals? First of all, its approach to the audience, which tries to involve them as much as possible and actively lead them to an open dialogue, while also placing great emphasis on the peer-to-peer method, which consists in sharing experiences between members of the same age or professional group.

Another thing in which BOO excels is its industry program, where it will bring a rich industry program focused on short film. And most importantly, a pan-European program focusing on audiovisual education and best practice examples from abroad. So you can look forward to a wide range of topics from the worlds of audiovisual education and short film, presented by leading experts from all over Europe.