MEDIAWAVE International Film And Music Gathering

Watch ON THE ROAD features, shorts and documentaries online here!

Our aim was to improve the spirit of our ”Gathering” with our fresh idea, a special topic announced for film makers as well as in other areas of our program.

The films submitted in this category present ’being on the road’, let it be either a physical or intellectual journey or individuals, communities, minorities travelling temporarily or constantly, from free will or under pressure. Migration, emigration, crossroads or parallel directions, creation processes as well as intellectual or spiritual paths.

For us, it was even more interesting if they avoided the highways of media industry and the colorful boulevards of film market.

We were greatly surprised that film makers also had varied interpretations of the category: more than 10 percent of the record number of entries we received this year were submitted to the ON THE ROAD competition as well. 

It is important to note, that the Online International Film Competition is different from the 'classic' MEDIAWAVE International Film Competition. There are a couple of films to be shown in both competitions and this is indicated on the film site.

The „On the Road” films will be selected by a preview jury by the end of January 2014. The films in the program then will be available on the website of the festival between 1 March and 30 April. After watching the films, we would like the online audience to vote for

-      the best film

-      the best cameraman

-      the best actor/actress

-      the most beautiful road

-      the hardest road

-      the strangest road

Voting deadline: 31 March

The voters can win festival passes and presents that fits the festival spirit.

The selected films will be evaluated also by a professional jury. You can watch the results of both evaluation in the screening rooms of the festival and the winner artists will be awarded by unique prizes reflecting the spirit of the category, like:

-      5 days holiday/shooting in a csángó community in Moldva, East Romania

-      5 days holiday/shooting in a rural Hungarian gipsy community

-      art craft made from wood floating on water (the Gathering is by the river Danube)

-      5 days accommodation in the Fort Monostor (sleeping on military beds)

-      5 days tour in the Pannonhalma wine region