LifeArt

By bringing the entire community together, the LifeArt Festival welcomes over 30.000  attendees annually, providing them the platform to congregate and network in four different world renowned destinations. The Festival creates opportunities for the attendees (aged 15-75) to appear at the exciting movie premieres, music events and screenings of numerous exceptional films and be a part of educational panel discussions, workshops, and seminars, along with special events and priceless networking opportunities. LifeArt Festival awards both renowned productions and films just entering the screens and invites the doyens of the cinema and debutants alike, but most of all – invites viewers.

The Festival hosts award categories. Proud of our unique process, the award selections are made by our members of the jury. Scholars, artists, critics, and Festival’s trustees discuss, debate, and determine the most outstanding achievements of the year in their categories: best feature, best documentary, best short film, best web tv series, virtual reality and photography. 

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The winner of the LifeArt Award earns a €55.000 value prize of goods and services sponsored by Nu Boyana Film Studios. To date, the Festival already counts over 600 submissions from 50 countries, such Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain Sweden, UK, USA, Turkey and many more countries. 

The awarded artists gain unique attention to their work by extended  worldwide media coverage and Along with the abundance of great movies presented at the LifeArt Festival event come many of the movie makers themselves: renowned directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, and actors; their collective wealth of talent and wide experience range are truly priceless. Through a variety of expert panel presentations, discussions, workshops, and seminars, these artists provide festival attendees a unique opportunity for a glimpse inside the fascinating world of filmmaking on a professional level.

Artists who have submitted their work will have the chance not only to attend  the events but share their projects on an international level by establishing mutually beneficial relationships. For them, the exceptional panel discussions and educational workshops enrich appreciation and business knowledge of filmmaking.  At the same time, they have the unique opportunity to showcase their work at the industry’s stakeholders and introduced to future distributors. Its a great opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the best in the business our industry has to offer.

Hosted in world-class venues in Athens, Santorini Greece, Los Angeles, California and now San Antonio, Texas. the LIFEART Festival‘s showcased feature films, shorts and documentaries from more than 50 countries. The competition films were in more than 25 languages and included Leonardo Di Caprio's "Before the flood", National Geographic's "The Story of Us" narrated by Morgan Freeman and "The Circle" starring Tom Hanks & Emma Watson, "Loving Pablo" with Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz, National Geographic's "Genius: Picasso" series with Antonio Banderas in the leading role.

Through linking the groundbreaking talent of emerging filmmakers and exposing the community to the latest innovations in the cinema field, the LIFEART FESTIVAL exists as a cinematic, cultural patron. The Film Festival’s objective is to merge today’s filmmaking pioneers with the wealth of cinematic heritage by edifying and developing the cinematic community and enhancing the impact of the arts and humanities. The Festival provides a platform to new talented filmmakers, who lack the support of distributors and marketing campaign behind them, to display their work internationally.   

Staff and volunteers working for LifeArt Festival have a great opportunity to collaborate with filmmakers from all over the world and get a deeper understanding on how the film industry and the New Media work nowadays.