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UNICA is an international umbrella for national non-commercial film making organisations, designed to promote friendship between nations. IAC is a member. The most visible of UNICA's activities is the excellent week-long festival each year in a different country, where the nations of the world present film programmes in friendly competition.
Any film enthusiast can attend a UNICA festival ! Click here for news of the next one.

In 2011 UNICA's Festival took place in Luxembourg ... read all about it | see films from it
Nocturn the last film by the great Jan Baca. A truly enchanting Autumn romance. Awarded best film.	The best film by a young film maker was Speechless by Adrian Copitzky & Felix Faißt & Frank Kaya	Young actress Elena Labalestra starred in the event trailer and the daily introductions.	Britain's Keith Baker won the World Minute Movie Cup with Benefit. Reports on the event and awards here.

The UNICA Congresses (Festivals) click for reports of past ones and news of future ones

What is UNICA?

In formal terms:

In the sense of peaceful co-operation and friendship between peoples, UNICA
promotes international understanding and collaboration, in particular in the field of art, culture, education and science, in accordance with the principles of the UNESCO.

UNICA, as a rule, achieves its purpose with the following activities:

• congresses and General Assemblies
• international film and video competitions
• international exchange of non-commercial films
• international seminars
• debates on new concepts and theories about art and culture
• film shows and exchange of experience between countries
• publishing

In short: Promoting Non-Commercial Film & Video Making.

In practice it brings together people with similar interests in amateur film and video production from all over the world.

Who is in UNICA?

Check the official UNICA website for the latest information, but in late 2011 the list was:

UNICA NEWS Magazine

For many years UNICA published a magazine in English, French and German three or four times a year. It was assembled by Ctirad (Radek) Stipl in the Czech Republic. For financial reasons that has been discontinued, but we have web versions of some issues available to read here: