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UNICA
International Organisation
UNICA is an international umbrella for national non-commercial film making organisations. IAC is a member.
Among other activities UNICA runs a week-long festival each year in a different country, where the nations of the world compete.

What is UNICA? / Who is in UNICA? / UNICA's web site

UNICA's Annual Festival - best amateur cinema in the world - click for reports:

Portrait of Bernhard Hausberger.
Bernhard Hausberger
1955 - 2009

UNICA NEWS- magazine in English, French and German - click to read:
2001 - issue 1 2002 - issue 1, issue 2, issue 3, issue 4 2003 - issue 1, issue 2, issue 3
2004 - issue 1, issue 2 , issue 3 2005 - issue 1, issue 2, issue 3 2006 - issue 1, issue 2, issue 3
2007 - issue 1, issue 2, issue 3 2008 - issue 1, issue 2 - discontinued


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 2009 the list was:
  • ANDORRA
  • ARGENTINE
  • AUSTRIA
  • BELGIUM
  • BULGARIA
  • CROATIA
  • CZECH REPUBLIC
  • ESTONIA
  • FINLAND
  • FRANCE
  • GEORGIA
  • GERMANY
  • HUNGARY
  • IRAN
  • ITALY
  • LATVIA
  • LICHTENSTEIN
  • LUXEMBOURG
  • MACEDONIA
  • NETHERLANDS
  • POLAND
  • RUSSIA
  • SLOVAKIA
  • SLOVENIA
  • SOUTH KOREA
  • SPAIN
  • SWEDEN
  • SWITZERLAND
  • TUNISIA
  • UKRAINE
  • UNITED KINGDOM
  • UZBEKISTAN


Page updated on 11 January 2010

Authors' views are not necessarily those of The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

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