Osrednja tema diplomskega dela so filmski festivali kratkih filmov, katerih filmi ne presegajo dolžine 15ih minut. Cilj dela je raziskava po omenjenih festivalih, ki temeljijo na sistemu tekmovanja, pregled njihovih raznolikosti in preučevanje možnosti za uveljavljanje neodvisnega kratkega filma. V ta namen na kratko opišemo 20 filmskih festivalov in primerjamo njihove specifikacije. Na iste festivale pošljemo vprašalnik, ki se nanaša na uveljavljanje kratkega neodvisnega filma na filmskih festivalih kratkega filma. Od prejetih petih odgovorov navedemo ugotovitve in zapišemo zaključke raziskav.The topic of the diploma thesis is short film festivals, where films do not last more than 15 minutes. The aim of this work is to research competitive short film festivals, review their diversity and study the possibility of recognition for the independent short films. To this purpose we shortly describe 20 film festivals and make a comparison between their specifications. We carry out a survey among these short movie festivals, where we ask them about getting recognition for an independent short film on the short film festivals. Based on 5 replies we stated our findings and wrote the conclusion of the research
