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Announcements, selections, guests and the record of the first edition. Everything the festival says, it says here first.
- 21.07.2026
Entry Is Free. Your Seat Is Not Unclaimed, Claim It
Cinema belongs to everyone. Register in seconds and the site issues your personal Foton ticket, a numbered photon carrying your name, ready to download and present at the gate.
(Community) - 20.07.2026
Hold the Light: Sponsorship of the First Edition Opens
Foton is built from light, and light needs a source. Choose what you illuminate: banners and posters, the festival LEDs, the monumental main screen, or one of the hundred painted cars.
(Partnerships) - 18.07.2026
Four Nights, One Light: The Shape of the Festival Week
Every night the films come first, then the night carries on: networking, the photo booth, the festival shop, and a party with a special DJ every night, until the awards gala closes the week.
(Festival News) - 16.07.2026
Ten Signature Masterclasses, Twenty Disciplines, One School of Light
From The Language of Light to Meet the Masters: the whole filmmaking ecosystem taught under one light, from directing to distribution, sound to AI, the first frame to the festival premiere.
(Masterclasses) - 14.07.2026
THE PHOTON: Ten Main Awards and the Grand Prize of the Festival
The smallest award in history. It weighs nothing, it changes everything. One prize per category, one grand prize, decided by the five-member professional jury.
(Awards) - 12.07.2026
Become Part of the Light
More than a film festival: a platform for people who believe creativity has the power to inspire, connect, and shape a better future. Filmmakers, artists, builders, teachers, all welcome.
(Community) - 10.07.2026
Some People Carry Light in Their Veins: The Founding Crew Forms
Join the crew that builds the world's first sculptural cinema, from the first car to the last frame. Trained in event production, standing where world cinema meets your hometown.
(Community) - 08.07.2026
The Atelier Opens Its Vitrine: Eighteen Collections, Not Merchandise
From Wearable Cinema to A Piece of Light: pieces of the festival, photographed piece by piece, down to a handcrafted crystal prism that captures light itself.
(Festival News) - 06.07.2026
Visiting Klina: One Tap to the Ground, and the Town's Own Pins
The visit page now carries the festival's pins: the location in one tap, five parking grounds, the named hotels of Klina, and thirty-eight places to eat and drink, each opening the live map.
(Festival News) - 15.06.2026
One Hundred Cars Become One Hundred Artworks
Decommissioned cars, roofs removed, hand-painted into open-top artworks and arranged before a monumental screen under the September sky of Klina.
(Behind the Scenes) - 06.05.2026
The University of Prishtina Faculty of Arts Joins the Jury
The films of the first edition are judged by a five-member professional jury, with the University of Prishtina Faculty of Arts alongside Kosovo's leading directors, cinematographers and screenwriters.
(Guests & Jury) - 24.03.2026
Five Competitions, One Light
Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, Animation and AI Film: the five competitions of the first edition, each judged as cinema.
(Festival News) - 02.03.2026
Submissions Are Open for the First Edition
FOTON FILM FESTIVAL opens its first call for entries. Five competitions, free submission, open to filmmakers worldwide.
(Festival News)