Set-up in 1982, Alternative film/video is the festival of Yugoslav alternative film and video. The aim of the festival is to document and define in theory the trends, to point at the values and new creative possibilities in the fields of alternative film and video. All autors of alternative film and video have the right to participate. The founder and the organizer of the festival is Academic Film Center in “Student’s city” Cultural Center.
The Festival is intended to explore the domain of film production which is alternative to commercial film: all modes of alternative, experimental, art, short, radical film thinking. In 2006, the Festival became international, wishing to enable insight into the new tendencies on international scene, and also to enable wider contextualization for the Serbian and regional scene.