The festival provides a national and international platform for short films aiming to discover new forms and methods of filmmaking in Ukraine and abroad. It is both national and international meeting place and source of inspiration and new knowledge for professionals, film students and rising talent and it promotes film as an attractive cultural leisure pursuit to all possible target groups.

Providing an opportunity for artists to exchange ideas through gathering at the Festival, we aim to discover potentials and encouraging directors of all ages to innovate and create.

KISFF screens the newest developments, promoting films of quality, both aesthetically and thematically, organizes competitions and presents thematic programs and retrospectives, talkshows, masterclasses and an educational program as well as integrates most promising Ukrainian directors and their short films into world festival circuit.