This year the competition received a total of 8,600 photos by 600 authors from 27 countries. We thank all the photographers and the national selectors who decided on the best photos and passed them on to the main selector for the second round of judging.

Following are the names of authors who are moving on to the second round (sorted by country and in alphabetical order):

AUSTRIA – 0640AM; BELGIUM – David Verberckt; BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – Adnan Pazarac,  Aida Redžepagić, Armin Graca, Dinko Hošić, Dženad Džino, Haris Kurić, Mirsad Mujanović, Mitar Simikic, Nadja Berberović, Nina Mašić, Senka Paunović, Senad Tahmaz, Siniša Skenderija, Srđan Đunđerović, Srđan Vujmilović, Zenir Šuko; BRAZIL – Guilherme Bergamini; CANADA – Arianne Clément; CROATIA – Domagoj Burilović, Fabio Šimićev, Iva Korenčić, Kristina Arković,  Mirna Pavlović, Petra Slobodnjak, Saša Ćetković, Silvija Butković, Snježana Bratanović, Vlado Kos; FRANCE – Gérard Staron; GERMANY – Andreas Andersen, Michele Brancati, Sara Perovic; GREAT BRITAIN – Kollatou Elena and Toumpanos Leonidas; ITALY – Adriana Miani, Alessio Paduano, Andrea Neri, Antonello Mazzei, Antonio Di Cecco, Arianna Ancona, Davide Palmisano, ecociani@gmail.com, Emiliano Negrini, Francesca Cirilli, Gaetano Massa, Giulio Zanni, Isabella Sommati, Luana Rigolli, Marco Castelli, Mario Ferrara, michcera@hotmail.it, Paul Scarano, Raffaella Sacchetti, Rocco Rorandelli, Stefano Cioffi, Vittorio Zunino Celotto; MONTENEGRO   – Aleksandar Aleksić, Arijana Kadić, Balša Gobović, Damir Ljaljević, Katica Nisavić, Marko Kosović, Nada Vojinović, Nikola Ralević, Stefan Vukičević; MACEDONIA – Denis Jagdži, Ivan Blazhev, Ivan Durgutovski, Ivan Vukelić, Ivan Trpkov, Katja Shtrkova Kochovska, Keti Talevska, Kiril Shtrkov, Marjana Pavliček, Milan Blaževski, Natasa Veličkovska, Sonja Stavrova, Stefan Sokol, Taisa Andzakoska,Vera Hristovska, Ylli Ymeri, Zoran Sekerov; NETHERLANDS – Goran Turnšek, Michael Floor; NORWAY – Ole Marius Joergensen; SERBIA – Aleksandra Drljača, Boris Burić, Danilo Mijatović, Dubravka Lazić, Igor Čoko, Jan Valo, Jelena Janković, Jelena Žigić , Jovana Simovski, Katarina Kosanović, Katarina Radović, Luka Klikovac, Marija Jankovicć, Marija Konjikušić, Milica Mrvić, Miloš Krstić, Milica Stojšić, Milutin Marković, Pavle Kaplanec, Saša Lalić, Saša Preradović, Senja Vild, Sofija Modošanov, Srđan Đurić, Staša Bukmirović , Vladimir Živojinović; SLOVENIA – Ana Straže, Boštjan Pucelj, Branka Keser, Dino Kužnik, Eva Žurbi, Jaka Šuln, Jan Krek, Luka Škulj, Matic Zorman, Miro Nunić, Nenad Cakić, Nik Neubauer, Ožbej Černe, Peter Mrhar, Polona Plasin, Sandra Požun, Teja Gerkman, teyaveya@gmail.com, Urša Premik, Urša Valič, Urška Preis; SPAIN – Jorge López Muńoz; SWEDEN – Joakim Kocjancic; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Milo Sladaković, Srđan Sladaković

During the second round the main selector, Willie Osterman, will select the finalists and the winners of each category and the overall winner of the festival, who will be awarded the Grand Prix. The winners of all categories will be awarded with the “Kadar” statue, which is presented to them at the gala award ceremony in Rovinj on May 6^th, 2017. Three of the most successful authors in each category will be presented as part of a large traveling exhibition, catalog, official website, media releases and all promotional material of the festival. The overall winner of the Festival, the winner of the Grand Prix award, will also win a solo exhibition at the Rovinj Photodays Festival 2018 with the accompanying publication.

Willie Osterman will personally open the final exhibition of finalists, on the first day of the festival in Rovinj, on May 5^th 2017.

Final results will traditionally be presented at the press conference in the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb in mid-April.