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| maintainer   = Anže Zorman
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{{Infobox
| name                = International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA)
| localname           = Mednarodni festival računalniške umetnosti (MFRU)
| street              = Ob železnici 16
| town                = SI-2000 Maribor
| telephone           = 386 (0) 2 300 2995 
| fax                 = 386 (0) 2 300 2992
| email               = 
| website             = http://www.mfru.org
| organised by        = MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre
| frequency           = annual
| dates and duration  = October, 10 days
| duration weeks      = 40,41 (2012) 45 (2013) 39 (2014)
| festival dates      = 7.10.2015 - 9.10.2015, 9.11.2016 - 15.11.2016, 6.10.2017 - 18.10.2017, 12.10.2018 - 19.10.2018, 11.10.2019 - 18.10.2019, 14.10.2020 - 15.12.2020, 8.10.2021 - 15.10.2021, 7.10.2022 - 14.10.2022, 8.10.2023 - 15.10.2023, 18.10.2024 - 27.10.2024
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Sonja Gregorn
| role                = Festival Coordinator
| email               = sonja.gregorn@mkc.si
| telephone           = 386 (0) 41 849 371
}}
{{Contact
| name                = Žiga Brdnik
| role                = Public relations
| email               = ziga.brdnik@udarnik.eu
| telephone           = 386 (0) 40 680 563
}}
| accounts            = 
http://www.facebook.com/mfru.ifca
https://twitter.com/mfrufestival/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV1Hn9EBRcjou5XLS9sjquQ
https://vimeo.com/user1352357
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Launched in [[established::1995]] by the Video Section of the [[MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre]], the [[International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA)]] is the longest-running computer arts festival in Slovenia. Over the years, it has presented all of the most important new media artists from around the country. Guests at the first festival in 1995 included international young artists and well-known guests such as Stelarc, Lisa Brandt, Jacek Szleszynski, Petra de Njis, and Paul Sermont. Subsequent guests have included Chico MacMurtrie, Rosanne (Sandy) Stone, Olia Lianina, Rachel Armstrong, Arthur Elsenaar, Stahl Stenslie, Marcel-Li Antunez Roca, David Link, Constanze Ruhm, Orhan Kipcak, Markus Huemer, etc.

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==Venues==

The festival has taken place at different venues: [[Vetrinjski dvor]] Maribor, [[KIBLA Multimedia Centre]], Cultural hub Maribor, [[Pekarna Cultural Centre]], [[Media Nox Gallery]], [[Maribor Art Gallery]], the [[Slovene National Theatre Maribor]], the [[Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor]], the [[ŠTUK Student Event Centre Maribor]], [[Kino Udarnik Maribor]], [[UGM Studio]], Europark Maribor, Modna hiša, etc.

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== See also == 

*[[MKC Maribor Youth Culture Centre]]
*[[Media Nox Gallery]]
*[[KIBLA Multimedia Centre]] 

Related festivals

*[[KIBLIX Festival]]
*[[Pixxelpoint International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices]]
*[[Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art]]
*[[Speculum Artium Festival]]
*[[Strictly Analog Festival]]

== External links == 

*[http://www.mfru.org/ International Festival of Computer Arts website] 


[[Category:Festivals]]
[[Category:Festivals in October]]
[[Category:New media art festivals]]
[[Category:New media art]]
[[Category:KONS Platform]]