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15th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival – ‘Human Traces’ – Spetses, Greece

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15th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival 

-Human Traces-

The 15th Inter-Balkan Short Film Festival Balkans Beyond Borders (BBB), with the theme Human Traces will be held on Spetses from 09 to 12 October having in his luggage a rich program of short films and a series of parallel actions that will create a framework for creative coexistence, dialogue, networking and skills strengthening. This year’s edition develops around the theme of Human Traces highlighting new perspectives and narratives of young filmmakers from the Balkans, who capture the traces of the past and present combined with our relationship with place, environment and social ferments. 

The 15th BBB SFF through thematic Human Traces seeks through the Competitive and non-competitive program and them parallel actions to discuss the environment as an integral part of human socio-cultural reality and how intangible heritage is shaped within it. Centering on place as the built and natural environment that gives meaning to and is given meaning by people and the multidimensional identities we all carry, filmmakers and guest speakers and educators share stories that emerge from their interaction with place. The aim is to highlight the contribution of the place to the formation of human identity, the role of man in the formation and change of the natural and urban landscape, as well as the challenges that the inhabitants of an island must face. 

The 15th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival is launching the BBB Cross-European Screening with simultaneous screenings of the program of the opening day in the cities: Tirana (Albania), Bitola (North Macedonia), Niksic (Montenegro), Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria).

The Competition program with 28 films by filmmakers under the age of 35 from the Balkans competing for the prizes: BBB Best Film (€1000), BBB First Entry (€500), and BBB Audience (€300). The jury of the 15th BBB SFF consists of Alba Cakali, Dokufest festival producer from Kosovo, Alexia Tsouni, director and activist from Greece and Fabio Bego, academic festival program manager from Albania.

The program includes:

Movie screenings

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18.00-19.00 Opening of the Festival

19.00-20.30 Screening of the Competition: Nature is a big hug

21.00-22.15 Screening of the Competition: Village or city? (Simultaneous screening with the cities: Tirana, Bitola, Niksic, Veliko Tarnovo.)

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18.00-19.30 BBB Focus – Georgia, in collaboration with Kutaisi ISFF and Taoba IYFF

20.00-21.15 Presentation of the Competition: Transformation

21.30-22.40 Screening of the Competition: Memory

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18.00-19.30 BBB Beyond International Non-Competitive

19.45-20.45 BBB EthnoDoc Collaboration with the Ethnofest Festival & the Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival

21.00 22.30 Screening of the Competition: In the city

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17.00-18.00 Film screening of the Audiovisual Marathon

18.30-19.45 BBB & co and Debate session

20.00-21.15 Screening the Competition: Stand still

21.30-22.30 Closing Ceremony

Screenings will take place at the Titania cinema. Entry Free

Parallel Actions

The 15th BBB Short Film Festival also offers a rich program of side events that encourage dialogue, education and networking, both for industry professionals and the public.

Actions include:

BBB cine-forum II: 

10.00-11.30 Open discussion: Cinema as a Tool for Emancipation and Social Transformation 

12.00-14.00 Round table aiming to explore the role of culture and cinema in island sustainability and addressing the climate crisis.

They will take place at the Kapodistrian School, Spetses

BBB in the neighbourhoodSpetses: ”Empowering Youth Through Cinema and Environmental Awareness”: Creative audiovisual workshops and filmmaking marathon for teenagers and young people with a presentation of the participants’ creations to the public.

*Participation in the parallel actions is free, ensuring your place by registering and expressing interest at info@balkansbeyondborders.eu 

The 15th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Spetses, co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and the Hellenic Film Center and with the support of the Spetses Commercial & Industrial Association and the Spetses Community Trust. Sponsor: Hellenic Seaways

For more information visit her web page us, and follow us on Facebook and in Instagram. For more detailed information about the content of the screenings and actions, visit Festival 2024 and Facebook event.

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