ΒΒΒ Gen A 6+ and 8+ screenings – 17th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival
November 15th, 2026 | Greek Film Archive, Athens
The magic of short films finds its most imaginative audience at the Greek Film Archive (Tainiothiki tis Ellados) on Sunday, November 15, as part of the 17th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival. Featuring a specially curated program, the festival invites young viewers to a unique cinematic experience where they aren’t just passive spectators, but active participants through discussion and play!
The films of the BBB Gen A program offer a captivating journey into the realms of imagination, acceptance, and bravery.
Designed to unleash the power of short film as a creative and educational tool, BBB Gen A invites schools, children, teenagers, and families to engage with powerful themes such as imagination, acceptance, bravery, self-discovery, and social empathy through film, interactive debate, and creative play.
The BBB GEN A initiative features tailored programming split across three age groups: 6+, 8+, and 13+.
BBB Gen A: Age 6+
Featuring selected short films created by Greek filmmakers from the KiDdo Program of the Drama International Short Film Festival. Following the screening, children will participate in an interactive theatrical play session facilitated by the artistic group Svoures.
Event Details:
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Venue: Greek Film Archive (Tainiothiki ths Ellados)
Screening Program:
Soaked / Μούσκεμα | Akis Melachris, Alexandros Romanos Lizardos | Greece | 2026 | 9min.
Fanis, a romantic cloud with environmental concerns, dreams of falling in love and becoming rain. As drought threatens the land below, he discovers that love, connection, and collective responsibility may be the very forces needed to confront the climate crisis.
The Boy who Fell to Earth | Vasilis Bourantas | Greece, UK | 2026 | 9min
A lonely boy who believes David Bowie is his father and a girl desperate to reinvent herself make a secret pact to escape their lives and reach New York.
TREE HOUSE | Nasia Koko | Greece | 2026 | 9min
After his parents’ separation, a young boy finds comfort in his drawings of a treehouse. One night, a tear brings to life a tiny version of himself, who guides him through a dreamlike journey of reconciliation and creation.
SALTY | Andreas Raptis | Greece | 2025 | 8min
BBB Gen A: Age 8+
An exciting selection highlighting short films by young, emerging filmmakers from across the Balkan region, inviting young audiences to vote and reflect on empathy, daily inspirations, and breaking stereotypes.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Time:12.30 – 13.15
Venue: Greek Film Archive (Tainiothiki ths Ellados), Athens
Screening Program:
Wondermiss | Ružica Nikolić | Serbia | Animation | 2025 | 1’08min
The film Wondermiss uses the form of a sketch and frame by frame animation as an opportunity to actually “make silence” and draw attention to something ordinary, anything that we usually step over without noticing. Because it is insignificant to us.
LAIKA | Tomas Matei | Romania | Animation | 2025 | 1’55min
Launched in a hurry for political prestige, Sputnik 2 sent the first living being to orbit the Earth. Laika’s trajectory goes from a life as a stray dog in Moscow, to a solitary journey among the stars, which will transform her into a symbol of moral reflection on sacrifice in the name of science.
Ravenera | Teodor Mladenov Ralev | Bulgaria | Animation | 2025 | 9’39min.
In a dark messy burrow, a reclusive raven lives shut off from the outside world – until a spirited nightingale, an opera singer, moves into the floor above, disrupting his carefully kept peace. Their encounter moves the raven’s heart, awakening creativity where there was once only silence. Through the metaphor of an unexpected muse, the story explores the tension between silence and song, chaos and creation. The raven, once isolated, finds new meaning in life through melody, sparked by the presence of the nightingale. Ravenera is a poetic tale about inspiration, the unexpected arrival of creativity, and the deeply personal, often ironic journey of artistic awakening.
Text me when you arrive… | Konstantinos Taliadouros | Greece | Animation | 2026 | 4’24min
The story is inspired by true events and elaborates the emotional state of a train passenger during a disastrous train accident.
The Day we Became Heroes | Selini Papageorgiou | Greece | Short Fiction | 2025 | 15’16min.
On a sunny summer afternoon, three nine-year-old children find a villager unconscious in the forest. The village has warned them to stay away from him, but now they must decide whether to leave him behind or help him.
Drawing on Hope | Vivi Markatos | Greece, UK | Animation | 2025 | 0’26min.
In a war camp a young girl holds a pencil. In her tent she is drawing on hope
General Info:
Location: Greek Film Archive (Tainiothiki tis Ellados), Athens, Greece
Festival Dates: November 12 – 16, 2026
BBB Gen A Event Day: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Ticket Price: €5 https://tickets.tainiothiki.gr/