PRESS RELEASE
17th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival
«Shift Your Gaze to the Unseen»
ΒΒΒ Greek Picks
November 16th, 2026 | Greek Film Archive, Athens
As part of the 17th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival, which will take place from 12 to 16 November 2026 at Greek Film Archive (Tainiothiki tis Ellados), we present the BBB Greek picks, a special section dedicated to fresh cinematic perspectives from Greek short films filmmakers.
Through a selection of Greek short films that stood out among the festival’s official entries, BBB Greek Picks highlights contemporary narratives, diverse perspectives, and creative approaches from emerging filmmakers, in dialogue with this year’s festival theme, “Shift your gaze to the Unseen”. The screening invites the audience to discover stories and viewpoints that deserve to be brought into the spotlight and to give a voice to young Greek directors.
Screening programme:
Empty Frames | Theodossis Issaias, Aristotelis Maragkos | Greece | Documentary | 5min.
Empty Frames traces the transformation of a border valley in southern Macedonia from a shifting alluvial landscape into a site of resettlement, debt, and control. A century later, new forms of containment return to the same coordinates.
Volta | Socrates Mousmoulidis | Greece | Drama/Romance/Road Movie | 32 min
The secret journey of two people that once had been in love. The pursuit of answers from a girl that teeters in between present, past and future. How does life unfold?
Midway | Irene Berlangieri | Greece | Experimental, Fiction | 9.5 min.
A man exists within a space entirely covered in plastic, where nothing feels clear or defined without any memories. His routine unfolds in repetition, interrupted only by sessions with a psychologist in an abandoned, deconstructed environment. The film navigates the tension between memory and absence, questioning what is real and how identity is constructed. MIDWAY is an experimental short film exploring memory, identity, and the fragility of reality.
The Monsters of the City | Giorgos Vlassis | Greece | Experimental Documentary | 7.12 min
Three generations of strange creatures emerge one after another across the city, attempting to dominate its inhabitants through surveillance. Inspired by Michel Foucault’s theory of visibility and control, the film explores what happens in a world where people know they are being watched, yet can never know when.
Event details:
Date: Monday November 16th, 2026
Time: 18.15 – 19.30
Venue: Greek Film Archive, Greece (Tainiothiki tis Ellados)