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Filmexploring AI Balkans and beyond -finalists- 16th BBB Short Film Festival ‘DISTORToΠia’

Broken Mirror, Andrea Balestrero, Mexico, Animation, Experimental, 2024, 8.37’ HOLY HEAVÊNESS, Farnoosh Abedi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Animation, 2025, 10’ <Moments When Pain Arrives>, 黄江炎, China, Experimental, 2025, 3.04’ Moon watch, Burak Cebeci, Turkey, Horror, 2025, 1.10’ reMemBer2.human, Durim Klaiqi, Albania, Kosovo, Sci-Fi, Experimental, 2023, 6.11’ The Birth of Adam, Yuanyue Zheng, China, Pseudo-documentary, 2025, […]

Competition programme official selection- 16th BBB Short Film Festival ‘DISTORToΠia’

Actually Everyone, Emre Cef Kamhi, Turkey, Dark Comedy, 2025, 17.55’ ADA, Ilija Djurovic, Branislav Milatovic, Montenegro, Drama, 2025, 18.14’ All That Belongs to Us, Deniz Kezik, Turkey, Short, 2025, 19.59’ Cats have no Roots, Anthoniy Hristov, Bulgaria, Adventure, Mystery, Comedy, 2024, 27.12’ Chicken broth soup, Deniz Büyükkırlı, Turkey, Drama, 2024, 18’ Cut the Tie, Anna […]

Preselection Committee – 16th BBB Short Film Festival ‘DISTORToΠia’

The Pre-Selection Committee of Balkans Beyond Borders consists of young professionals actively working in the film industry. Their main task is to evaluate the submitted short films and curate a pre-selected programme that creatively and innovatively reflects this year’s festival theme. Guided by the theme DISTORToΠia – or How do you mirror reality?, the committee […]

New Deadline for Call for Entries – 16th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival ‘DISTORToΠia’

The Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival (BBB SFF) is pleased to announce that the call for short film submissions for its 16th edition is officially extended until May 31, 2025. We are excited with the amount of the films we have received so far but we want to give more filmmakers the opportunity to […]

Terms of participation – 16th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival ‘DISTORToΠia’

Terms of Participation Period for admission of films: 10th of March to 10th of May 2025 The theme: DISTORToΠia or How do you mirror reality? (Check our website for more information on the theme). Age: Eligible to participate with their film are filmmakers under 35 years of age, or over 35 under the condition that […]

Theme of inspiration – 16th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival ‘DISTORToΠia’

DISTORToΠia or How do you mirror reality? In a world where truth bends under the weight of perception and the sociopolitical turbulenceσ distort the anthropological and geopolitical landscape, we feel the deep need to stand critically and question what is real, what is a reflection and what is an illusion. How do we perceive the […]