[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-2041":3},{"festival":4,"years":20,"news":24,"about":25},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":15},2041,"balkans-beyond-borders-short-film-festival-greece","open","Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival","",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fbalkans-beyond-borders-short-film-festival-greece-q3saebeb.png?v=b3ac9b37",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":17,"crop":14,"og":14},"plate",null,false,"none","light","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F73463.jpg?v=b3ac9b37","Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival uses a different theme for each edition to explore contemporary issues through short films from South-Eastern Europe. Organised by the Athens-based non-profit Balkans Beyond Borders, the festival travels between host cities and focuses its main competition on young filmmakers and debut directors with Balkan connections. Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental film and video art are represented. International screenings, cross-border events and workshops extend the programme beyond the competition. The 17th edition, titled ‘Shift your gaze to the Unseen’, takes place at the National Film Archive in Athens, Greece, on 12–16 November 2026. Its programme includes separate Creative AI and Gen Alpha competitions, a Czechia focus, international and Greek selections, and the BBB Cine Forum.",[21],{"year":22,"hasAwards":15,"hasSelection":23},"2015",true,[],{"aboutHtml":26,"countries":27,"focus":29,"categories":33,"nextDates":35,"awardsPrizes":36,"rules":37,"website":38,"contacts":39,"editDate":47},"\u003Cp>Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival uses a different theme for each edition to explore contemporary issues through short films from South-Eastern Europe. Organised by the Athens-based non-profit Balkans Beyond Borders, the festival travels between host cities and focuses its main competition on young filmmakers and debut directors with Balkan connections. Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental film and video art are represented. International screenings, cross-border events and workshops extend the programme beyond the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The 17th edition, titled ‘Shift your gaze to the Unseen’, takes place at the National Film Archive in Athens, Greece, on 12–16 November 2026. Its programme includes separate Creative AI and Gen Alpha competitions, a Czechia focus, international and Greek selections, and the BBB Cine Forum.\u003C\u002Fp>",[28],"Greece",[30,31,32],"Animation","Documentary","Experimental",[30,31,32,34],"Short","12 November 2026 — 16 November 2026","The 2026 awards include the BBB Best Film Award and BBB Audience Award, both with monetary prizes; the BBB First Entry Award, with an in-kind prize; and three Special Mentions.\n\nThe BBB Creative AI Award and BBB Gen Alpha Award carry in-kind prizes. Gen Alpha recognises films for audiences aged 4–15. The organiser’s 2026 terms do not specify the monetary amounts.","The main competition accepts short films of up to 30 minutes connected to the edition’s theme. Eligible filmmakers have Balkan origins and\u002For their films are Balkan productions or co-productions. The festival focuses on young filmmakers and also accepts debut films by filmmakers over 35. Accepted forms include fiction, documentary, animation, experimental film and video art.\n\nApplications are submitted through FilmFreeway. Screening files are supplied in AVI, MP4 or MOV format, with English subtitles in a separate SRT file rather than embedded in the picture. Applicants with captioned subtitles for d\u002FDeaf and hard-of-hearing viewers are asked to provide them. Only one film per filmmaker can enter the competition programme.\n\nThe 2026 theme is ‘Shift your gaze to the Unseen’. Separate submission categories include BBB Beyond – International, BBB Creative AI and BBB Gen Alpha, the latter for films aimed at audiences aged 4–15. Submission entails acceptance of the organiser’s participation terms, including permission for non-commercial promotional screenings and excerpts.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.balkansbeyondborders.eu\u002F",[40,44],{"type":41,"value":42,"note":43},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.balkansbeyondborders.eu\u002Fcontact-bbb\u002F","General enquiries – contact form",{"type":41,"value":45,"note":46},"https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FBalkansBeyondBordersShortFilmFestival","Film submissions",1792271455]