BuSho Film Festival
Also known as: Budapest Short Film Festival, BuSho
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BuSho (Budapest Short) presents international short fiction, animation and experimental films in Budapest, Hungary. Its competition mixes these forms within the same screening blocks at Puskin Cinema. Alongside the international jury, a National Student Jury represents students from four Hungarian institutions: SZFE, ELTE, MOME and METU.
The festival dates back to an initiative by young Hungarian filmmakers in 2004, with its first edition in 2005. The Gombolyag Foundation organises the event, which focuses on developing filmmakers and exchanges between filmmaking communities. Film-school selections, workshops and other screenings extend the programme beyond the competition.
Country
Hungary
Focus
Animation, Experimental
Categories
Animation, Experimental, Short
Awards and prizes
The published prize structure includes Gold, Silver and Bronze BuSho, awarded by the international jury, and category awards for animation, experimental film, cinematography, comedy, performance and screenplay. Special prizes recognise Hungarian and international short films and a short film with a children’s theme. The National Student Jury also awards special prizes. The main festival prizes are statuettes by a Hungarian fine artist.
Festival rules
The published regulations for the 2025 edition accept fiction, animation and experimental films of up to 25 minutes, produced after 1 January 2023. Submission is through FilmFreeway; selected entrants also complete an online data sheet and provide a download link. Publicly available films on video-sharing websites are not accepted. Entrants must clear all copyrights. Selected films require DCP and h.264 screening copies and separate English subtitles, including English-language films. Selection cannot be withdrawn because of another festival’s premiere rules.
Contacts
- fest.busho.hu
- info@bushofest.hu — Festival enquiries
- info@gombolyag.com — Gombolyag Foundation, organiser
- 1141 Budapest, Szugló u. 83., Hungary — Organiser postal address