Belarusian Film Festival BULBAMOVIE (Festiwal Filmów Białoruskich BULBAMOVIE)

Belarusian Film Festival BULBAMOVIE

Festiwal Filmów Białoruskich BULBAMOVIE

Also known as: Bulbamovie, Фестываль беларускага кіно BULBAMOVIE, Бульбамуві
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Bulbamovie presents independent Belarusian cinema in Warsaw, combining fiction and documentary screenings with conversations with filmmakers. Its Young Belarusian Cinema competition focuses on new voices, while the wider programme includes retrospectives, films by Belarusian directors working abroad and music events. The festival dates back to 2011, takes its name from the Belarusian word for potato and offers an alternative to state-run film festivals in Belarus.

The tenth edition dates are 22–24 November 2024 at Kino Iluzjon, with Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny as organiser. Its programme includes a Belarusian Cinema Punk section exploring filmmaking without budgets, alongside separate fiction and documentary competition screenings.

Country

Poland

Focus

Documentary

Categories

Documentary, Feature, Short

Awards and prizes

The Young Belarusian Cinema competition presents Golden Bulba awards for best fiction film and best documentary film. A Polish-Belarusian jury selects the winners; special mentions and audience awards are also part of the 2024 competition.

Festival rules

The 2024 Young Belarusian Cinema competition accepts fiction and documentary films of up to 60 minutes, with a premiere no earlier than 1 January 2023. Entrants must be Belarusian citizens or born in Belarus, and must be a director or producer authorised to submit the film. The application requests Belarusian and English titles and synopses, a private YouTube or Vimeo viewing link, and a dialogue list with timecodes for Polish subtitles. Selection is made by the competition coordinator and festival director.

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