This year the
Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival is developing around the motto “Dare to Repeat”! Supported yet again by the
European Fund for the Balkans,
the 5th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival comes to Sarajevo on 28-30 November 2014, at the art space Kriterion to fill 3 days with short films of great quality, artistic and music events as well as with other interactive activities.
One of its kind, Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival travels every year in a different Balkan city and focuses on new regional productions, functioning as a stage for supporting and promoting young and emerging filmmakers. This year the Festival tackles the theme of repetition: Repetition as transformation, as concept between identical, different and seemingly like, bringing about a reflection on contemporary issues.
The
Competition Part consists of 40 films that have been selected out of 160 from 32 countries. The
Jury is composed of Mr Leone Contini Bonacossi (Italy), Mr Bojan Mucko (Croatia) and Ms Tanja Smalcelj (Bosnia-Herzegovina). The Pre-selection Jury consists of Adela Demetja (Albania), Art Director of
BBB,
Ana Grgic (Montenegro – Croatian), Deyan Bararev (Bulgaria), Dzenan Medanović (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Belina Jano (Albania).
Doors open at 18:00pm on Friday and 16:00 on Saturday and Sunday. You are all invited to join the projections and all the events of the Festival at Kriterion, Obala Kulina Bana 2, 71 000 Sarajevo. The
Award Ceremony will take place on 30 of November at 20.30, where the Winner, Audience Prize, Special Mentions will be awarded. The Special Projection will be a selection of films from
Nippon Connection – Japanese Film Festival, Frankfurt. All three nights will be accompanied with music events after the screenings. As parallel event, video works of Alma Bakiaj (GR/AL), will be on display at the premises of Kriterion. BBB Prizes are designed by Marietta Lyriotaki and produced by Solid 3D Printing.
