We are thrilled to announce that the selection committee faced an incredible challenge this year, as we received a record-breaking number of submissions from more than 90 countries, totaling over 1600 films! This overwhelming response is a testament to the global passion for cinema and storytelling.
After careful deliberation, we are proud to present the 72 outstanding films that have been chosen to participate in the Early Bird 2023 Competition program. These films represent the diversity, creativity, and innovation of student filmmakers from around the world.
Thank you to all the filmmakers who submitted their work. Your dedication to the art of filmmaking continues to inspire us, and we can't wait to showcase your talent at the upcoming festival. Stay tuned for updates as we reveal more information about the selected films.
Fiction
film | director | country |
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1813 | Mateo Fromont | Belgium |
50 mouse steps | Boyka Stefanova | Bulgaria |
99.999% | Alexandra Roberta Serban | Romania |
Animated Objects | Georgi Genchev | Bulgaria |
Bend over backwards | Alexandre Lavigne | Canada |
Boca de ferro | Matej Matijević | Croatia |
Boiling | Luka Đikanović | Montenegro |
Boys | May Resh | Israel |
Bread and Pomegranate | Mahtab Hasani | Italy |
Brother | Kristian Georgiev | Bulgaria |
Christmas Day | Alexandra Pärn | Estonia |
Circus | Ioan-Alexandru Sirbu | Romania |
Daughter | Mikołaj Czyżowski | Poland |
Déjà Vu | Gal Cohen | Israel |
Digital Diary | Yasmine Scheft | Israel |
Diogene | Sellin Gaëlle | France |
Fatherland | Nikola Zdravkovic | Serbia |
Fracture | Dimana Pastrakova | Bulgaria |
Good Morning My Love | Gökşin Doğa Egesoy | Turkey |
Guardian of the Steppe | Saya Omar | Kazakhstan |
Guguto Memeto | Branislav Stosic Jeza | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Happiness is Like Sand | Gaëlle Azzam | Canada |
Heart Of Darkness | Soham Pal | India |
Hiatus | Joo Joostberens | Poland |
Hussies | Despina Mavridou | Greece |
I know Everything | Rony Moukarzel | Lebanon |
Limbo | Julia Pastrakova | Bulgaria |
Little Detective | Abhishek Singh | Hungary |
Night Shift | Santiago Lago | Argentina |
Pater Familias | Dina Uglešić | Croatia |
Pitage | Ali Khaledi | Iran |
Plainte | Boufrah Ryan | France |
Ride for a Night | Aleks Nikolov | Bulgaria |
Romeo | Tynystan Temirzhan | Kyrgyzstan |
Scene 1 Roll 1 | Muhammed Aktas | Turkey |
Sentimental Education | Alma Buhagiar | Romania |
Stateless | Tawfik Sabouni | Belgium |
Suitcase | Saman Hosseinpuor | Iran, USA |
Swannsong | Luka Davignon | France |
The Beginning of What | Mika Friehmann | Israel |
The Hare Woods | Pier Giorgio Rizzo, Luca Giannetto, Gabriel Cama | Italy |
The Psychologist | Andrés Guillermo Barreto | Venezuela |
The Road to Lachin | Edvard Kazaryan | Russia |
The Steak | Kiarash Dadgar | Iran |
Tongue Tied | Maria Giurgea | Slovenia |
What's Up With Numbats? | Elis Rumma | Estonia |
Documentary
film | director | country |
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1 Kilo - 3 Euros | Ani Mrelashvili | Germany |
Arsenchik’s First Birthday | Valentin Rares Fogoros | Romania |
Echoes From The Blue Meadow | Héctor Hernández | Mexico |
Fragments | Babak Parham | Sweden |
Madre | Marius Miron | Romania, Moldova |
Prima. Elisa Carrillo Cabrera | Veronika Pokoptceva | Germany |
Animation
film | director | country |
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Cadim | Luiza Pugliesi Villaça | Brazil |
Chatterbox | Kalina Dimitrova, Aleksa Trayanova | Bulgaria |
Creator | Madlen Zagorska | Bulgaria |
Dance my doll | Jasmijn Kooijman | Sweden |
Downstream | Oscar Andersson, Guy Frutiger, Ewan Palmer | United Kingdom |
Hair | Ioanna Digenaki | Greece |
Hunger | Hasna Hanafi Rustam | Indonesia |
If we ate our influence | Pika Potočnik | Slovenia |
Lights | Jitka Nemikinsová | Czech Republic |
On my Bicycle | Océane Lavergne, Benjamin Langagne, Lucas Durot, Pierre Cilluffo, Marine Beuvain, Kerrian Detay | France |
The Deer | Baran Sedighian | Netherlands |
The Last Bar | Arne Hain | Germany |
The Loop | Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria |
The Man Who Loved Flowers | Sonu Thomas | United Kigdom |
The Silent Scream | Camille Anne, Julie Vandenbergue, Martin Laurent, Elisa Torris, Camille Leroy, Lucas Foutrier | France |
The Sound that Silence Makes | Marjorie Dutriaux, Teo Frantz, Violette Talalaeff, Dora Ozal, Damien Rudeaux | France |
The Tower | Adrianna Fraszczak, Mika Weber, Rene Krisanov | Germany |
Under The Endless Sky | Alexandra Dzhiganskaya | Ukraine |
Unscarfed | Anita Bruneburg | Germany |
Wondermom | Manon Benet, Maud Grainger, Clemens Provost, Lisa Tardieu, Mariam Ulmasova | France |