November 01, 2023 - Wednesday
17:30 Welcome and registration
NATFA Hall
Exhibition 100 years Portuguese Animation, presented by prof. Radost Neykova
18:00 Opening ceremony
NATFA Aula
Online at earlybirdfest.org, Neterra TV+, NATFA YouTube channel
Special screening of The Seine's Tears – the winner of Early Bird 2022 Grand Award and Best Animation Award
November 02, 2023 - Thursday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture | Dimana Pastrakova | Bulgaria | 30 |
| Hiatus | Joo Joostberens | Poland | 24 |
| Guardian of the Steppe | Saya Omar | Kazakhstan | 23 |
| Animated Objects | Georgi Genchev | Bulgaria | 12 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99.999% | Alexandra Roberta Serban | Romania | 30 |
| What's Up With Numbats? | Elis Rumma | Estonia | 26 |
| Night Shift | Santiago Lago | Argentina | 18 |
| Plainte | Boufrah Ryan | France | 06 |
| Heart Of Darkness | Soham Pal | India | 23 |
14:30-16:00 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling | Luka Đikanović | Czech Republic | 26 |
| Digital Diary | Yasmine Scheft | Israel | 18 |
| Scene 1 Roll 1 | Muhammed Aktas | Turkey | 13 |
| Boca de Ferro | Matej Matijević | Croatia | 20 |
| Romeo | Tynystan Temirzhan | Kyrgyzstan | 15 |
16:30-17:30 Documentary
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limbo | Julia Pastrakova | Bulgaria | 30 |
| Arsenchik’s First Birthday | Valentin Rares Fogoros | Romania | 23 |
| Echoes From The Blue Meadow | Héctor Hernández | Mexico | 12 |
November 03, 2023 - Friday
14:00-15:00 Animation
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Madlen Zagorska | Bulgaria | 05 |
| Dance My Doll | Jasmijn Kooijman | Sweden | 15 |
| The Loop | Elena Decheva, Georgi Georgiev | Bulgaria | 06 |
| The Tower | Adrianna Fraszczak, Mika Weber, Rene Krisanov | Germany | 04 |
| Cadim | Luiza Pugliesi Villaça | Brazil | 06 |
| Wondermom | Manon Benet, Maud Grainger, Clemens Provost, Lisa Tardieu, Mariam Ulmasova | France | 06 |
| Chatterbox | Kalina Dimitrova, Aleksa Trayanova | Bulgaria | 03 |
| The Silent Scream | Camille Anne, Julie Vandenbergue, Martin Laurent, Elisa Torris, Camille Leroy, Lucas Foutrier | France | 07 |
| Unscarfed | Anita Bruneburg | Germany | 09 |
15:00 Discussion
15:30-16:30 Animation
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hair | Ioanna Digenaki | Greece | 11 |
| The Last Bar | Arne Hain | Germany | 13 |
| The Sound that Silence Makes | Marjorie Dutriaux, Teo Frantz, Violette Talalaeff, Dora Ozal, Damien Rudeaux | France | 08 |
| If We Ate Our Influence | Pika Potočnik | Slovenia | 01 |
| Under The Endless Sky | Alexandra Dzhiganskaya | Austria | 04 |
| On my Bicycle | Océane Lavergne, Benjamin Langagne, Lucas Durot, Pierre Cilluffo, Marine Beuvain, Kerrian Detay | France | 08 |
| Hunger | Hasna Hanafi Rustam | Indonesia | 09 |
| Downstream | Oscar Andersson, Guy Frutiger, Ewan Palmer | United Kingdom | 02 |
| Lights | Jitka Nemikinsová | Czech Republic | 08 |
| The Man Who Loved Flowers | Sonu Thomas | United Kingdom | 03 |
16:30-17:00 Special screening
NATFA Hall
Student Abstract Film Panorama from the 8th edition of Punto y Raya Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
18:00-19:00 Masterclass
NATFA Hall
Online at earlybirdfest.org, Neterra TV+, NATFA YouTube channel
Intercultural Communication and the Language of Film by Asst. Professor Dr. Bilge Kalkavan, Turkey
November 04, 2023 - Saturday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother | Kristian Georgiev | Bulgaria | 11 |
| Christmas Day | Alexandra Pärn | Estonia | 18 |
| Pater Familias | Dina Uglešić | Croatia | 17 |
| Hussies | Despina Mavridou | Greece | 30 |
| Little Detective | Abhishek Singh | Hungary | 13 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentimental Education | Alma Buhagiar | Romania | 29 |
| Good Morning My Love | Gökşin Doğa Egesoy | Turkey | 13 |
| The Psychologist | Andrés Guillermo Barreto | Venezuela | 23 |
| Pitage | Аli Кhaledi | Iran | 10 |
| Happiness is Like Sand | Gaëlle Azzam | Canada | 14 |
14:30-16:00 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diogene | Sellin Gaëlle | France | 19 |
| The Steak | Kiarash Dadgar | Iran | 08 |
| Bend over Backwards | Alexandre Lavigne | Canada | 08 |
| Déjà Vu | Gal Cohen | Israel | 17 |
| Guguto Memeto | Branislav Stosic Jeza | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18 |
| Circus | Ioan-Alexandru Sirbu | Romania | 20 |
16:30-17:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatherland | Nikola Zdravkovic | Serbia | 26 |
| Suitcase | Saman Hosseinpuor | Iran | 15 |
| I know Everything | Rony Moukarzel | Lebanon | 12 |
| 1813 | Mateo Fromont | Belgium | 06 |
November 05, 2023- Sunday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 mouse steps | Boyka Stefanova | Bulgaria | 26 |
| Daughter | Mikołaj Czyżowski | Poland | 15 |
| Tongue Tied | Maria Giurgea | Slovenia | 11 |
| Shitheads | May Resh | Israel | 18 |
| Ride for a Night | Aleks Nikolov | Bulgaria | 15 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Road to Lachin | Edvard Kazaryan | Russia | 30 |
| The Beginning of What | Mika Friehmann | Israel | 08 |
| Stateless | Tawfik Sabouni | Belgium | 26 |
| Bread and Pomegranate | Mahtab Hasani | Italy | 10 |
| Swannsong | Luka Davignon | France | 18 |
14:30-15:30 Documentary
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fragments | Babak Parham | Sweden | 19 |
| 1 Kilo - 3 Euros | Ani Mrelashvili | Germany | 16 |
| Madre | Marius Miron | Romania | 19 |
| Prima. Elisa Carrillo Cabrera | Veronika Pokoptceva | Germany | 11 |
18:00 Award ceremony
NATFA Aula
Online at earlybirdfest.org, Neterra TV+, NATFA YouTube channel