November 01, 2024 - Friday
17:30 Registration
NATF Aula
18:00 Opening ceremony
NATFA Aula
Special screening of Deja Vu by Gal Cohen – the winner of Early Bird 2023 Grand Award
Exhibition 20 years Early Bird International Student Film Festival
November 02, 2024 - Saturday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Sickness and in Health | Devina Vassileva | Bulgaria | 06 |
| Pragma | Bianka Szelestey | Hungary | 30 |
| Sweet, Sweet Life | Nooa Ruuth | Finland | 07 |
| Start New Game | Shai Ezra | Israel | 28 |
| The Other | Florent Thys | Belgium | 19 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two of Us | Simona Evstatieva | Bulgaria | 14 |
| Enduro | Dimos Ganas | Greece | 27 |
| Lunge | Negar Hassanzadeh | Iran | 15 |
| Orange | Nóra Horváth | Romania, Hungary | 15 |
| The Stranger | Milorad Milatović | Croatia | 19 |
13:30 Discussion
14:30-16:00 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Cat | Stella Petrova | Bulgaria | 08 |
| Story of a Night | Liza Chakanava | Czech Republic | 13 |
| The Salesman | Patryk Kaflowski | Poland | 15 |
| Love and Substances | Lukas Treudler | Germany | 13 |
| Very Good Mandarine | Joséphine Lasquier | Belgium | 19 |
| Chasing the Distance | Mauricio Rojo | Mexico | 22 |
16:00 Discussion
16:30-17:30 Documentary
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Spiral Between Sound and Silence | Kristina Georgieva | Bulgaria | 26 |
| The Museum Keepers. Chapter 1. Ivankiv | Solomiia Kozolup | Ukraine | 15 |
| Pasar | Chi Siang, Zenden Tan | Simapore | 13 |
17:30 Discussion
November 03, 2024 - Sunday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strangers | Alexandra Maydavska | Bulgaria | 19 |
| Hedgehog's Dilemma | Mateusz Rybiński | Poland | 16 |
| Laundromat 24/7 | Skaistė Bartkutė | Lithuania | 11 |
| Son | Saman Hosseinpuor | Iran, Switzerland | 17 |
| ON AIR, IN AIR | David Bošnjak | Croatia | 28 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Documentary
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Тhread | Mihail Atanasov | Bulgaria | 30 |
| Follow the Stickers | Matthew Watts | United Kingdom | 17 |
| I Dreamt of a Boat, Manhattan | Luchino Paparella, Alexandre Krajewski | Belgium | 20 |
13:00 Discussion
14:00-17:30 Composing for Film and TV
NATFA Aula
Masterclass by Adam Balazs, Hungary
November 04, 2024 - Monday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
NATFA Cinema Hall
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Father | Kristian Georgiev | Bulgaria | 17 |
| Desync | Minerva Marie Navasca | Canada | 12 |
| Herstory | Tomasz Stuleblak | Poland | 29 |
| Father's Son | Nadan Pines | Israel | 24 |
| La Patética | Ana Revert | Spain | 07 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat & Mouse | Peter Chiviyski | Bulgaria | 19 |
| My Father’s Son | Vilmos Heim | Hungary | 13 |
| I Was Busy Dreaming About Boys | Katharina Sporrer | Germany | 13 |
| Lament No. 1 | Jakub Jakubik | Poland | 27 |
| Bunk | Piotr Jasinski | Czech Republic | 21 |
13:30 Discussion
14:30-16:00 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perspective | Kiara Petrova | Bulgaria | 11 |
| Allégresse | Gillie Cinneri | Belgium | 19 |
| Dog Days Are Over | Kinga Pudełek | Poland | 23 |
| Three Women Named Svetlana | Natalia Boorsma | Netherlands15 | 15 |
| Prey | Marina Fontenelle, Nathalie Susemihl | Brazil | 11 |
| Dictator | Shekhar Bassi | Poland | 20 |
16:00 Discussion
16:30-17:30 Documentary
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slit | Katia Simeonova | Bulgaria | 26 |
| Mr. De Garie | Laura Marroquin-Éthier | Canada | 13 |
| Looking Up | Stephanie Guest, Charlotte Gillespie, Lily Winter | New Zealand | 12 |
| Pasar | Chi Siang, Zenden Tan | Singapore | 13 |
17:30 Discussion
November 05, 2024- Tuesday
10:00-11:30 Documentary
NATFA Cinema Hall
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anima | Kristin Ivanova | Bulgaria | 23 |
| The Other Side of Beauty | Sami Saif Sirelkhatim | Sudan | 10 |
| Marie & Me | Diane Premi | Canada | 11 |
| Swim Higher | Cecilia Palmeri | Italy | 12 |
| OceAnthropogenic | Hafidz Ardis Setiamihardja | Indonesia | 12 |
| The Slow Train: Old Engine Ignites New Life | Xirui Niu | China | 08 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
NATFA Aula
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge of Signs | Gerogi Genchev | Bulgaria | 30 |
| Home Cooking | Ahmet Toğaç | Turkiye | 15 |
| Worker | Mohsin Tariq | Pakistan | 24 |
| The Plain Sings | Gita Feizi | Iran | 14 |
| In Memory | Zofia Sawicka | Poland | 11 |
13:30 Discussion
14:30-15:30 Animation
NATFA Cinema Hall
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garlic Soup | Kristian Zahariev | Bulgaria | 09 |
| Deep Dive | Noga Erlich Kochavi | Israel | 03 |
| Fire and Spark | Flavia Matei | Romania | 06 |
| REM-sleep | Husam Zakaraya | Netherlands | 05 |
| Cat, Fox and the Wolf | Aurore Muller Feuga | France | 12 |
| Tuned Off | Daria Ruseva | Bulgaria | 03 |
| My Father's Car | Jeremy Andriambolisoa, Cérine Raouraoua, William Ghyselen, Benjamin Germe | France | 11 |
| Split Ends | Karly Phuong Kim Nguyen | United States | 06 |
| On the 8th Day | Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois | France | 08 |
| EM; | Pășcan Claudia Alexandra | Romania | 06 |
| Dhakira | Salma Gaoua, Amandine Van Hille, Aïda-Marie Tadevosian, Cyprien Fermaut | France |
15:30 Discussion
19:00 Award ceremony
NATFA Aula