We are thrilled to unveil the Festival program, packed with bold and inspiring student short films. Join us and experience the cinematic magic of talented filmmakers from five continents.
November 01, 2025 - Saturday
17:00 Registration
NATF Hall
17:30 Opening ceremony
NATFA Aula
Special screening of The Plain Sings by Gita Feizi – the winner of Early Bird 2024 Grand Award
November 02, 2025 - Sunday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Clay | Kristian Georgiev | Bulgaria | 24 |
10 Minutes Younger | Nisreen Yaseen | Palestine | 11 |
Life, Death & Pickles | Lotta Schweikert | Austria | 25 |
The Missing Call | Alfonso Santander | Colombia | 16 |
Pit-pool | Ana Vučićević | Serbia | 17 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Morning Coffee | Maria Andonova | Bulgaria | 29 |
The Frog | Simone Paggetti | Italy | 19 |
After All | Chongyan Liu | France | 9 |
A Three Dog Night | Ömer Yavuzoğlu | Turkey | 15 |
My Own Body | Katica Kozma | Hungary | 21 |
13:30 Discussion
14:30-15:30 Animation
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Ravenera | Teodor Ralev | Bulgaria | 10 |
Good Girl | Dóra Napsugár Kovács | Hungary | 4 |
Immature | Eddy Wu | The Netherlands, Taiwan | 6 |
Courage | Margot Jacquet, Nathan Baudry, Marion Choudin, Jeanne Desplanques, Lise Delcroix, Salomé Cognon | France | 5 |
Né Una Né Due | Lucia Catalini | Italy | 6 |
Dear Emily | Fernanda Coli | Brazil | 12 |
Narcissus and Echo | Lucia Catalini | Hungary | 7 |
Expectation | Corin Anderson | United Kingdom | 3 |
Turkish delight | Kaya Krasteva | Bulgaria | 5 |
15:30 Discussion
16:00-17:00 Documentary
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Under the Skins | Petar Penev | Bulgaria | 24 |
What Is This Stupid Question? | Yonatan Shabat | Izrael | 7 |
All the Colors of Youth | Agnieszka Kalinska | Poland | 18 |
St. Sofia: The Shadow Beneath Her | Velemir Mitkov , Deyan Evtimov, Hope Miller, AJ Ramirez | Bulgaria, USA | 10 |
17:00 Discussion
November 03, 2025 - Monday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Hitchhikers | Denitsa Ganeva | Bulgaria | 13 |
Last Nights of Summer | Fatema Yasser | Egypt | 26 |
Ends and Beginnings | Klaudia Fortuniak | Poland | 18 |
Diogene | Sami Atil | France | 8 |
Tarik | Adem Tutić | Serbia | 27 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Posterity / Emil Alexandrov / Bulgaria – 20 | Emil Alexandrov | Bulgaria | 20 |
The Gaze | Magda El Bayoumi | Germany | 10 |
August | Dan Grabnar | Serbia | 22 |
Sleeppers | Dimitris Konstantinou | Greece | 17 |
Things I Remember from Summer 2004 | Bat Sa'ar Raviv | Israel | 23 |
13:30 Discussion
14:30-15:30 Animation
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Flames | Aleksa Trayanova | Bulgaria | 4 |
Next Station | Thiago Marsola | Brazil | 11 |
Bond | Erika Imbriani | Hungary | 6 |
Tech Check | Zlatelina Tsokova | The Netherlands | 5 |
Tokyo-1987 | Irakli Belkania | Georgia | 5 |
Dear You | Tanya Bozhinova | Bulgaria | 8 |
Beast | Andrea Miletić | Croatia | 6 |
The Rock Tensions | Markus Lehtokumpu | Finland | 4 |
OMBR | Charles Menet, Mathis Binauld, Célia Rakotoarisoa, Lucie Jelmoni, Margaux Bonnet, Rick Vanel Njike Ngassam | France | 8 |
The Elevator | Oliver Mottram | United Kingdom | 6 |
15:30 Discussion
16:00-17:00 Documentary
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Roots | Nikolai Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 7 |
Havra Street | Mehmet Yıldız | Turkey | 19 |
Freedom | Adrián Sánchez | Spain | 8 |
Lion's Wrinkle and Crow's Feet | Juliette Léonard | Belgium | 24 |
17:00 Discussion
November 04, 2025 - Tuesday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
The Abyss | Albert Nakov | Bulgaria | 19 |
After The Silence | Jean-François Cameron | Canada | 6 |
Pop | Lina Kountoura | Greece | 28 |
The Way Fish Are | Eliya Dekel | Israel | 15 |
Testimony of Disappointment | Magdalena Synoradzka | Poland | 23 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
The Funeral | Petya Maleshevska | Bulgaria | 26 |
The Contact | Mert Erez | Turkey | 20 |
A Warm Night | Andreea Ștefănescu | Romania | 12 |
Between The Lines | Niklas Pollmann | Austria | 20 |
The Things We Do for Love and a Foreign Passport | Ayal Sgerski | Israel | 15 |
13:30 Discussion
14:30-16:00 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Pledge | Kristian Iliev | Bulgaria | 24 |
Jugar a ser mayor | Andrea Gómez Vallejo | Spain | 7 |
Curfew | Yelyzaveta Toptyhina | Ukraine | 23 |
A Pigeon | Vuk Popovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 |
Broken Magic | Platon Ogarev, Marcjanna Lel | Poland | 14 |
16:00 Discussion
16:30-17:30 Documentary
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
A Sanctuary for Authentic People | Alexander Paunov | Bulgaria | 24 |
Offside - An Unequal Game | Katja Stirnemann | Switzerland | 14 |
Istanbul Convention Keeps Alive! | Esra Yıldız | Turkey | 24 |
17:30 Discussion
November 05, 2025- Wednesday
10:00-11:30 Fiction
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Betelgeuse | Pidoux Loïc | Switzerland | 23 |
Summer Triangle | Maryam Esmaeili, Ali Babai | Iran | 8 |
Pitylos | Galatia Lagoutari | Greece | 17 |
Unsportsmanlike | Arina Litvinova | Romania | 26 |
Houdini | Mariusz Rusinski | Poland | 19 |
11:30 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Documentary
Cultural Center G8
| film | director | country | duration |
|---|---|---|---|
The Big Day / Schützenfest | Gerald Weber | Austria | 24 |
Marinică, My Boy | Mihnea Toma | Romania | 21 |
Mitakpa | Shrijan Pandey | Nepal | 15 |
13:00 Discussion
14:30-16:30 Master Class
Cultural Center G8
19:00 Award ceremony
NATFA Aula
The organizers reserve the right to change the program in case of unforeseen circumstances.