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Short Film Forum
A DokuFest platform supporting young filmmakers to develop, present and advance short film projects.
Forum Guest Country: Italy
DokuFest's partnership with the Italian Short Film Center welcomes Italy as the Forum's 2026 Guest Country, connecting Italian projects, filmmakers and archival cinema with Balkan producers, funds and decision-makers. This partnership is supported by Italian Embassy in Prishtina and Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Tirana.
Short Film Forum
Grasshoppers
On a hot summer day, teenage Amir spends the afternoon playing football with his friends, but his attention is drawn to Nora, a young autistic woman who lives behind the concrete wall separating their homes. Fascinated by her and awakened to his emerging sexuality, he secretly watches her catching grasshoppers in the stable behind her house. Meanwhile, Nora's family prepares for her sister's traditional wedding and locks Nora in her room, afraid her condition might embarrass the family in front of the groom's relatives. Briefly left alone, Nora sneaks to the stable to catch grasshoppers again, and Amir secretly enters to take his ball.
Their encounter ends in tragedy when Amir gently touches Nora's leg. Frightened, Nora instinctively kicks him away. He falls, strikes his head, and dies. Moments later, Nora joins the wedding celebration, forced to dance while carrying the weight of what has happened, hidden from everyone's eyes.
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About
Based in Prizren and taking place during DokuFest, the Forum connects filmmakers and producers from the region with European film institutions, funds, broadcasters, markets, festivals, distributors, sales agents and potential co-producers.
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Silent Return
Fiction / Director: Dionis Prifti / Producer: Genc Përmeti / Albania
The celebration of letters
Hybrid / Director: Galina D. Georgieva / Producer: Ilina Perianova / Bulgaria
The Rifts
Documentary / Director: Gogo Vanev / Producer: Félix Lambot, Nevena Semova / Belgium, Bulgaria
The Sweet Teeth of Ana and Her Mama
Fiction / Director: Đorđije Petrović / Producer: Jana Rovčanin / Montenegro, Serbia
