DokuTalks
DokuTalks brings together filmmakers, thinkers and audiences for urgent conversations about film and society.
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
The Sweet Teeth of Ana and Her Mama
Ana is having the worst toothache of her life. She’s a failed actress living with her candy-craving diabetic mother, in a very complicated relationship. After a dozen small defeats throughout the day, Ana gets fired from her babysitting job. Ana starts drinking to numb the pain. In a strange delirium, she grabs the toolbox and pulls out her tooth with household pliers. In the mirror, she breaks the fourth wall and realizes that she’s in a film. Reality shifts. Ana slowly becomes aware of the camera, has a fight with mom and goes out with a friend. Mom keeps calling, Ana rejects calls, goes with her friend to his apartment.
Ultimately, Ana’s paranoia makes her go home. She appears in a film-studio version of her apartment and witnesses her worst fear. Her mother is lying dead on the bed.
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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.
Grasshoppers
Fiction / Director: Hanis Bagashov / Producer: Kasiyana Angelova, Jérôme Blesson / North Macedonia, France
Korridoret e Pritjes
Fiction / Director: Adrian Guri / Producer: Ajola Daja, Adrian Guri / Albania
My Pants Are Your Pants
Hybrid-Experimental / Director & Producer: Durim Klaiqi / Kosova
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
