BEAST 2026 OFFICIAL COMPETITION
BEAST announces the nominees for the Official Competition in the categories of Best Fiction (EASTWAVE), Best Documentary (EAST DOC), Best Animation (ANIMAEAST), and Best Experimental (experimentalEAST).
The selection jury featured Alexandru Ponoran, Cátia Rodrigues, Rita Marinho, Bianca Stanea, Andrei Alecsandru Pantea, Leander Meresaar, Ema Lavrador, and Mona Shirin.
EASTWAVE – Fiction Film
¡Quiero Saber De La Vida!, Beatričė Sofija Piesliakaitė
Upon Sunrise, Stefan Ivančić
Signal Path, Eglė Razumaitė
Marelle, Kristjan Poom
Where Does The Sun Sleep at Night?, Ildze Felsberga
Slush, Aivars Šaicāns, Jēkabs Okonovs
EAST DOC – Documentary Film
What Does the Mud Whisper?, Dea Tcholokava
White Cliffs of Vinnytsia, Karolina Uskakovych
Bad Poles, Kamila Ćwiklińska
Red Wind, Vasilije Bujaković, Ljubica Blagojević, Filip Marojević
Problems of the Entire World, Radek Ševčík
Common Pear, Gregor Božič
ANIMAEAST – Animation Film
Amarelo Banana, Alexandre Sousa
Szilva and Baga, Dominika Demeter
Paper Dream, Laura Boráros
From Narva with Love, Paulina Belik
The Pool or Death of a Goldfish, Daria Kopiec
My Good Boy, Sara Priorelli
Tears, Paulina Ziolkowska
experimentalEAST – Experimental Film
Does the Sea Have a Heart?, Miglė Križinauskaitė
Night Sky Elevator, Csanád Baksa-Soós
PART OF THE SYSTEM, Durim Klaiqi
Summer School, Josh Weissbach
Dragica, Danica, Duška / or / when Zora, the goddess of Dawn, opens the gates of Heaven for Sun to emerge, Iva Radivojević
Uprooting, Patri Preda
Disturbia, Mira Yankova
In Person Only, Tereza Vejvodová
The Official Competition programme of the 9th edition of BEAST International Film Festival will be screened at Batalha Centro de Cinema. The festival takes place from 03 to 07 June across various locations in Porto.
More on the program here.
