Celebrating Emerging Filmmakers of the Balkans
Cinema Parallels is a dynamic film festival and educational platform dedicated to fostering independent and innovative documentary and media art, with a special focus on emerging filmmakers from the Western Balkan countries. Celebrating the diversity of regional identities, Cinema Parallels 2026, taking place from September 9-13, 2026, explores the theme Traces of the Common.
6th Edition
Empowering Emerging Filmmakers
Celebrating diversity through innovative documentary films and educational initiatives in the Western Balkans.
OPEN CALL: INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SELECTION
Cinema Parallels 2026 seeks compelling international short films (fiction, documentary, animation, experimental).
OPEN CALL: DOCUMENTARY SUMMER CAMP - PARALLELS LAB 2026 (PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT)
Parallels Lab is an exclusive creative retreat designed to stimulate new talent and cultivate new voices in the non-fiction field, promoting the decentralization of audiovisual production
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Celebrating diverse identities through innovative documentary media art.
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