SEPTEMBER 17, THURSDAY

19:00 Festival Opening Ceremony and V4 Partners Presentation. Opening Film The Illusion of a Quiet Night. Directed by Olga Chernykh (Ukraine, 2026, 70 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theatre)

21:00 Competition Program: Documentary Short Films “Part I – Society” (85 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)

SEPTEMBER 18, FRIDAY

12:00 Press conference on the Swiss film *Lupi Nostri* by Samer Angelone (Switzerland) (Uzhhorod Press Club)

14:00 Slovak-Ukrainian Documentary Workshop: Green Filmmaking and Environmental Storytelling (“Lis” Art Space)

16:00 The round-table discussion about the Swiss film “Lupi Nostri” by Samer Angelone (CH) and experts (NGOs) (“Lis” Art Space)

18:00 Competition Program: Documentary Film Tandem. Directed by Étienne Massard Declerck (France, 2025, 57 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)
19:00 — POLISH-UKRAINIAN FILM DIALOGUE: SHOWCASE AND PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION
(BAVKA Puppet Theatre)
“Wanda Rutkiewicz. Ostatnia wyprawa”
dir. Eliza Kubarska | Poland, 2024 | 87 min
“Northern Lines”
dir. Adam Łosinski | Poland, 2025 | 23 min

21:00 Competition Program: Documentary Short Films “Part II – Sport” (78 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theatre)

SEPTEMBER 19, SATURDAY

11:00 Workshop. How to Make Your Own Short Film? («Lis» Art Space)

13:00 Panel Discussion. Ukrainian Film Production During the War («Lis» Art Space)

15:00 Competition Program: Documentary Film Our Wolves. Directed by Samer Angelone (Switzerland, Italy, 2025, 82 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)

17:00 Competition Program: Documentary Film The Bear. Directed by Yevhen Tunik, Valentyn Shpakov (Ukraine, 2026, 73 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)
19:00 CZECH-UKRAINIAN FILM DIALOGUE: SHOWCASE AND PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION
(BAVKA Puppet Theatre)
“Better Go Mad in the Wild”
dir. Miro Remo | Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2025 | 70 min
“Machine Mountain”
dir. Terezie Unzeitigová | Czech Republic, 2026 | 17 min

21:00 Competition Program: Narrative Short Films (94 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)

SEPTEMBER 20, SUNDAY

11:00 Workshop. Tourism («Lis» Art Space)

13:00 Transcarpathian Film Dialogue: V4 Expert Panel on Mountain Cinema and Regional Identity (“Lis” Art Space)

15:00 Competition Program: Animated Short Films (60 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)

17:00 Competition Program: Documentary Film Melt. Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Austria, 2025, 128 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theater)
19:00 SLOVAK-UKRAINIAN FILM DIALOGUE: SHOWCASE AND PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION
(BAVKA Puppet Theatre)
“James”
dir. Pavol Barabáš | Slovakia, 2024 | 76 min
“Tourists”
dir. Mária Kralovič | Slovakia, France, 2026 | 15 min

21:00 Festival Closing Ceremony and Awards Presentation. Closing Film Where Everything Disappears. Directed by Oleksandr Tkachenko (Ukraine, France, 2026, 88 min) (BAVKA Puppet Theatre)