BOSIFEST 2026 – The seventeenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by People with Disabilities

BOSIFEST is the International Festival Of Documentary Film for and by persons with disabilities, the only one of this kind in the Southeast Europe, which will be organized this year for the seventeenth time in Serbia by the Handy Center Koloseum. As in past sixteenth years, this year on the big screen a great number of films will be shown both in competitive and non-competitive part. So far visitors of the BOSIFEST had an opportunity to watch 950 films that had life of the people with disabilities as their subject or were created by the disabled authors.

In addition to film screenings, BOSIFEST offers additional programs in the form of workshops, panel discussions and roundtables.

Submissions for BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY FILM FOR AND BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES – BOSIFEST 2026 are now open.

The topic is work and life of the people with disabilities.

Submissions are open from january 5th 2026, until April 4th, 2026.

The official selection results will be announced on June 15th, 2026.

BOSIFEST 2026 will be held from 19th to 21th October 2026.

The festival is competitive; the entire program consists of both competitive and non-competitive parts. Films that are not chosen for the competition part of the program, and meet the requirements of the competition, will be in the non-competitive part of the program.

AWARDS:
-Best Film GRAND PRIX 2026 BOSIFEST
-For best director
- For the best-case scenario

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