Shades of Sound Ecology in Aural Design
Delos Hotel
Event detailsBIFED 2026 · BOZCAADA
7—11 OCTOBER
This year’s festival.
44 films, five days on the island, and shared questions from across the planet. Find the BIFED 2026 selection, programme, and every gathering in one place.
Meet the 2026 team
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44FILMS2026 SELECTION
This year’s films
10 FILMS
International Competition
7 FILMS
Student Competition
15 FILMS
Panorama
12 FILMS
Special Screening
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7—11 OCTOBER · BOZCAADA
Film programme
Choose a venue to see its screenings across the festival at a glance. All times are local to Türkiye.
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BEYOND THE SCREEN
Events at the festival
The Material Continues
Itırlı Garden
Event detailsThe Ecology of Labour — Work, Health and the Right to Life
Salhane
Event detailsCollective Film Reading Workshop
Delos Hotel
Event detailsMukufluk — Collective Labor and Memory in Ecological Resistance
Zübeyde Hanım Park
Event detailsSensory Ecology Walking Workshop
Venue to be announced
Event detailsArchaeology and Ecology — Same Questions, Different Times
Venue to be announced
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DAY BY DAY
Event programme
Shades of Sound Ecology in Aural Design
Delos Hotel
The Material Continues
Itırlı Garden
Collective Film Reading Workshop
Delos Hotel
Mukufluk — Collective Labor and Memory in Ecological Resistance
Zübeyde Hanım Park
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BIFED 2026
Juries
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FULL SELECTION · 44 FILMS
All films
International Competition
10 FILMS- 01Switzerland · 2026 · 87 min
Heat
Jacqueline Zünd
- 02Türkiye · 2026 · 76 min
On the Dry Rock
Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Selen Heinz
- 03Belgium, France, Morocco · 2026 · 91 min
The Price of the Sun
Jérôme le Maire
- 04Chile · 2025 · 75 min
Green Desert
Meliza Luna Venegas
- 05Spain · 2025 · 59 min
Time Amongst Olive Trees
Fany de la Chica
- 06Switzerland, France, Rwanda · 2024 · 84 min
Didy
Gaël Kamilindi, François-Xavier Destors
- 07France, Brazil · 2024 · 72 min
Missing Rio Doce
Claudia Neubern
- 08Germany, DR Congo, Indonesia · 2026 · 79 min
Kukata Miti
Daniel Kötter
- 09Suriname, Netherlands · 2025 · 103 min
Monikondee
Tolin Alexander, Lonnie van Brummelen, Siebren de Haan
- 10Türkiye · 2026 · 10 min
Tide
Evrim İnci
Student Competition
7 FILMS- 01Slovakia · 2025 · 29 min
Seablindness
Tereza Smetanová
- 02Honduras, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium · 2025 · 20 min
Oscurana
Violeta Mora
- 03Peru, United Kingdom · 2024 · 9 min
I Walk While The Glaciers Melt
Lucia Lambarri Barberis
- 04Belgium · 2025 · 19 min
Tilapia
Crispin Yanisi
- 05Myanmar · 2025 · 45 min
The Fishers of M...
Paing Aung
- 06Türkiye · 2026 · 30 min
Fishbone on the Hook
Bedirhan Topcu
- 07Türkiye · 2025 · 24 min
Ghost Nets
Ayşenur Sülün
Panorama
15 FILMS- 01Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland · 2025 · 61 min
Requiem in White
Harry Putz
- 02Austria, Brazil, USA, Canada, Germany · 2025 · 112 min
Yanuni
Richard Ladkani
- 03Peru, Austria · 2026 · 88 min
Walking and Singing Endangered Worlds
Eliana Otta
- 04Germany · 2026 · 90 min
Materia Prima
Jens Schanze
- 05Argentina, Chile, USA · 2025 · 60 min
Power in the Desert
Emiliano Rodríguez Nuesch
- 06Switzerland · 2025 · 83 min
Wider than the Sky
Valerio Jalongo
- 07USA, Spain, Mexico · 2024 · 87 min
The Unfixing
Nicole Betancourt
- 08Switzerland · 2026 · 107 min
The Roots of Madness
Edgar Hagen
- 09Switzerland, Kosovo, France, USA · 2025 · 77 min
The Beauty of the Donkey
Dea Gjinovci
- 10Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 2024 · 92 min
The Sky Above Zenica
Zlatko Pranjic, Nanna Frank Møller
- 11Italy · 2024 · 81 min
Dockworkers
Perla Sardella
- 12Türkiye, France · 2025 · 38 min
East to West: Corsica to Bodrum
Mert Gökalp
- 13Türkiye · 2026 · 45 min
I(s)land
Nazlı Ökten
- 14Türkiye · 2026 · 45 min
Human in Quest
Aslı Akdağ
- 15Türkiye · 2025 · 85 min
Slow Death / Yavaş Ölüm
İlkay Nişancı
Special Screening
12 FILMS- 01Türkiye · 2026 · 68 min
Aksona "The Unsung Heroes of the Big Blue"
Ünal Altunyaymak
- 02Türkiye · 2026 · 86 min
Longing for the Sun
Caner Kaya
Resistance with Music - 03Türkiye · 2025 · 108 min
30 Years with Songs of Fraternity
Çayan Demirel, Ayşe Çetinbaş
Resistance with Music - 04Brazil · 2023 · 17 min
Rüya Ağacı
Morzaniel Ɨramari
Indigenous Voices from Brazil - 05Brazil · 2023 · 9 min
Düşünen Bir Kadın
Aida Harika Yanomami, Edmar Tokorino Yanomami, Roseane Yariana
Indigenous Voices from Brazil - 06Brazil · 2023 · 10 min
Timbó ile Balık Avı
Aida Harika Yanomami, Edmar Tokorino Yanomami, Roseane Yariana Yanomami
Indigenous Voices from Brazil - 07India · 2025 · 50 min
Miles Away
Megha Acharya
ALT-EFF × BIFED: Ecological Documentaries from India - 08India · 2023 · 9 min
Lost Songs of Sundari
Sudarshan Sawant
ALT-EFF × BIFED: Ecological Documentaries from India - 09India · 2025 · 27 min
I am Zanskar
Lobzang Wangtak, Akshat Jain
ALT-EFF × BIFED: Ecological Documentaries from India - 10India · 2024 · 29 min
Waste and The City - The Mavallipura Landfill Story
Arishma Rao, Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shivaprasad
ALT-EFF × BIFED: Ecological Documentaries from India - 11USA · 2025 · 19 min
Fog Eaters
Kyle Baker
SiciliAmbiente × BIFED: Island Cooperation - 12USA · 2026 · 9 min
Power of the People
Will Parrinello
SiciliAmbiente × BIFED: Island Cooperation