The specific section dedicated to local talent, open to productions from the three territories that make up the EUREGIO Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino: at BFFB we want to offer special visibility to those who make films in our region, with the aim of raising awareness of films produced or co-produced in the EUREGIO territories year after year.
Local Heroes
Local Heroes BFFB 39
Young talents meet established names, documentary works meet fictional material, classic narrative styles meet experimental forms, short films meet medium-length and feature-length films: the Local Heroes section presents a diverse panorama of cinematic styles from the Euregio (Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino) and invites viewers to adopt different and unfamiliar perspectives. The selected films are always close to our hearts and a highlight for audiences at the festival. And: an ideal meeting place to strike up a conversation with local filmmakers.
The Guardian of Stories by Claudia Bellasi, Markus Steiner Ender
ESP 2025, 74 min. – Italian premiere
Lois Weinberger – Ruderal Society by Markus Heltschl
AUT 2025, 96 min. – International premiere
Non c’è casa in paradiso by Federico Scienza, Manuela Boezio
ITA 2026, 68 min. – World premiere
Oltre il confine. Le immagini di Mimmo e Francesco Jodice by Matteo Parisini
ITA 2025, 75 min.
Il Rospo e il Diamante (The toad and the diamond) by Beniamino Casagrande
ITA 2025, 75 min.
Tracce Urbane (Urban traces) by Armin Ferrari
ITA 2026, 58 min. – World premiere
Dentro Paesaggi di Luce (Inside landscape of lights) by Michele Trentini
ITA 2025, 11 min. – World premiere
Far Finta Che (Pretend play) by Anna Ciju
ITA 2025, 20 min. – World premiere
Fossa Santa by Paolo Vinati
ITA 2025, 15 min. – World premiere
Mais in Festa! Rituali per la Decolonizzazione Agricola by Elda Isavelina Ortiz Rivas
AUT/ITA 2025, 19 min. – International premiere
Memento Muri by Jonathan Bugiel
ITA 2025, 32 min. – World premiere
Seïda (Seïda – Borders/Bristle/Silk) by Silke Müller
AUT/ITA 2025, 2 min. – Italian premiere
Tuifl by Adina Barth
DEU 2025, 7 min. – Italian premiere
Wolkenfabrikby Hannes Lang
DEU 2025, 30 min. – Italian premiere
Awards
The films selected for the Local Heroes section will compete for the following awards:
– IDM Film & Music Commission Südtirol Award to the BEST EUREGIO FEATURE FILM, worth 2,000 euros;
– IDM Film & Music Commission Südtirol Award to the BEST EUREGIO SHORT FILM, worth 1,000 euros.
Participation guidelines
To participate in the Local Heroes section, films:
– must have been produced, co-produced or directed by professionals born in or residing in the EUREGIO Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino;
– must have been completed after 1 January of the year preceding the year in which the BFFB takes place;
– must not have been broadcast by any regional, provincial, local or national television channel, must not be available for free viewing on online platforms and must not have been distributed in commercial cinemas in the Euregio.