As part of the sixth Bašta Fest, with the support of the Film Center of Serbia, a new industry program was introduced – a free workshop for project presentation (short feature film up to 30 minutes) for young film directors from Serbia – Bašta Pitch!

From 2022, this program become a part of the Balkan Short Film Network and expand to the region in cooperation with festivals from North Macedonia – Dream Short Film Festival and Montenegro – Seanema Film Festival. From 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina joined as a participating country in cooperation with the Association for Visual Culture Vizart from Banja Luka.

More info about BALKAN SHORT FILM NETWORK

Five projects are selected from the registered candidates, and directors and producers in multi-day work with mentors go through the preparation for the final pitch (presentation) on the last day of the festival when the winner is chosen by the jury. The main prize is a cash prize of 1000e for starting work on a short fiction film.

In 2025. the project was supported by the Culture for Democracy program, funded by the Swiss
Government and implemented in Serbia by the Heartefact Fund.