International Short Film Festival BOO 2026
The best and wildest of European short film, interactive film events, building projections, and an extensive international program for film and cultural professionals, educators, cinema operators, and students. The Smíchov community space hosts the largest interactive industry program dedicated to topics such as audience development, audiovisual education, research into audiovisual literacy, film festivals, cultural resilience, and short film distribution, featuring 30 speakers from across Europe.
The festival takes place from the 2nd till the 8th of November 2026. Besides KPS the festival is being held at the Kavalírka Cinema, the Ponrepo Cinema and MeetFactory. You can find the complete festival programme at the following link: https://boofest.cz/en/programme.
PROGRAMME AT KPS
FRIDAY the 6th
9:00 International Industry Forum
The largest interactive industry programme dedicated to topics such as audience development, audiovisual education, research on audiovisual literacy, film festivals, cultural resilience and the distribution of short films.
Dozens of experts from across Europe will come together in one place to share their expertise through keynote speeches and round-table presentations.
- FOR WHOM: filmmakers, producers, cinema operators, representatives of cultural institutions, teachers, educators
- DURATION: 300 minutes
- The programme will be held in English.
- REGISTRATION REQUIRED VIA THIS FORM
14:00 Workshop: Audience Design for Cinema Operators
A practical workshop with sales agent Daniel Vadocký (Pluto Film) will teach you how to tailor your cinema’s programme to your audience and make effective use of audience data when putting it together.
- FOR WHOM: cinema operators
- DURATION: 180 minutes
- The programme will be held in Czech.
- REGISTRATION REQUIRED VIA THIS FORM
14:00 Workshop: Audience Design for Producers and Filmmakers
A practical workshop with marketing and PR specialist Monika Luczyk, focusing on the principles of audience design, which will help you build an audience for your film right from the development stage.
- FOR WHOM: filmmakers, producers
- DURATION: 180 minutes
- The programme will be held in English.
- REGISTRATION REQUIRED VIA THIS FORM
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SATURDAY the 7th
10:00 Workshop: How to Approach Audiovisual Literacy
Film in the Classroom – News Report with Street Interviews
In this workshop, participants, under the guidance of experienced tutor Jasper Vreken, will create a report on a festival using so-called ‘street interviews’. They will learn how to use a single question and striking, relevant visual elements to create a creative report – for example, on a film festival or a school project!
- FOR WHOM: teachers
- DURATION: 120 minutes
- The workshop will be held in English with Czech translation..
- REGISTRATION REQUIRED VIA THIS FORM
13:00 Workshop: From Insight to Action – Working with Young Audience Data in Practice
Practical workshop by Audience Consultant at PUBLIKUM.io Dea Larsen will focus on how to gather insights from young audiences, how to make sense of them, and – most importantly – what to actually do with them once you have them.
- FOR WHOM: producers, filmmakers, teachers, cinema operators, representatives of cultural institutions
- DURATION: 120 minutes
- The programme will be held in English.
- REGISTRATION REQUIRED VIA THIS FORM
This year’s BOO award and closing ceremony will take place at the church in Smíchov, where we’ll hand out the awards, pay tribute to short films, and perhaps, for a moment, feel as though everything has some meaning.
The evening will be hosted by captain Láďa Čumba.
- The ceremony is by invitation only.
Supported by: International Visegrad Fund, State Fund for Audiovisual Arts, Creative Europe MEDIA, Erasmus+, Capital City of Prague, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague 5 Municipal District, Creative Europe MEDIA Office
The Czech-German programme was supported by: Czech-German Future Fund
Semaine de la Critique Echoes Partner: the Ponrepo Cinema
