Bordeaux Short Film Biennale by CINEVERSE
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The Bordeaux Short Film Biennale by CINEVERSE is an international short-film festival held in Bordeaux, France, and presented as a fourth-edition event at Utopia Cinema. It is notable for treating very short films and short films as a distinct cinematic form, emphasizing storytelling, originality, and expressive impact over production scale. The festival showcases films from around the world across fiction, animation, documentary, and art/experimental categories, and it has established itself as a recurring platform for new short-form work in the festival circuit.[1][2][3]
Last updated Aug 15, 2026
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- 5 years of verifiable history
- 1 verified pro signal
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- No physical screenings
- Trust status under active review
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