Thrilled to announce that the documentary short film FIVE SEASONS OF MY CHILDHOOD has been selected to compete in the 51st edition of the FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, which will take place from the 17th to 26th of October, 2025!
This film event is a qualifier for the Goya Awards, organised each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The screening will take place on 24 October at the historic and majestic Teatro Zorrilla.

FIVE SEASONS OF MY CHILDHOOD is the new short film by Besim Ugzmajli.
A filmmaker from Kosovo who is a regular at the world’s most prestigious film festivals.

FIVES SEASONS OF MY CHILDHOOD is a coproduction Kosovo & Spain premiered at Tampere Film Festival, Finland. An event qualifying for the Hollywood Oscars & European Film Awards.

The North American premiere of this magnificent documentary was at the prestigious RiverRun International Film Festival.

Director’s Statement:

This is my testament, an elegy for childhood, for friends, for my family.
The ever-present turmoil of how things have changed for the worse has always haunted me.

This film is nothing more than a visual journey through the landscapes where I was born and raised.
I felt I couldn’t move forward in life and in my profession as a filmmaker without evoking the most beautiful but also painful memories from the past.

I dedicate this film to all those who have grown up with me and around me.

It’s tragic that we can’t see anything from childhood today that has survived the aggression of urban destruction.
I wanted this film to sound like a secret tale that awakens the memories of my childhood and my friends, a narrative that recalls the beauty of the past in childhood as an experience that has shaped your enduring character.
My visual testament is a call to give the necessary importance to our childhood, our environment, and the people around us.

The screening at the Filmets competition will be a national premiere and the film’s producers will be in attendance.

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