The films that will compete in the 8th Balkan Panorama Film Festival, which will be held in Izmir between 21 – 27 May, 2022 hosted by the Buca Municipality and supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, have been announced. Applications for competition and non-competition programs were made online and free of charge from the festival's official website between 20 December 2021 - 04 March 2022. The festival, which accepted applications from 16 Balkan countries, was met with great interest. A total of 614 applications were received, with 115 foreign feature films, 349 foreign short films, 21 domestic feature films and 129 domestic short films. As a result of the evaluation made by the six-member preliminary jury, the films that will compete in the International Short Film Competition for the Yellow Umbrella Award at the 8th Balkan Panorama Film Festival have been determined: