The name
"BuSho"
comes from a pun (Budapest Short - "
budapesti rövid"
in Hungarian), but it refers to a Southern Hungarian tradition of winter-send-off called "
busójárás
". The number of entries in fiction, animation and experimental category is gradually increasing; in 2011, there were 962 short films to be selected by the pre-jury, of which 90 can make it to the competition. Besides the competition, plenty of festival screenings, film selections of universities, and all-art workshops shake up the program.
