CONNECTING DOTS | Trans Balkan Race 2026 Documentary

Unsupported ultra-racing is built on simple rules and a fragile foundation: trust. Trust that every rider is facing the same route, the same limits, and the same responsibility to solve problems alone. During the 2026 Trans Balkan Race, that trust was tested. When we first started filming at the beginning of the year, the idea was to document the Trans Balkan through our eyes: what it means to direct an unsupported race from the inside, to follow riders across the Balkans, and to carry the pressure of making decisions in real time. But as the race unfolded, the events on the route took center stage. We found ourselves dealing with something we had not planned to film, and with questions that reached one of the most sensitive foundations of unsupported racing. CONNECTING DOTS reconstructs what happened on the route from the perspective of race direction: the doubts that emerged, the actions we took, and the responsibility we had to carry as the situation developed. This is not the documentary we first imagined when we started filming, but it’s the story we ended up with. You won’t find judgment in this film. Only what happened, how we experienced it, and what it means to carry the responsibility of a race when decisions have to be made before all the answers are clear. Everyone is free to draw their own conclusions. Directed by Beatrice Mezzena Lona & Luca Petrinka Produced by Exploro.cc /   / exploro.cc   Filmed and edited by Nicolò Blasi   / ___.nik._   Subject: Trans Balkan Race 2026   / transbalkanrace