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Europe in Short - Section 3 (2022) Europe in Short - Section 3 (2022)

razno / 95 min

Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny, Impossible Figures and Other Stories I, Handbook,  Will My Parents Come to See Me

Curupira e a máquina do destino
Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny
France, Brazil 2021

directed by Janaina Wagner screenplay Janaina Wagner cinematography Carine Wallauer running time 25'

Filmed in 2021 on the roads of Transamazônica, BR-319 and the real village of Realidade, in the south of Amazonia, Curupira and the Machine of the Destiny is an encounter between the entity Curupira, a queer devil who protects the forests of Brazil, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute.

Figury niemożliwe i inne historie I
Impossible Figures and Other Stories I
Poland, Canada 2021

directed by Marta Pajek screenplay Marta Pajek illustrations Marta Pajek running time 16'

An ominous ticking sound triggers a massive explosion. A swarm of objects and figures scatters unforgivably. In the aftermath, only a few souls remain, including an elegant elderly woman. Wandering deserted city streets, the tired, stoic woman painfully recalls what was and what could have been. As a flood slowly swallows the city, she shares a final moment of grieving beauty.

Handbuch
Handbook
Germany, Belarus 2021

directed by Pavel Mozhar screenplay Pavel Mozhar cinematography Adam Graf, Jonas Römmig running time 26'

In the days following the presidential election in Belarus in August 2020, numerous protests erupt throughout the country. The special police, OMON, take particularly brutal action against demonstrators, which even spills over onto passers-by. In total, almost 7000 people are arrested throughout Belarus. Hundreds of victims recount their experiences in interviews. Their reports reveal a system of repression, which is reconstructed in detail in the director’s room in Berlin Neukölln in the form of a cinematic guide.

Will My Parents Come to See Me
Will My Parents Come to See Me
Austria, Germany, Somalia 2022

directed by Mo Harawe screenplay Mo Harawe cinematography Steven Samy running time 28'

An experienced Somali policewoman once again accompanies a young inmate through the procedures of the Somali justice system.

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