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Europe in Short - 1. program (2021) Kratki filmi - 1. sklop (2021)

various / 86 min

Competition Programme

Maalbeek Maalbeek
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, France, 2020, 15'

Survivor of the attack on Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is searching for the missing pieces of an over-mediatised event of which she has no recollection.

Genosse Tito, ich erber Comrade Tito, I Inherit
Olga Kosanović, Germany, Austria, 2021, 27'

Home is complicated, heritage may be a burden, and Tito becomes a symbol of something that once existed – a filmic examination of what remains.

Kazneni udarac Penalty Shot
Rok Biček, Croatia, Slovenia, 2021,15'

Two best friends spend an afternoon on a football field, dreaming of making it onto the local team. However, dreams come with a price: when a group of older boys interrupts their game, one of them sees it as an opportunity to prove himself, while the other one senses something more sinister is at play.

Das Spiel The Game
Roman Hodel, Switzerland, 2020, 17'

 A whistle. It gets loud in the spectator stands. The players protest angrily. The commentators follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium watches him. Now he has to decide.

Normal Normal
Julie Caty France, 2020, 11'

When Dany, a rich heir making up for his existential emptiness by the unbridled consumption of Magic'Powder – a drug with psychedelic and annihilating effects – meets Karl Marx by chance when going through withdrawal, the latter enjoins him to destroy capitalism in order to save the world of men. For better or for worse, Dany yields to his request and turns into a superhero.

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Robot Dreams Robot Dreams

Pablo Berger

Saturday, 27. 04. 2024 / 15:30 / Main Hall

Without the use of words, this animated film manages to paint a colourful and warm story about the significance of friendship and loss.

Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo Dounia et la princesse d'Alep

Marya Zarif, André Kadi

Saturday, 27. 04. 2024 / 17:00 / Small Hall

Dounia is 6 years old. She lives in Aleppo, a thousand-year-old legendary city in the heart of the world. But one day, war breaks out… So she leaves Aleppo with a few nigella seeds in her hand. With the help of the princess of Aleppo, Dounia makes the journey to a new world.

Radical Radical

Christopher Zalla

Saturday, 27. 04. 2024 / 17:50 / Main Hall

“There are so many people in the world who never get a chance. This is a story about what happens when they do.” Based on a true story about an unconventional Mexican teacher, Radical won the audience award at the Sundance Festival.