EUROPANORAMA 2022 project is presenting selection of newest European short films of different styles and approaches (animation, experiment, fiction and documentary) from young European film directors.

WEDNESDAY, 1. 6. 2022, at 20:30:

Boredom
Dir. Alica Bednáriková
SLOVAKIA
2020
19min.
Boredom follows a life of a young girl, Greta, who is a pathological liar. Using an unreliable narration of the story, she deceives not only the characters, but the viewer himself. This manipulative nature of hers causes an absurd chain of events, after which Greta as a character is, as she should be, completely transformed. Except she isn’t.

Leporello of my Paltriness
Dir. Kristián Grupač
SLOVAKIA
2020
20min.
Quido Habereck is a weirdo, looking for his own place between the worlds on the border of two parallel realities. He invites us into his bubble of fantasy in the form of picture book, the leporello.

Donna Bella
Dir. Emma Virág Csuport
SLOVAKIA
2021
3min.
She feels dirty. Bella wakes up, showers, shaves her legs and when she looks into the mirror the only thing there is her tired aging face. You can wash clothes to get rid of the physical dirt but you cannot do the same with your souls. Or can you?

Searching for a Mutual Composition
Dir. Peter Podolský
SLOVAKIA
2020
13min.
Searching for a mutual composition is some kind of intimate exploring of relationship between son and mother, where we are observing slow convergence of two different worlds.

On the Hill
Dir. Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar
SLOVAKIA
2020
9min.
One evening, a robot living alone in the woods finds a fallen star from the sky on a hill behind his house. He will like the star, so he decides to keep it. Over time, he discovers that the star is missing in the sky and gradually goes out on earth. So he decides to return the star to the sky again, which will not be so easy.

THURSDAY, 2. 6. 2022, at 20:30:

Gaza
Dir. Garry Kean and Andrew McConnell
IRELAND
Documentary film
90min.
This portrait immerses us in the heart of the Gaza Strip among an eloquent and resilient cast of characters under siege. Blockaded by Israel and Egypt, they are witness to regular confrontations between Israel security forces and Hamas, and are impoverished, unemployed and have minimal access to water and electricity. We meet a Gaza City taxi driver who chats with his passengers with surprising humour and candour; a young boy struggling in school but hoping to own a fishing boat; and a young cellist studying law and dreaming of escape.

FRIDAY, 3. 6. 2022, at 20:30:

Closer
Dir. GERRIT MAGNUS BEDUHN
GERMANY
2021
5min.
Lea is Mieke’s planned child and – a wish came true. Living in a cozy home and with a supportive partner, she is truly blessed. Nevertheless, she begins to doubt her luck more and more. When she meets herself, she finds out the reason for her despair.

Synthetic Love
Dir. SARAH HEITZ DE CHABANEIX
FRANCE
2021
25min.
Diane realizes that the man she fantasizes about shares his life with someone very peculiar… Diane, in her fifties, fantasizes about the enigmatic Pierre, who works with her at the gas station. When she wins a trip for two around France, she decides to invite him along. But she wasn’t aware that Pierre already has someone quite special in his life…

Oh Mama!
Dir. VINCENT LAUNAY-FRANCESCHINI
FRANCE
2021
25min.
Ange-Marie is a 45 years old fisherman. He lives with his brother and his old mother in a secluded place, where women are becoming scarce. One day, Ange-Marie finds himself alone on the "cow beach" and sees three beautiful swimmers. The image of these women then haunts him and draws him out to sea.

The Return
Dir. NEFELI RAPTI
GREECE / ITALY
2020
14min.
George returns to Greece in order to help his father who, after his wife’s death, has stopped eating. Their complicated relationship will come to the fore once again, to reveal that what we carry from our parents defines us more than we could imagine.