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Film
European BOO – C
On her last evening before leaving, Vera tells her younger sister a fairy tale about the City of Owls, swallowed by an eternal night, where its inhabitants slowly begin turning into these mysterious birds. In Something Wild, straight-A student Zsofi occasionally turns into a bear. Happily Ever After pieces together home videos and memories to form a portrait of a woman who left her abusive husband and children years ago. In Full Nest, a squirrel must make room among its treasures for animals seeking shelter from a flood. And on Easter Day, a young man in the streets of Kyiv tries to avoid the attention of two soldiers from the army recruitment office.
City of Owls (dir. Zhenia Kazankina, 2026, 14 min, France/Italy/Germany)
Easter Day (dir. Mykola Zasieiev, 2025, 17 min, Ukraine/France)
Happily Ever After (dir. Élodie Beaumont Tarillon, 2025, 27 min, France)
Total duration is 86 minutes.
Films are screened in original language version with Czech and English subtitles.
Award for European short film (feature, documentary, experimental, animated). A European film is defined as a film by a European director or a film primarily produced in at least one European country. A short film is defined as a film with a running time of 30 minutes or less. The winners are selected by a professional jury composed of international experts. The competition selection combines professional films and exceptional student works – some of which resonate at major international festivals, while others are our fresh discoveries from places where bold short films are created. We focus on films intended primarily for adult audiences, but we also specifically select titles that appeal to seniors, children, or teenage audiences. The key criterion for us is quality and the search for the best films that resonate across generations and borders.
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