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Film
European BOO – F
In Balconada, a young flutist brings neighbours together on their balconies through music. After a breakup, a thirty-something woman turns into a Hag with snakes for hair. The Day I Licked a Pebble sends three siblings on a mysterious journey through the forest to the bakery. In Please Hold, a young couple orders someone to assemble their baby’s cot, only for the worker to refuse to leave afterwards. Breaking Walls follows journalist Hoi Yi as he fights censorship while hiding his queer identity from his family. And in Intersecting Memory, Shayma’ returns to memories of her childhood during the Second Intifada.
Balconada (dir. Iva Tokmakchieva, 2025, 8 min, Bulgarie/France)
Breaking Walls (dir. Jan-Dirk Bouw, 2026, 23 min, Netherlands)
Hag (dir. Anna Ginsburg, 2026, 17 min, Great Britain)
The Day I Licked a Pebble (dir. Flavie Eliézer & Chloé Bernuchon & Goli Atefi & Maud Kolasa & Nathan Jauze & Marie Pijollet, 2025, 7 min, France)
Total duration is 97 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.
Online presale ends 15 minutes before the start of the screening. Unless the event is marked as sold out, tickets can be purchased on site.
