short films, 150 min, eng subtitles
A diverse selection of short animations from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Come and cast your vote for the winner of the Audience Award. With free snacks and drinks offered during the break.
Symphony NO. 42 by Réka Bucsi (HU 2013, 10 min) web trailer
Symphony no. 42 presents 47 observations in the irrational connections between human and nature.
Baths / £aŸnia by Tomasz Ducki (PL 2013, 4 min) web
Two elderly swimmers meet at the baths for their ritual swimming. This time they are diving deeper than usual.
Worst-Case Scenario / Must stsenaarium by Kristjan Holm (ET 2014, 15 min) web trailer
Two managers, Adolf and Rudolf, solve the problem that threatens to ruin the company.
A Blue Room / Niebieski pokój by Tomasz Siwiñski (PL/FR 2014, 15 min) web trailer
A man wakes up in a blue room. He's stuck inside. He can't escape. A window is the only way to connect to the outside world. It filters the reality in a mysterious way.
Rainy Days / Lietus dienas by Vladimir Leschiov (LV/CA 2014, 8 min) web
An elderly Japanese man boards a ferry bound for an unknown island. As he looks out over the water, the falling rain triggers a string of memories, including a childhood experience in Fukuoka and a brief encounter many years later, aboard a smoke-filled seaside train. The only constant is the rain, a woman and Mount Fuji. When the man arrives on the island, it begins to pour, and a mysterious woman on a motorbike greets him…
The Little Cousteau / Malý Cousteau by Jakub Kouøil (CZ 2013, 8 min) web
This short animated film about a little boy who longs for deep-sea adventures in a snow-covered city is a homage to Jacques Cousteau.
What’s Your Secret Of Long Life by Eszter Jánka (HU 2013,1 min)
The animated short film tries to find the secret of long life. 13 lovely elderly animals are ready to share their secrets and give you tips how they managed to live for such a long time. A short but heart-warming interview, which contains the truth about life.
Fongopolis by Joanna Ko¿uch (SK 2014, 13 min) trailer
The young violinist is about to play his big solo with the Philharmonic of Fongopolis city. The path to success, however, is unexpectedly stopped at the train station. In the chaos of signs, advertisements, lights and crowds in a rush, he can not find the way to the right platform. To catch his train he must stop.
Pilots On The Way Home by Priit Pärn and Olga Pärn (ET/CA 2014, 16 min) web trailer
Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous and unpredictable course that will ultimately lead them home, they fall prey to visions and must confront the siren call of their own strange fantasies.
To Thy Heart / Do serca twego by Ewa Borysewicz (PL 2013, 10 min) web
There’s a candy bubble gum, there’s a swing, so there must be love as well - somewhere. A secular litany and a story of a relationship, resounding through a tower block estate.
An Incredibly Elastic Man / Nieprawdopodobnie elastyczny czlowiek by Karolina Specht (PL 2013, 5 min)
A story of a man who was born without his own shape. Constant deformations and squeezing into someone else’s forms evoke a feeling of rebellion in him. Can he live completely independently from others and in isolation from reality? Who and what decides on who we actually are?
Ada+Otto by Ülo Pikkov (ET 2013, 21 min) web
Ada the Crow dreams of getting married. She has come to the conclusion that it is important to be dressed up as sharply as possible, everything else happens all on its own – the pastor always marries the girl in the fanciest dress to the handsomest boy!