18th Annual Pavel Koutecký Award and 7th ELBE DOCK IFF | September 4–8, 2024

CENTRAL 3 - short films

6. 9. 2024
22:00
GEH8
ED AWARD for Central European short film
Like a single film frame, insects flash for the fraction of a second, only to immediately withdraw from the field of vision again. What can be seen when familiar filters of vision and the narratives associated with them are missing?
Austria; 10 minutes
Once upon a time there was a Girl that had enough. So she decided to kill everyone she knew and went on a journey of self-discovery with a ghost of her beloved dog.
Poland; 18 minutes
Camila, a 7-year-old girl, goes to search of her brother. She's worried, her brother is missing. After 6 years in jail and 5 weeks free, Jysone has finally found work and knows he can't be late. The fate of our two protagonists will end up intersecting in the worst possible way.
Switzerland, Portugal; 25 minutes
Doomer watches digital content in his room. He watches a techno optimistic explainer, a motivational fitness video and an affirmative meditation. He's been through it all, he's believed it all already, but it turns out he too is just a nonfunctional and simplistic view of the world.
Czechia; 9 minutes
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
Germany, Brazil; 17 minutes