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Film
European BOO – B
A romantic New Year’s Eve in Sauna Sickness turns into a tense test of a relationship and of Cleo’s own perception of reality. Bad Ideas brings together a musical page-turner, pianists and gangsters in an absurd comedy. In Tourists, Hana and Kornel get lost in the forest, exposing the cracks in their stagnant marriage. Volklore moves through Czech folklore, social media, fashion and marketing, asking what authenticity still means. And in Into the Forest, three monkeys trapped in a frozen stop-motion studio build their own jungle as a way out.
Bad Ideas (dir. Jan Bujnowski, 2025, 12 min, Poland)
Into the Forest (dir. Antonin Niclass, 2026, 10 min, Switzerland)
Sauna Sickness (dir. Malin Barr, 2026, 15 min, Sweden)
Total duration is 68 minutes.
Films are screened in original language version with Czech and English subtitles.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the authors. The discussion will be held in English.
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.
