Country: Czechia • Hungary • Poland • Slovakia| Genre: Short | Year: 2024-2025 | Duration: 86’ | In OV with Ukrainian SDH and English subtitles
Recommended age: 12+
“Where is the place where I can feel peace?” – asks the Stone, the main character of one of the films in this program.
This selection of films is an invitation to an adventure in which the magic of nature becomes your main companion. In the noise of grass, the splash of water, the rustle of the wind – we are looking for serenity, balance and ourselves. These films take us to familiar but not obvious places – to where magic is not invented, but lives next to us.
Aha
Director: Paulina Jaklik Country: poland
duration: 8
Aha is the hidden boundary of the garden in the form of a deep moat. The film is a symbolic tale of life's journey, where a joyful run ends in a fall, and rising from it leads to another stumble. Life is a puzzle of gardens and "ahas."
The Wayfarer
Director: Veronika Jelšíková Country: Czechia, Slovakia
duration: 20
Albert, an old enamel factory worker, always wanted to travel but hadn’t yet. Today he decided to retire. Today is the day when everything is supposed to happen. He will finally see the WORLD. But things start going wrong and taking unexpected turns.
Stone of Destiny
Director: Julie Černá Country: Czechia
duration: 10
The animated musical follows the journey of the anthropomorphized Stone of Destiny. On a path filled with mysterious encounters and hidden symbols, he is driven by a desire for freedom. Singing Stone is accompanied not only by a newfound freedom, but also by a fear of failure.
The last soul belongs to the Devil
Director: Dániel Füzes Country: Hungary
duration: 38
In the cruel world of Hungarian folk tales, everything smells of blood and gunpowder. The three sons of a poor man return home to their father after ten years of absence. But the kind-hearted shepherd, the ruthless outlaw and the recently discharged officer have no idea that terrible danger awaits them at the site of their childhood. Their father has made a pact with the devil: in exchange for wealth beyond imagination, he has sold one of their souls to the lord of hell. And the devil always comes to collect...