Short fiction film competition – part III
WEDNESDAY, 04.03.2026, 16:30 -18:30, (JCK, st. BANKOWA 28/30)
NE ME QUITTE PAS
1962. Matthias, a former soldier stationed in the Belgian Congo, goes into exile on an island in the Mediterranean Sea with his beloved Awa, a young Congolese woman he met during his deployment in Africa. Awa dreams of a better life, a life free from persecution. Matthias hopes to escape his past and, maybe, build a future.
ESP, 2025, 18:00, dir. Karim Huu Do, prod. Zico Judge
GALLINA
In rural Spain, ten-year-old Pablo loves spending time at his granny’s countryside home, playing with his younger sister Alba and his best friend Martín. But everything changes when Martín pressures him to betray his family, leaving Pablo to question where he truly belongs.
ESP, 2025, 16:25, dir. Fernando Reinaldos, prod. Alejandro Calero, Fernando Reinaldos
VENUS IN RETROGRADE
Video footage shot by two sisters portrays their escape from the real world through their phone while living with their mother escaping the same world but with the help of alcohol. Their nice memories are interwoven with the struggles of the family, but how will they snap the spiral?
SVK, Venuša v retrográde, 2024, 14:00, dir. Štefánia Lovasová, prod. Michaela Kaliská
THE SPECTACLE
A young Roma boy is chosen for a television feature after word spreads of his unusual gift. As expectations rise, his quiet talent faces the harsh glare of media scrutiny. What follows is a quiet unravelling – for him, and for those around him.
FRA/HUN, 2025, 17:00, dir. Bálint Kenyeres, prod. Anna Bartók, distibution: Salaud Morisset
COLDNESS
Podlasie, Polish-Belarusian border. Thirty-year-old Paweł lives in a constant rush, unable to reconcile his factory job with caring for his dying father, for whom there are no places available in the nearby hospice. When Syrian immigrant Ali runs into his car, Paweł decides to strike a risky deal with him – he will shelter him from the border guards and help him cross the German border, if Ali helps him care for his father.
PL, 2024, 30:00, dir. Lena Krystyna Jaworska, prod. Krystyna Doktorowicz – Kieślowski Film School
SERVICE
Piotruś is perpetually broke. By night he plays with an underground band; by day he waits tables in a hotel restaurant. During an exclusive event, pressure mounts from every side: demanding guests, an impossible-to-please boss, and a risky drug deal with Joan, a foreign hotel guest that he must bring to a close before the night spins out of control.
PL, 2025, 16:32, dir. Michał Edelman, prod. Agata Golańska – Łódź Film School
