An Evening With Francis Howerd

Denis Chuzhoy: “My second stand-up concert was called “Jokes about Death” for a long time, but closer to the shooting it became clear that it was more about family. So it ended up with a less offensive title. But more truthful. After all, stand-up is when truth and harshness, as they say in the project "Women's stand-up". Our childhood traumas remain with us forever. And you can live with them. Even write almost 50 minutes of jokes about them."

The evening sky that dyes into pink. Super8 early work by Kenji Onishi.

Documentary recording of one of the programs of the "Szpak" cabaret, which operated between 1954-1963 under the auspices of the Polish Radio. The skits and songs are presented by, among others, Irena Kwiatkowska, Alina Janowska, Mieczysław Czechowicz and Hanna Skarżanka.

The girl discovers a ring under a cap in a restaurant and puts it on. Seeing her boyfriend return, she wants to take off the ring, but she can't.

Short student movie made as a pilot for the sitcom.

The film analyses the problems of raising crime among unemployed youth.

The film is built as if out of nothing, actually growing out of that "web" of human relations on which the world rests. The motive of separation from the roots is present in the film, as well as the motive of restoring the way of life, returning vitality. Yuri Shiller's handwriting is special, it is recognizable in the rhythms of intra—frame editing, in branded driveways and panoramas, where, as it were, disorganized life acquires an unflattering depth, and the finiteness of the time allotted to a person, the nature surrounding him, and the world at home in general becomes physically palpable.

A trendy taxi-driver races through the streets of Dakar. His passenger is a western, blonde young lady who doesn't seem in the least interested in her surroundings. He tries to catch her attention and breaks the silence by saying: 'I can even see the wind pass by.'

Arvo Pärt is regarded as one of the most original avant-garde composers. This documentary shows Pärt as a deeply spiritual man whose work is bound up with his religious beliefs. Both he and his music defy classification, and he is determined to preserve his aura of mystery.

Shortish forty-year old Ludvík Podzimek, lute and flute player in a Prague orchestra, is far from being an attractive man. He is nevertheless generally considered a great 'Don Juan'. Women take up with him out of a certain motherly compassion and Ludvík's tender heart does not allow him to split with any of them. His lovers thus accumulate and cause him numerous troubles.

Film production in Nicaragua prevails despite the lack of a film industry. This documentary explores the role of women filmmakers in continuing this art form and their passion to mobilize production efforts since the end of Incine, the only film industry.

French archive images of the Second World War pass in a dizzying tempo. The pace slows when we see images of the liberation. We see happy, liberated citizens, but slowly a cruel scene becomes visible. Women who are alleged to have had a relationship with the Germans are publicly insulted, shaved and beaten.

A director with two weeks left on his latest production fakes an ulcer to pursue a romance with his lead actress.

This documentary is about Ukrainian demonstrations in Milan against the war in Ukraine. A group of people have gone to protest every day since the war began (24 February 2022). Sometimes they do different performances or flash mobs so they can have a chance to be more viral and let people know what is going on in their country.

The plight of two ill-fated sisters separated by the need to live a better life. They are re-united by tragedy.

A girl returns from a trip out of the country and is given a strip-search for drugs when she re-enters Switzerland. Lacking a place to stay, she looks up an old friend of hers and stays with him, working to pay for food for both of them. In the casual manner of such arrangements, several more people enter the scene to stay: a rich kid who has been disinherited and a girl who is an escaped convict. The working girl has been hiding some of her wages in her clothes, and the two young men steal the money, buy a car, and hare off looking for excitement.

We have selected 17 short films on the environment divided into 4 different categories: amateur, animation, fiction and documentary. These short films are in competition for the prize on each category.

Seemingly happy in her new relationship, Kalina decides to gather her ex-husband Peter and her current boyfriend Andrei's ex-girlfriend Patricia for dinner. Mislead by her euphoria, they all accept, not realizing the consequences of the lavish meal, the smoldering feelings and the unforgiven insults.

A noir melodrama depicting an incident in which two people who had to survive in their own way in this desperate world tainted by money and violence face each other as they become everything to each other.

Song Hye Jin's short film.