Program - Short Films B

Short Films B

Leopoldo from the Bar

Diego Porral | Spain | 2021 | 6 min

For many years, Leopoldo frequented his favourite bar for a glass of vermouth. But the bar isn’t what it used to be. The world isn’t what it used to be. Leopoldo begins to realise that change is inevitable, but he didn’t come to this realisation on his own. An overgrown tattling pigeon named Mauricio becomes his guide, and his urging forces Leo to make a surprising decision.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

The Night Watch

Julien Regnard | France, Belgium | 2021 | 12 min

A wild party with masks apparently didn’t go as planned for the heroes of this atmospheric film. An arguing couple gets in their car, but their drive is cut short. When George wakes from a coma after a serious accident, he finds out that his partner Christina disappeared. He goes back to the only place he can find her.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

Selection Process

Carla Pereira | Spain | 2021 | 4 min

Everyone deals differently with stressful situations. Even a small detail can trigger inadequate reactions. From stupid motivational posters to a wrongly answered question to the disdain of a committee to which you’re trying in good faith to describe truthfully ‘what’s your biggest weakness’. A humorous film about a fateful job interview.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

A Guitar in the Bucket

Boyoung Kim | South Korea | 2021 | 15 min

A vending machine for houses, dogs and showers. The acclaimed author introduces a film set in an absurd world where nothing is certain and everything is contingent upon acquiring tokens which people can use to rent a standard day with standard experiences while hoping their dreams will come true. But the vending machines even offer the people themselves.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

Vadim on a Walk

Sasha Svirsky | Russia | 2021 | 8 min

Self-taught animator Sasha Svirsky thematises how hard it is to overcome one’s fear and step out of one’s comfort zone. His Vadim leaves the safety of a closed square and sets out on a wild journey through animation techniques and artistic styles on a stream of consciousness accompanied by a diverse score. The film was screened at Berlinale.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

Bestia

Hugo Covarrubias | Chile | 2021 | 16 min

The co-director of Paper Port, the popular series for children, has set his latest film in Chile in 1975. It explores the dark depths of the soul of a secret police officer. The director superbly animates a puppet with a shiny porcelain surface reflecting the coldness and cruelty the officer deals with every day.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

Regular

Nata Metlukh | United States | 2022 | 5 min

Green, yellow and blue, striking graphic stylisation and five dwarfs; these are the building stones of this playful film. In absurd moments, a world defined by lines and geometric shapes transforms and disintegrates until someone who can restore its lost order comes along.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

Impossible Figures and Other Stories I

Marta Pajek | France, Canada | 2021 | 17 min

An ominous ticking sound triggers an explosion. Wandering deserted city streets, an elegant elderly woman recalls what was and what could have been. The final film (and first part) of Marta Pajek’s acclaimed trilogy, Impossible Figures and Other Stories I is a mysterious and haunting portrait of personal and societal self-destruction.

Tue 10/5/2022
16.30-17.51
free seats: 195
Cinema City 1 - Czech TV Hall

Thu 12/5/2022
13.00-14.21
free seats: 44
Cinema City 4

Sat 14/5/2022
10.30-11.51
free seats: 78
Malé Theatre

Online catalogue

Short Films B

Leopoldo from the Bar

The Night Watch

Selection Process

A Guitar in the Bucket

Vadim on a Walk

Bestia

Regular

Impossible Figures and Other Stories I