Small Scenes of Big World

A selection of short films presenting a diverse mix of stories and world views that touch on diverse aspects of human life in different parts of Europe – from political protests in the Czech Republic to everyday situations in Georgia.

• Vox Populi (Josef Švejda, 2022, Czech Republic, 20 min)

  • Václav Klaus, Jana Peterková, Daniel Landa, and hundreds of others express their disagreement with the government measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 through protests.

• The Most Beautiful Corner in the World (Róbert Mihály, 2022, Slovakia, 25 min)

  • A fictional television show hosted by Ukrainian immigrant Zoya Zorkina presents the Slovak people from the perspective of their political thinking.

• Budapest Siló (Zsófia Paczolay, 2022, Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium, 25 min)

  • József Böde works at a large construction site in Budapest, where inhaling dust has caused him serious respiratory health issues, which he is trying to recover from.

• Knin - Zadar (Melita Vrsaljko, 2023, Croatia, 15 min)

  • A day in the life of an employee of the Croatian Railways taking care of the premises of former stations along the Knin-Zadar railway line offers insight into the history of the region.

• Traffic Diary (Dea Tcholokava, 2023, Georgia, 18 min)

  • Various Georgians in Tbilisi contemplate (not only) what being stuck in traffic means to them but also about the act of contemplating itself during this situation.