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.

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Catalog 2024
Short film

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.

Original Title:

Scene mici dintr-o lume mare

Direction:

J. Švejda, R. Mihály, Z. Paczolay, M. Vrsaljko, D. Tcholokava

Duration:

103 mins

Year:

2022-2023

Country:

Czechia, Slovakia, Netherlands, Hungary, Croatia, Georgia

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