Film screening|Film Screening of the Short Shorts from Europe Programme 2020
ONLINE
LanguageEnglish / with English subtitles
PriceAdmission free
To celebrate Europe Day on Sunday May 9th, EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture) is delighted to present a free online screening of its 2020 Short Shorts from Europe programme. Action, animation, drama – expect this and more from Short Shorts – a selection of European short films from the home countries of nine members of EUNIC Ireland. Let Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Spain and the UK entertain you with a variety of genres from contemporary, cutting-edge filmmakers. Shorts from Cork International Film Festival, the IFI and Limerick School of Art and Design are also part of the selection.
NORMA By Agata Mianowska – Animation – Poland – 2018– 7’ – No dialogue
Two young girls try to live up to contemporary notions of beauty. They are both different and, in fact, wonderful in their own special way, and yet neither one of them feels good about herself. Norma and her neighbour use a variety of methods in an attempt to find self-acceptance.
Presented by the Embassy of Poland.
ARTEM SILENDI By Frank Ychou – Comedy – France – 2017 – 8’ – No dialogue
Devout nuns gather in a convent, but things are not as they seem. These nuns are human, and they too commit sins...
Presented byAlliance Française and the Embassy of France.
MI HERMANO JUAN By Cristina and María José Martín – Drama – Spain – 2019 – 9’ – English subtitles
A 6 year-old girl tells an adult about her family, in particular about her brother Juan. She describes what he likes, how he feels about her, how they play together… Soon, it will be revealed that things are not what they seem.
Presented by Instituto Cervantes and AECID.
ITALY & (THIS IS) WATER By Ioan Gavriel & Anja F. Plaschg – Music Video – Austria – 2018 – 5’ – No dialogue
A single day: from the tender break of dawn to the darkest night. One out of many days to come? Quite possibly the very last. Last caresses in solidarity, last minutes in shelter.
Presented by the Embassy of Austria.
GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC By Maryam Mohajer – Romance – UK – 2019 – 4’ – English
A child documents the love life of her Grandad – a man who has a reputation for being a passionate romantic. She tells the story of how her Grandad decided that her Granny must be the love of his life.
Presented by the British Council.
TASKS OF THE DAY By Petya Zlateva – Animation – Bulgaria – 2019 – 5’ – English subtitles
A short visual poem in which the main heroine is looking for escape from solitude in the routine of daily tasks. Instead of getting her life in order, she discovers madness and chaos, which overwhelm her. Based on the poem by Stefan Ivanov.
Presented by Embassy of Bulgaria / State Institute for Culture.
BREAK US By Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair – Thriller – Ireland – 2019 – 9’ – English
Mark and Sophie plan to rob a post office but as things go awry, they each discover what they’re really made of…
Presented by Culture Ireland.
DIE LETZTEN 5 MINUTEN DER WELT (THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE WORLD) By Jürgen Heimüller – Live Action – Germany – 2019 –9’ – English subtitles
What is important when time is up? Five people in the last five minutes before the world ends. Two couples and one loner. The last beer. Quarrels and conciliations. But the impending end brings them together again.
Presented by the Goethe-Institut Irland.
TRIBULATIONS IRLANDAISES By Éclair Journal – Documentary – France – 1965 – 7’ – English subtitles
A whirlwind tour of Ireland in the 1960s, this newsreel documents multiple facets of Irish life. From the blessing of the Aer Lingus planes to Irish dancing in country halls, to Gaelic games and the Traveller community, the film shows what French reporters found distinctive about Irish life at the time. This film is preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive.
Presented by the Irish Film Institute.
THE LAST ORGANIST By Paddy McConnell – Documentary – Northern Ireland – 2019 – 6’ – English
Truly one of a kind, 93-year-old organist George takes us through his love of music and his move from Belgium to Ireland 67 years ago.
Presented by Cork Film Festival.
FOOD CONNECT US By Amerson Fortunato – Documentary – Ireland – 2020 – 4’ – English
Brazilian Chef, Andrios Fortunato, relies on his love of cooking, good humour, and his undauntingly uplifting spirit to connect with a new community in Ireland and feel at home while being abroad.
Presented by Limerick School of Art & Design in partnership with the Richard Harris International Film Festival.
This event is brought to you by the EUNIC Ireland network which is composed of: Alliance Française / French Embassy, the Austrian Embassy, the British Council, the Bulgarian Embassy, Culture Ireland, the Goethe-Institut, the Instituto Cervantes / AECID, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Polish Embassy; in association with the Irish Film Institute, Cork International Film Festival, Pálás Cinema Galway, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, the Limerick School of Art and Design (LIT) & the Richard Harris International Film Festival.
EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture – is the European network of organisations engaging in cultural relations. It advocates a prominent role of culture in international relations and is a strategic partner of the EU.
