KINOFILM Festival Presents EURO CINE EAST PROGRAMME
Tues 13TH May 6:15PM at Mini Cini, Ducie Street Warehouse
Euro Cine – East brings powerful new cinema from across Eastern Europe, with films from Armenia, Bulgaria, Czechia, Poland, and the Russian Federation. This moving programme weaves together family tensions, festive pressure, and stories of survival in times of upheaval.
AND THAT’S FOR THIS CHRISTMAS
Dir/Wri/Prod: Peter Vulchev, Prod: Nevelin Vulchev, Bulgaria, 2024, 14:40 min
While preparing the details for his own funeral, an elderly man realises he will be spending Christmas alone and, unable to fall asleep, decides to spend the holiday at his late wife’s grave.
TIME AND AGAIN
Dir/Wri/Prod: Jack Vincent, Prod; Andrzej Szulc Poland, 2024, 11:00 min
Poland, Border w/ Ukraine : In the height of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an expat war veteran confronts his past demons from the battlefield when his son is determined to cross the border and defend their neighbours to the east.
SOULLESS
Dir: Radda Novikova, Russian Federation, 2024, 7:00 min
It’s hard to hear what your soul cries about. How often you pretend that everything is ok while your soul is dancing on fire? How often we hide our true feelings smiling at faces which hurt us? It’s time to see how far this lying to yourself can lead to…
CROSSING THE BLUE
Dir/Wri/Prod: Victoria Aleksanyan, Wri/Prod: Armine Anda, Prod: Anna Demianenko, Armenia, 2022, 12:10 min
Anoush, an emigrant, who fled post-soviet Armenia from her abusive husband, is facing eventual deportation years later..
THEY CAN HEAR YOUR SMILE
Dir: Michael Jiřinec, Czech, 2024, 12:00 min
Employees who collect debts over the phone under dystopian conditions are liberated from their plight by uncontrollable fits of laughter.
GONE / PRYC. *******THIS FILM TO BE CONFIRMED ******
Dir: Piotr Jasiński, Czech, 2024, 20:00 min
After New Year’s Eve, Jindra and his teenage daughter Bara cluelessly drive through the gloomy countryside, looking for her missing dog. And the connection they’ve lost long ago.
MILES AND FLOWERS
Dir: Danny Volosozhar, Ukraine, 2024, 4:50 min
A buddy road trip about two men escaping war—one trying to save his family, the other seeking redemption.
THE PREMIERE
Dir: Toma Waszarow, Bulgaria, 2024, 19:00 min
On the evening of the premiere of his new film, director is curious to see what the audience and critics think when an unexpected guest suddenly appears.
Total Runtime: 01:40:40
Next Showing EURO CINE WEST Programme Tue 13th 8:15pm.
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