The Fourth Dimension of Europe

The European Film Festival offers not only an international competition, the world classics of film, and films crossing the formal borders of the medium – it is also a choice of European cinema. This year, thanks to the cooperation of five centres, SEFF will hold a review of films from the Visegrad region – from Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. The presentations will be complemented by meetings where we will talk about cinema in that part of Europe.  Their character is similar to that of the presentation of the well-represented young cinema at the Festival im StadtHafen in Rostock.
 
 
 
                    

Past events


Filmy poprzednich edycji

  • Dva nula108'

    Dva nula / Two Nil
    Production: CZE 2012

    ”Only where things can be seen by many in a variety of aspects without changing their identity, so that those who are gathered around them know they see sameness in utter diversity, can worldly reality truly and reliably appear.”
    (Hannah Arendt)

    At a football stadium in the very heart of Prague the biggest Czech football match of the year is about to take place. The live broadcast begins. This time, however, the twenty-two film cameras are not aimed at the pitch, but at the stands. They record how various people experience one common event. A little footballer, a bettor, a member of the security service, a distinguished literary critic, a lady in the VIP lounge or disoriented Italian tourist. Each character represents a unique version of the same match.

     

     

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  • Hviezda

    Hviezda / The Star
    SVK 2012

    The documentary film "Hviezda (The Star)" tells a story of Jan Slovak, a 55 year old welder, who fell in love with acting. His desire began, when he got the lead role in a theatrical adaptation of the worst movie of all time, Plan 9 From Outer Space by Ed Wood Jr. The passion for theatre became his destiny.


     

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  • Menjek/Mardajak: New York30'

    Menjek/Mardajak: New York / Leave/Stay: New York
    Production: HUN 2013

    In the recent two decades, the number of Hungarians considering living in a foreign country has tripled. Leave/Stay: New York is the pilot episode of independent documentary film series on the migration trends, life experiences, dilemmas and world of the contemporary Hungarian youth, the generation of the “new mobility”. Mirjam and Attila, two young Hungarians, the main characters of the movie, live their everyday lives in New York City. They left their home country with different goals; they live lives very different from one another, yet they are bound by the same dilemma of leaving or staying.

     

     

     

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