Seagulls Cut Through the Sky
2023–2024 / Germany, Portugal, France, Poland, Spain / 5 competition shorts
With English and Lithuanian subtitles, 90 min
October 26, 2024, 8.00 PM (free entrance)
Romuva, Laisvės al. 54, Kaunas
Seagulls Cut Through the Sky
As Gaivotas Cortam o Céu
2023 / Portugal / drama
Directed by Mariana Bártolo, Guillermo García López
Cast: Rodrigo Areias, Dominique Welinski
Portuguese, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 18 min
Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.
Sucker’s Death
Sucker’s Death
Śmierć frajera
2024 / Poland / drama
Directed by Krzysztof Grudziński
Cast: Julian Świeżewski, Grzegorz Palkowski
Polish, English and Lithuanian subtitles, 20 min
In a small town somewhere in Poland, “Young” a member of a nationalist militant group, is coerced into planting a bomb at an LGBT rally in Warsaw. Unbeknownst to him, his own brother is participating in the demonstration as a gay individual. The entire situation takes an unexpected turn with the intervention of the two brothers’ mother. “Young” finds himself facing a profound dilemma.
Queen Size
Queen Size
2023 / France / comedy
Directed by Avril Besson
Cast: India Hair, Raya Martigny Martigny, Marie Loustalot
French, English and Lithuanian subtitles, 20 min
This morning, Marina has an appointment with Charlie to sell her a mattress. This evening, she will cancel her plane for Reunion. But they don’t know that yet.
Playground
Playground
Las mechitas
2023 / Spain / drama
Directed by Raul Villalba
Cast: Xavier Miñarro, Juan Gil
Catalan, Spanish, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 17 min
When Uri arrives at a rave in Montjuic, he can’t quite find his place. It’s his first time… But he’ll end up finding a way. A short film about integration at a hardcore rhythm.
Paradise Europe
Paradise Europe
Du Bist So Wunderbar
2023 / Germany / comedy
Directed by Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes
Cast: Murillo Basso
English, German, Portuguese, with English and Lithuanian subtitles, 17 min
On the day thousands of people went to the streets protesting against unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new room while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him.
