Screening Schedule

Thursday at 16:00

Slow

 Lithuania/Spain/Sweden, 2023, 108 min

 

Director: Marija Kavtaradze

Screenplay: Marija Kavtaradze

Dir. of Photography: Laurynas Bareiša

Editor: Silvija Vilkaitė

Producer: Marija Razgutė

Production: M-Films

Coproduction: Frida Films, Garagefilms

Cast: Greta Grinevičiūtė, Kęstutis Cicėnas

Sales: Totem Films

 

Thursday at 18:00

Citizen Saint

Georgia/France/Bulgaria, 2023, 100 min.

 

Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili

Screenplay: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Basa Janikashvili

Dir. of Photography: Krum Rodriguez

Music: Tako Zhordania

Sound: Emanuel Soland

Editor: David Apkhaidze

Art Director: George Gordzamashvili

Producer: Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili

Production: Artizm, Gemini

Coproduction: Mandra Films, Chouchkov Brothers

Cast: Levan Berikashvili, George Babluani, Mari Kitia, Gia Burjanadze

 

Thursday at 23:00

Call of God

 Estonia/ /Kyrgyzstan/ Lithuania, 2022, 81 min.

 

Director: KIM Ki-duk

Screenplay: Kim Ki-duk

Cast: Zhanel Sergazina, Abylai Maratov

DOP: Kim Ki-duk

Editor: Audrius Juzėnas 

Music: Sven Grünberg

Sound design: Sangam Patma

Production by Estofilm

General producers: Kim Ki-duk and Artur Veeber

Producers: Tatjana Mühlbayer, Nargiza Mamatkulova and Darius Vaiteikunas

With support of Eesti Kultuurkapital ( Estonia ) , AVAKADEMIJA ( Lithuania )

Public Fund of culture “Altyn Anar” ( Kyrgyzstan )

 

Thursday at 12:00

It’s a Date

Ukraine, 2023, 5 min


Director: Nadia Parfan

Screenplay: Nadia Parfan

Cinematography: Denys Melnyk

Editing:  Nadia Parfan

Sound Design:  Margaryta Kulichova

Sound:  Yevhenii Chaban

Production Manager:  Kyrylo Rybiantsev

Producers:  Iryna Kovalchuk, Ilia Gladshtein, Nadia Parfan

Thursday at 12:00

Shreds

Ukraine, 2023; 15 min.


Director: Igor Gavva

Cinematography: Denis Tokarev

Script: Igor Gavva

Cast: Arsalan Naimi, Matvii Diakiv, Elina Sukach, Dmytro Pustovoy, Danylo Tsvilikhovskyi, Konstantin Afanasyev, Serhii Hanzenko

Sound: Borys Liepshov

Editing: Igor Gavva

Production: Igor Gavva


 

Thursday at 14:30

The Country of Rustaveli

Georgia/Germany, 2022; 68 min.

 

Director: Erekle Inashvili

Screenwriter: Zurab Inashvili, Erekle Inashvili

Music: Ozgür Akgül, lasha Chkhapelia a.k.a. "Tamada", Shavnabada

Cinematography: Shalva Sokurashvili, Kakha Mshvidobadze

Editing and Color Grading: Niko Tarielashvili

Cast: Emine Sahingöz, Anro Tsirekidze

Producer: Erekle Inashvili


 

Thursday at 12:00

A dead marriage

Poland, 2022; 18 min.

Director: Michał Toczek
Screenplay: Ola Hulbój, Michał Toczek
Cinematographer: Tomasz Pawlik
Editor: Aleksandra Kasprowicz
Music: Pimon Lekler
Production Managers: Klaudia Preyss, Katarzyna Stasiełuk

Cast: Sebastian Stankiewicz, Marta Ścisłowicz, Ernest Lorek, Mikołaj Trynda, Aleksandra Piotrowska
Produced by: The Polish National Film School in Łódź
Co-financed by: The Polish Film Institute

 

 

Thursday at 12:00

Ardent Other

France, 2022; 16 min.

 

Director: Alice Brygo

SCREENPLAY: Alice Brygo, Paulo Gatabase

EDITING: Alice Brygo

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Alice Brygo

MUSIC: Paul Lajus, Fatma Pneumonia

Production: ALICE BRYGO

 

 

Thursday at 12:00

Fairplay

 

Switzerland/France, 2022; 17 min.

 

Director: Zoel Aeschbacher

Director of photography: Dino Berguglia

Editor: Youri Tchao-Debats

Screenplay: Zoel Aeschbacher, Gania Latroche

Music: Mario Batkovic 

Cast: Sokhna Diallo, Elise Esnault, Pierre Gommé, Apollonia Luisetti, Christopher Manzinga, Fady Nasser

Producer: Nelson Ghrenassia, Elena Tatti

Production: Yukunkun Productions & Box Productions

 

 

 


Thursday at 12:00

Far

Iceland, 2023; 5 min.

 

Director: GUNNUR MARTINSDÓTTIR SCHLÜTER

Screenplay: GUNNUR MARTINSDÓTTIR SCHLÜTER, ANNÍ ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
Editing: GUÐLAUGUR ANDRI EYÞÓRSSON, BRUSI OLASON

Cinematography: ELI ARENSON

Sound: BJÖRN VIKTORSSON, HARALDUR THRASTARSON

Producer: Rúnar Ingi Einarsson, Sara Nassim

 

 

Thursday at 12:00

It’s a Date

Ukraine, 2023, 5 min

 

 

Director: Nadia Parfan

Screenplay: Nadia Parfan

Cinematography: Denys Melnyk

Editing:  Nadia Parfan

Sound Design:  Margaryta Kulichova

Sound:  Yevhenii Chaban

Production Manager:  Kyrylo Rybiantsev

Producers:  Iryna Kovalchuk, Ilia Gladshtein, Nadia Parfan

 

Thursday at 12:00

Shreds

Ukraine, 2023; 15 min.

Director: Igor Gavva


Cinematography: Denis Tokarev

Script: Igor Gavva

Cast: Arsalan Naimi, Matvii Diakiv, Elina Sukach, Dmytro Pustovoy, Danylo Tsvilikhovskyi, Konstantin Afanasyev, Serhii Hanzenko

Sound: Borys Liepshov

Editing: Igor Gavva

Production: Igor Gavva


 

 

Thursday at 12:00

Vinland

Vinland

Czech Republic, 2023, 30 min.

 

    Director: Martin Kuba

    Screenplay: Martin Kuba

    Dir. of Photography: David Hofmann

    Music: Pavel Kopecký

    Editor: Michal Bohm

    Producer: Natália Pavlove, Miloš Lochman

    Production: moloko film

    Coproduction: FAMU, Česká televize

    Cast: Vakhtang Chachanidze, Dasha Plahtiy, Sergej Borisov

 

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