GIRLS IN FILM 2023
13. and 18.9. 2023
Girls in Film in cooperation with iShorts opens yet another season of the short film screenings with a new selection of the newest short films from directresses from all over the world. Different genres, themes but also visual approaches that resonated at festivals and with audiences and that prove how diverse can films be when their authors are also diverse.
Sea Salt (Czech Republic, Lebanon, Quatar)
Director: Leila Basma | Producer: Natalia Pavlove |
Star: Nathalie Issa, Farid Chawki, George Matar, Hiba Chihane, Rabih Abdo |
Year: 2023 | Length: 19 min | Live Action |
17-year-old Nayla in a hot summer day on the southern seaside of Lebanon is faced with the same dilemma as any other young person in Lebanon: to leave or to stay. Two men in her life who have set ideas about it might get surprised.
Does Your Condom Make You Fat? (UNITED KINGDOM)
Director: Sophie King | Producers: Siona Davis, Mustapha Wehbi, Cat White |
Star: Luca Phoenix Bond, Juliet Cowan, Áine Rose Daly |
Year: 2023 | Length: 10 min | Live Action |
In a world where men can get pregnant, Owen wakes up with more than a hangover to fix.
Stuck Together (Czech Republic)
Director: Anna Wowra | Producer: FAMU |
Star: Tereza Ševčíková, Natálie Šilarová, Sára Havlíková, Petr Uhlík |
Year: 2023 | Length: 22 min | Live Action |
Another dreary day in a small town. Viki, Sára, and Kiki, three inseparable friends since childhood, are planning to spend their free afternoon the same way they always do: vodka, cigarettes, talking about everything and nothing. But their group dynamic is different today, more explosive: one of them has reached the second round in a casting call for a modeling job, thus raising her chances of leaving this place of dashed hopes and dreams. Her friends might be willing to support her, if only their anger, sadness, and envy weren’t so powerful…
Rising Above (Czech Republic)
Director: Natálie Durchánková | Producer: FAMU |
Year: 2023 | Length: 4 min | Animation |
This anidoc depicts the story and feelings of a woman who became a victim of rape and attempted murder. Her severe trauma is symbolised by a broken mirror and her futile effort to put the pieces back together. A deep probe into her mind maps the way to come to terms with this experience – at least partially.
Dinner for 2, Breakfast for 1 (Slovakia)
Director: Kristína Žilinčárová | Producer: VŠMU |
Star: Karina Golisová, Boris Javorský |
Year: 2022 | Length: 4 min | Live Action |
A young woman who craves for more recounts the story of a special dinner. A film about eating and female desire that genre-wise oscillates between fashion film, horror, video clip, and drama.
Total length of the screening 78 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
