New Talents Competition 1 - ENFF • Filmhuis Denhaag Filmhuis Denhaag

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New Talents Competition 1 - ENFF

Discover the new talent that Eastern Europe has to offer during New Talents Competition 1!

The New Talents Competition 1 consists of the following short films:

IN THIS COMPETITION

Be Somebody (Michal Toczek) - Poland, 2023

An electrician named Wiktor moves in with his family to a new flat. Soon they find out that the apartment used to belong to Lech Walesa, a former Polish President and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, who started as an electrician. Wiktor's wife, Sylwia, starts to make money on foreign tourists, turning their new home into a museum and her husband into Walesa's impersonator. Sylwia's new obsession leads to Wiktor's confrontation with Walesa's legend. 27 min.

3MWh (Marie-Magdalena Kochova) - Czech Republic, 2024

A nuclear power plant worker obsessed with counting has set a maximum limit on how much electricity he wants to consume. But the energy that should have lasted him for the rest of his life is slowly running out, forcing him to decide on its final use. "3 MWh" is a film poem about degrowth and shows what it would look like if man stopped putting themselves at the centre of nature. A 16mm analogue footage damaged by digitally recorded electrical discharges based on the protagonist's voice demonstrates the relationship between man and material reality. 12 min.

How to be a human being (Jore Janaviciute) - Lithuania, 2023

During a conference in a hotel, a woman in her mid-thirties meets a man she used to date in her teenage years. She accuses him of date-rape back then. She works at the conference and must help him prepare for the presentation. They start to talk. It turns out that things were different than she thought for many years. 15 min.

Rhythms of Resilience - Dance with Daily Risk (Vladyslav Detiuchenko) - Ukraine, 2024

This is the enchanting tale of professional dancers Kateryna Kurman and Volodymyr Marchuck—two individuals intertwined in a shared dance against the backdrop of conflict. Set against the turmoil of wartime Ukraine, their narrative is brought to life in the groundbreaking film, Rhythms of Resilience.

Including a Q&A with the film makers. The public is able to vote on their favorite short, the winner will be announced on sunday!

Eastern Neighbors Film Festival

Welcome to the 16th edition of Eastern Neighbours Film Festival! The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF) brings powerful, fresh cinema from Eastern and Southeastern Europe to The Netherlands, offering Dutch premieres and engaging discussions with filmmakers. For the full program, click here. 

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Ondertiteling Engels
Speelduur 74 min
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