❗ Trigger/content warning: nudity, sex, death, animal crualty, blood
Additional screening: 13 september / 18:00 / Kinoman hall (Zhovten Cinema)
A retiree trying to go to Hell to meet her son. A young woman trying to catch a perfect man fallen from the sky. An ornithologist trying to blackmail a confectioneer. The European Space Agency trying to send a message to the aliens. These and other attempts in this year's edition of Comedies.
MARTINGALE
Director: Marthe Verdet
Country: France
Duration: 16
Océane has finally found a job for the summer and with it, the martingale to make the ideal man fall from the sky.
CREAMY
Director: Bálint Dániel Sós
Country: Hungary
Duration: 5
An amateur ornithologist confronts a blithe confectioner. A tale of adultery, blackmail, and violence unfolds in a small countryside pastry shop.
PATHOLOGICAL
Director: Alison Rich
Country: USA
Duration: 16
A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE
Director: Lasse Lyskjær Noer
Country: Denmark
Duration: 24
The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, this is too much for Karl to face. It is much easier to fix a broken lamp. Then he meets Torben - a destined brother. An absurd, humourous, and melodic meeting between two old men captured by grief.
Mischievous Lucita and Her Guide on How to Go to Hell
Director: Ángel Quel
Country: Spain
Duration: 13
Lucita is a 65-year-old woman who lives alone in a flat in the city of Valencia. She says that one night, after cooking dinner, she looked out onto the street and saw the Santa Compaña in procession. Now, a year after she saw it, she is preparing to die so that she can visit her son Vicente in hell.
BUZZ OF THE EARTH
Director: Greta Stocklassa
Country: Czechia
Duration: 28
The European Space Agency forms a team of scientists to craft a message to send to alien civilizations. As they work to compile a comprehensive report on humanity, the team is faced with unexpected challenges, including debates on what should be said and how it should be expressed. The film takes a humorous look at the complexities of human existence.