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Short Stories from the Balkans (18*)

Kino Bloc

,Cinema 3
A man with white hair climbs a tree in the middle of a wood.

Some of the best recent films from the Balkans, by emerging and established filmmakers, explore sexuality, climate change, recent history and death.

The themes and approaches vary, but in all four shorts the filming camera is present, becoming a witness, an archivist or an accomplice. 

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Film Programme

Hysterical Fit of Laughter (Histerični napadaj smijeha) (18*)
dirs Matia Gluscevic, Dusan Zoric, Serbia/Croatia, 2025, 15 mins

Sneža (Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov) is a general practitioner approaching retirement who also has secret sadomasochistic relationships with various men. When her grown son Momir discovers her secret, Sneža gets the chance to become completely free.

Please note this film contains nudity, sex scenes and depictions of BDSM.

 

Slet 1988 (12)
dir Marta Popivoda, Serbia/France/Germany, 2025, 22 mins

Director Marta Popivoda films athlete and anti-Milošević activist Sonja Vukićević as she trains at a Belgrade gymnasium. Once part of a group performance during the Yugoslav Youth Day celebration in 1988, Vukićević’s body now moves alone, creating parallels between the country’s shift from communism to nationalism.

 

 

Nestling (12)
dir Georgi Martev, Bulgaria, 2026, 11 mins

Left alone while his parents attend a funeral, Pavel and his friends play ‘dare’ around their village. Their game leads them to a bird’s nest, leading to a challenge that goes too far…

Please note this film contains a simulated depiction of animal harm.

 

Common Pear (12)
dir Gregor Božič, Slovenia/UK, 2025, 15 mins

In a not-too-distant future ravaged by the climate crisis, a team of scientists analyse the archival footage of farmers from the past, in an attempt to understand humans’ connection to the natural world – a notion that has become a distant memory.

Please note this film contains flashing images.

 

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