Dread of Happiness
International Competition 4
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Content warning: Flashing Lights, Nudity, Body Horror
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Sisältövaroitus: Vilkkuvia valoja, Alastomuutta, Häiritsevää kehokauhua
Event Timeslots:
Manilla theatre,
Thursday 21.08.2025
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8€ Buy tickets
Viinatehdas,
Saturday 23.08.2025
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8€ Buy tickets
Films in this screening:
Samuel Patthey:
Voiceless
(Sans voix)
Switzerland, 2024. 15 minutes.
Dan is a young man who spends a lot of time in his flat. His routine is always accompanied by electronic music pumping through his headphones. But when he steps outside, he feels disconnected from the world around him and only finds solace in nightclubs. Techno music and drugs transport him to a world where he can be himself, where he feels free. One day, he catches the eye of a baby which will change his perception of the world around him.
Maida Srabovic:
Fačuk
Croatia, Slovenia, 2025. 13 minutes.
In a God-fearing village lying between two rivers, giving birth to a fachuk — an illegitimate child — is a mortal sin. Everyone in the village recoils from the young pregnant woman who is about to give birth at any moment. In this narrow-minded and harsh rural environment, fear grows inside her.
Lizzie Watts:
FRIED!
United Kingdom, 2025. 10 minutes.
As Dev drives home from a mysterious, ageing nuclear facility, he becomes stranded at an isolated emu farm run by old mystic lesbians. Suspicious of their intentions, Dev fears they will sacrifice him at the local stone circle.
Iulia Voitova:
Long Distance
(Longue Distance)
France, 2025. 9 minutes.
An astronaut prepares for a flight into space, and a diver descends into the depths. The further apart they are, the closer they are.
Ieva Lība Ratniece:
Wandering dot and the blank square page universe
Belgium, Latvia, 2024. 5 minutes.
An immersive visual poem about a journey within a blank page. Is a blank page ever really empty? Where does an artwork begin or end? Are you the one directing creative flow or is it leading you? One may feel a creative impulse, but confronting daunting emptiness as a point of departure is inevitable. The only thing left to do is to make the first step, first dot, line or movement and suddenly the page transforms into something completely else and the multitudes it contains take up life on its own.
Julie Černá:
Stone of Destiny
Czech Republic, 2025. 10 minutes.
Stone of Destiny explores the beauty of finding your path, even when it’s fraught with uncertainty.
Marta Reis Andrade:
Dog Alone
(Cão Sozinho)
France, Portugal, 2025. 13 minutes.
A dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when my grandfather began to experience his widowhood and I was returning from London, a place where I felt lonelier than ever.