Girls in Film Prague, a Czech part of a global platform represents, champions and connects the new generation of women, non binary and trans creatives in the film industry. They present a vibrant selection of short films by directors from the Czech Republic and Slovakia – inspiring and full of talent.
🎤 Films are screened in their original language, with Ukrainian and English subtitles.
Stone of Destiny is also playing in Animania & Visegrad Shorts: Everyday Magic.
❗ These films may contain potentially triggering or disturbing elements, such as, russian language, soviet symbols
🔞 Recommended Age:12+
This program is supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Kyiv Office - Ukraine, and the Czech Centre in Kyiv.
Program partner of the screening: Girls in Film Prague (CZ)
Other screening of the program: September 8, 20:00, ZHOVTEN | KLASIK
ANOTHER ROUND
Director: Olga Zaunarová
Country: Portugal
Duration: 4
Three young girls must say goodbye to the present moment. This short coming-of-age film delicately captures the emotions tied to those times when we have to let go and move forward. Farewells are inevitable—whether it’s a study trip, a summer, or childhood itself.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT
Director: Veronika Poslední, Michaela Kozáková
Country: Czechia
Duration: 13
An esoteric-psychedelic womance about the generational uncertainty of a trio of elderly women who leave their card table behind and go to a dark forest where they have been led by their dowsing. What is about to happen after they mix a compote of glowing raspberries and nightshade? And is behaviour influenced by tooth fillings? You can find the answers in the topics currently trending on social media.
DELULU
Director: Karolína Beranová
Country: Czechia
Duration: 8
The short film Delulu follows Natalie as she spirals through a romanticised view of relationships and an inability to cut off the toxic ones. Using stylised cinematography and shifting perspectives, including VHS footage with a friend behind the camera, the film reveals her delusional inner world. The film is aimed at those who seek subtle stories that resonate with their personal experiences and offer reflections on relationships with themselves and others.
STONE OF DESTINY
Director: Julie Černá
Country: Czechia
Duration: 10
Stone of Destiny explores the beauty of finding your path, even when it’s fraught with uncertainty.
NIGHTS AND DAYS
Director: Daniela Sláviková
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 7
"Nights and Days" is a brief exploration of the joys and struggles of girlhood, focusing on the lives of two sisters who, through intimate dialogue in a hotel room, reveal the secrets of their
relationship, their first menstruation, their first sexual experiences, and a fateful sentence that has forever remained etched in the memory of the younger sister.
AVITAMINOSIS
Director: Kateryna Ruzhyna
Country: Czechia
Duration: 26
The unfavorable situation of the labor market during the pandemic pushes Kateryna to work in a fraudulent call center that sells vitamins that promise “magical” success to its consumers. While this helped to survive financially, months of isolation, irritated customers and a common frustration took her into a vitamin deficiency, so-called avitaminosis.
The film is a journey into fragility and the search for healing and love in an increasingly suffocating world for young generations.
HUN TUN
Director: Magdalena Hejzlarová
Country: Czechia
Duration: 15
A young woman measures her strength against the king of chaos himself. The more she wants to win, the less she succeeds. Through a mythological story, the author looks back to the time when she discovered that there are things in life she will never control.