{"id":43048,"date":"2025-06-13T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/?p=43048"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:25:25","slug":"from-irpin-to-new-york-short-films-at-art-film-bring-urgent-themes-emerging-talents-and-home-grown-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/en\/blog\/news\/2025\/06\/from-irpin-to-new-york-short-films-at-art-film-bring-urgent-themes-emerging-talents-and-home-grown-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"From Irpin to New York: Short Films at Art Film Bring Urgent Themes, Emerging Talents, and Home-grown Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"483\">The International Competition of Short Films at <strong data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"183\">IFF Art Film 2025<\/strong> (20 \u2013 27 June 2025, Ko\u0161ice) will showcase bold voices, fresh perspectives and cinematic forms that probe the restlessness, vulnerability and imagination of today\u2019s world. The line-up features more than thirty titles from five continents, grouped into six thematically and generically diverse blocks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"527\">Section curator <strong data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"518\">Martin Ka\u0148uch<\/strong> notes: <em>\u201cThe Short Film Competition regularly delivers the very best of current short-form production worldwide. This year\u2019s six-block programme gathers 36 films that reflect not only the strong thematic concerns of young creators, but also the latest trends in visual style and storytelling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"1925\">According to Ka\u0148uch, this year\u2019s selection strongly foregrounds women\u2019s viewpoints and topics of emancipation alongside oppression, discrimination and abuse. <em>\u201cSeveral competing films revolve around troubled family environments and parent-child relationships \u2014 Venus in Retrograde by Slovak director \u0160tef\u00e1nia Lovasov\u00e1 and Ultraviolet by Belgium\u2019s Veerle De Wilde are prime examples. Political and socially engaged works (Lesya, Everyone Deserves a Slice of the Pie), portraits of women\u2019s lives in Muslim countries (Fertility, Queen) and reports on societal violence (Family Sunday) round out the line-up. Viewers will again find audience favourites and festival winners \u2014 The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Neboj\u0161a Slijep\u010devi\u0107 \u2014 alongside contributions from acclaimed filmmakers (the parental drama O by R\u00fanar R\u00fanarsson) and daring debuts such as Confession by Slovak documentarian Rebeka Bizubov\u00e1. After years with few domestic entries, Slovak work is making a comeback: this edition screens films by three Slovak women directors (Venus in Retrograde, Confession, Hot Flush).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"2370\"><strong data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"1964\">War trauma and intimate testimony<\/strong> form a powerful strand. Animator <strong data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2023\">Anastasiia Falileieva<\/strong> offers <em data-start=\"2031\" data-end=\"2048\">I Died in Irpin<\/em>, an autobiographical confession of life in the shadow of the Russian invasion. <em data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2147\">People and Things<\/em> (Damian Kosowski) tackles identity and memory against the backdrop of Ukraine\u2019s mass graves. In a similar dark territory, Bizubov\u00e1\u2019s documentary <em data-start=\"2293\" data-end=\"2305\">Confession<\/em> confronts the director\u2019s experience of sexual abuse by a priest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2372\" data-end=\"2740\">Many films focus on children and youth as witnesses or agents of social (and family) tension. <strong data-start=\"2466\" data-end=\"2486\">Hana Han\u010dinov\u00e1\u2019s<\/strong> <em data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2498\">Hot Flush<\/em> follows a social worker facing unwanted intimate contact at a turning point in her life. <em data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2594\">1:10<\/em> shows how a trivial school scuffle sparks a chain of adult aggression. In <em data-start=\"2669\" data-end=\"2680\">Cura sana<\/em>, two sisters renegotiate their bond amid domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2742\" data-end=\"3121\">Migration, identity and grappling with the past form another strong line. <em data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"2823\">Lesya<\/em> tracks a young Ukrainian woman seeking a fresh start in a Czech town. <em data-start=\"2894\" data-end=\"2926\">The Ocean Is Closed on Mondays<\/em> blends documentary and fiction in a disquieting reflection on the Latinx diaspora in New York. <em data-start=\"3022\" data-end=\"3046\">My Brother, My Brother<\/em> meditates on memory and loss through identical twins separated by tragedy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3123\" data-end=\"3350\"><strong data-start=\"3123\" data-end=\"3156\">Form itself comes to the fore<\/strong>: from the poetic animation <em data-start=\"3184\" data-end=\"3206\">On Weary Wings Go By<\/em> (Anu-Laura Tuttelberg) to the expressive dance video <em data-start=\"3260\" data-end=\"3270\">Sensible<\/em> (Axel Chemin) and the essayistic <em data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3328\">The Eggregores\u2019 Theory<\/em> on collective memory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3352\" data-end=\"3610\">Across the programme, the theme of <strong data-start=\"3387\" data-end=\"3401\">resistance<\/strong> resounds. The hero of Croatian film <em data-start=\"3438\" data-end=\"3475\">The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent<\/em> stands up to paramilitaries deporting civilians, while the dystopian satire <em data-start=\"3552\" data-end=\"3559\">Quota<\/em> exposes the absurdities of climate-quota politics.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3612\" data-end=\"4043\">The International Competition of Short Films at <strong data-start=\"3660\" data-end=\"3681\">IFF Art Film 2025<\/strong> thus offers not only a vibrant cross-section of world cinema, but above all a statement on the human condition in an age of uncertainty. This is cinema that moves, unsettles and often surprises. Secure your entry into a world of strong emotions and visual inventiveness today \u2014 Cinepasses are available at the festival\u2019s official site: <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/en\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"4018\" data-end=\"4042\">https:\/\/iffartfilm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"4045\" data-end=\"4048\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"4050\" data-end=\"4086\">31st IFF ART FILM \u2014 Supported by<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4088\" data-end=\"4302\"><strong data-start=\"4088\" data-end=\"4102\">Organizer:<\/strong> ART FILM FEST s.r.o.<br data-start=\"4123\" data-end=\"4126\" \/><strong data-start=\"4126\" data-end=\"4144\">Co-organizers:<\/strong> Mesto Ko\u0161ice, K13 \u2013 Ko\u0161ick\u00e9 kult\u00farne centr\u00e1, Visit Ko\u0161ice, ART FILM FEST n.o., LGM s.r.o., FORLIVE<br data-start=\"4243\" data-end=\"4246\" \/><strong data-start=\"4246\" data-end=\"4268\">Financial support:<\/strong> Audiovizu\u00e1lny fond, Nad\u00e1cia SPP<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4304\" data-end=\"4378\"><strong data-start=\"4304\" data-end=\"4323\">Co-financed by:<\/strong> Ko\u0161ick\u00fd samospr\u00e1vny kraj (Terra Incognita programme)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4380\" data-end=\"4599\"><strong data-start=\"4380\" data-end=\"4398\">Main partners:<\/strong> n\u00e1rodn\u00e1 lot\u00e9riov\u00e1 spolo\u010dnos\u0165 TIPOS, Slovensk\u00e1 elektriza\u010dn\u00e1 prenosov\u00e1 s\u00fastava a.s., CODES Brand House<br data-start=\"4499\" data-end=\"4502\" \/><strong data-start=\"4502\" data-end=\"4526\">Main media partners:<\/strong> TV JOJ, Pravda, Eurotelev\u00edzia<br data-start=\"4556\" data-end=\"4559\" \/><strong data-start=\"4559\" data-end=\"4582\">Automotive partner:<\/strong> Moris Slovakia<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4601\" data-end=\"4749\"><strong data-start=\"4601\" data-end=\"4626\">Advertising partners:<\/strong> Best Press, U. 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