Four new EU members, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic will be presenting themselves in a film program of their own.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2004

Showing in this program

Arlequin

• Kinga Rofusz
• Hungary, 2003
• 6 min.

A harlequin loves to read but his parents can't afford to buy books.

Imago/Persona

• Magdalena Piwowarczyk
• Poland, 2003
• 7 min.

A journey to discover the way out of a dream state and finding the identity in real life.

Parade

• Jerzy Kucia
• Poland, 1986
• 14 min.

About peasant life, the harvest festival and the changing seasons of the year.

Piktogramy

• Maria Procházková
• Czech Republic, 2000
• 10 min.

About the absurdity of life in mass culture, but at the same time about the poetic side of it all.

Repete

• Michaela Pavlátová
• Czech Republic, 1995
• 8 min.

Our everyday routine is boring, but boringly safe. We long for change, yet lack the courage to precipitate that change. When it does finally occur, we transform the change into a new routine. And so the wheels turn, and the machine goes on...

The Triangle

• Priit Pärn
• Estonia, 1982
• 14 min.

A twisted love triangle between a married couple and a little man who lives under their stove.

Time Sights

• Istvan Orosz
• Hungary, 2004
• 10 min.

Time and space are real beings, a male and a female. Time is a man and space is a woman (William Blake).

Year of the Monkey

• Ülo Pikkov
• Estonia, 2003
• 11 min.

A monkey in a zoo is forced to start living like a human being. The monkey is mistaken for a drunken Santa Claus who got lost and ended up in the zoo.