SHORT FILM PROGRAM „TRANSYLVANIAN SHORTS“

Weltspiegel Saal 3, Sat 08.11. | 15:30

Films in the programme:

THE TIE

THE TIE

KRAVAT

Çamran Azizoğlu

TR, 2024, 19 Min

 A prosecutor's electric car breaks down in the middle of a lonely country road. Help comes from an unexpected source: a prisoner transport vehicle. This satirical film asks the question of who here is really sitting in the dock. #short #comedy #female voices #love

SWEET HOURS

SWEET HOURS

SWEET HOURS

Orsolya Orbán

 RO/HU, 2024, 33 Min

Erika runs away—from her family, her past, and herself. Her only friend is the old man she cleans for. But then the past comes knocking relentlessly at her door.

THE ROAD HOME

THE ROAD HOME

DRUMUL SPRE CASA

Marian Fărcuț

RO, 2025, 16 Min

One car, two men, and a lot of alcohol: what begins as a nighttime ride soon turns into a crazy odyssey through the Transylvanian hinterland. With a healthy dose of dry humor, Marian Fărcuț tells the story of an encounter between a Romanian and a Hungarian who don't speak the same language but still find common ground.

OEDIPUS' MORNING

OEDIPUS' MORNING

OEDIPUS' MORNING

Eszter Tompa

RO, 2024, 17 Min

A daughter bursts into the bedroom and catches her father in flagrante with a famous actor in bed. Unfortunately, she wants to become an actress herself. When her grandfather enters the room, the family madness is complete.

OUR TENDER MOMENT

OUR TENDER MOMENT

OUR TENDER MOMENT

Zsófia Polacsek

RO/HU, 2024, 20 Min

With his motorcycle roaring and plenty of defiance, Balázs sets off on his journey into nowhere—until Zsuzsi appears. She wants to go to the Danube, he wants peace and quiet. But the wind in their hair and a day full of detours propel them into a summer romance that is as unpredictable as the Transylvanian landscape they rush through.

THE TIE

THE TIE

CRAVATA

Bogdan Ilieșiu

RO, 2025, 20 Min

A mysterious man, a seductive woman—and a game that quickly gets out of hand. In Bogdan Ilieșius's sophisticated short film, the perspective shifts in every scene: Who is seducing whom, who is playing with whom—and where is the line between seduction and violence?