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41 short films from 16 countries have been selected in this year's record-breaking submission for the 4 The Youth Perspective competitions

One of the main pillars of the Spektrum Film Festival program is the The Youth Perspective International competitions. This October, first in Trutnov and then in Świdnica, the festival audience will once again see carefully selected short narratives, animations, and documentaries by young, independent filmmakers, ranging from professional productions to debuts made outside of film schools. This year’s competition submission broke records, with as many as 859 entries!

The 10th Spektrum program includes 45 short films (22 of which were directed by women) from various countries around the world, including Palestine, the United States, France, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Poland, and Belgium. The Spektrum audience will have the chance to watch outstanding titles, some just starting their festival journeys, alongside films that have already earned recognition at international festivals, including Berlinale and Sundance. The main prizes will be awarded by a Jury of professionals from the film and arts industry, while the competition films will also be judged by a local Jury once again. In 2024, for the first time, the audience award will be presented by viewers in both Trutnov and Świdnica.

The Youth Perspective — Short Fiction

– A Cappella, dir. Marcin Kluczykowski, Poland
– An Orange from Jaffa, dir. Mohammed Almughanni, Palestine
– Buzz on Earth, dir. Greta Stocklassa, Czech Republic
– Clamor, dir. Salomé Da Souza, France
– Ends and beginnings, dir. Klaudia Fortuniak, Poland
– Lemon Tree, dir. Rachel Walden, USA
– Les chenilles, dir. Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany, France
– My secret cyberlove, dir. Bartek Stankiewicz, Poland
– Polar bears, dir. Bartek Stankiewicz, Poland
– The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil, dir. Marie-Lola Server, Paul Jousselin, France

The Youth Perspective — Documentary

– Bob’s Funeral, dir. Jack Dunphy, USA
– Clear sky, dir. Marcin Kundera, Poland
– Conversations about death, dir. Józef Jakacki, Poland
– Crushed, dir. Camille Vigny, Belgium
– Debtors, dir. Andrzej Danis, Poland
– Echo, dir. Emi Buchwald, Poland
– Grandmamauntsistercat, dir. Zuza Banasińska, Poland
– Letopis – Martin Hub, dir. Šimon Fridrich, Czech Republic
– Sister of Mine, dir. Mariusz Rusiński, Poland
– The Moon Will Contain Us, dir. Kim Torres, Costa Rica

The Youth Perspective — Animation

– Carrotica, dir. Daniel Sterlin-Altman, Germany
– Curiosa, dir. Teresa Moult-Milewska, UK
– Duck Broth, dir. Maria Dakszewicz, Poland
– Heart hug, dir. Rimma Gefen, Nika Zhukova, Ukraine
– HUMANITY, dir. Tereza Kovandová, Czech Republic
– I Will Die in This House, dir. Adriana Bendžalová, Czech Republic
– Kinderfilm, dir. Adrian Jonas Haim, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf, Austria
– Lick a wound, dir. Nathan Hali, France
– Martyr’s Guidebook, dir. Maksymilian Rzontkowski, Poland
– Preoperational Model, dir. Philip Ullman, Netherlands
– Spring, dir. Pernille Kjaer, Denmark
– Swifts, dir. Ada Napiórkowski, Estonia
– Tako Tsubo, dir. Fanny Sorgo, Eva Pedroza, Germany
– The Eastern Rain, dir. Milly Yencken, Estonia
– The Garden of Heart, dir. Olivér Hegyi, Hungary
– Wild Tale, reż. Aline Quertain, Belgium

Amatours Competition The Youth Perspective

– And not bothered will watch the death in my room, reż. Sebastian Jóźwik, Poland
– Dreamer, dir. Piotr Kaźmierczak, Poland
– En halva av kött och blod, reż. Leo Albertsson, Sweden
– Material, dir. Kuba Dyniewicz, Poland
– PONCHO & THE KID, dir. Franciszek Przanowski, Poland
– Somewhere where there is fire, dir. Alina Podoliakina, Aleksandra Draganova, Poland
– The girls that wore sweaters, dir. Dobrochna Walczak, Poland
– The Purifiers, dir. Teodor Widerski, Poland
– Wicked Touch, dir. Jarema Żądziński, Poland