Once again this year, we’ll be presenting a guest program at the Solanin Film Festival in Nowa Sól, Poland. On Sunday, August 23, starting at 2:00 p.m. at the Nowosolski Dom Kultury, we’ll be screening a selection of the best, most popular, and most exciting short films from the program of the 23rd Neisse Nysa Nisa Film Festival.

The following films will be shown:

Niech Zostanie Bez Tytułu (Let’s Leave It Untitled)
by Mieszko Chomka
PL 2025, 15 min
Neisse Fish: Best Short Film
Neisse Fish: Youth Jury Award for Short Film

In a video diary, a young man shares the important moments he experiences with his girlfriend and his best friend over the course of a year. Many discoveries, major changes, but also a great deal of uncertainty come to light.

Kafirdi
by Yevgeniya Soldatova
CZ 2025, 13 min

Nagriz, a refugee, lives with her younger brother in a motley group of roommates. She recently started working as a masseuse at the building’s illegal massage parlor. When she is raped by a client, everyone comes to her aid, including Daniel. But what now?

*Padá město, něco si přej (*Make a Wish as the City Falls)
by Eliška Dobnerová
CZ 2025, 8 min
Special Mention: Best Short Film

Four witnesses of times gone by recall their former lives in a town that no longer exists in the way it once did because of coal mining. What is left when one’s hometown falls apart?

Salziges Karamell (Salted Caramel)
by Mustafa Khalaf
DE 2025, 19 min

Fey's parents have separated. While visiting her father, Fey brushes off his pitiful attempts to convince her to bring her mother back. And then she finds out about the impending eviction notice. A film about letting go, whether willingly or not.

Martwe Tango (The Dead Tango)
by Jan Seraphim
PL 2025, 16 min
Neisse Fish: Audience Award for Short Film

Stefan is an undertaker who likes to listen to music while he works. It makes him happy and helps him cope with life. One day he finds a tango record at a flea market that brings the dead back to life. Is Stefan about to discover dance?

Immerhin (At Least)
by Olaf Held, Jens Rosemann
DE 2025, 3 min

“There's this TV show or something where a comet is hurtling toward Earth and people only have seven days left. At least that's something.” Or: Better than nothing.

My Motherland is Checkered
by Polina Prokofeva
DE 2025, 13 min
Special Mention: Best Short Film

Drawing on letters from women serving long prison sentences in Russia for political reasons, this production combines 2D animation with theater to powerfully and unflinchingly reveal the reality of the abuse of power, pain, and oppression they have endured.

Snovník (Paper Dream)
by Laura Boráros
CZ 2025, 4 min

When the neighbors are partying, sleep often takes a back seat. Both annoyed and curious, a man decides to secretly investigate what’s going on. What he sees is something he never would have expected.

More info: solanin.pl