The Complete Program of 19. Pragueshorts Is Here!

The 19th Pragueshorts Film Festival has officially released its complete program. The tickets for the physical part of the festival, which will take place from February 26 until March 2 in Prague cinemas Světozor, Bio Oko, Ponrepo and Kino Pilotů, are on sale here. 

The festival will officially open on Wednesday 26 February at the Bio Oko with a block of films titled Relax, It’s Not Real featuring shorts by directors Coralie Fargeat (nominated for an Oscar for The Substance) and Alice Rohrwacher, among others.

The International Competition presents a genre- and geographically diverse selection of 26 films from 23 countries, including Oscar nominees and films that were a hit at Cannes, Berlin, and Venice.

Another competition section, LABO, consists of eight experimental films defined by a desire for exploration.

The third competition section is the National Competition, where audiences can see 15 outstanding examples of domestic filmmaking.

As in the past, this year’s festival will feature the popular Brutal Relax Show, an evening of horror and frighteningly funny and disturbing films moderated by Jan Špaček, plus weekend screenings for kids and their parents.

Also on the program are a special section titled Hot Topic: My Body exploring the topics of self-acceptance, identity, and the body; a section titled We Love Barry Keoghan, which will delight fans of this talented actor; and a tribute to the NEOZOON art collective.

The winners of the 19th Pragueshorts Film Festival will be announced on Saturday 1 March at the Bio Oko cinema during the festival’s Long Night with Short Film. On Sunday 2 March, Pragueshorts moves to the KVIFF.TV streaming platform, where around 60 films from the festival program will be available for online viewing.