Programme 2019
Monday
PRESS CONFERENCE Wiz-Art 2019
11:00 · press conference · 1 hour
at 11:00 am at the small convention room of Lviv City Hall
OPENING. SOUND & VISION
19:00 · films & music · 2,5 hours
We will spend the evening in the company of Katarina Gryvul, Maryana Klochko, Melancholy Drive, Pilikayu, Dalebi, Andrii Kovalskyi & Ivan Ostapovych while the unsurpassed master of irony and our presenter Bohdan Shumylovych will create the atmosphere of the event.
THE TRAIN, THE FOREST 3′ Patrick Buhr Germany 2017
ARTEM SILENDI 5′ Frank Ychou France 2017
BLESS YOU! 4′ Paulina Ziółkowska Poland 2018
POLITIK 2′ Antonello Matarazzo Italy 2017
LIVING LIKE HETA 6′ Bianca Caderas Switzerland 2017
HYBRIDS 6′ Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Roman Thirion France 2017
KIDS 9′ Michael Frei Switzerland 2019
BIRTHPLACE 6′ Sil van der Woeld Netherlands 2018
Lviv Organ Hall, st. Stepan Bandery, 8
Tuesday
I WANT TO BELIEVE
18:30 · screening & discussion · 2 hours
Psychological screening moderated by Educational Center for Human Rights in Lviv.
SELFIES 4′ Claudius Gentinetta Switzerland 2018
UNDER THE RIB CAGE 13′ Bruno Tondeur Belgium 2018
THE NUMBER 14′ Manuela Grey United Kingdom 2017
SKIN 20′ Guy Nattiv USA 2018
BEING MORE LIKE BAGSY 16′ Mikkel Storm Glomstein Norway 2018
NUIT 6’ Grzegorz Kielawski, Alexander Bayer Poland 2018
TITHES & OFFERING 16′ Tony Koros Kenya 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
Wednesday
EUROPEAN AUDIENCE AWARD. PART 1
18:30 · screening · 1,5 hours
BETWEEN THE SHADOWS 13′ Mónica Santos, Alice Guimarães Portugal 2018
VIHTA 21′ François Bierry Belgium 2018
DREGS 28′ Kordian Kadziela Poland 2017
NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB 17′ Yves Piat France 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
EUROPEAN AUDIENCE AWARD. PART 2
20:00 · screening · 1,5 hours
UNTITLED (BURNED RUBBER ON ASPHALT) 21′ Tinja Ruusuvuori Finland 2018
MIA DONNA 17′ Pavlo Ostrikov Ukraine 2018
HOMO LUDENS 27′ Sanne Rovers Netherlands 2018
BAD LESBIAN 12′ Irene Moray Spain 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
URBAN MOSAIC
20:30 · open air screening · 1,5 hours
HANGING AROUND 10′ Pilar Bebea Hungary 2018
OPERATION JANE WALK 16′ Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel Austria 2018
FACADE COLOUR: BLUE 22′ Oleksiy Radynski Ukraine 2019
TAPUME 6′ Hugo Faraco United States 2018
EREBETA 3′ François Vogel France 2019
WIN-WIN 6′ Niina Walter, Germany 2018
Square in front of Stepan Bandery monument
Free entrance
Thursday
MYKYTA LYSKOV. Author animation
17:00 · workshop · 2 hours
During the workshop, Mykyta will show his animated films, tell about the creation process in detail, where ideas come from and why in Ukraine to engage oneself in author animation.
Lviv, Kinopalace, art hall
Free entrance
ARCHIVES OF MEMORY
18:30 · screening · 1,5 hours
22nd of August at 6.30 pm we’ll watch a special selection of shorts from all around the world demonstrates the variety of archives and approaches to work with them and impresses with the intimacy of its narrative.
THE YELLOW MAZDA AND HIS LONELINESS 10′ Sandra Heremans Rwanda 2018
THE TREE 6′ Oleg Chornyi, Viktor Kyzyma Ukraine 2019
CAN’T YOU SEE THEM? – REPEAT 8′ Clarissa Thieme Germany 2019
THE MIGRATING IMAGE 28′ Stefan Kruse Denmark 2018
SAHARA PALACE 8′ Zélie Durand-Khalifat France 2018
ORBAINAK (THE SCARS) 29′ Jorge Moneo Quintana Spain 2019
THE CUP IS ALREADY FILLING UP 8′ Debora Elgeholm Sweden 2018
STRZHYGON AND HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM 5′ Kajetan Obarski Poland 2019
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
MIDNIGHT SEXY SHORTS
19:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
Intimate portraits, conversations, hesitation, and prohibition. Is it only about sex? Many ask about it. We can confirm – not only but it is.
FLORA 5′ Chaerin Im United States 2018
SUMMER HIT 19′ Berthold Wahjudi Germany 2019
RUBBER DOLPHIN 30′ Ori Aharon Israel 2018
CYCLISTS 8′ Veljko Popovic Croatia 2018
SLUG LIFE 7′ Sophie Koko Gate United Kingdom 2018
SARA′S INTIMATE CONFESSIONS 22′ Emilie Blichfeldt Norway 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
MIDNIGHT SEXY SHORTS
21:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
Intimate portraits, conversations, hesitation, and prohibition. Is it only about sex? Many ask about it. We can confirm – not only but it is.
FLORA 5′ Chaerin Im United States 2018
SUMMER HIT 19′ Berthold Wahjudi Germany 2019
RUBBER DOLPHIN 30′ Ori Aharon Israel 2018
CYCLISTS 8′ Veljko Popovic Croatia 2018
SLUG LIFE 7′ Sophie Koko Gate United Kingdom 2018
SARA′S INTIMATE CONFESSIONS 22′ Emilie Blichfeldt Norway 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
Friday
NADIA PARFAN. Long-distance run: the director’s path in documentary cinema
15:00 · workshop · 2 hours
Nadia will tell about her 3-year experience of working on the film “Heat singers” and forming herself as a female film director.
Lviv, Kinopalace, art hall
Entrance free
DARE TO SEE
17:00 · screening · 1,5 hours
The things you cannot imagine in your bravest fantasies is actually what this year’s festival is about and what you dare to see.
IN BETWEEN 14′ Samir Karahoda Kosovo 2019
COLD SUMMER NIGHT 21′ Yash Sawant India 2018
ANIMAL 15′ Bahram Ark Iran 2017
CARLOTTA’S FACE 5′ Valentin Riedl Frédéric Schuld Germany 2018
MAMARTUILE 12′ Alejandro Saevich Mexico 2017
DELAY 15′ Ali Asgari Italy 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
BECOME YOURSELF. National competition 1
19:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
INT. KITCHEN. NIGHT 5′ Arkadii Nepytaliuk Ukraine 2018
ABOVE THE STYX 29′ Maria Stoianova Ukraine 2019
LOVE 13′ Mykyta Lyskov Ukraine 2019
THE ADULT 17′ Zhanna Ozirna Ukraine 2019
SOLITUDE 28′ Yelizaveta Smith Ukraine 2019
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
SUMMERTIME SADNESS. International competition 1
21:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
BLUE BOY 19′ Manuel Abramovich Germany 2019
RAIN, RAIN, RUN AWAY 14′ Clémentine Carrié France 2018
THE SUMMER AND ALL THE REST 18′ Sven Bresser Netherlands 2018
THEIR HAPPINESS 14′ Carol Rodrigues Brazil 2019
ACID RAIN 25′ Tomek Popakul Poland 2019
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
HORROR SHORTS
22:00 · screening after 18 · 1, 5 hours
If you’ve got a lot of nerve, if you find the blood and scared shouts funny, if complicated twists only spice up this explosive mix, this selection is just what you need. However, you need to be at least 18 to attend.
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MANEKI NEKO 19′ Manolis Mavris Greece 2017
STRZYGON AND HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM 5′ Kajetan Obarski Poland 2019
IF <GIRLFRIEND DELUXE> 7′ Steve Moss United Kingdom 2018
PIGGY 14′ Carlota Pereda Spain 2018
FUSE 7′ Shadi Adib Germany 2018
LUNCH LADIES 19′ Clarissa Jacobson, JM Logan USA 2017
BIRTHDAY NIGHT 20′ Omid Shams Iran 2017
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
SECRET MOVING PARTY
23:00 · party · 3 hours
Party in Lviv tram
Saturday
ON THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY. Independency shorts
13:00 · screening · 1,5 hours
Films in this selection build up the chronology of contemporary Ukrainian history through a subjective lens.
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FACES 25’ Nikon Romanchenko Ukraine 2014
LITTLE GREEN MEN 4’ Babylon’13 Ukraine 2014
PEOPLE WHO CAME TO POWER 17’ Oleksii Radynskyi, Tomáš Rafa Ukraine 2015
FALLEN LEAVES 21’ Mariia Kondakova Ukraine 2014
THE FALL OF LENIN 11’ Svitlana Shymko Ukraine 2017
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT 16’ Antonina Noiabrova Ukraine 2016
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
SARAH DOMBRINK. Shortly after festivals – selling short films
13:00 · workshop · 2 hours
Giving insight into short film sales and distribution, Sarah Dombrink, acquisitions manager for Interfilm Berlin Short Film Sales & Distribution, will outline how the commercial side of the short film business is set up and go into what makes a promising sales film by showing some examples of short films that were successfully distributed and some that weren’t.
Lviv, Kinopalace, art hall
Free entrance
THE WAY HOME. Independency shorts.
15:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
Feeling of home and belonging to society is often formed apart from it. You need to pass your own road if you don’t want to become a hostage of your own mind. The path to yourself is always thorny and goes through moments of decay, searches for meaning and sense, but those who search will definitely find their way home.
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UKRAINIAN LESSONS 30’ Ruslan Batytskyi Ukraine 2013
BLOOD SAUSAGE 23’ Arkadii Nepytaliuk Ukraine 2016
THE ROAD BACK 10’ Oleksandr RatiI Ukraine 2012
REVE TA STOHNE ON TOUR 30’ Nadia Parfan Poland-Ukraine 2017
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
Q&A. JANNIK DAHL PEDERSON
15:00 · Q&A · 1, 5 hours
In Lviv Jannik will show his well-known comedy short “Triangles of Happiness” and answer questions from the audience.
Lviv, Kinopalace, art hall
Free entrance
NEW WORLDS, NEW STORIES. International competition 2
17:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
Among 1291 films that were sent to our festival, we have chosen 16 that, in our opinion, present a thematic canvas of contemporary problems and characterize short films today.
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THE CHRISTMAS GIFT 23′ Bogdan Muresanu Romania 2018
BLESSED LAND 19′ Phạm Ngọc Lân Viet Nam 2019
WHOLE 21′ Slava Doytcheva Bulgaria 2018
JUST AGREE THEN 9′ Duncan Cowles, Ross Hogg United Kingdom 2018
TRAPPED IN THE CITY OF A THOUSAND MOUNTAINS 22′ David Verbeek Netherlands 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
ADULT CHILDREN. National competition 3
19:00 · screening · 1,5 hours
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DESATURATED 10′ Maryna Stepanska Ukraine 2019
FACADE COLOUR: BLUE 22′ Oleksiy Radynskyi Ukraine 2019
PLUS ONE 23′ Myroslava Klochko Ukraine Czech Republic 2019
MY COSMOS 11′ Natasha Tzeliuba, Yuliia Appen Ukraine 2019
IN JOY 27′ Maryna Roshchyna Ukraine 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
FORGOTTEN DESIRES. International competition 3
21:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
Among 1291 films that were sent to our festival, we have chosen 16 that, in our opinion, present a thematic canvas of contemporary problems and characterize short films today.
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THE ORPHAN 15′ Carolina Markowicz Brazil 2018
ROUGHHOUSE 16′ Jonathan Hodgson United Kingdom 2018
FUCK YOU 15′ Anette Sidor Sweden 2018
ANNA 15′ Dekel Berenson Ukraine 2019
FOREIGN BODY 21′ Dušan Zorić Serbia 2018
I SIGNED THE PETITION 11′ Mahdi Fleifel United Kingdom 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
DARE TO PARTY
22:00 · party · 3 hours
DARE TO PARTY in Ganok
Sunday
MORNING WAKE UP SEXY SHORTS
11:00 · screening · 1,5 hours
You won’t run away from desire — time, age and place do not make any difference. On safari in Africa, under the hot sun in Zagreb, in waiting rooms, kebab shops and even alone at home people are searching for intimacy, but do not always find it. Let’s start this complicated search together among intervened destinies, unexpected confessions, and tempting promises. The screening will be followed by the discussion with guest-psychologist.
HARD ON 19′ Joanna Rytel Sweden 2019
LOVEBOX 15′ Ivan Turković Krnjak Croatia 2018
RAYMONDE OR VERTICAL ESCAPE 16′ Sarah Van Den Boom France 2018
THE SISTER’S BEDROOM 6′ Claire Brognez Canada 2018
BOYTIME 4′ John Angus Stewart Australia 2018
AFTERDARK 15′ Marc-Antoine Barbier, Philémon Crête Canada 2019
III 12′ Marta Pajek Poland 2018
WILDEBEEST 19′ Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Philips Belgium 2017
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
Q&A. YAREMA & HIMEY
13:00 · Q&A · 2 hours
On August 25th at 1:00 pm there will be a Q&A with YAREMA & HIMEY During Q&A, video artists will showcase their work, including “Documenting CXEMA” video and film “Nail”.
Lviv, Kinopalace, art hall
Free entrance
COMEDY SHORTS
15:00 · screening · 1, 5 hours
It could be sad if it wasn’t so funny — the man with disability who dreams about rescue girl on the beach, the family who sees the dead relatives in the neighbor’s dog, random meeting of two strangers in cafe, Pierre, whose broken heart burns down the whole city and a well-known musicologist from Albert Meisl’s films. These are not just comedies, but soon-to-be your favorite comedies.
BERMUDA 8′ Erik Warolin Sweden 2018
BERTIE 19′ Garry Crystal United Kingdom 2018
WINGS OF THE SPIRIT 29′ Albert Meisl Austria 2019
DÖNER 7′ Denys Spolitak Ukraine 2018
PIERRE’S HEART 20′ Olivier Binder the United States 2019
HARLEY WHEELCHAIR 12′ Niels Sabbe Belgium 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
FESTIVAL HITS
17:00 · screening · 1,5 hours
Here you will find the sublime shorts, the winners of major film festivals. Topical and impressive favorites of the audiences and juries will melt the hearts of the most fastidious viewers.
ALL THESE CREATURES 13′ Charles Williams Australia 2018
EGG 12′ Martina Scarpelli France 2018
CAT DAYS 11′ Jon Frickey Germany 2018
TO PLANT A FLAG 15′ Bobbie Peers Norway 2018
PATISION AVENUE 12′ Thanasis Neofotistos Greece 2018
FAUVE 16′ Jérémy Comte Canada 2018
Lviv, Kinopalace, red hall
CLOSING AWARDS CEREMONY. WINNERS SCREENING
19:00 · closing ceremony & screening · 2 hours
Closing Award Ceremony. The screening of the LISFF Wiz-Art 2019 winners.
Lviv, Kinopalace, blue hall
GOODBYE PARTY
21:00 · party · 3 hours
Goodbye festival party in secret place