The Love Europe Project
The Love Europe Project is a collection of 9 short films by various directors from different European countries.
Sebastian Stern
Sebastian Stern
Michaela Kezele
Michaela Kezele
Amelia Hashemi
Sofia Georgovassili
Sofia Georgovassili
Dimitrij Schaad
Laura Bispuri
Laura Bispuri
Tomasz Emil Rudzik
Tomasz Emil Rudzik
Even Hafnor
Even Hafnor
Aline Fischer
Aline Fischer
Lisa Brooke Hansen
Lisa Brooke Hansen
Charlotte Regan
Charlotte Regan
Alex Schaad
Alex Schaad
Casts & Crew
Tobias Santelmann
Janne Heltberg
Shamsa Issa Abdi
Farhia Mohamed
Julija Salaseviciute
Natalie Price Hafslund
Slavko Štimac
Aris Servetalis
Zrinka Cvitešić
Esther Kuhn
Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Marian Dziędziel
Nunzia Schiano
Tatiana Lepore
Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Aleksandra Janković
Dimitrij Schaad
Stephan Zinner
Darcy Rafter
Gustav Schmid
Rosalie Malinská
Patrycja Durska
Waël Noureddine
Patience Sare
Katharina Schaad
Matthias Köckeis
Paweł Kumięga
Alex Terczynski
Philipp Franck
Abdullatif Sare
Alexander Kovalev
Aggelos Flessas
Leni Erceg
Andrew Paul
Tristan Huber
Natalia Filimon
Spike Fearn
Harry Pinder
Enzo Bertoldi
Sandra Toffolatti
Matilda Reynolds
Ruby Thompson
Michal Pawlowski
Manon Heugel
Mina Mogorović
Rosa Giampaolo
Mahdi Karimi
Tejal Rathore
Robert Franck
Also Directed by Sebastian Stern
Sometimes you just have to know where the dog is buried! A lesson that family man Hans Waldmann will learn in this snappy black comedy. Because Hans's life is in crisis. Not only is he quickly being replaced by a Finn in the paper mill, his family is also more interested in a dog than his worries. For wife Yvonne and daughter Laura, the dog becomes indispensable in no time. All the more hopeless Hans's situation, after he has run over the four-legged rival in an inattentive moment. When then the supposed friend Mike offers his help, ...
Also Directed by Michaela Kezele
After her daughter's fatal accident at a busy intersection, Jenni is confronted with videos on the web of Mia dying. Instead of helping, passersby were filming with their cell phones. The horrific images won't let Jenni go. Horror and rage at the gawkers' pitiless curiosity take her completely captive. There is hardly any room for her grief; instead, she obsessively searches for the accident spectators in order to confront them with the consequences of their sensationalism. She finds what she's looking for – but her first encounters don't help her. No one seems aware of any wrongdoing, or capable of admitting it. Supported by a tough lawyer, Jenni decides to take action against the sensationalists.
A young woman works at a textil factory, where she secretly hides her daughter. After defending a young co- worker from the supervisor, she puts herself in danger.
A moving love story in a time of hatred: During the civil war in Kosovo, the young Serbian widow Danica falls in love with Ramiz, a Albanian soldier who, wounded in battle, seeks refuge in her home on the Serbian side of the River Ibar.
Also Directed by Sofia Georgovassili
Three generations of women in one household do what they can to prepare for the impending loss of one of their number.
Anna secretly sneaks out of school with her boyfriend to carry out her decision for an abortion. Bluntly factual and yet with tender sympathy, the camera accompanies Anna's path, approaches and contrasts with images of a nature in which some things seem simpler and some things unfathomable.
Also Directed by Laura Bispuri
An old man in a wheelchair and an obese woman want to swim in a pool.
In an ancient agricultural house, silence crushes the soul of an untamed eighteen year-old, Chiara.
Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of Albania, Hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modern-day Milan.
A daughter torn between two mothers, one who raised her with love and her biological mother, who instinctively claims her back.
An evocative exploration of a mother/daughter relationship.
Also Directed by Tomasz Emil Rudzik
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is the life motto of 30-year-old Agnieszka. After serving five years in prison, Agnieszka flees Poland for Germany in an attempt to start over. In Munich she meets the lonely 70-year-old Madame, boss of an escort agency. The woman provides her with a refuge and a job: Agnieszka begins to work as a dominatrix for Madame. She becomes like a daughter to her. All seems well until a much younger boy falls in love with Agnieszka. Madame will not stand any competition."
Also Directed by Even Hafnor
We are put to the test when we have to choose between what is right and what is easy.
A director made a short film about his family in an attempt to get to know his father better. The plan failed so he decides to try again.
Welcome to the Dvergsnes family! In this short film we follow the Dvergsnes family from Kristiansand, Norway, through three events that took place during the fall and winter of 2014.
On a Saturday afternoon at a Norwegian play-land, a couple witness an argument between two mothers and the play-land manager. While the couple are wondering if they should intervene, something odd happens. Before they know it, the situation triggers underlying issues of their own.
Also Directed by Aline Fischer
Mohammed, an 18-year old refugee, lives with his chaotic older brother Lakhdar in a rundown apartment in Berlin. Several years after his family fled the war in Lebanon and moved to Berlin, the sensitive young man still needs to set foot in the harsh male environment, trying to find his place between his brother and his german motorcycle workshop colleagues.
Also Directed by Lisa Brooke Hansen
A director made a short film about his family in an attempt to get to know his father better. The plan failed so he decides to try again.
Welcome to the Dvergsnes family! In this short film we follow the Dvergsnes family from Kristiansand, Norway, through three events that took place during the fall and winter of 2014.
On a Saturday afternoon at a Norwegian play-land, a couple witness an argument between two mothers and the play-land manager. While the couple are wondering if they should intervene, something odd happens. Before they know it, the situation triggers underlying issues of their own.
Also Directed by Charlotte Regan
An intimate portrayal of what could be a family's last day together, set against the urban backdrop of North London.
A comedy about friendship and routines entirely set in a police patrol car. We see the day to day lives of two new partners Gary and Jenny.
Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family business.
A pre-teen needs to learn the ropes, and drug-dealing Dave is the only one who can teach him.
Harry has been sentenced to prison and whilst he’s used to that world, his 4-year-old daughter Lauren is not. He uses his first and only phone call to ring home and speak to her.
Two girls from opposing cultural worlds are paired together and uncover togetherness.
Celebrating the imagination and resourcefulness of young children across the UK by understanding the outdoor games they invent, inherit, and play.
The story of a 15 year old cocaine dealer.
A mother explains to police what happened the night her daughter disappeared.
Also Directed by Alex Schaad
At first glance, Leyla and Tristan are a happy couple. When they travel to a mysterious island, a game of identities begins that changes everything – their perception, their sexuality, their entire selves. But not only their relationship threatens to break up. They may even never be who they used to be again …
50 years ago, 600,000 people worked in coal mines of Germany. The last active pit Prosper Haniel will close in 2018. Armin Kobzcik has been a produd miner all his life. But now he is forced to quit his beloved job as the last cole mine in Germany closes. Armin is not just losing his job, but his identity. A working-class hero only defining himself over his ability to work wants his life to be of value one last time.