Tukino 2026 / Industry: Short Films by Romani Filmmakers

INDUSTRY / SCREENING 13:00 - 15:00

Short films by Romani filmmakers in collaboration with Romani Filmmakers Network.

With All the Love I Have in My Body
Nadia and Samara, two young Romani sisters, sell toys on a tourist beach in Greece. Holidaymakers, intrigued by their daily lives, greet them with varying degrees of interest and indifference - until tragedy reveals the limits of their humanity.
Director: Carmen Baltzar, Finland/Greece, 2025, 14 minutes. Subtitles: Czech

Maybe It's Love
What remains when love falls apart? Rebecca and Paul, swept up in a storm of emotion, must come to terms with their new reality as masks of pretence gradually slip away.
Director: Sejad Ademaj, Germany, 2025, 8 minutes. Subtitles: Czech

A Basket Full of Eggs / WITH FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
Romani filmmaker and activist Liza Mortimer searches archival collections for her great-grandmother Minta Smith. A personal quest for one life story gradually expands into an uncovering of the interconnected legacy of Romani voices, songs and cultural influence rooted in traditional English folk music.
Director: Lisa Smith, United Kingdom, 2025, 19 minutes. Subtitles: Czech

Exhibition / WITH FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
Twenty-five years after leaving, queer Romani photographer Béla Váradi returns to his native countryside in Hungary. Despite his own doubts and local resistance, he organizes an exhibition of his photographs - in a country where his identity faces state repression, an act akin to social intervention.
Director: Dáša Raimanová, Béla Váradi, Hungary/Norway/United Kingdom, 2026, 23 minutes. Subtitles: Czech