Special Screenings | We found love in a hopeless place
UNIT.Core | B.8

18+

Where do we go from here—Hell, Purgatory, or Heaven? It's hard to say, because everything is chaos. Conflict. Deconstruction. Order. These forces pull against each other, stretch, expand and we find ourselves caught in between. This tension can devour us, it can hurt, but it's also here to challenge how we see the world. A section titled 'We Found Love in a Hopeless Place' presents films that refuse to settle. They want more. They search for the system’s flaws, break its norms, and push toward something new. You’ll encounter pesky little bugs, a creepy creature, and a couple dealing with escalating bodily transformations. Can light and shadow exist without one another? Rihanna once sang about finding love in a hopeless place. But where is that place? Is it a jungle of desire, a lake, or a gay fetish club? Let’s confront our visions—through sex, body, and love. Let’s cross our shadows. And maybe, in that intersection, we’ll find something worth living for.

Curated by Jakub Spevák.

Running time 65 min.

  • A Daily Chat
    Cheng-Hsu Chung

    UK | 05:03 | 2017

    Inspired by a private conversation between lovers, A Daily Chat explores the intricate dynamics between love and sex, touching on the debates, fights, cuddles, and moments of affection that define a relationship. Through an emotional mash-up of discussion and reflection, the characters travel through their shared memories and fantasies, ultimately confronting the inevitable end of their relationship.

  • The Surrogate
    Stas Santimov

    Ukraine | 06:03 | 2020

    A man destroys the nest of an unknown creepy creature. But it's not the most horrible creature he will meet tonight.

  • Pipes
    Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran

    Switzerland | 04:00 | 2022

    Bob the plumber is hired to fix a broken pipe and, to his surprise, ends up in a gay fetish club.

  • Days Off
    Filip Blažek

    Czech Republic | 10:47 | 2018

    Two neighbors in the dollhouse become aware of each other on the holidays.

  • Space
    Zhong Xian

    UK | 02:54 | 2020

    After a whirlwind infatuation, two women quickly move in together and get caught up in daily life. They grapple with how to give each other space without losing sight of one another.

  • Jungle of Desire
    Wong Ping

    Hong Kong | 06:51 | 2016

    The short film tells the story of an impotent husband, unsatisfied wife and a megalomaniac policeman, illustrating the perfect ecosystem of the concrete jungle, where these characters are able to truly face their lust with no moral laws. 

  • The Lovers
    Carolina Sandvik

    Sweden | 12:00 | 2023

    A relationship horror and unromantic comedy about a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.

  • Bodies of Water
    Niko Mlynarčík

    Czech Republic | 07:30 | 2021

    When Lake is drowning in his own thoughts, Mac takes him on a lake break. With all the leisure and chill, he definitely won’t be stuck in his head anymore.

  • Juice
    Mona Keil

    Germany | 05:00 | 2022

    A bunch of round succulent and moist creatures smear each other contentedly with an oozy juice. They share their world with pesky little bugs, but one day, they squash them all. In response the creatures start to run dry.

  • OUR 2
    Yungsung Song

    Japan, South Korea | 05:30 | 2021

    To commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the film reinterpreted the story of Dante and Beatrice’s reunion, which followed from"La Vita Nuova" to the three parts of “Divine Comedy” (hell, purgatory, and heaven).