2026 EU Film Festival: Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!

A bold selection of experimental works exploring how cinema, the internet, and memory collide. These shorts push the boundaries of the video essay form, inviting viewers into an inventive new mode of storytelling.

About the Director: https://lehogalibertlaine.com/

2026 EU Film Festival: Democracy, Community and [Space] Aliens!

A bold selection of experimental works exploring how cinema, the internet, and memory collide. These shorts push the boundaries of the video essay form, inviting viewers into an inventive new mode of storytelling.

About the Director: https://lehogalibertlaine.com/

2026 EU Film Festival: Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!

Germany
2024
Director: Doris Metz
Documentary, 104 MIN

Looking for a politician of stature in a moment of dramatic political change? As a founding member of the Green Party, Petra Kelly played a decisive part in shaping political discourse in West Germany in the 1980s.

*Free Admission with University and College ID
*Free to Pitt ID for Faculty and Staff

This two-day symposium will forge new lines of inquiry and dialogue in the study of sound and society under state socialism. Scholars from history, music, literature, film, and media studies will share recent work on regions of the globe from the Caribbean to East Asia where the revolutionary reshaping of political and social relations has had far-reaching effects on the way people hear the world around them. In the course of the conference, we will ask: how are political ideologies made audible?

2026 European Film Festival (EUFF): Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!

Hungary
2023
Director: Katalin Moldovia
Drama, 105 MIN

A Hungarian literature teacher faces a moral and political firestorm after recommending a film about queer poets. This timely drama captures the pressure of censorship, fear, and courage in a community on edge.

*Free Admission with University and College ID
*Free to Pitt ID for Faculty and Staff

2026 European Film Festival (EUFF): Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!

Poland
2025
Director: Bartek Paduch
Drama, 97 MIN

A Polish cop uncovers a disturbing case that pulls him into a web of secrets uncomfortably close to home. Tense and tightly wound, it’s a European thriller with emotional stakes that hit universally.

Free Admission with University and College ID
Free to Pitt ID for Faculty and Staff

2026 EU Film Festival: Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!

Latvia
2024
Director: Dāvis Sīmanis
Historical Drama, 104 MIN

A Latvian actress enters Stalin’s USSR seeking her grandchild and finds herself trapped inside a machinery of terror. This gripping historical drama exposes the everyday innocence shattered by ideology and violence.

2026 EU Film Festival: Democracy, Community and [Space] Aliens!

France
2024
Director: Julie Delpy
Comedy/Drama, 101 MIN

When a French village accidentally welcomes the “wrong” refugee family, their assumptions get turned upside down. Julie Delpy’s warm, funny dramedy asks who the real barbarians are when fear meets humanity.

*Free Admission with University and College ID
*Free to Pitt ID for Faculty and Staff

2026 EU Film Festival: Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!

Czech Republic
2024
Director: Rudolf Havlik
Sci-Fi, 109 MIN

Strange happenings in a quiet Moravian village spark an offbeat alien mystery no one is prepared for. Campy, charming, and deeply European, this sci-fi romp asks what happens when your weirdest neighbor might actually be from space. Come to our feature screening for your space alien swag!

This marks the beginning of our 2026 EU Film Festival. This year's theme: "Democracy, Community and (Space) Aliens!"

Spain
2024
Director: Dir. Albert Solé
Documentary, 54 MIN

A rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the EU navigates an increasingly chaotic geopolitical landscape. This documentary follows Josep Borrell through real-time diplomatic crises, revealing how global policy actually gets made.

A discussion after the documentary.