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2025 European Union Film Festival Double Feature: Feathers or Glamour (Estonia), 2023, 28 MIN Directed by Eva Kübar Estonian language with English subtitles Estonian urban chicken “farming.” Chickens as pets in bedazzled diapers. It is a short film. Rewilding (France) 2018, 52 MIN Directed by Vincent Perazio French language with English subtitles What if we brought back big carnivores throughout Europe, gave them vast areas to reproduce, and rediscovered the past landscapes? This fascinating vision raises many questions, though. Should we not focus on the existing natural heritage? How could we implement it in modern and densely populated countries? What would the risk to human activity be? This film is a unique opportunity to look at both sides of the coin. It also profiles the wildlife resurgence happening on European doorsteps, with many species now coming back thanks to legal protection and dedicated conservation efforts over the last 30 years. Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)

2025 European Union Film Festival Next to Nothing/Tyle Co Nic (Poland), 2024, 93 MIN Directed by Grzegorz Debowski Polish language with English subtitles A group of farmers organized a protest in front of the house of an MP who, contrary to previous promises, voted against their interests. At the same time, the body of one of the local farmers is found. Everyone suspects the leader of the protest, Jarek, even though the deceased was his closest friend. The man begins his own investigation, which leads him to find out the true causes of the deceased's death and, at the same time, verifies the attitudes of people around him. Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)

2025 European Union Film Festival Afire (Germany) 2023, 102 MIN Directed by Christian Petzold German language with English subtitles While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston Uibel) are surprised by the presence of Nadja (Paula Beer), a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at Felix’s family’s holiday home. Nadja distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel and with brutal honesty, forces him to confront his caustic temperament and self-absorption. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and tensions escalate when a handsome lifeguard and Leon's tight-lipped book editor also arrive. Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)

2025 European Union Film Festival Luzzu (Malta), 2021, 94 MIN Directed by Alex Camilleri Maltese language with English subtitles Hardworking new father Jesmark, played by a real-life Maltese fisherman, must choose between the traditional way of life practiced by his family for generations and an illicit black-market fishing operation in this stunning neorealist tale operating in the tradition of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rosselini, and the Dardenne brothers. Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)

2025 European Union Film Festival Journey to Utopia (Demark), 2020, 88 MIN Directed by Erlend E. Mo Danish language with English subtitles Feeling desperate about climate change, filmmaker Erlend, opera singer Ingeborg and their children leave their farm to join an ecological experiment: Project Permatopia. The goal is to become fully self-sufficient. But the reality is much more difficult – bordering on disastrous. Will they give up? Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)

2025 European Union Film Festival Duty of Care, The Climate Trials (Netherlands), 2022, 57 MIN Directed by Nic Balthazar Dutch and English language with English subtitles Duty of Care tells the exclusive inside story of Roger Cox, the first and only lawyer to have successfully sued a government and an oil giant in landmark court cases that established catastrophic climate change can be made illegal. Roger’s ground-breaking cases against the Dutch government and oil major Shell established that those in power owe a duty of care to citizens to avoid catastrophic climate change, stunning legal experts and sending shock-waves through parliaments and corporate boardrooms around the world. With echoes of the lawsuits against Big Tobacco, this inspirational 55-minute documentary gives viewers a behind-the-scenes experience of the David v. Goliath battle as one Dutch property lawyer turned litigation maverick takes on powerful states and the world’s largest oil company in the courtroom drama of our lifetimes. Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)

2025 European Film Festival The Animal Kingdom (France), 2023, 128 MIN Directed by Thomas Cailley French language with English subtitles In The Animal Kingdom, a visionary new thriller that drops viewers into an extraordinary world where mutations in human genetics cause people to transform into hybrid creatures, François (Roman Duris) does everything he can to save his wife, who is affected by this mysterious condition. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, François embarks with Emile (Paul Kircher), their 16-year-old son, on a quest to find her with help from a local police officer (Adèle Exarchopoulos). From acclaimed director Thomas Cailley, the film world premiered as the opening night selection of Cannes Un Certain Regard. Pitt Students/Faculty and Staff: Free Admission with a valid Pitt ID General Admission: $9.00 (Students/Seniors) and $11.00 (Regular)