Thursday 29 January, 6.20pm at the Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY
AGÁTA
Screening of the short film by Italian director Benedetta Fiore, part of the London Short Film Festival. Followed by Q&A with Benedetta Fiore
Agáta, a 16-year-old girl and the outcast of her Czech village, longs to express a secret wish during the spring festival. She crafts a crown and ties her wish to it with a ribbon, hoping it will be accepted in the celebration. When she joins the other girls, they mock her, but eventually, her crown is accepted, offering her a glimmer of hope. Suddenly, however, the crown falls and breaks beyond repair. Agáta tries to fix it but, realizing it’s hopeless, rushes to the ceremony with only the ribbon, desperate to fulfill her wish. She arrives too late, and alone with her unspoken longing, she instead finds solace in the quiet beauty of nature around her.
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AGÁTA will be screened during So Long to the Valleys, So Long to the Seas, an evening of screenings programmed by Philip Ilson, part of LSFF 2026.
Costume and performance sit alongside ancient stories of moorland beasts and mystical Roma lore, from Norwegian trolls to West African tribal masks.
The stories here are equal parts playful and creative, harsh and traumatic, illustrating opposing aspects of folk beliefs.
LSFF regulars Andrew Kötting (Gallivant) and Edward Smyth return with latest works that playfully investigate costume and games. While LSFF alumni animator Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume investigates her Ivory Coast ancestral roots, Edith Morris returns with another Super-8 gem, and Bim Adjadi continues his investigation into deafness and the Black British experience.
The attending filmmakers, including Benedetta Fiore, will join the audience for a Q&A after the screening.
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