Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 6 PM
For the evening of EuroAsia Shorts (EAS) dedicated to international short films, the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington is glad to share the stage with the Embassy of Indonesia and Alliance Française.
The evening will feature international shorts from our three countries as a conversation on this year’s central theme: Beyond Limits.
The screenings are free to the public.
To join us for this event a registration is required.
LOCATION
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street, NW
Washington DC, 20008
ABOUT THE SHORTS PRESENTED
This year Italy is paired with France and Indonesia. We are presenting the following shorts:
Il Taglio di Jonas (Jonas’ Haircut)
Italy, 2024, 10 min.
Director: Rosario Capozzolo
Writers Rosario Capozzolo, Ludovica Isidori, Ornella Sgroi
Starring: Jonis Bashir, Emma Benini, Giordano Capparucci
Jonas takes a journey to reach a beauty salon. Patty, the owner, will cut his hair. A haircut that will change both of their lives.
Uno dopo l’altro (One After the Other)
Italy, 2020, 10 min.
Director: Valerio Gnesini
Writer Renato Billi
Starring: Ivano Marescotti, Sibel Dalia Selo
An old man drives away with a little girl: it’s just the beginning of a story that touches the deepest sensibility and pushes ourselves to look inside us.
The Beggar and the Violonist (also titled Sonata for a Homeless Woman)France, 2025, 13 min.
Written, directed, and edited by Louis Do Xuan
Starring: Kristina Pitsyna, Guillaume Launier, Sam Lyam, and Margot Joseph
Music performed by Guillaume Launier: “Czardas” by Vittorio Monti.
Inspired by real events witnessed by the director, a strange but moving encounter plays out on the streets of Paris between a schizophrenic beggar and a violinist who plays music for her every day. The violinist teaches a lesson on empathy, which should know no limits.
In Russian and French with English subtitles.
Home
France, 2023, 7 min.
Director: Audrey Pernis
The poem by British-Somali poet, writer, editor, and teacher Warsan Shire is so powerful that it was imperative for the two directors to put the official French translation to music and then to images, so that it could be heard by as many people as possible.Jonas takes a journey to reach a beauty salon. Patty, the owner, will cut his hair. A haircut that will change both of their lives.
Evacuation of Mama Emola
Indonesia, 2022, 18 min.
Directed by: Anggun Priambodo
Produced by: Reno F Junirman
A prisoner is granted a temporary release to help evacuate his mother from the danger of a tsunami and is escorted by a Javanese female prison warden. Their journey opens their eyes to many things — particularly about those who exploit tragedy for personal gain.
All films in their respective languages with English subtitles
2025 Theme: Beyond Limits
Like joy, growth, and change, obstacles are a natural and universal part of life. But it is how we face them—or overcome them—that reveals our true character, values, and shared humanity. Hardships both great and small demands we respond with perseverance, courage, and resilience. Other challenges call for profound resistance and strength when we are pushed beyond our limits or into conflict. The many trials we face in life—as individuals, nations, and humanity as a whole—ultimately require us to look beyond the moment to preserve hope and seek justice, even in the face of insurmountable odds. What would we be were it not for the struggles that fortify and define us? .
About the Festival
Now in its 19th year (2025), EuroAsia Shorts (originally the Asian-European Short Film Showcase) remains a collaboration between a small group of Washington, D.C. embassies and cultural centers. Since 2006, the festival has presented more than 300 short films, including many award-winning shorts making their U.S. debut. Each year a broad variety of films and styles are presented, connected by a single theme. With post-film cultural Q&A’s and discussions with experts each night, EuroAsia Shorts offers an international cinematic dialogue that is uniquely Washingtonian.
The 2025 festival represents 9 countries. Check out the links below for more on each partner organization and our many cultural programs beyond EAS.
Partner Organizations / Countries
- Alliance Française de Washington
- Cultural Office, Embassy of Spain
- Goethe-Institut Washington
- Italian Cultural Institute, Embassy of Italy
- Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan
- Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea
- Austrian Cultural Forum Washington
- Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
- The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center