Twenty-five short films helmed by such established European directors like Bela Tarr, Peter Greenaway and Aki Kaurismäki, as well as many promising up-and-comers, constitute this omnibus that represents filmmaking from every country in the European Union. Commissioned by Lars von Trier's Zentropa Entertainment, the filmmakers were asked to contribute "a personal vision of current or future life" in the EU in a film not longer than five minutes. The resulting works convey both a unique vision of life in each filmmaker's country filmmakers' respective countries and an overall mosaic of the present-day European Union.

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MARS
Directed, written by Barbara Albert. Austria

SELF PROTRAIT
Directed, written by Stijn Coninx. Belgium

MY HOUSE ON TAPE
Directed by Christos Georgiou, screenplay by Christos Georgiou and Giorgos Koumouros. Cyprus

UNISONO
Directed, written by Sasa Gedeon. Czech Republic

EUROPE
Directed, written by Christoffer Boe. Denmark

EUROFLOT
Directed by Arvo Iho, screenplay by Priit Parn and Arvo Iho. Estonia

BICO
Directed, written by Aki Kaurismäki. Finland

PARIS BY NIGHT
Directed, written by Tony Gatlif. France

THE EVIL OLD SONGS [Die Boesen Alten Lieder]
Directed, written by Fatih Akin. Germany

ROOM FOR ALL
Directed, written by Constantine Giannaris. Greece

PROLOGUE
Directed by Bela Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky, camera by Robby Mueller. Hungary

INVISIBLE STATE
Directed by Aisling Walsh, screenplay by Gerard Mannix Flynn. Ireland

ANNA LIVES IN MARGHERA, ITALY [Anna Vive a Marghera, Italia]
Directed by Francesca Comencini. Italy

IT'LL BE FINE
Directed, written by Laila Pakalnina. Latvia

CHILDREN LOSE NOTHING
Directed, written by Sharunas Bartas. Lithuania

THE LANGUAGE SCHOOL
Directed, written by Andy Bausch. Luxembourg

THE ISLE
Directed by Kenneth Scicluna, screenplay by Kenneth Scicluna and Jean Pierre Magro. Malta

EUROQUIZ
Directed by Theo van Gogh, screenplay by Hans Teeuwen. Netherlands

CROSSROAD
Directed, written by Malgorzata Szumowska. Poland

COLD WA(TE)R
Directed by Teresa Villaverde. Portugal

THE MIRACLE
Directed by Martin Sulik, screenplay by Marek Lascak and Martin Sulik. Slovakia

EUROPA
Directed, written by Damjan Kozole. Slovenia

OUR KIDS
Directed, idea by Miguel Hermoso. Spain

THE YELLOW TAG
Directed, written by Jan Troell. Sweden

THE EUROPEAN SHOWERBATH
Directed, written by Peter Greenaway. UK

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