European Film Festival 2015: The Poll Diaries

It's all systems go as the 19th edition of the European Film Festival (EFF) kicks off its cinematic journey through Europe at MovieTowne Port of Spain and Tobago, from 06–19 May and 13–19 May, respectively. The lineup of films is rich and varied, ranging from hard-hitting dramas and action thrillers to laugh-out-loud comedies and children-friendly animations, with award-winning titles by some of Europe's top filmmakers. Two weeks of 28 great films from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom! Join us for tattooed country singers, dirty cops and sheep on a mission!

The European Film Festival (EFF) began in 1996. It showcases films from European and is organised by the European Union (EU) Member States with diplomatic missions in Trinidad and Tobago — France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom — and the EU Delegation. For the fourth consecutive year, the EFF is being presented in association with the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff). Founded in 2006, the ttff is an annual celebration of films from and about Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean and its diaspora. The Festival also screens films curated from contemporary world cinema.

The Poll Diaries

It's the summer of 1914. Thirteen-year-old Oda von Siering arrives in Poll, Estonia, from Berlin with her mother's body in a coffin, and a gift requested by her surgeon father, Ebbo: a two-headed human foetus in a jar. While Ebbo conducts gruesome experiments in his laboratory, Oda discovers a wounded soldier and secretly begins to help him. As war closes in and an old world collapses, the relationship between father and daughter is sorely tested.

Type: Drama
Director: Chris Kraus
Region: Germany
Year: 2010
Minutes Running Time: 125
Language: English Subtitles, Estonian, French, German, Russian
Showing At: MovieTowne POS
Rating: 16+