Six films made in the member states of the Visegrad Group – Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia – are being shown in the European Town today, May 16. The event, held within the European Union Week in Chisinau, aims to familiarize the public with the diversity of the culture of the V4 states, IPN reports.

Czech Ambassador to Moldova Zdeněk Krejčí, in the opening of the event, said the EU member states cooperate not only in politics, but also in the field of culture. For the first time the leaders of the V4 countries met in the Hungarian town of Visegrad in 1991 to coordinate the accession of these countries to NATO and the EU. After these objectives were achieved, the four countries continued to cooperate in the same format.

Speaking about the film screening, Zdeněk Krejčí said that the Czech Republic is represented by the film “I wake up yesterday”, which is a comedy that provides a humorous comparison of the Communist period with the post-Communist one.

According to Hungary’s Ambassador to Moldova Mátyás Szilágyi, for Hungary the name Visegrad is symbolic because the V4 was created in this town 15 years ago and the foundations of close regional cooperation were laid there. The films that the public will be able to see show how the filmmaking industry developed in the four countries. There will be screened two Hungarian films: “Eastern wind” and “Made in Hungary”.

The spectators can also see the Slovak films “Signum Laudis” and “Pacho, Brigand of Hybe”. The Ambassador of Slovakia in Chisinau Róbert Kirnág said the first film criticizes cruelty and the uselessness of war, while the second is about the legendary Slovak hero Juro Jánošík.

Poland will be represented by the film “Gods”. Polish Ambassador Jerzy Stankiewicz said this film is dedicated to cardiac surgeons who founded the first heart transplant clinic. In particular, it renders homage to Polish surgeon Zbigniew Religa.