Housing Benefit

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Housing Benefit — Plot

This stylised short film follows the unexpected intertwining of the fates of a young man, who applies for housing benefit during the day, and the clerk who processes his application. When they meet by chance in a bar that evening and events take an unexpected turn, they both end up in his flat. During their late-night conversation, the clerk reveals the absurdity of her daily work at the office – a world full of nonsensical rules, powerlessness and alienation, which is disturbingly reminiscent of a Kafkaesque labyrinth. This intimate drama, laced with black humour, shows that the victims of bureaucracy are not only its clients, but also those who carry it out.

• Release date
• March 4, 2026
• Runtime
• 18 min
• Genres
• Mystery, Drama
• Director
• Lukáš Valíšek

Housing Benefit — Cast

Anežka Rusevová Květa Filip Týc Zbyněk Štěpán Coufal Marián Tureček

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Štěpánka Pencová Vrátná

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Tomáš Karab Úředník Lucie Volhejnová Úřednice

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Bára Veselá Žadatelka 1 Viera Pavlíková Žadatelka 2