In Short, Europe: Happy Together review – a union uplifted by humour

From sweet-talking translators to a symphony of shepherds' calls, the common currency in this refreshing selection of short films from 19 European countries is amusement

In the wake of Brexit, there's a defiant note in the overarching theme - Happy Together - of this year's survey of European shorts, brought to us by EUNIC London, an umbrella organisation for EU cultural institutions, and pulled together by London-based curator Shira MacLeod. But, as they say, it's complicated: the happiness", as flaunted in many of these 19 short films, feels somewhat ironic; long-suffering humour the common currency in muddling through a bundle of dissatisfactions, gripes and misunderstandings.

In Barnabas Toth's Chuchotage, two Hungarian translators make unlikely sweet talk from the Euro-sustainability waffle they have to parse for an attractive client. The scenario walks a fine line next to creepy sexual harassment - before these cunning linguists get their comeuppance.