ታዋቂ ከ Poland

Circumstances trigger concoction of desire and guilt, when secrets from past overcast Daniel's existence. He travels through his nightmares to introspect his sexuality. Daniel's survival turns into a mirage, as he finds himself muddled between homosexuality and pedophilia.

At first glance, it seems that Square lives in a chaotic and endlessly changing geometry. But the systems in which he functions are constantly repeated, introduce a daily routine, hypnotize without allowing any movement. Once, a new element sneaks into the pattern, which for a moment will allow Square to view reality from a different angle.

A portrait of the family life in the face of the mother’s passing away. Three growing children, including the film director, have accompanied the ill woman for good or for bad, while in the background there are incidents, incomprehensible at first sight, related to the conflict with the confrontational father. The documentary utilises the means typical for home video and the takes shot using a mobile phone, which are arranged into a non-chronological reconstruction of the state of mind of the three young people.

Olaf is 25 years old and lives with his mom and grandmother in a tenement house in the Kazimierz district in Krakow. Their home is actually quite dilapidated. Yet the young man dreams that the house in Brzozowa Street is the centre of the universe. The unique narrative is enhanced by a surreal impression of living in an abandoned house. Olaf notices metaphysical consequences of living in the vicinity of a square shaped like the “eye of god”: “There are moments when my mind transcends time and space” he says.

Polish artist Artur Zmijewski asked a group of visually impaired people to paint the world as they see it. Some of the volunteers were congenitally disabled; others became blind in their lifetime. In the film they draw self-portraits and landscapes, occasionally asking the artist for instructions or giving verbal explanation for their decisions. Their paintings are clumsy and abstract. It is however not the resulting works but the process of making them that is at the core of the film.

The concert "The Best of Maanam" took place in Krakow in 1994, where the band performed their greatest hits. The whole thing was recorded by Telewizja Polska and broadcast on TVP Kultura.

Film focuses on story of a woman whose fears and obsessions are taking over her everyday routine, transforming her life into all-embracing jungle. It symbolizes the struggle with personality disorders while being in a relationship with beloved one. It is an visual analysis on separation anxiety disorder that occurs mostly in childhood but can be present at all stages of life.

First piece of material documentation of Neurobot has been created in the project Normal Subjects, which centered on the futility of brain-mapping procedures and long-forsaken science of phrenology, as opposed to "normal" daily postures and routines by various subjects shown in 3-minute video loops, accompanied by 3-minute compositions.

A historical documentation of a public manifestation at Plac DEfilad in Warsaw, on October 24th 1956, where Wladyslaw Gomolka, the new First Secretary of the Polish United Worker's Party, was making a speech to an audience of more than four hundred thousand people. Gomolka's election was not approved by Khrustchev and sparked hope for new socialism, with "human face".

A young man lives constantly in a fantasy world, until he starts working for a railroad company.

In the town of Trajdarajda, lives Krawiec Niteczka. One day he finds out from a Gypsy woman that he will become the king. He sets off to meet his fate. Along the way, he meets Scarecrow and now they are wandering together. In the end, they come to the city, which is still raining. Princess promises her hand and kingdom to those who manage to remedy misfortune. Tailor Niteczka sees that it is because of the high castle tower, which spire torn and holds a huge cloud over the city is still raining. He orders to bring all the ladders, takes the needle and thread, climbs up to the sky and sutures the hole in the cloud. From here the sun shines over the city again, and as a reward, Krawiec Niteczka marries the princess and becomes king.

Among the penguins living on a rocky island there was one who went on his own ways. He dreamed of rising into the air. After one of the unsuccessful attempts, he dropped into the water and caught a gold fish that turned him into a balloon for his wishes. Fascinated by the plane, he asked the fish to become a great machine. He flew around the world. He introduced confusion on air routes and disrupted the work of radars. Tired he returned to the island and fell like a dead man. After waking up, he happily joined the other penguins.

A little car, brought to school by its parents, decides to play truant.

Experimental animation by Janek Koza

Twelve year old Krzyś who supports his unemployed parents by collecting scrap metal was a hero of the film “Hercules”. After they had seen the film, the two young people, Sergiusz and Kasia, were so moved by the boy’s fate that they decided to help him. They took him on holiday, first to Warsaw where they live and then to the seaside. The odds are that it was not a one-off example of help and the boy’s fate will improve considerably in the future.

On an empty beach, boy meets girl - who sometimes swears uncontrollably. She is fascinated with the control he has over the kite his flying. He is fascinated with her presence. Turns out, weirdness is not as rare as we all assume.