Scatterbrain at the Circus 1964
A short animated Polish film.
A short animated Polish film.
Three employees of a poultry farm, Kazik, Antek, and Paweł, are instructed by their manager to drive a truck to Warsaw and illegally deliver a batch of turkeys to important people. While carrying out the assignment, they encounter many difficulties and meet various people. Finally, weary of their troubles and discouraged, they decide to have a night picnic by the Vistula River.
Short and simple story from the time of pandemic - a poetic view of isolation, loneliness and boredom.
A film that portrays the Kafkaesque struggle of the protagonist, a female to male transsexual, as he tries to obtain identity documents that would allow him to normally function in Polish society.
Arseniy, a train operator, loves his job. There is just one thing that keeps bothering him: passengers. One day, he decides to teach them a lesson.
People who suffer from depression are usually invisible. Society believes that this disease affects the mentally weak, spoiled by life, self-centered and unable to "pull themselves together". When someone around us suffers, we think it will pass because they are simply in a bad mood. Depression does not go away by itself, and the bad mood continues and lasts, often for months or years. How much is human endurance? The film presents 4 stories of the struggle with this extremely serious disease, in which they are repeatedly inscribed: exclusions, helplessness of doctors or suicide attempts.
experimental short film
An elderly Polish-American man, in the final stage of his life, experiences a reversion to the past. As his memories evaporate, he contends with being haunted by what he believes are ghosts. Haunted by the spectre of his ethnic identity, he receives a message from a special visitor.
At Żmijewski and Paweł Althamer’s invitation a group of artists fills a few rooms at the Warsaw art school. All the works take the human body, that indispensable theme for any art education, as their point of departure. Past and future meet when Żmijewski's former professor joins the group. A homage to art school.
Quiet observation of a physically handicapped woman. The initial images, reminiscent of footage shot for patient records, reveal that effortless movement isn’t always a given. Luckily a sun-drenched day makes every walk a little better.
A group of deaf-mute students sing mass at a church in Warsaw. Accompanied by a dolorous organ they express themselves in a hitherto impossible way. The students cannot hear themselves or one another, but music is music. Particularly in God’s ears.
Welcome to the set of "The Wolf And The Sheep". The role of the Wolf is played by a woman, the role of the Sheep is played by a man who is - gay. These characters, ambiguous in various ways, are forced into an unambiguous film form (symbolising social conventions). Horror is mixed with slapstick comedy and the protagonists struggle like animals in a black-and-white tape cage.
A documentary presenting the story of a monk and exorcist, Matteo da Agnone. Murder, Love and Forgiveness. Evidence from the late 16th and early 17th centuries and testimonies that will not leave you indifferent. Who was Matteo? What do the archives of the town of Agnone hide? How did the Vatican react to the story? These questions are answered by Fr. Cipriano de Meo, Fr. Nazareno M. Galullo, a charismatic priest, and Prof. Maria Cristina Melloni, an Italian history researcher.
A glance into the mirror encourages a young woman to gradually discover her carnality.
100 kilos of self-doubt: a massif of a man uses slam poetry to overcome his fears. One small step for mankind is one big leap for a shy giant.
A group of school friends are trying to prevent two mysterious women from searching for a missing teddy bear endowed with magical powers.