Cucumber 2020
A woman looking for a poolside frolic finds an unlikely ally in the cucumber vendor.
A woman looking for a poolside frolic finds an unlikely ally in the cucumber vendor.
Krzysztof Suchowierski, young man from Poland (live in England) is amazing traveller. Krzysztof cycled 3,500 km of Siberia in the winter. His main motivation was to visit the places where Polish exiles prisoners were sent by Soviet Regime, but not only, also Russians, Germans, and many others. His lonely trip to Kolyma (Russia) had a similar message.
Animated short film
Join our friends on their next adventure... The stories of two brothers - the elder Śruba, a natural leader whose thinking prefers the rational world to the imagination. He's lively, and like any prankster, he always gets into trouble. Kubik is a born intellectual, a bit of a little adult, although he is actually cheerful and playful, careful and meticulous. His older brother is his role model! When Śruba goes somewhere, so does Kubik!
The documentary contains interviews with older and younger generations of poster artists, examples of past and current poster work, historic and current film footage of where and how the poster is viewed, and commentaries from both American and Polish scholars and artists on the significance of the Polish poster as a cultural icon.
With 40 years of playing together, floating on a huge wave of success Budka Suflera decided to say goodbye to her fans and prepared something special: a Przystanek Woodstock concert as their last show.
A short story about the cone-girl Lotta nad the pear-boy Luke who go for a date. They live in a world where your shape depends of your personality. Pointy, brisk Lotta and round, slow Luke obviously don't fit to each other but they try to do their best.
A short film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato
The film presents the activities of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya from the moment she registered as a candidate for the presidency. An unknown housewife unexpectedly won the support of Belarusians.
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.
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.