Even on the most difficult day, filled with exhausting conversations in a foreign language and gathering documents, I always find twenty minutes during my tram ride to dream about the little “secrets” I notice around me — like the horse that appeared at the stop.
Some conversations are more important than words. Two girls, one meeting over coffee and a game that can be more than fun. They start a sentence with ‘I’d rather…’, but it’s the smiles, glances and unspoken gestures that really tell their story.
Shot on a miniature set, the film gradually reveals the mechanisms of control and discipline in schools, symbolised by oversized gymnastics vaults and a multiplied number of scales in the nurse’s office.
According to a Japanese legend, long ago the world was ruled by the Sun goddess Amaterasu. She had a younger brother, Susanoo, the god of Wind and Storms, who brought much harm to the earth.
It's safe to say we're witnessing life and death on screen. Professor Grodzieński dissects a heart from a trout embryo. Microscopic images reveal the formation of the heart and its contractions. By eliminating individual heart components, we arrive at the contractile center. The effect of temperature on heart rate is profound. An increase in temperature is accompanied by increasingly rapid heart contractions. The heart pumps blood into blood vessels, their smallest branches reaching every corner of the body. We trace the movement of blood cells within the vessels. When the temperature exceeds 25°C, the heart stops.
The film follows a young man as he tries to preserve his everyday life in the form of a video diary. He shares those important moments (both beautiful and trivial) with his girlfriend and his best friend.
A special installment of the Polish Film Chronicle on March 8, 1949, highlighted women’s emancipation under socialism, emphasizing their roles in both light and heavy industries. The state supported women with childcare facilities, and feminatives were not used in job titles. Notable figures included Antonina Traczyk, a female shock worker, and Eugenia Pragier, a deputy minister. These changes were part of the Eastern Bloc’s feminist movement, as noted by the International Women’s Congress in Budapest.
The protagonist of the film, a retired miner from Silesia, has covered over 80,000 kilometers on foot. He is about to begin his third circumnavigation of the globe. He practices a rare and little-known sport in Poland: ultramarathon running. In two days of continuous running, he is able to cover 378 km – the distance from Bielsko-Biała to Warsaw. What is commonplace for him is impossible and crazy for the average mortal. His achievements are impressive: third place in the world championships in the 48-hour run and second place in the European championships in the 24-hour run. Despite this, he remains unknown to most people.
A short tale of a man making his way in what would appear to be a consciously chosen direction and toward a concrete end. Waking at dawn in the wilderness, he begins to wander a road he knows well. As the sun sinks below the horizon, with his last remaining strength he finally arrives at the place which seems to be his home…
An intimate portrait of six-year-old Kasia. The girl has a vivid imagination and observes the world around her with great attention.
