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.
Poland experienced a homophobic tsunami in 2020. LGBT people, whom the ruling party chose to be the enemy, became the target of an intense campaign of power supported by the church and public media officials. The breakthrough came on August 7 - the day the LGBT community said enough, demonstrating on the streets of Warsaw in defense of one of them - activist Margot. On that day, the power of rainbow solidarity clashed with brutal police aggression. There were high-profile, show arrests, as a result of which 48 participants of the protest were arrested. Among them are the protagonists of Michał Bolland's shocking film - Kajetan, Kamila, Krem and Julia and her partner. Their stories make it possible to understand and feel what price the non-heteronormative part of Polish society pays for homophobia and power transphobia. And what was the situation of the LGBT rights movement? Sometimes called the Polish Stonewall, August 7 may go down in history.
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 glance into the mirror encourages a young woman to gradually discover her carnality.
Arnold has been participating in a competition for unusual swimming equipment for twenty-three years and builds incredible boats and rafts every year. As always, the whole family supports him. Bozen's wife and two adult daughters Dagna and Marika help him build a new ship. However, from the very beginning, the design work is not going according to plan… In addition, Arnold decides to end his career and participate in the competition for the last time. He hopes that his family can get on the podium and win for the last time.
An old man in a twilight of his life longs for his greatest passion – flying. He does not remember people or events from the past anymore, but his feelings remain the same when he looks up at the sky. The former ace, now all that he has left are memories.
This wonderful Polish non-narrative animation takes as its theme the constriction and confinement in which we often find ourselves. Viewers will be able to consider when barriers and borders are and are not necessary.
A group of school friends are trying to prevent two mysterious women from searching for a missing teddy bear endowed with magical powers.
A fictional story about a husband and wife separated by huge distance, space and time. While living on two different surfaces they have to confront the reality surrounding them trying to find the meaning of the vague situation they have been thrown into.
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Gustowska recorded the protagonists, three pairs of female twins, in different situations and in the course of the passing time. The camera registered the changes that gradually occurred in the young women, capturing the differences and similarities between the siblings.
“The End The End” shows an interest in the film-making process as a subject. The motif of closed composition is of a circular nature, in which the end signifies the return to the point of departure, and is frequently employed by the artist.
Picture of a fight between two women in which the victim is a judge - a man. 'Re-discovered' film by Jadwiga Singer.
