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Presented at the 12th Documenta in Kassel, Them is a recording of a social experiment performed by the artist. Żmijewski organised a workshop to which he invited four groups representing divergent ideological mindsets: members of nationalist Młodzież Wszechpolska (All-Polish Youth), women strongly attached to the Catholic Church, young Polish Jews and leftist organisation activists.

A group of students are bored while spending their summer days in Warsaw on the Vistula River. At the suggestion of a friend, they decide to go on a cheap tourist trip to Yugoslavia. Together with them, we explore the Adriatic coast, including: the islands of Šolta and Brač. On the way back they visit Makarska, Savina Monastery and Belgrade. The film was produced by the Polish Academic Union of International Rapprochement "Liga" - an inter-university association dealing with, among others, organizing trips and foreign exchanges. In 2022, it was reconstructed based on two copies brought in the 1970s from the archives in the GDR and the USSR.

Film SEVERANCES and OPPOSITIONS by Izabela Nykiel directly refers to the essay "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf. The protagonist of the film is a young person who explores the space she inhabits by interacting with furniture and everyday objects. She seeks a way to break out of schematic socio-cultural behavior and identity liberation.

The Dreamer, whose body and mind become torn apart by the expanding, light-absorbing celestial body, proceeds to break down its daily routine while reminiscing and contemplating the purpose of living its life, scarred by unremembrance.

In this documentary, the director proves that movement is one of the most important manifestations of life. The film reveals what is imperceptible to the naked eye, starting with the movement of single cells or cells themselves, and ending with the movements of unicellular protozoa.

A jazz-infused introduction into the milieu and musical environment of Andrzej Kurylewicz’s Piwnica Artystyczna club. With appearances by artists Wanda Warska, Włodzimierz Nahorny, Barbara Brylska, Stanisław Tym and Jean Chavrain – a representative of the Estates General of the French Cinema.

In an episode of his programme, Mieszko Boligłowa takes a closer look at the filmography of David Lynch, as well as his connections to the city of Łódź.

A cinematic impression of a landscape, depicting a corner of Poland enclosed by the forks of the Biebrza and Narew rivers, which, as they merge, create wide wetlands and marshes. The landscape of this natural enclave retained its pristine character at the time Anna Górny's film was being made. The author portrays a world untouched by 20th-century civilization, experiencing its last days before the reclamation works were set to begin.

The main character is the next generation working at the lighthouse, and the film tells the story of how she got out of it.

Kościsław is a little skeleton who wants nothing more than to play his guitar. Unfortunately, his lack of assertiveness is a major obstacle.

The workshop participants reflected on situations from their own lives that had left a particularly strong impression on them and which were related to seemingly trivial gestures. Based on these memories, they created a film story about the value of mindfulness in relationships and its great impact on the quality of our lives. The film was made as part of the workshops during the 17th ŻUBROFFKA in Białystok in December 2023.

An animated film etude made using the photomontage technique. In this short episode, Magdalena Abakanowicz's immobile, frozen cast iron figures break away from the crowd and disperse in different directions across the city. By setting these cast iron monuments in motion, the author creates a new interpretation of the surrounding reality and contemporary man.

Animated epigram about pigeons ...

The wandering highlander sees strange things.

The video is a collection of fragments and snippets that switch like TV channels. Wide access to cable and satellite television contributed greatly to this phenomenon (the “Viva generation”). Most of the content is found footage from low quality amateur videos (recorded using early digital cameras and mobile phones), as well as from some of the first TV programs on clubbing. The party goers shown in the video are dancing at Łódź’s Love Parade, on a Polish platform at the Love Parade in Berlin, at a Hardbass hooligan event in Łódź, as well as in various urban and rural clubs. For some techno was boiling with aggression and stupidity, for others it was a form of collective fun and self-expression.