The Gentle Giant

The Gentle Giant 2016

1

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.

2016

The Merlin's Teddy

The Merlin's Teddy 2013

8.00

A group of school friends are trying to prevent two mysterious women from searching for a missing teddy bear endowed with magical powers.

2013

Planty krakowskie

Planty krakowskie 1929

6.50

Join us for a 9-minute walk through the city and its main park, Planty, caught by the eye of Mysłowicz, founder of the Lumen Film Institute. Unlike most major Polish cities, Kraków wasn’t destroyed during the Second World War, which means Planty krakowskie gives you a splendid opportunity to almost feel like you’re there today.

1929

Silny niezależny kosmos

Silny niezależny kosmos 2019

1

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.

2019

Relative Similarities

Relative Similarities 1979

5.00

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.

1979

The End The End

The End The End 1979

1

“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.

1979

Impressions

Impressions 1973

1

“Impressions” provides an image of conscious corporeality – an image that was rare in the art of Poland under Communism. The work is a joyful spontaneous story about female subjectivity, a film self-portrait of the artist.

1973

What Happens When Children Don't Eat Soup

What Happens When Children Don't Eat Soup 2012

1

Two siblings watched by their grandfather sit at the table and struggles to finish their soup. The children don't want to eat, they scoop the soup up reluctantly, looking for a possible way to break free from the table. When the door opens, and the bright light hits the room, the children run out and find themselves in a completely different reality.

2012

Locus

Locus 2016

1

Every traveler knows this feeling: moving landscape, rhythmical rumble of the train and a head full of thoughts. Time slows down encouraging an inner journey, as a lonely woman sinks deeper and deeper into her memories. She is traveling to her family: to an absent husband and her child whom she can't learn to miss. She's coming back but in her thoughts she's traveling again. Space-time turns, departures and returns mix into a confusing life journey. In the empty train drama slowly evolves.

2016

The Calf

The Calf 2008

1

A small village, a sleepy winter landscape, a dairy farm. Suddenly, one of the calves is taken away from its safe home and put in a tractor trailer.

2008