The Potato Beetle

The Potato Beetle 1950

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The attack of the Colorado potato beetle on crops in the GDR, Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1950 was interpreted by the authorities as a planned American action against the Eastern Bloc. The Americans were to drop the Colorado beetle from planes which provided aid for the people of West Germany. Propaganda was spread everywhere – posters, radio, and cinema. In the film "Stonka", apart from propaganda and instructions, we could see some high-quality shots showing the beetle's life cycle. The voiceover’s commentary and the Colorado beetle close-ups make the production more dramatic. It is typical of nature films, in which the state television specialized later. Apart from the history of the pest, the potato is another protagonist of the film - its position in the Polish diet, agriculture, and customs. "

1950

Dreams Vol.1|Oh Snap!

Dreams Vol.1|Oh Snap! 1970

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Random dreams or nightmares, the lines can get blurry, as do the images.

1970

Tempestas

Tempestas 1970

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Let the elders speak. Where they are from, remains a mystery. In the end only the trout will make it out alive (at least for a while), because „Temepstas“ is a film about the weather and how it will kill us all. Let the sunshine in. Deep.

1970

Entertainment

Entertainment 1970

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Best-Of of „101“, a series of 101 videos taken in front of a white wall. The main topics are madness and solitary, also there are some eggs and sausages in it.

1970

Pod Sufitem

Pod Sufitem 1970

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Based on the poetry of Krystyna Szostak (some people call her „Mama“), starring Julia Posch. Memories of a broken marriage and the struggles of living in a foreign country.

1970

Existence

Existence 1970

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The futility of life, explained by the voice of an allmighty, but rather cynical, being. Thoughts on existence and the individuals role in this mad world of ours. In the end, love conquers all...as it does sometimes. Features a tragic and romantic encounter with a snowman.

1970

Oni

Oni 2007

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This film is a kind of experiment conducted by Artur Żmijewski on representatives of four social groups in Poland. He invited people associated with the left wing, elderly ladies strongly expressing their pro-church stance, young representatives of the Jewish minority, and members of the Młodzież Wszechpolska political group to participate in this project. The first task for each group was to create a symbol of the Polish state as they understood it. These symbols were then placed on T-shirts distributed to the project participants. This was followed by a confrontation between all the groups, together with the boards they had previously created with the symbol of Poland, during which further tasks received from the director were performed. Representatives of a given group could, for example, add something to another group's symbol or remove something from it, etc.

2007

In Side

In Side 2023

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Jan takes risks on a daily basis, but a single moment forces him to confront his limits: the entangled complexity of his world reflects fears, courage and the question of his true identity.

2023

Post-proto

Post-proto 2021

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Visualize the search for the original nature within and the idea of returning to the roots.

2021

The Orange Alternative

The Orange Alternative 1988

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“No freedom without dwarves!” What form of oppositional logic can take hold when nothing is logical anymore? “The Orange Alternative” has answers. When living conditions in communism reach the threshold of the surreal, the protest movement that sprang from student circles decides to subvert the order of the regime by Dadaist artistic interventions.

1988

The School, a World

The School, a World 2023

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Chlebiotki is a small village in Poland where filmmaker Iga Łapińska grew up. She left, returned 20 years later, and saw how the village had changed. In her interactive web documentary you meet seven of the 60 current residents and a woman who left Chlebiotki long ago—Łapińska’s mother. They show you their world, often very intimately.

2023

My Uncle Leszek

My Uncle Leszek 2024

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The film is a study of a son’s extraordinary love for his dying mother and the psychological cost he pays for sacrificing his life for her.

2024