Lola

Lola 1970

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Karol is performing as a drag queen, Lola. He's trying to fit into the new environment and find his true self.

1970

The End The End

The End The End 1979

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“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

Fight

Fight 1979

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Picture of a fight between two women in which the victim is a judge - a man. 'Re-discovered' film by Jadwiga Singer.

1979

The Limits of Human Possibilities

The Limits of Human Possibilities 1984

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“The Limits of Human Possibilities” is an example of on-camera performance, a sequence of poses reminiscent of asanas in yoga adapted by the artist, for which the outline of a mountain range is a kind of point of reference.

1984

Homo Politicus

Homo Politicus 2016

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The demons of extreme nationalism regularly recur in Poland. Likewise, a growing level of internal social and political polarization. For the last few years the celebrations of the Independence Day ended up in violent demonstrations, the devastation of Warsaw and brutal clashes between the extreme nationalist elements with the police and leftist activists. Internal conflicts and political tensions had been growing in the days preceding the parliamentary elections. Protests, demonstrations and manifestations. Tensions were growing. On the 25th of October 2015 the elections took place. The effects of the elections, resulting in democratic crisis, are all widely commented not only in Poland.

2016

Beyond the Wall

Beyond the Wall 2007

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A walking area, work in the tailor’s workshop, a modest meal, an everyday dose of medications taken under the control of medical personnel, an extremely crowded cell – it is a day like every day. No needless words. A moving story of Russian prisoners who have been put into a psychiatric hospital to serve their sentences. It was filmed in Chernyakhovsk (Kaliningrad Oblast) and Syczowce (Smolensk Oblast).

2007

Straszydła

Straszydła 1983

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Reporter Egon Ryś accidentally meets Scarecrow. He decides to give him a ride to the scarecrow convention, seeing it as a good topic for an article. The chairman of the meeting, Beelzebub, states that no one is afraid of them anymore, so they should start helping people instead of scaring them. Most of the ghosts are delighted with this idea, but the nobleman Boruta is opposed. He decides to sabotage his colleagues' activities.

1983

Centre

Centre 1973

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Bendkowski tests in this film the expressive potential of the cinematic medium. The work is based on an attempt, characteristic for this artist, to balance an incredibly colorful, spectacular visual layer with a faithfulness to a rigorous, rationally constructed structure of the work. -1,2,3... Avant-Gardes. Film/Art between Experiment and Archive, ed. Ł. Ronduda, F. Zeyfang, Warsaw 2007.

1973

Kisieland

Kisieland 2012

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A documentary presenting Radziszewski's meeting with Ryszard Kisiel, a personality behind the first East-Central European gay-zine, Filo and 're-discovered' by the director. The backdrop of the film is Kisiel's hitherto hidden archive, consisting of dozens of color slides, documenting photo shoots organized by Kisiel and his friends in a private apartment. The photos taken in 1985 and 1986 may be considered a direct reaction to the Polish anti-gay militia campaign ('Hiacynt'), during which the Secret Police collected information about homosexuals in Poland using them later for blackmail.

2012

Taking Care

Taking Care 2006

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Portrait of a young doctor who cares for terminally ill children, patients of the Gajusz Foundation in Łódź.

2006