Meşhur Kimden Poland

An experimental documentary. Using several series of static shots, the film depicts the lives of the residents of a housing estate.

The protagonist climbs the steps of a tower, loudly counting each step. The end of his climb also marks the end of the film.

An eccentric, philosophical story, in which the boundary between absurdity and existential reflections blurs in an inapparent way. The protagonist, deliberating her sister's exceptionally tiny hands, ponders about alternative modes of her sister's existence - for example as a pigeon.

Experimental film by Józef Robakowski.

An autobiographical, auto-therapeutic take, laced with deadpan humor. Here we learn about another identity crisis as Robakowski speaks of his fear of putting on his late grandfather’s glasses.

Experimental short film by Józef Robakowski.

An experimental film by Józef Robakowski.

A performance staged during the WRO 96 festival, entitled Monitor Polski. The artist presented a device in which his body was a conductor through which electricity flowed, with the voltage gradually increased at the artist's request and with the participation of the audience. Interest in the phenomenon of energy and reflection on artistic creation had already appeared in Robakowski's earlier works, such as O palcach (About Fingers, 1982) and Moje Videomasochizmy (My Videomasochisms, 1989).

A filmed portrait of Professor Tadeusz Reichstein, discoverer of cortisone and holder of the patent for the production of vitamin C, a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1950. Born in Włocławek at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Reichstein lectures in Basel and holds Swiss citizenship. A man of remarkable modesty who avoids the media, he nevertheless makes an exception for Polish journalists. In the film, he speaks about his life and scientific career.

An instructional video on the ongoing replacement of freight wagons, commissioned by the Ministry of Transport. The narrator describes the various stages of the repair process performed by specialized workers.

Several true stories from the 1930s about Stalin’s repressions. One of them tells about a Gomel official who survived an execution in the infamous Novobelitsky (Chonkovsky) forest near Gomel.

Even on the most difficult day, filled with exhausting conversations in a foreign language and gathering documents, I always find twenty minutes during my tram ride to dream about the little “secrets” I notice around me — like the horse that appeared at the stop.

Some conversations are more important than words. Two girls, one meeting over coffee and a game that can be more than fun. They start a sentence with ‘I’d rather…’, but it’s the smiles, glances and unspoken gestures that really tell their story.