Kino in Westpommern

Gdy oczy nie widzą... / When the eyes don't see...
Production: POL 2011

At first glance Patryk seems to be just like his peers. He is young, he studies, is passionate about music, plays the piano. He can not wait for Christmas to come. But Patryk is not like the other boys his age. He has been suffering from retinopathy of prematurity, which causes blindness. The boy does not want pity or admiration. He wants to be seen not as a blind pianist, but – just a pianist.

Celluloid Tales
Production: POL 2014

A documentary inspired by old films, made as part of the WISKORD and Cuma Amateur Film Clubs. For 5 years the OFFicyna Association has been running the Old Digital Szczecin project, digitalising pictures that document the life of Szczecin's workplaces. Celluloid Tales consists of three stories about the makers of these films, and about one of the old tales' protagonist's son. Stanisław, Włodek, and Piotr talk about how the old tapes bring back the memories.

Film co-produced by the Pomerania Film fund (ZFF) and MUFI Kompania Muzyczno-Filmowa Bartosz Piekarczyk.

Jerzy Gumiela – painter, author of installations, happenings, video-art film productions, graduate of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. With his ecstatic temperament, the active and multi-disciplinary author can inspire young painters, sculptors, and graphic artists from Szczecin and other Polish cities. Since 1990 he has lived and presented his art in the USA. His works are held in renowned European museums.

Mamo, gdzie jesteś? / Mom, where are you?
Production: POL 2014

In 2010 the fate of little Adrian moved the hearts of people so deeply that the boy did not only receive material help, but also his biggest dream came true – abandoned by his biological parents, he found new ones. Adrian, fighting an incurable disease, wanted to have a new home and, finally, a wonderful childhood. But the new parents put the boy into foster care in less than a year after taking him in. Will someone finally love Adrian?

Miasto 44 / City 44
Production: POL 2014

It is a story about young Poles who came into adulthood in the cruel reality of occupation. Still, they are full of life, passionate, impatient. They live like every day can be their last. It is a dream about the moment when one can fulfill the duty owed to their Homeland.

Na wnuczka / Grandson style
Production: POL 2010

Honourable mention at PiK 2011

“Bilked out of 5 thousand zł!”, “He lost his life savings!”, “The grandson strikes again – an elderly lady lost 70 thousand zł!” – the author saw such headlines in the newspapers and received such information from the police every day. He decided to make a cautionary reportage. He did not expect the case to take the sensational track that it did. To reveal how the fraud works, the author decided on a journalist provocation. By taking on the identity of a fraudulent grandson, he got in touch with the real criminals. 

Ogród po drugiej stronie rzeki / Garden across the river
Production: POL 2014,

Poles are used to Germans looking for places where their ancestors used to live, both in Szczecin and other locations east from the Oder. Surprisingly, Marek Brzeziński might be the only Pole looking for places connected with his past on the western side of the Oder. Wandering through the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Brandenburg he is amazed to discover how many nationalities have exerted and are still exerting influence on how we live today. The film captures the unique process of a new community being born on the Polish-German borderland.

It is a story about Szczecin, which, thanks to the development of major industry (from the mid-19th century until the 1920s), radically changed its appearance. It became a large metropolis known in Europe and around the world. The film consists of old photographs and documents, among other things.

Szczecińska Hellada / Szczecin's Ancient Greece
Produkcja: POL 2004

Part of the Wędrówki Po Szczecinie series. A story about the collection of antique art in Szczecin's National Musuem, on exhibition in the Museum building on Wały Chrobrego. Rafał Makała talks about the collection, its creators, and history.

Ucieczka z raju / Escape from paradise
Production: POL 2011

Nine-year-old Nikola, the daughter of Polish parents, has been living in Norway for 5 years. The officials decided to take her away from home, basing their decision on the fact that the girl was sad. The child was put with a foster family, where she was to wait for adoption from a Norwegian family. Nikola's desperate father hired detective Rutkowski. In the documentary we will see the planning process and the attempt to get the girl back.

Łukasz was born very ill. The doctors diagnosed him quickly, but so far there is no effective medicine for Crohn's disease. Nonetheless, the boy and his family have a great will to live, strength to fight, and love. Although it is unknown when, or if, Łukasz will recover, and often there is not enough money for the treatment, the Berezaks prove that one can fight the adversities with dignity, and enjoy each and every day. “Faith can move mountains,” as the protagonist of the reportage says, and instead of writing letters to Saint Nicholas, he writes letters to God. In those letters he talks about his life, himself, his dreams.