Films
- Echoes Course, 27'
Echoes Course
Production: Poland 2014A contemplative documentary and part of the Commonheavens project, which – in the authors' words – talks “about life in the inlands, about being there, silence and the place without name”. The film opens with a foggy shot, from which a quote emerges. The shot changes: the next one is crisp, colourful. It disappears in the emptiness, and another appears. It is a world beyond time. This filmic meditation closes and opens with the quote: “For whom emptiness is possible, for those everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, for those everything is not possible.”
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- Enrichment, 11'
EnrichmentProduction: Poland 2014The term enrichment denotes activities that aim to provide captive animals with the stimuli necessary for correct psychophysical development. As one zoo staff member in the films says: “So that they don't succumb to routine.” The most popular methods of enrichment include diversification of the feeding process (i.e. making it more difficult – so that the food does not jump directly into the animals' throats), training, playing music and sounds of nature, and even film screenings. The film features staff members of the ZOO in Wrocław, the city's inhabitants, and visitors.
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- Matter of State, 3'
Matter of State
Production: Poland / Germany 2014An experimental short focusing on the changing environment that we inhabit: from nature's bosom to a world of technology. A split screen, replicating the portrayal of the same person in a woodland and an urban environment; it tests our perception by showing what became paradoxically natural for the Western man: the rejection of Nature, and unrestrained faith in technology. This rejection is probably irreversible.
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- Polska za 20 lat, 1' 30''
Polska za 20 lat / Poland 20 yers from now
Production: Poland 2013Warsaw in 2032 is fallowed farmland. An elderly ex-celebrity, known from such films as “Snow White and Russian Red” and “Lejdis,” tells us how this came to be. The actor is repairing some kind of archaic lamp and talking about how Polish politicians obstinately acted in such a way that even the excessively lenient EU lost its patience. Even the everlasting Palace of Culture and Science finally became overgrown with grass.
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- Szpila, 30'
Szpila
Production: Poland 2014The vigorous Szpila is a single mother to twin girls diagnosed with autism. Szpila does everything to introduce joy and hope into her family life. Love is already there. The protagonist trains, sings songs written for her daughters, seeks medical solutions. She cries when it's necessary. She laughs whenever it's possible. Szpila's efforts and energy are to bring about the best.
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- Zasada piąta, 18'
Zasada piąta / Fifth rule
Production: Polska 2013In the wild woods, on a forgotten hill there is a shepherd's hut, wherein several outsiders took residence. Each of them struggles with different problems – they are escaping reality, doing penance, waiting for a better tomorrow. But time there comes to a halt; another cigarette, coffee, and again the lingering, and soon it'll be time to herd the sheep. The observation of unusual protagonists lets us believe that – to paraphrase the Polish rock classic – the blue sky is all they need.
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