Films

• An Ocean / Ein Ozean, 19

  The trembling starts in his neck when Markus is getting closer to the images that have chased him for 49 years. Now he steers his motor home south, as far away from his past as possible. The images come without any warning. First a tingling in the neck, then the trembling spreads through Markus’ whole body. The abuse happened over 45 years ago, but only now can Markus put it into words. With his motor home, the 55-year-old always keeps moving, just so he doesn’t spend too long thinking. A daily struggle for survival between the past and the view of the ocean horizon.
   

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Paul Scheufler
• Down to Earth / Blisko ziemi, 29

  The documentary movie “Down to earth” tells the story of co-dependent relationship of Małgorzata and Mariusz, directors’ parents. The presented relationship is far from perfect but apart from many accusations and disappointments, it is also full of unexpected examples of care and subtle gestures of love. Over the years of their marriage, both of them developed many behavioral patterns, unknown and probably inconceivable to people not familiar with the issue of alcoholism, but recognized and well known to professionals who deal with the issue.

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Paulina Sikora
• I showed him covid-19, 2

  An experimental short movie is exploring the notion of art created with the use of artificial intelligence. Thanks to computational tools for finding and using patterns in data, it became possible to see how AI responds to our input. This art piece’s creator has built a unique database consisting of 1,232 photos taken in the pandemics period. Its primary purpose was to evaluate its generated visual response to the current worldwide situation. However, the outcomes have raised the bar by achieving the visual appeal to it. The idea for this project came from an intense feeling of separation that we live with, a forced break from plans, from relationships and our dreams.
   

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Karolina Gliniewicz
• It’s a Very Pretty Picture / Ten obrazek jest bardzo ładny, 30

  These intimate situations were recorded with a phone, registered on a VHS tape or filmed using a digital camera. Jakub Ciosiński shows the life of a three-generational family in the context of love failures and problems with relationship building. Can a camera lens serve as a tool to provide film therapy or to understand family stories? This documentary family self-portrait combines not only different filming techniques but also different stages of life and social norms with regard to relationships. Almost all members of the Ciosińskis have a say in it.
   

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Jakub Ciosiński
• Why Didn’t You Stay For Me? / Waarom bleef je niet voor mij?, 25

  Four children. One director. Each lost a parent to suicide. When director Milou probes the questions no one ever dared to ask her, the kids finally tell us about the journey they made from the moment they heard the news.
  
  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Milou Gevers