TYLE SŁÓW ILE ZNAM,
reż. Angela Walijewska, Polska/Poland, 11:30
animation / animacja
Creature born in cosmic space starts using language while having noone else who it could speak to; in order to find a person with a similar mind the creature develops a unique way of travelling accross galaxies, only to find out its place is as much everywhere as it is nowhere.
HEM,
reż. Konrad Kultys, Polska/Poland, 27:00
narrative / fabuła
Mai, fleeing Vietnam, ends up in an illegal workplace in Poland.
A growing affection for Daria in the new country becomes a hope to escape from a trap. The past, however, is unwilling to forget Mai…. One of the first Polish fiction films to feature people of Vietnamese descent speaking the Vietnamese language in the lead roles. Shot on 16mm Kodak film stock.
WHATEVER MOVES IS ALIVE,
reż. Noémie Marsily, Belgia/Belgium, 11:05
animation / animacja
While slugs wander across the kitchen floor, Noémie draws up her self-portrait, shifting and fragmented, on the edge between the intimate and the hubbub of the world.
MIASTO JEŻY,
reż. Mateusz Rybiński, Polska/Poland, 16:00
narrative / fabuła
The film, told entirely in sign language, is set in a rehab center for deaf youth struggling with addiction. As a new patient, the main character finds himself drawn to a long-term resident and struggles to navigate their growing connection amidst the challenges of recovery. His newfound feelings bring to light the age-old dilemma of the „hedgehog’s dilemma”, in which the desire for closeness and connection is constantly at odds with the need for self-protection and distance.
THE CACTUS,
reż. Ricardo Kump, Brazylia/Brazil, 10:25
animation / animacja
A man, troubled by a severe nervous system disease, finds himself paralyzed in a remote and hostile environment after an accident. His situation takes new directions as he surrenders and accepts his new reality. An horror film inspired by Santiago Dabove (1889 – 1951) short story „Ser polvo”.
76 min