Natalia Krawczuk

A story of a relationship between an overprotective mother and her son. It is a playful game of constant changes of social and family roles, age and sizes. The film tries to answer the question who is truly an adult and what does it mean.

An animated protest created by 49 animators in 48 hours as a response to the decision of The Constitutional Court about abortion ban in Poland. Moved and broken by the situation in our country, we, a group of students from the Animation Department of Lodz Film School have decided to act. We strongly oppose the recent events in our country and it’s shameful that such a ruling has been pushed through during this extremely difficult time of pandemic. The Constitutional court has issued a ruling that will end legal termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly. Many of us are afraid right now, this is why we want to express unity in a just cause.

A woman drives into a city where she used to live, to meet a man she once cared about. Their meeting takes place in a coffee shop, where they have met many times before. The woman realizes that the man is still not indifferent to her. Seemingly trivial elements and gestures bring back memories. In the man's yellow socks, she suddenly sees all the different socks he once used to wear. A common gesture of him rolling up the sleeves multiplies in front of her eyes, as if the past was there together with the present. Their conversation briefly tells the story of their relationship.

Bartholmus is the mayor of a medieval coastal city. He is not interested in governance, but he is very fond of people applauding him. One day he learns that all mayors from the surrounding towns have bought new clocks for the town hall. Bartholmus only has a small and ugly clock, so he calls the great sculptor Hans and his helper Friday to the city. Together, they create an unusual clock, the beauty of which turns out to be dangerous.

Arseniy, a train operator, loves his job. There is just one thing that keeps bothering him: passengers. One day, he decides to teach them a lesson.

What happens when two men playing imaginary ping-pong meet someone who isn’t?

Lady Death is dying of boredom at work. After accidentally turning Grandfather George into a “Stuck Soul,” she must stay on Earth to help him finish his life mission. Living with his eccentric family — a spiritual dog, gothic teen Nikoleta, and fitness-obsessed Vita — she decides to explore human life and experience summer love. Instead of romance, she finds ghosting, sunburns, and beach days. But through it all, she discovers something greater: a deep love for living. She gives up immortality to live as a human — short, messy, but real.

A series of 11 short films from 6 countries: Land of the Cowboys (Soviets), Composition (Slovenia), Fences (Poland), Rivers (Poland), Beyond the Border (Hungary), Mosaic, Waltz of Sleep (Poland), Wolf Games (Croatia), Strange Sounds (Hungary), Fairy Tale (Hungary), The More I Know (Czech Republic) and Happy End (Czech Republic).

This wonderful Polish non-narrative animation takes as its theme the constriction and confinement in which we often find ourselves. Viewers will be able to consider when barriers and borders are and are not necessary.