Jan Bujnowski
Directing
Biography
Graduate of directing, currently a PhD student and lecturer at the Lodz Film School. He previously studied journalism and art history at the University of Warsaw. His film The Devil received a Special Jury Mention at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2023 and was shown at over 60 festivals worldwide, including Oberhausen and ZINEBI in Bilbao. His latest film Dancing in the Corner premiered at Cannes' Semaine de la Critique.
Known For
Is there any connection between sunglasses, high school friends and nicknames? And could it have something to do with sombreros?
Bad Ideas
According to researches made throughout 1990s by the Institute for Public Opinion Research (OBOP) approximately 95% of Poles identified themselves as a believers. At the same time unemployment rates reached record values. In times of crisis, when people sought spirituality, seemingly impossible events were possible...
The Devil
Luxembourg, 2004. An immigrant mother tries to do everything within her power to buy her child a piano for Christmas, navigating the socioeconomic challenges of their everyday life.
A Winter Melody
After the fall of communism in 1989, colour TVs are no longer a luxury good in Poland. The screens in many Polish homes are beginning to look more like the reality outside the window. But is reality truly colourful?
Dancing in the Corner
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Bobik poszedł na wojnę
A lonely 55-year-old street artist from Poland lives in London. His parents decide to visit their son after many years of separation. A man wants to take advantage of the chance to resolve an old conflict with his father, not realizing that the real problem is much deeper.
Time Machine
A simple crossword puzzle of empty squares is immersing an old man to the point of reliving his own life all over again. Will it help him to make sense of it all?