Directing
There is nothing greater than having a dinner with the family. Although it resembles a looped scenario that repeats itself endlessly. Recited with flying colors for many long years.
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).
The film addresses the passage of time by making a comparison between rivers and the main character's life.
A bittersweet reflection on life in Poland. Young and old talk about the search for love, wedding night, school uniforms, prime minister duties, buckling up, religion and power. A rich collage of statements, conversations, musical pieces and reportage material. The film touches on the most sensitive topics for society, such as unemployment and poverty, farmers' strikes, pseudo-fighters and crime. On the other hand, in the pictorial layer, the main character is Lodz, its inhabitants and post-Peerel landscapes.
The film's protagonist is a possessive mother who has not recovered from the death of her husband and is trying hard to establish a bond with her teenage son.
A story about a possessive relationship between a mother and her daughter. The daughter, through unexpressed anger and rebellion against her mother, transforms into a goldfish. Her repressed childhood emotions are manifested in her harshness towards herself and others.
Muscles, skin and heart that wish to be touched. About a body that wants to experience proximity to another body.
Having been orphaned as a child, Igor’s mum was raised by her grandparents. All Igor knows about his grandparents is what he’s seen in photo albums and heard from his mum’s stories. After learning more about his small family, Igor and his mum decide to make a family tree.
Damian’s grandmother Aniela grew up surrounded by nature – the forest, the changing seasons, and helping her parents with the farm work. Aniela was the oldest of four children, and often went to the forest alone. Done in claymation, this is the story of what the now-elderly Aniela encountered in the forest and still remembers to this day.
The nights spent at grandmother’s make up Marysia’s mum’s most vivid memories – the cousins’ chatter before bedtime and many generations coming together. Fairy tales were often told in the house where mum grew up; tonight’s will be about an old man and his wife.
