Competition Independent set II

60 Kilos of Nothing
director: Piotr Domalewski
director of photography: Bartosz Świniarski
Poland 2017, 27’

One morning in an opencast mine of precious metals. It is Krzysztof’s first working day as a manager. In order to survive in the environment of physical workers, where the man clearly doesn’t fit, he intends to maintain discipline with a firm hand.

Broken Tale
director: Paweł Kleszczewski, Kasia Zimnoch
director of photography: Mariusz Kleszczewski
music: Yann Ciennik
Ireland, Poland, Sweden 2016, 9’11”

A girl’s journey to the depths of primeval forest. Some unstoppable force pulls her into a lake hidden deep in the woods. The moose is her guide and mystic guardian. The story is based on a Swedish folk tale.

The Wizard of U.S.
director: Balbina Bruszewska
directors of photography: Balbina Bruszewska, Tomasz Łaptaszyński, Mariusz Andryszczyk
music: Adam Hajzer, Martin Tillman, Nate Pennington
Poland 2016, 22’30”

An animated collage, a satire referring to L. Frank Baum’s novel. The tornado brings Dorothy to a place full of wealth and danger. The girl goes to meet the Wizard who will surely make her dreams come true.

Deer Boy
director: Katarzyna Gondek
director of photography: Maciej Twardowski
music: Marcin Lenarczyk (DJ Lenar)
Poland 2017, 15’

Combining a fairy tale and horror, it is a story about instincts. About the first hunt. About blood and nature. Here, parental tenderness is intertwined with disgust, dreams with reality, and child’s sensitivity with learning to kill.

First Pole on Mars
director: Agnieszka Elbanowska
director of photography: Paweł Chorzępa
Poland 2017, 38’

Kazimierz, lat 68, montuje urządzenie do łączności z kosmosem. W tym samym czasie zaczyna się walka o udział w historycznej misji Mars One. Kazimierz ma szansę zostać jednym z pierwszych kolonizatorów Marsa, musi jednak pokonać około trzech tysięcy kandydatów…