Films of the Jury members + Q&A

Films of the Jury members + Q&A

8.12.2024, 16:00
Kino Forum, ul. Legionowa 5
admission free

BUURMAN ABDI
NEIGHBOUR ABDI
dir. Douwe Dijkstra
Netherlands 2022, 29’

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.

Z ŻYCIA STRACHÓW POLNYCH
FROM THE LIFE OF SCARECROWS
dir. Grzegorz Dębowski
Poland 2012, 16’40”

A long, long time ago in a faraway land called Poland, there lived a woman called Grażyna, who wouldn’t grow up. The film was inspired by a true story and fairy tales by H.Ch. Andersen.

HOMEBIRD
dir. Ewa Smyk
United Kingdom 2021, 10′

Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.