3-7.12.2025 / Białystok

DOCUMENTARY.PL competition

Rozpoczęcie: 7 December 2024 13:30
Zakończenie: 7 December 2024 16:05

DOCUMENTARY.PL competition

DOCUMENTARY.PL COMPETITION
7.12.2024, 13:30
Centrum im. Ludwika Zamenhofa, ul. Warszawska 19
admission free

Competition for the best short animation – directed to Polish filmmakers.

NA PUSTYM POLU
IN THE EMPTY FIELD
director: Angelika Cygal

director of photography: Szczepan Lewandowski
music: Bogdan Klat
Poland 2023, 10′

The devils prowl by the forest, and the animals let out terrifying cries. The villagers have their own ways of staying calm.

DUCH
THE GHOST
director: Jakub Gomółka
director of photography: Vincent Prochoroff
music: Paweł Bednarczyk
Poland 2024, 6’55”

In the industrial landscape of Upper Silesia—amid mines, coking plants, and ironworks—lives Andrzej Wojtasik, who, after a fifteen-year sentence, completed a two-year rehabilitation programme at a centre for former prisoners in Zabrze. Andrzej is trying to reconnect with his family, but when the automated answering machine cuts in once again, he realises that the challenge of rehabilitation doesn’t lie solely with the prisoners.

BIEGNIJ MONIA, BIEGNIJ
RUN MONNIE, RUN
director: Karolina Biesiacka
director of photography: Jarosław Piskozub
music: Piotr Kubiak
Poland 2024, 20′

Monika runs and trains alone every day. We observe the life of the protagonist after losing World Championships and returning to her hometown. The director forms a close bond with Monnie and believes that she will succeed.

ECHO
director: Emi Buchwald
director of photography: Tomasz Gajewski
music: Aleksandra Landsmann, Joanna Szczęsnowicz
Poland 2023, 20’03”

Two teenagers, Ania and Bartek, want to rid themselves of their greatest enemy—stammering. This inner monster makes them feel isolated and unable to function normally in the world. During stammering therapy, they work to understand and tame it.

ŁÓDŹ PODWODNA
SUBMARINE
director: Oliwia Zakrzewska
director of photography: Andrii Shostak
Poland 2024, 17’30”

Oliwia raises her 2-year-old son alone. She is going through a motherhood crisis and is trying unsuccessfully to find help in therapy centres. Fighting depression, she tries to create a safe home for her child.

SZALONA MIŁOŚĆ
CRAZY LOVE
director: Martyna Peszko
directors of photography: Magda Mosiewicz, Michał Stajniak
music: Barbara Wrońska
Poland 2023, 30′

Magda and Michał met years ago at a theatre workshop. Today, they are professional actors in the renowned Theatre 21, a company made up of people with Down syndrome. Michał proposes to Magda at the theatre, where everyone is ecstatic. However, the news isn’t met with the same enthusiasm at the young couple’s homes. This is a story that challenges stereotypes. Although the protagonists face many hurdles due to their disabilities, they don’t give up on planning a life together. Will they succeed?

CZYSTE NIEBO
CLEAR SKY
director: Marcin Kundera
director of photography: Marcin Kundera
music: SCOVKA
Poland 2024, 21’39”

Wowa and Roma are spending the last days of their holidays in their hometown. Explosions, air-raid sirens, and soldiers in the streets cast a shadow over their reality. Yet childhood unfolds regardless of war.


TY RZEKO
YOU RIVER
director: Izabela Zubrycka
director of photography: Merlijn Willemsen
Poland 2024, 9′

The river’s current intertwines with the current of life.