Polish independents – programme 2

Aldona
reż./dir. Iwo Kondefer
zdjęcia/cinematography: Beata Rakoczy
Polska/Poland 2014, 15′
kontakt/contact: iwo@kondefer.com

Aldona is a young girl with a strong character and ironic attitude towards reality. Despite her disability (she was born without arms and legs) she tries to fulfil her dream of becoming a photo model.

Dom na głowie
House on the Head
reż./dir. Adam Palenta
zdjęcia/cinematography: Wojciech Zamecznik
Polska/Poland 2014, 19’02”
kontakt/contact: adam.palenta@gmail.com

A documentary on the life of Wojciech Zamecznik (1923-1967), an architect, stage designer, poster designer. The film was made using the artist’s archival footage. Not only is it an interesting look at his family life but also at the communist Poland in 1950s.

Ze wsi Grunwald
From Grunwald Village
reż./dir. Artur Wierzbicki
zdjęcia/cinematography: Artur Wierzbicki, Piotr Suzin
Polska/Poland 2014, 22′
kontakt/contact: m.fabijanska@sfp.org.pl

Grunwald, once a historically famous place, is now a village pervaded by poverty, stagnation and apathy. The monotonous lives of its inhabitants are once a year broken with the Battle of Gruwald reenactment.

Łakomstwa endemita
Endemic’s Greed
reż./dir. Natalia Dziedzic
zdjęcia/cinematography: Natalia Dziedzic
Polska/Poland 2013, 11′
kontakt/contact: festiwale@fumistudio.com

An animated tale of animal desires which are present in human nature. The fates of a sailor, young girl and two inconspicuous creatures, a bee and a crab, are overlapping at the seashore. All of them will meet at a waffle stand…

Mleczny brat
Milky Brother
reż./dir. Vahram Mkhitaryan
zdjęcia/cinematography: Marcin Sauter
Armenia, Polska/Armenia, Poland 2014, 30′
kontakt/contact: arostropowicz@wajdastudio.pl

A story of a little boy Seto who lives in a small village in Armenia. Soon, a new member of his family is to be born. Unfortunately, the infant dies. Instead of a little brother, a lamb appears in Seto’s life…