ŻUBROFFKA Special: Films of the Jury members

Sexy Laundry, Izabela Plucińska
Germany, Canada, Poland 2015, 13’

How can the flames of desire be rekindled after 25 years of married life?

Kommittén / The Committee, Gunhild Enger, Jenni Toivoniemi
Sweden, Norway, Finland 2016, 14’

Three delegates from Sweden, Norway and Finland are gathered in Lapland to decide on an art piece, which is to be placed where the three borders meet geographically. But the committee is in for a surprise…

A Gentle Night, Qiu Yang
China 2017, 15’

The Palme d’Or winner for best short at Cannes 2017! In a nameless Chinese city, a mother with her daughter missing refuses to go gentle into this good night.

Megatron, Marian Crisan
Romania 2008, 14’

The winner of Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2008! It’s Maxim’s birthday. He’s 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald’s. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.

Obcy na mojej kanapie / A Stranger on My Couch, Grzegorz Brzozowski
Poland 2017, 53’

An image of a contemporary city from the couchsurfers’ perspective. Warsaw is becoming a meeting place for people from different corners of the world, of different ages, with different life stories. What they have in common is a feeling of being lost and a dire need to run away from their solitude.