The Boundaries of Cinema

Filmy poprzednich edycji

• Animal, 2021 | 120' | FRA

  “Animal” is a unique story for everyone who cares about the future of our planet. We live in the face of what scientists describe as the “sixth mass extinction” - 60% of Earth's vertebrates and 80% of European flying insects have disappeared in the last 40 years. Bella and Vipulan, two teenagers dedicated to animal protection, and Jane Goodall, a well-known chimpanzee research primatologist, take us on a journey around the world to help us understand why animals are dying and what we can do to reverse this deadly trend.

  
  
  

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• Dzielenie się, 2022 | 13' | POL

  A clash of three generations, Polish culture and Christmas with the moment of coming out of a homosexual granddaughter/daughter/sister. A film made with a VHS camera, set in a traditional Polish house where an old lady (88) lives with her adult children: Danuta (55) and Jerzy (61). The insularity of the inhabitants of the post-communist block clashes with the New Wave artist and filmmaker. A document about ignorance and fear of what is new is packed in the quintessence of simple words, patterns and stereotypes.

  
  
  

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• Mapa ciała, 2021 | 35' | POL

  A group of five pupils of J. Korczak Youth Reformatory in Szczecin captures their life with amateur cameras. The result of three weeks film workshops is a portray of teenage dreams and goofing around interleaved with harsh reality of institution.

  
  
  

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• Na co mam stać pod rynną, 2022 | 14' | POL

  The film shows the school from the perspective of a young teacher in her first year of work. Being full of enthusiasm, the author gives the floor to the students. Together, they create and try to rearrange the school space into a space that eludes the usual structures and rigid categories of implementing the “core curriculum”. The image is accompanied by a story, an intimate record of the experiences of young women.

  
  
  

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• Rozmowy o śmierci, 2022 | 4' | POL

  The author closes the formalities related to the death of his father. It records conversations with bots on telephone helplines. He is forced to share his private mourning and the first conversations about the loss of a loved one with the mechanical voice of computer assistants.

  
  
  

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• Strych | Attic, 2022 | 6' | POL

  Animation combines charcoal drawing with VR techniques. It is a conglomerate of badly formed, lying, childhood memories that have not been released so far. They circle around the attic, trying to somehow clarify, specify and understand what happened.

  
  
  

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• Vortex, 2021 | 142' | FRA

  “Animal” is a unique story for everyone who cares about the future of our planet. We live in the face of what scientists describe as the “sixth mass extinction” - 60% of Earth's vertebrates and 80% of European flying insects have disappeared in the last 40 years. Bella and Vipulan, two teenagers dedicated to animal protection, and Jane Goodall, a well-known chimpanzee research primatologist, take us on a journey around the world to help us understand why animals are dying and what we can do to reverse this deadly trend.

  
  
  

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