The 49th Polish Film Festival

The 49th Polish Film Festival

Gdynia 23-28.09.2024

Bad Luck

Grotesque and caricatural, the film depicts the fate of an unlucky opportunist who tries to please the authorities for over twenty years. All his attempts at ‘welcomed’ metamorphoses fail: Piszczyk remains an anti-hero. His successive ill-considered ‘transformations’ always come too late. The man wants to adapt to the requirements of the current political situation at all costs, but for various reasons, he fails to do so.
Bad Luck

Imagine

Ian, a new spatial orientation instructor, arrives at an eye clinic in Lisbon to give classes to blind patients. However, his unconventional methods raise doubts among the staff. Ian pays little attention to sensory perception. In his opinion, the mind and imagination allow one to move about efficiently and lead an active life.
Imagine

The Last Day of Summer

This experimental film is an atmospheric study of loneliness and helplessness. Made under amateur conditions, it tells the story of a young man and a mature woman who meet on a deserted Baltic beach. They try to get closer to each other, but their pasts and traumatic war experiences create an unbreakable barrier. The planes flying over their heads do not let them forget the dangers.
The Last Day of Summer

The Maids of Wilko

Having lost his friend, almost 40-year-old Wiktor Ruben visits his aunt and uncle in the countryside, where he spent his youth in a manor house in the company of ladies. A lot has changed since then. Julia gave birth to twin girls. Emancipated Jola got married. Fela died prematurely. Zosia and Kazia are not the same anymore either. Little Tunia has grown up into a beautiful young lady. Ruben’s visit,...
The Maids of Wilko

Total Eclipse

When Verlaine meets the young Rimbaud in 1871, he is struck by the teenager’s youthful beauty and arrogant appearance. He later discovers that this is the poet who has sent him samples of his work. Verlaine, a highly respected poet, realises that the young Rimbaud’s work is extraordinary – the boy is a genius. For Verlaine, dissatisfied with his life, Rimbaud becomes a safety valve, an escape route. They begin...
Total Eclipse