Dog Days Are Over

The protagonist takes a trip down memory lane when a neighbour visits her in the morning and makes an unusual request. Time slows down as they face a great loss, drinking homemade liqueur on the staircase.
Dog Days Are Over

Emerald Web

age group: 7-12 2nd-6th grade The film tells a story about a girl who was born in a city polluted by factory waste. By a twist of fate, she ends up in a remote place where no human being has ever set foot. Found by an entity called Liściorek, the girl grows up surrounded by nature and forest creatures. She learns to appreciate and respect plants and animals. This place...
Emerald Web

Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema

At the ‘Liberty’ Cinema, during the screening of The Dawn, the actors on the screen come to life and start talking to the audience. The authorities are helpless in this situation. The censor, a former literary critic, arrives. The line between fiction and reality blurs. The man talks to Małgorzata, who reminds him of his former values and makes him realize that the role of the censor enslaves him. Decision...
Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema

Essay

The film is an insightful study of human personality during adolescence. A teenage boy attempts to define himself and answer the most important questions troubling him. The inner monologue of a young man mixes with an originalcollage of various phenomena and life situations.
Essay

Everyone Has Killed Someone

Villagers surrounded by misty mountains perform magic rituals. When Florek and his cow are separated, the boy goes to great lengths to bring her home.
Everyone Has Killed Someone

Girls’ Stories

age group: 12+ 6th-8th grade, high school There is nothing better than the time spent with a friend! Outdoor sleepovers and hours together outside – no one understands us as well as she does, and you can talk to her about everything: first loves and relations with parents, your body image and the upcoming first period, school and its strange rules and regulations. Jagoda and Zuzia are sincere, full of...
Girls’ Stories

Go Against the Flow

Second half of the 1970s. A few teenagers from the town of Ustrzyki Dolne, led by a charismatic and undisciplined student of the local school, Siczka, decided to become punks and get into punk rock. They start a band called KSU. They make rebellious music, at the same time transplanting elements of the London ‘punk culture’ onto the grounds of the shabby region. The boys’ activities get noticed by the...
Go Against the Flow

Grandmamauntsistercat

This experimental essay tells the story of a matriarchal family as seen through the eyes of a child. Made entirely from the Educational Film Studio archival footage.
Grandmamauntsistercat