International Competition IV

Au large / Away, Mathilde Pepinster, Belgia / Belgium, 2019, 5’51’’

An ice floe, a big man, a fish and a reality not quite like the others.

L'heure de l'ours / And Then The Bear, Agnès Patron, Francja / France, 2019, 13’52’’ 

That very night, houses will burn. Men and women will tremble. Hordes of children will come together and howl as they dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It only takes one shout to wake them all from their slumber!

Marbles, Natalia Spychała, Polska / Poland, 2019, 5’32’

A figure appearing fragmentarily, space and a variety of objects form a rhythmic system of mutual dependence.

Wczoraj wyrósł mi przyjaciel / Yesterday I grew a friend, Adrianna Matwiejczuk, Polska / Poland, 2020, 8’10’’

In a world where everything seems to revolve around friendship, a lonely man decides to try out unconventional methods to find his soul mate.

Dcera / Daughter, Daria Kashcheeva, Czechy / Czech Republic, 2019, 14’50’’

Should you hide your pain? Withdraw yourself into your inner world, full of longing for your father's demonstrative love? Or, should you be understanding and forgive before it is too late?

Apfelmus, Alexander Gratzer, Austria, 2019, 6’51’’

While two uniformed guards divulge themselves as spineless beings, animals carry on philosophical dialogues about important existential issues.

Warum Schnecken Keine Beine Haben / Why Slugs Have No Legs, Aline Höchli, Szwajcaria / Switzerland, 2019, 10’44’’

Slugs have a hard time keeping up with the pace of life in the city of insects. When a financial crisis hits, the industrious bees only see one solution. 

Film z Do-grywki / Play-off movie (fhe film, which received the largest number of votes from the public): Ostatnie Kino / The last Cinema, Kajetan Pochylski, Polska / Poland, 2019, 11’50’’

The story of Jerzy who, according to his wife, used to be a projectionist in the last educational movie theater in Poland.