Titles of 65th KFF

List of already published titles qualified to participate in the 64th Krakow Film Festival.

Competitions

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Presentation of the newest documentary films from all around the world. The winner of the Golden Horn Award is eligible to enter Oscar selection.

Do Painters Die Elsewhere, dir. Michał Pietrak, Poland, 70’, 2025
Child of Dust, dir. Weronika Mliczewska, Poland, Vietnam, Sweden, Czech Republic, Qatar, 93’, 2025
Pet Farm, dir. Finn Walther, Martin Walther, Norway, 83’, 2024
Tooth and Nail, dir. Mihai Dragolea, Radu Mocanu, Romania, 84’, 2025
Shadowland, dir. Otso Tiainen, Finland, 98’, 2024
Lovers in the Sky, dir. Fermin de la Serna, Argentina, Germany, USA, 77’, 2024
New Beginnings, dir. Vivianne Perelmuter, Isabelle Ingold, Belgium, 87’, 2025
The Gardener, the Buddhist and the Spy, dir. Håvard Bustnes, Norway, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, 95’, 2025
The Propagandist, dir. Luuk Bouwman, Netherlands, 108’, 2024
Sanatorium, dir. Gar O’Rourke, Ireland, Ukraine, 90’, 2025
Silver, dir. Natalia Koniarz, Poland, Finland, Norway 79’, 2025
Tata, dir. Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc, Romania, 83’, 2024
The Big Chief, dir. Tomasz Wolski, Poland, France, Netherlands 88’, 2025

NATIONAL COMPETITION

Medium- and Feature-length Documentaries:

The Queen and the Smokehouse, dir. Iga Lis, Poland, 65’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Do Painters Die Elsewhere, dir. Michał Pietrak, Poland, 70’, 2024 – WORLD PREMIERE
Two cigarettes, dir. Rafał Łysak, Poland, 55’, 2024 – WORLD PREMIERE
Child of Dust, dir. Weronika Mliczewska, Poland, 90’, 2025
The Town That Drove Away, dir. Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski, Poland, 70’, 2025
On My Own Terms, dir. Tadeusz Chudy, Poland, 67’, 2025
The Passion of Agnieszka, dir. Wojciech Staroń, Polska, 50’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
A Song of Humble Beauty, dir. Anna Konik, Poland, 56’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
The Whale Song, dir. Michał Hytroś, Poland, 64’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Silver, dir. Natalia Koniarz, Poland, 79’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
The Big Chief, dir. Tomasz Wolski, Poland, 86’, 2025

Short Films:

Animated films:

The Pool or Death of Goldfish, dir. Daria Kopiec, Poland, 14’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Dear Leo Sokolosky, dir. Weronika Szyma, Poland, 8’, 2024
Hello, Headquarters, dir. Zuzanna Heller, Poland, 5’, 2025
The Crooked Head, dir. Jakub Krzyszpin, Poland, 8’ 2025
Peace to This House, dir. Kinga Kociarz, Poland, 6’, 2024 – WORLD PREMIERE
The Show, dir. Agnieszka Popińska, Poland, 12’, 2025
Birds of Paradise, dir. Tomasz Ducki, Poland, 8’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Tears, dir. Paulina Ziółkowska, Germany, Poland, 9’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Horde, dir. Janina Księska, Poland, 7’, 2024 – WORLD PREMIERECold Home, dir. Alicja Liss, Poland, 8’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE

Documentaries:

Bloodline, dir. Wojciech Węglarz, Poland, 12’, 2024
Casting, dir. Rafał Łysak, Poland, 26’, 2024
Dom/Home, dir. Aleksandra Powalacz, Julia Powalacz, Poland, Netherlands, 15’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Inga, dir. Krzysztof Kopczyński, Polska, 28’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
All the Colors of Youth, dir. Agnieszka Kalińska, Poland, 18’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
JUMP!, dir. Michał Grzegorz Cysewski, Poland, 15’, 2024 – WORLD PREMIERE
The Light of Immortality, dir. Mikołaj Janik, Poland, 24’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
In the Veins, dir. Maciej Tyburski, Poland, 29’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Dance with Me, Dad, dir. Małgorzata Goździk, Poland, 28’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
As Long As They Don’t Find Us, dir. Maja Górczak, Poland, 13’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE

Fiction Films:

Nothing Else, dir. Jakub Prysak, Poland, 29’, 2025
People&Things, dir. Damian Kosowski, Poland, 20’, 2024
Motherland, dir. Gor Arushanyan, Poland, 21’, 2025
Neverlandex, dir. Agata Kapuścińska, Poland, 23’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Just, dir. Olga Kałagate, Poland, 17’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
Reenactment, dir. Marcin Strauchold, Poland, 24’, 2025
Look Homeward, dir. Artem Rachkelyuk, Poland, 20’, 2025
Fear, dir. Robert Zawadzki, Poland, 19’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE
It’s All Because of Her, dir. Daria Kopiec, Poland, 30’, 2025
Qaher, dir. Nada Khalifa, Poland, Egypt, Palestine, 21’, 2025 – WORLD PREMIERE

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

The oldest competition of the Krakow Film Festival, where we present short films from all around the world: animations, fictions and documentaries up to 30 minutes.

List of documentary films qualified for the International Short Film Competition:

Autism Plays Itself, dir. Janet Harbord, United Kingdom, 18’, 2023
Babylonia / Babilonia, dir. Duda Gambogi, Cuba, Brazil, 23’, 2024
Fahnenflucht, dir. Emil Ahlhelm, Konradin Schuchter, Germany, 29’, 2023
A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places, dir. Katarína Gramatová, Slovakia, 20’, 2023
Don Benjamin, dir. Ivan Zahínos, Spain, 29’, 2024
Amma’s Pride, dir. Shiva Krish, India, 20’, 2024
Emilio Barreto: Angels and Demons, dir. Cris Arana, Spain, 26’, 2024
Where Russia Ends, dir. Oleksiy Radynski, Ukraine, 25’, 2024
Submarine, dir. Oliwia Zakrzewska, Poland, 17’, 2024
Inside San Isidro, dir. Katherine Bisquet, Cuba, 28’, 2023
Blank Page Syndrome, dir. Jānis Ābele, Toms Šķēle, Latvia, 8’, 2024
Force and Courage, Rise and Decline of an Italian Football Club, dir. Francesco Bovara, Giovanni Merlini, Italy, 20’, 2023

List of animated films qualified for the International Short Film Competition:

Silent Panorama, dir. Nicolas Piret, Belgium, 5’, 2024
The Shadow Of Dawn, dir. Olga Stalev, Estonia, 15’ 2023
Ready, dir. Eirini Vianelli, Greece, Belgium, 11’, 2023
Me, Monster, dir. Zofia Tomalska, Poland, 9’, 2024
Joko, dir. Izabela Plucińska, Poland, Czechia, Germany, 15’, 2024
The Illustrated Woman, dir. Isabel Herguera, Spain, 8’, 2023
Moving Mountains, dir. Jessica Poon, Germany, 6’, 2024
The Car That Came Back From the Sea, dir. Jadwiga Kowalska, Switzerland, 11’, 2023
Three Birds, dir. Zarja Menart, Slovenia, Croatia, 8’, 2024
On the 8th Day, dir. Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois, France, 8’, 2023
Dark Cloud Memories, dir. Seung-hee Jung, South Korea, 12’, 2024
Kawauso, dir. Akihito Izuhara, Japan, 15’, 2023

List of fiction films qualified for the International Short Film Competition:

Abel, dir. Dekel Berenson, Paul Wesley USA, United Kingdom, Mexico, 15’, 2024
Abraham, dir. Elnaz Ghaderpour, Reza Gamini, Iran, 14’, 2023
Buzz of the Earth, dir. Greta Stocklassa, Czechia, 29’, 2023
Red Emma, dir. Macha Ovtchinnikova, France, 14’, 2023
Diamond Beauty, dir. Anna Korom, Hungary, 30’, 2023
How to Skin a Cheetah, dir. Meghan O’Shaughnessy, Ireland, 20’, 2023
Captive, dir. Lika Nadir, Ukraine, France, 15’, 2023
Better This Way, dir. Emanuel Pârvu, Romania, 15’, 2023
Open Eyes, dir. Qi Zhang, China, 18’, 2023
Manual for a Divorce, dir. Peter Ghesquiere, Belgium, 12’, 2023
An Orange from Jaffa, dir. Mohammed Almughanni, Poland, France, 26’, 2023
Suisunday, dir. Tal Menkes, Israel, 12’, 2024
This Peculiar Day, dir. Emilia Ondriasova, Slovenia, 19’, 2023
Cry Me Through Hell, dir. Jae Yang, Taiwan, 29, 2023

DocFilmMusic COMPETITION

The exclusive competition for music documentary films from all around the world.

Ai Weiwei’ s Turandot, dir, Maxim Derevianko, Italy, USA, 78’, 2025
David Keenan – Words on Canvas, dir. Paddy Hayes, Ireland, 70’, 2024
Fandango, dir. Remedios Málvarez Báez, Arturo Andujar, Spain, 87’, 2024
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, dir. Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, Michael Mabbot, Canada, 99’, 2024
Cosmic Balance, dir. Andreas Johnsen, Denmark, Indonesia, 77’, 2025
Monk in Pieces, dir. Billy Shebar, David Roberts, USA, 94’, 2025
Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror, dir. Andreas Zerr, Germany, 100’, 2025
Caliu Nothing Else, What More Could I Do?, dir. Simona Constantin, Romania, 90’, 2025Kyiv Soloists, dir. Trond Kvig Andreassen, Norway, Ukraine, Netherlands, 87’, 2025

Non-competing series

DRAGON OF DRAGONS WINNER’S RETROSPECTIVE

The Dragon of Dragons Award for contributions to the development of world cinema is presented annually by the Program Council of the Krakow Film Foundation. In 2024, this award will go to a animation filmmaker.

Retrospective of Jean-François Laguionie’s films.

The Lady and the Cellist, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, 7’, 1965
Noah’s Ark, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, 10’, 1967
A Random Bomb, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, 8’, 1969
Rowing Across the Atlantic, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, 24’, 1978
The Mask of the Devil, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, 11’, 1979
Gwen, or the Book of Sand, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, 67’, 1985
A Monkey’s Tale, reż. Jean-François Laguionie, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, 80’, 1999
The Painting, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, Belgium, Canada, 80’, 2011
Louise by the Shore, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, Belgium, Canada, 75’, 2016
A Boat in the Garden, dir. Jean-François Laguionie, France, Luxembourg, 75’, 2024

FOCUS ON IRELAND

Presentation of the cinematography of one of the European country. Ireland is the special guest of the 65th KFF.

Housewife of the Year, dir. Ciaran Cassidy, Ireland, 81’, 2024
Pray For Our Sinners, dir. Sinead O’Shea, Ireland, 81’, 2022
Notes from Sheepland, dir. Cara Homles, Ireland, 70’, 2022
The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry, dir. Sarah Share, Ireland, Kanada, USA, 90’, 2023
My Lost Russian Mother, dir.Sam Jones, Ireland, Wielka Brytania, 86’, 2023
Don’t Forget to Remember, dir. Ross Killeen, Ireland, 77’, 2024
I Dream in Photos, dir. Gary Lennon, Ollie Aslin, Ireland, Wielka Brytania, 80’, 2023

DOCS+SCIENCE

Screenings of the most interesting documentaries from around the world, blending art of film and science.
Eternal You, dir. Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block, Germany, USA, 87’, 2024
Life and Other Problems, dir. Max Kestner, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, 99’, 2024
Surfing Einstein, dir. Meritxell Campos Olivé, Germany, Italy, 75’, 2024
Light Darkness Light, dir. Landon Van Soest, Canada, USA, United Kingdom, 83’, 2024
Can’t Feel Nothing, dir. David Borenstein, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden 81’, 2024
The Arc of Oblivion, dir. Ian Cheney, USA, 105’, 2023

KIDS&YOUTH FEST

In this year’s section Kids&Youth. Cinema for the Young, the teenage audience – as part of the Doc4Teens project taking place during the Krakow Film Festival – will have the opportunity to watch as many as five exceptional documentaries, whose makers and creators portray the glories and shadows of adolescence.

Fatmé, dir. Diala Al Hindaoui, France, 15’, 2023
Puffling, dir. Jessica Bishopp, United Kingdom, 20’, 2023
Mirai, dir. Mamoru Hosoda, Japan, 100’, 2018
Last Song from Kabul, dir. Kevin Macdonald, Ruhi Hamid, Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom, Qatar, Afghanistan, 34’, 2023
Supa Modo, dir. Likarion Wainaina, Kenya, Germany, 75’, 2018
Trip to the Forest, dir. Sławomir Mielnik, Poland, 61’, 2023
Zlata, dir. Mattias Bavré, Belgium, 51’, 2023

SHORT MATTERS!

Short documentaries, fictions, and animations nominated for the European Film Award in 2023 by the most prominent festivals on our continent.

2720, dir. Basil da Cunha, Portugal, Switzerland, 25’, 2023
Wander to Wonder, dir. Nina Gantz, Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, 14’, 2023
Clamor, dir. Salomé Da Souza, France, 25’, 2023
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, dir. Nebojša Slijepčević, Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia, 14’, 2024
If the Sun Is Drowned Into An Ocean of Clouds, dir. Wissam Charaf, France, Lebanon, 20’, 2023
Pacific Vein, dir. Ulu Braun, Germany, 12’, 2024
Ardent Other, dir. Alice Brygo, France, 16’, 2023
An Orange from Jaffa, dir. Mohammed Almughanni, France, Poland, Palestine, 27’, 2023
The Exploding Girl, dir. Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France, 19’, 2024
Zima, dir. Tomasz Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki, Poland, 26’, 2023