National Competition

dir. Paulina Jaklik

8′anim2024

dir. Piotr Kabat

12′anim2023

dir. Dorota Skupniewicz

13′anim2024

dir. Mohammed Almughanni

26′fab2023

Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins.

dir. Xawery Deskur

47′dok2023

DJ Edee Dee aka Edward Gil-Deskur, is an iconic figure in Krakow’s club world. Edward was born with congenital glaucoma and will soon completely lose his eyesight. In his adaptation to the new reality, he is assisted by AI, with whom he begins to form an increasingly closer relationship.

dir. Xawery Deskur

47′dok2023

DJ Edee Dee aka Edward Gil-Deskur, is an iconic figure in Krakow’s club world. Edward was born with congenital glaucoma and will soon completely lose his eyesight. In his adaptation to the new reality, he is assisted by AI, with whom he begins to form an increasingly closer relationship.

dir. Tomasz Wolski

85′dok2024

Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film explores the backstage of the past events. It undermines the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system.

dir. Tomasz Wolski

85′dok2024

Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film explores the backstage of the past events. It undermines the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system.

dir. Betina Bożek

12′anim2024

dir. Julia Sadowska

25′fab2024

dir. Martyna Peszko

30′dok2023

Magda and Michał, actors of the famous Theatre 21, made by people with Down syndrome, fall in love with each other. Their wedding plans meet with mixed reactions of their close ones. Will the young couple be able to overcome all the adversities to achieve a dream about their life together?

dir. Andrzej Danis

24′dok2023

dir. Magdalena Sienicka

17′dok2024

dir. Magdalena Sienicka

17′dok2024

dir. Paweł Chorzępa

28′dok2024

dir. Klaudia Fortuniak

17′fab2024

dir. Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko

70′dok2024

dir. Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko

70′dok2024

dir. Jędrzej Gorski

15′fab2024

dir. Cezary Orłowski

20′fab2024

dir. Cezary Orłowski

20′fab2024

dir. Gracjana Piechula

24′fab2024

dir. Igor Kuna

7′dok2024

A young determined man, despite not having his left arm, strives to be a hero as a fireman and father. Devoid of dialogues, the film shows the stalwart strength of the human spirit and boundless love using just images and sound.

dir. Arkadiusz Bartosiak

75′dok2024

‘I have achieved all I wanted in life’, says Andrzej Seweryn, who then grabs us on a dynamic journey through successive professional challenges, which he still takes up with youthful fervour. The camera becomes his everyday companion helping us to see from up close all the emotions as they arise.

dir. Piotr Kielar

86′dok2024

Grzegorz Rosiński, one of the most renowned Polish comic strip creators and the author of drawings for the series ‘Thorgal’, has retired. But what does it mean for an artist to end his career? Rosiński keeps drawing and plans to leave the profession on his own rules only.

dir. Izabela Plucińska

15′anim2024

Grotesque, Roland Topor and Plasticine, i.e. Izabela Plucińska returns yet again with an animation exposing human weaknesses, which is full of absurd and black humour. This time, using 600 dolls and 200 kilograms of plasticine, she shows the mechanisms of manipulation and social hierarchy.

dir. Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk

48′dok2024

On the coast of the Bering Sea, where time has stopped, a father and son make a living by fishing. They live in austere, almost ascetic conditions, where the rhythm of life is determined by successive fishing trips.

dir. Sylwia Rosak

73′dok2023

Lili is eight and tries to understand the world of adults. She lives in Norway, the migration destination of her parents, who are no longer together. Her dad, when they meet, takes her backpacking, which is an opportunity to deepen their relationship.

dir. Zofia Tomalska

9′anim2024

Fear is an internal monster debilitating every cell of the body and disseminating without control. Is it possible to stop it? This animation will surprise you by offering a psychedelic journey to the labyrinth of the human mind and remote corners of the human body. A stream of consciousness ponding to the rhythm of disco, electronic and hip hop sounds.

dir. Joanna Rusinek

6′anim2023

dir. Józef Gross

30′dok2024

A punk story about the Z generation without censorship. Oscar, who lives in Toronto, returns to Krakow after many years. He carries a baggage of difficult life experiences with him and has a plan for the coming future – tattooing.

dir. Michalina Musialik

14′anim2023

Christmas is the magic time when snow falls, the family gets together and toys become alive. On this special evening, a little girl can see her doll embark on a great adventure. The magic is gone the moment a wooden soldier puts his hand under the doll’s dress. A story about growing up and discovering carnality to the tune of Tchaikovsky’s ballet.

dir. Grzegorz Brzozowski

69′dok2024

In the pandemic, during the strict lockdown period, human contacts were limited. Online conversations became the most common way of communication. The director employed them to talk to people stuck alone at home, just like him. What were they afraid of? How were they doing?

dir. Grzegorz Brzozowski

64′dok2024

In the pandemic, during the strict lockdown period, human contacts were limited. Online conversations became the most common way of communication. The director employed them to talk to people stuck alone at home, just like him. What were they afraid of? How were they doing?

dir. Piotr Wysocki

76′dok2024

dir. Marcin Podolec

4′anim2023

The list of the father’s expectations from his son makes the young boy feel insufficiently good. The situation changes when the son becomes a parent himself. Will he set the bar for his own child equally high? A charming animation about parenthood, unfulfilled ambitions and letting oneself err.

dir. Konrad Szołajski

91′dok2024

dir. Agnieszka Zwiefka

84′dok2024

Runa, a 16-year-old Kurdish girl, had escaped from Iraq to avoid the attacks of ISIS and, together with her family, became stuck on the Polish-Belorussian border. Eventually, she managed to reach Poland, where she needed to grow up at an accelerated speed. Thanks to her animated drawings, the audience can discover more about her.

dir. Mateusz Pacewicz

25′fab2024

dir. Oliwia Zakrzewska

17′dok2024

Oliwia is experiencing a maternity crisis. She is a young single mother who raises her two-year-old son. Struggling with depression, she tries to seek help in many different ways - at counselling centres, church or Tinder.

dir. Piotr Milczarek

8′anim2024

dir. Mikołaj Janik

25′fab2023

dir. Ewa Borysewicz

30′fab2024

dir. Grzegorz Pacek

72′dok2024

dir. Elżbieta Benkowska

30′fab2024

dir. Kacper Świtalski

36′dok2023