Fascinating biographies

dir. Asif Kapadia

127′dok2015

dir. Lea Glob

116′dok2022

Over the years, Lea Glob kept filming the charismatic artist Apolonia Sokol. The result is a fascinating portrait, spanning 13 years, of a young woman trying to find her place in the art world.

dir. Katarzyna Kościelak

91′dok2013

How well, if at all, did we know Jacek Kaczmarski, an outstanding Polish poet and singer? The documentary makes an attempt to draw a complex, multi-dimensional portrait of a singer-songwriter which reveals a tragic figure torn between the passion of creation, perfectionism and his own weaknesses. It also tries to confront the myth of the bard of the Solidarity movement, the moniker that tired the charismatic author of ‘Walls’, a protest song, and became a reason for later alienation.

dir. Maria Pisarek

33′dok2022

His name must be mentioned in any conversation about animated film. Jerzy Kucia is a film director, pedagogue and a total artist. He has received numerous international awards including the Dragon of Dragons for his contribution to the development of international animation.

dir. Brett Morgen

132′dok2015

On 5 April 1994 the leader of Nirvana joined the ‘27 Club’, i.e. the group of rock artists who lived too fast and died too young. The film directors, who first reached mementoes left by Cobain, try to confront his dark legend. The executive producer is the musician’s daughter who was just 18 months old when her father committed suicide. The film was also approved by the widow after the artist, Courtney Love, who has been hostile to this kind of projects so far.

dir. Sascha Just

96′dok2022

The Marsalis clan is considered the ‘first jazz family’. It was headed by legendary Ellis, who died of Covid three years ago. Brace yourself for a musical and biographical journey that starts in New Orleans and runs through a large part of the history of jazz music as well as America.