Shorts2020

All films screened at the festival have English subtitles and are available for streaming in US only.

CONFESSION / SPOWIEDŹ (9 min)

Virtual Screening Available: Nov.15 - 22

Director: Wiktoria Niewiadomska

Synopsis:
A young, die-hard Catholic meets a hitchhiker who is free in spirit. Two completely different, explosive worlds collide by accident.

MASHA / MASZA (13min)

Virtual Screening Available: Nov.15 - 22

Director: Krzysztof Chodorowski

Synopsis:
Wiera - a Ukrainian immigrant working illegally in a Polish factory wants to help her friend Masha and switches places with her at work. Masha who was not trained in operating the machine has an accident. When Vera calls an ambulance the supervisor threats her that if she lets the paramedics in, the factory will close down and all the employees will be deported as they are working there illegally.
Vera faces a moral dilemma - whose good to choose.

SOMETHING / cOŚ (14min)

Virtual Screening Available: Nov. 15 - 22

Director: Kasia Babicz

Synopsis:
Two young boys, K and M, are driving through the Polish province to reach the Equality Parade. At night they stop at the gas station in the middle of nowhere. They don’t know that things that will happen will affect the fate of their relationship.

PRISON PASS / PRZEPUSTKA (21min)

Virtual Screening Available: Nov.15 - 22

Director: Łukasz Ruciński

Synopsis:
A young boy gets a pass for his wedding. At the same time, his father finishes prison term. The father (car thief) is soon visited by gangsters to whom he owes a favor. He knows that he can't do the job for them, so he sets his son up on his wedding night. The son, fearing for his wife's life, decides to steal the pointed car under additional pressure - in the morning he has to return to prison. Eventually, he succeeds in stealing the car. He returns at dawn and says goodbye to his wife before coming back to prison.

BY THE RIVER / NAD WISŁĄ (36min)

Virtual Screening Available: Nov. 15 - 22

Director: Agata Korycka

Synopsis:
The film By the river tells about the courage necessary to live a life in harmony with yourself. Kinga falls in love with a woman and joins people helping the protesters beaten up during the far -right Independence Day. It gives her strength to reject values she doesn't agree with, and discover her true self once again.

HOME SWEET HOME (21min, 2019)

Virtual Screening Available: Dec. 6 - 13

Director: Agata Puszcz
Screenplay: Michalina Fabijańska
Cinematography: Cezary Stolecki

Cast: Aleksandra Pisula, Hubert Wiatrowski,
Marcin Czarnik

Synopsis:
Ten-year-old Olaf lives in a world where hiring family members and friends is common practice. For the right money, anyone can create the illusion of ideal happiness for themselves. When the Rent A Life company holds auditions at Olaf’s school, he doesn’t hesitate for a moment. He has every intention of taking part and being cast as a friend at a birthday party for a little girl from a rich family. It quickly turns out that the cost of taking part in the illusion is a high one.

MARCEL (26min, 2019)

Virtual Screening Available: Dec. 6 - 13

Director: Marcin Mikulski
Screenplay: Marcin Mikulski
Cinematography: Maciej Twardowski

Cast: Piotr Żurawski, Marta Ścisłowicz

Synopsis:
Marcel loves his life because nobody notices him, not the ticket inspector on the bus, not his boss at the office and not the lovers in the lift. Unfortunately, one cloudy summer’s day, his perfect world gets turned upside down. And things are only going to get worse.

MY HEART / MOJE SERCE (30min, 2019)

Virtual Screening Available: Dec. 6 - 13

Director: Damian Kocur
Screenplay: Damian Kocur
Cinematography: Mateusz Skalski

Cast: Rozalia Mierzicka, Kazimierz Wierzbicki,
Kobas Laksa

Synopsis:
Rozalia is an actress. A professional opportunity makes it essential for her and her seven-year-old son, Kazik, to move from Warsaw to the small city of Wałbrzych in south-east Poland. The new city means a long-term contract of employment for her in the local theatre and a new school for Kazik. As they settle in, Rozalia begins to strike up a friendship with Kazik’s new teacher, Kazik. However, problems start cropping up at the school. Unexpected events in Rozalia’s life become intertwined with her onstage role.

ONDINE / ONDYNA (40min, 2019)

Virtual Screening Available: Dec. 6 - 13

Director: Tomasz Śliwiński
Screenplay: Magda Hueckel, Tomasz Śliwiński
Cinematography: Bartosz Świniarski

Cast: Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Koleśnik,
Judyta Paradzińska

Synopsis:
There is a myth about Ondine, a water nymph, who fell in love with the mortal. Because of his infidelity, she put a curse on him that he would breathe only as long as he remembered about this. And so he died, as soon as he fell asleep. There is also a rare medical condition called Ondine’s Curse. Cezary (22) still lives with his mother (50) and he is in love with Emilia (20), a rock singer. He also has a dark secret. One day all three of them have to deal with the mythical Ondine and her curse.