Short documentary film competition – part IV
Thursday, 05.03.2026, 11:45-13:45, (jck, bankowa st. 28/30)
59TH SECOND
This experimental film takes a closer look through the entomologist’s lens at the cyclical behavioural patterns linking humans to the insect world. Just as the fig wasp inevitably finds death in the pollination of the fig tree flower, we too are thrown into the dance of passion and death.
CZE, 59. Vteřina, 2024, 05:48, dir. Kateryna Ruzhyna, prod. Tomáš Šimon – FAMU
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Danusia lives alone. Prayer and cooking fill her days; in the evenings, she calls her 17-year-old grandson Kuba, who lives at a care and education facility. She shares stories of her day, but he shows little interest. All Danusia wants is for Kuba to come home for Easter.
PL, 2024, 17:00, dir./ prod. Magdalena Sienicka
BUTTERFLY GIRL
Six-year-old Viktorka tries to understand the complex relationships in her family. At the same time, she prepares for her sibling to be born and the first day of school. Her optimism, playfulness and imagination help her overcome all challenges. The camera also adheres to the child’s perspective, in which every day is full of small miracles.
CZE, Ani se nenaděješ a už se jmenuješ, 2024, 23:37, dir. Ema Hůlková, prod. Tomáš Šimon – FAMU
AS LONG AS THEY DON’T FIND US
It’s dark. Terror creeps in from every corner. God, as long as they don’t find us…
PL, 2025, 13:13, dir. Maja Górczak, prod. Agata Golańska – Łódź Film School
A LAYUP
Can girlhood be both gentle and aggressive? Fifteen-year-old girls from across Poland meet at one of the selection camps of the basketball National Team. Each of them has the same goal: to show their best and get a call-up. In the film, the reality of sports competition is intertwined with teenage everyday life.
PL, 2025, 15:45, dir./ prod. Olga Papacz
BLOODLINE
A bison, prevented from returning to its native herd by a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, witnesses dramatic events.
PL, 2024, 13:00, dir. Wojciech Węglarz, prod. STUDIO MUNKA – Jerzy Kapuściński, Ewa Jastrzębska, Magdalena Tomanek
LIFT LADY
Brutalist architecture of Tbilisi, a toll elevator and surreal environment are the daily life of Mzia, a former sniper overseeing the only such route in the world.
PL, 2024, 25:00, dir. Marcin Modzelewski, prod. STUDIO MUNKA – Jerzy Kapuściński, Ewa Jastrzębska, Magdalena Tomanek