Short fiction film competition – part VII
FRIDAY, 07.03.2025, 09:30-11:35, (JCK, ST. BANKOWA 28/30)
THE MIRACLE
Adapted from Ignacy Karpowicz’s bestselling novel, the film offers a whimsical twist on Mary and Joseph’s narrative, blending biblical style with irreverent humour. The Man, a hedonistic sinner, encounters chaos as his wife becomes pregnant. Terrified by the prospect of fatherhood, he seeks refuge in alcohol and affairs. However, divine intervention compels him to rapidly mature into the roles of husband and father.
PL, 2024, 30:00, dir. Ewa Borysewicz, prod. Jakub Karwowski, Piotr Szczepanowicz
STIMULANTS & EMPATHOGENS
Antek, a well-mannered and secretive teenager from a wealthy family, invites home a drug dealer, Kuba (18 years old), with whom he is hopelessly in love, using the pretext of another drug transaction. The romantic comedy of errors turns into a social satire to end with an emotional twist after various adventures.
PL, 2024, 25:00, dir. Mateusz Pacewicz, prod. Wajda Studio, Filip Marczewski
Material Mechanics
After Yana finds out that her best friend is trapped in the war in Ukraine, she is forced to check the moral compasses within her family. She visits her grandparents, who seem more trustful to Russian TV and radio than her personal situation. This intimate drama is based on the reality of families divided by the war in Ukraine.
CZE, Odolnost materiálu, 2024, 17:49, dir. Lizaveta Chakanava, prod. Tomáš Šimon (FAMU)
MADONNA
Marie returns from the maternity ward with her newborn son. War has an unpleasant effect on her, even if she is not right in the middle of it. Hallucinations confuse with reality, at the crib of the son appears his father in a military uniform, and Marie finds herself in the very centre of the war.
CZE, 2023, 15:30, dir. Marina Malysh, prod. Miloň Terč (FAMO)
HONEY BUNNY
Emerytowany strażak Staszek z ukochaną żoną Alinką dzieli wszystko, poza jednym – sypialnią. Staszkowi łatwiej jest okazywać uczucia puchatym królikom, które hoduje w przydomowej szopie, niż Alince.
PL, 2024, 23:30, dir. Gracjana Piechula, prod. Krystyna Doktorowicz – Kieślowski Film School