Short documentary film competition – part V
FRIDAY, 06.03.2026, 9:00-11:00, (jck, bankowa st. 28/30)
PHOENIX
A short observation that probes into the lives of workers caring for the dying and the bereaved. Using bird symbols, it seeks reconciliation in the last lines of individual life stories.
CZE, Fénix, 2024, 26:07, dir. František Pecina, prod. Miloň Terč – FAMO Pisek
FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST
A documentary short set on the streets of a big city, with its essence unfolding in the small worlds of individual people. A collection of values and reflections from those who regularly find themselves standing in line.
PL, 2025, 07:38, dir./ prod. Wojciech Bogdan Hofman
I’M RECORDING!
Watching the family film archive can raise many unexpected questions for which there are no right answers, as the narrator-protagonist discovers while wandering through the unrealistically real recordings from family VHS tapes.
PL, 2025, 13:44, dir. Ina Knap, prod. Krystyna Doktorowicz – Kieślowski Film School
DANCE WITH ME, DAD
In a need to change a distant relationship with a grumpy/depressed father, the adult daughter (director of the film) tries to persuade him to have a deeper conversation and seeks a path of understanding.
PL, 2025, 27:00, dir. Małgorzata Goździk, prod. STUDIO MUNKA – Jerzy Kapuściński, Ewa Jastrzębska, Magdalena Tomanek
DEAR GRANDFATHER
“Grandfather” is a complex portrait of a man pieced together from the fragmentary memories of his family. The camera becomes a witness to the discovery of a difficult truth, opening up space for questions that have long remained unasked. By confronting his relatives with the past, the grandson gradually uncovers the story of a grandfather he never knew.
PL, 2025,22:53, dir. Filip Szela, prod. Adam Ślesicki
YELLOW IS THE LAST COLOR.
A story about love in a world that cannot be seen.
PL, 2025, 14:18, dir. Agata Majcherowicz, prod. Agata Golańska – Łódź Film School
