Short fiction film competition – part VIII
FRIDAY 06.03.2026, 11:40-13:40, (JCK, ST. BANKOWA 28/30)
SAVAGERY
Miroslav hosts a hunting feast at his luxury resort. Although the event does not go quite as he had expected, the guests are visibly having fun and enjoying a lavish buffet among the stuffed animals. Little do they know, however, that another big surprise awaits them.
CZE, Zverstvo, 2025, 19:37, dir. Karolina Hlavickova, prod. Karel Turek
KIDDO
The immature and recently divorced Wiktor (40 y. o.) takes on a ‘challenge’ at work by walking around the office naked. He uses the money to take his 9-year-old daughter on a dream trip. However, his 17-year-old son, Mikołaj, stands in his way.
PL, 2024, 13:24, dir. Maks Nowicki, prod. Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados – Gdynia Film School
DAD’S NOT HOME
Two teenage brothers hide their father’s frontotemporal dementia from the world, forced to become his primary caregivers and manage their household alone to avoid being separated by the authorities.
PL, 2025, 27:26, dir. Jan Saczek, prod. Krystyna Doktorowicz – Kieślowski Film School
HOW TO LAUGH WHEN U GET HURT?
The teenager preparing to write the perfect suicide note. The condition for making it is finding the perfect ink for a pen. To obtain it, he must acquire the only octopus available in his city… The price he must pay for possessing the cephalopod is a return to a society he had previously failed to understand. This crazy adventure is accompanied by classic Polish rock.
PL, 2025, 29:55, dir. Jan Cisiecki, Bartosz Stankiewicz, prod. Agata Golańska – Łódź Film School
THE DOGLEG
In a Polish village in the early 2000s, young motocross riders spend the summer immersed in their passion. The idyll is violently disrupted when the infamous Henryk returns to the village. His arrival sets off a chain of events that leads to an inevitable confrontation.
PL, 2025, 24:56, dir. Piotr Paweł Szubra, prod. Krystyna Doktorowicz – Kieślowski Film School