SYNOPSIS

  • 24 HOURS OF JADWIGA L.

    24 godziny Jadwigi L.
    24 hours in the life of a woman who works, raises children and runs a home.
  • BEGINNING

    Poczatek
    Inside a Polish textile factory, a woman’s day unfolds in fragments of steel, thread, and noise—until the end of her shift exposes the human cost of a life consumed by work.
  • DAY BY DAY

    Dzień za dniem
    In a bleak industrial landscape, aging twin sisters recount decades spent unloading bricks, exposing the gap between political promises and the harsh reality of survival.
  • DRAWING TV

    DRAWING TV
    An artist intervenes in televised images by drawing directly onto the screen, exposing the propaganda and constructed reality of communist-era television in Poland.
  • EVERYONE KNOWS WHO IS BEHIND WHOM

    Każdy wie kto za kim stoi
    In a country defined by shortages, a long queue becomes a microcosm of society, where overheard fragments of conversation reveal everyday frustration, humor, and endurance.
  • FORCED RESPONSE

    Reakcja wymuszona
    By confronting real-life encounters with formal repetition, Jolanta Marcolla reveals the camera as a tool of control that scripts and predicts human behavior.
  • GRAIN

    Ziarno
    A body in constant physical contact with the world dissolves into matter, exposing the symbolic forces that shape identity and female sexuality.
  • MINE

    Kopalnia
    A visually driven documentary follows coal miners and their families, using expressive montage to reflect both the physical strain of work and the looming threat beneath the surface.
  • RELATIVE SIMILARITIES III

    Względne cechy podobieństwa III
    A visual exploration of twin pairs that reveals how apparent sameness dissolves into subtle difference through the act of observation and recording.
  • SYMPTOMS

    Symptoms
    A playful silent-film pastiche follows two protagonists locked in a meaningless dialogue about artistic evolution, satirizing the concept of art that studies itself.

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