filmPOLSKA 2025: Krakow Fim Festival x filmPOLSKA – Shorts

In the organizer's words:

The short film program "Krakow Film Festival x filmPOLSKA" will be shown as part of the 20th edition of filmPOLSKA (10.-17.9.). The following films will be presented:

Bloodline
doc, dir: Wojtek Węglarz, PL 2024, 12 min, oT
A wall on the Polish-Belarusian border blocks a bison's path to his herd. This avant-garde film comments not only on the political, but also the ecological dimension of the treatment of refugees in Europe.

Casting
Doc, D: Rafał Łysak, PL 2024, 26 min, OmeU
"I'm looking for someone to make a movie about." With this ad, Rafał Łysak was looking for people who wanted to share their unique stories. But how does this encounter and the telling of their life stories influence them?

Innego końca nie będzie / There Will Be No Other End
Anima, D: Piotr Milczarek, PL 2024, 8 min, oT
Society and its decline in a distorting mirror: can we still leave the path that seems to be leading us to the end of the world? The film is a satire on the present and a revolution that never came about.

Pomarańcza z Jaffy / An Orange from Jaffa
Feature film, D: Mohammed Almughanni, PL/PS/FR 2023, 27 min, Arabic-Hebrew OmeU
The young Palestinian Mohammad tries to pass through an Israeli checkpoint. Without a passport, but with a Polish residence permit, he gets into Farouk's cab - without telling him that he has already been sent back once at the border.

Siła oporu / The Power of Resistance
Feature film, D: Elżbieta Benkowska, PL 2024, 30 min, OmeU
The actress and Solidarność activist Olga has to make a decision in the conflict with the communist regime. Will she betray her friends to save her father's life? Or will she pay the ultimate price to remain true to her ideals?

Ziemniaki / Potatoes
Anima, D: Marcin Podolec, PL 2023, 4 min, oT
A life overshadowed by the expectations of parents is a universal experience. But how do you learn not to repeat their mistakes? This warm-hearted film tells how childhood and parenthood work.