Film screening: student shorts of the Polish National Film School in Lodz | PL, ENG |
DUCK BROTH, dir. Maria Dakszewicz, 2024, 5’
Exhausted from the night’s adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.
Director, screenplay, animation: Maria Dakszewicz
Artistic supervisors: Jacek Rokosz, Kacper Zamarło, Piotr Milczarek
Production manager: Katarzyna Lipińska
Cast: Jakub Kondrat, Zofia Świątkiewicz, Natalia Modrzewska
Producer: Lodz Film School
MY MOM, dir. Agnieszka Popińska, 2024, 13’
This is a film about my mom… or rather what I would like to tell her. A short, humorous story about arguments, growing up and the relationship between mother and daughter.
Director, screenplay, animation, editing: Agnieszka Popińska
Artistic supervisors: Aleksandra Chrapowicka, Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
Production manager: Michał Zawiasa
Producer: Lodz Film School
ENDS AND BEGINNINGS, dir. Klaudia Fortuniak , 2024, 18’
A Wednesday. Steeped lemons and Anna’s pipes. Stolen tram rails and delicious apples. What will end today? What will begin?
Director: Klaudia Fortuniak
Screenplay: Klaudia Fortuniak, Magdalena Kućka
DP: Mateusz Nowak
Editing: Piotr Pohl
Artistic supervisors: Leszek Dawid, Jakub Piątek, Wojciech Staroń, Jarosław Kamiński, Marek Król
Production managers: Julia Rzepnikowska, Jakub Milarski
Cast: Izabella Dudziak, Karol Lelek, Izabela Dąbrowska, Małgorzata Chawiłkowska, Zbigniew Waleryś, Julia Mika
Producer: Lodz Film School
THE DAM, dir. Giovanni Pierangeli, 2024, 27’
Michał endeavors to move on from his past life, haunted by the long-ago disappearance of his son. The sudden message from a mysterious witness disrupts his efforts and forces him to confront past memories that prove to be more challenging to face than he anticipated.
Director: Giovanni Pierangeli
Screenplay: Karolina Niegowska, Giovanni Pierangeli
DP: Kacper Gawron
Editing: Aniela Andrejczyk
Artistic supervisors: Leszek Dawid, Jakub Kijowski
Production managers: Kamil Brandeburg, Maria Wolna
Cast: Grzegorz Damięcki, Magdalena Popławska, Anna Pijanowska, Marta Zięba
Producer: Lodz Film School
CARGO, dir. Tymoteusz Kałużewski, 2024, 25’
Ewa works as a delivery truck driver. In the course of completing an order, she realises that she is making a shipment that she would never have agreed to before.
Director, screenplay: Tymoteusz Kałużewski
DP: Vincent Prochoroff
Editing: Mikołaj Denysiuk
Artistic supervisors: Jan Komasa, Paweł Edelman, Nikodem Chabior
Production managers: Julia Pietrasik, Tymoteusz Kałużewski
Cast: Julia Wyszyńska, Piotr Rogucki, Jan Dravnel, Marcin Cieślikowski
Producer: Lodz Film School