KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition
  • Synopsis
    Oniric, surreal, and melancholical story about facing adversities and yearning for the things that haven’t had the chance to happen. A videoclip for a Mademoiselle Karen song.
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Autobus

    dir. Joanna Gniady, Piotr Golemo, Marcin Wokan, animation, running time: 00:05:15, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Two friends arrange a double date in a shopping mall. Not all goes like planned, though.
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Babie Lato / Gossamer

    dir. Maciej Cendrowski, fiction, running time: 00:11:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Based on a true story. Emil B. (21) returns home from Germany, where he was working. Ania (18) is waiting for him. She is well into pregnancy. Emil coming back ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Barbakan / Barbican

    dir. Bartłomiej Żmuda, fiction, running time: 00:21:14, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Swimming Pool - a forgotten place, where now there is room for everything but swimming. This is a meeting place for people who do not feel at ease in the ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Basen / Swimming Pool

    dir. Krzysztof Nowicki, documentary, running time: 00:11:07, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    The fat Bulba is hiding in her bathtub filled with hot water from the chill that comes into her house in winter. When she leaves the bath, she is freezing. ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Bulba-Włos / Bulba-Hair

    dir. Aleksandra Brożyna, animation, running time: 00:08:06, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Conversations with different members of the gipsy community living in Pabianice and Zgierz uncover more and more details not only about their history, but the specific hierarchy of their values ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Ciawasy

    dir. Jarosław Antoszczyk, documentary, running time: 00:15:41, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Who said old ones die first? In this tiny rest home, they take care of each other in secrecy. While everyone enjoys rituals of living, they don't want to be ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Dom Śmierci / House Of Dead

    dir. Matej Bobrik, fiction, running time: 00:18:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    A story of Marcin, a young man who is lacking any goal. 22 years old, he has no family, no school, no job. He makes ends meet with empty cans ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Drogi Karolu... / Karol, Dear...

    dir. Karol Starnawski, documentary, running time: 00:11:32, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    This short, animated film pictures a man in love with himself, and his relation with the world. Charged with irony, the film takes up the more and more visible problem ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Dystopia

    dir. Agata Graczyk I Marta Wiktorowicz, animation, running time: 00:02:30, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Sara loves her wife Katarina. She's making a surprise for her birthday. Katarina has a surprise for Sara as well. Sara has to handle the unexpected news, while taking care ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Födelsedag / Birthday

    dir. Jenifer Malmqvist, fiction, running time: 00:18:00, country: Sweden

  • Synopsis
    A stranger leaves a box at Witold's office. No one in the building is able to help Witold find the stranger. The box seems to have a great influence over ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Gęba - Własna, Cudza I Inne / Face - One's Own, Someone Else's And Others'

    dir. Zaq Foltest, fiction, running time: 00:14:30, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Michał is a 12-year old. He wants to join his older brother's pack of friends. They take him to the forest and shoot everything with a cheap video camera.
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Http://

    dir. Bartosz Kruhlik, fiction, running time: 00:12:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    This is a quite unexpected outlook on what a jubilee celebration looks like.
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Jubilatki / Jubilaires

    dir. Wojciech Wikarek, documentary, running time: 00:04:40, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    End/Beginning is a look backwards. The end of one marriage comes unexpectedly and becomes the beginning of a new chapter. This is a reflexion on how we perceive important moments ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Koniec/Początek / End/Beginning

    dir. Natalia Kostenko, fiction, running time: 00:22:25, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Short story about human dignity.
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Luiza Hert

    dir. Agnieszka Woszczyńska, documentary, running time: 00:10:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Never was so much owed by so many to just one man... Close to the truth but not so widely known, this is the story of the man without whom ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition
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    Nagroda Specjalna Jury

    Mc. Człowiek Z Winylu / Mc. Man Of Vinyl

    dir. Bartosz Warwas, fiction, running time: 00:20:21, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    An adaptation of Wojciech Kuczok's short story, "Zianie." Krystyna Nędza teaches at a small secondary school. Students regard her as a shrew, but she is a real sentimentalist. She is ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Nędza

    dir. Filip Rudnicki, fiction, running time: 00:40:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    The story of a high-school graduate who runs away from his end-of-school bal. He can’t go home before sunrise so he wanders the city by night, and meets some strange ...
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    KAN awards
    KANewka Publiczności

    Noc Życia / The Night Of His Life

    dir. Antoni Królikowski, fiction, running time: 00:31:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    Starsze małżeństwo spędza dni na przyzbie swego domu, obserwując naturę i komentując wydarzenia na wsi. Prawie całe dotychczasowe życie spędzili razem w drewnianym domu na skraju lasu. Pewnego dnia ich ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Oj Boże, Drogi Boże

    dir. Julia Popławska, documentary, running time: 00:12:00, country: Poland

  • Synopsis
    An allegorical story about existential completion and the search for one's place in life. It is a story about ordinary people who have completely different opinions, who influence each other ...
    KAN 2011 - Polish Films Competition

    Paragraf Na Bierność / Passage On Passivity

    dir. Dominik Krawczyk, Agnieszka Opyt, documentary, running time: 00:11:23, country: Poland