432 Amateur, Independent from 32 countries, 127 hours of motion pictures at 1st competition of 13th edition of the Amateur and Independent Festival KAN. Millions of themes, thoughts, associations. Millions of motifs, stories, tales. Let’s create a new world!

We’ll sit in the darkness, close the door to not to get wet, avoid wasted days, evenings, even nights, we’ll watch. The story of a boy who met a girl, the girl disappeared, she took her grandpa’s neighbor’s red dress, a scent of tea with raspberry juice and winter walks at dead of night just before sleep, and a cat didn’t miss her at all; the story of drowned men from a village who kidnapped a lover, of factories that gobbled all colours of a city; the story of today that mingles with yesterday and yesterday with never, of a dog which runs away from home, and home means a lot. Life turning points, splits, ups and downs; coincidence, destiny or just slow, simply happening; the story of sex, love, war and peace, passion, clumsiness, athletics. Longing. The story of the way that classics dies, and experiments that throw gems up.

And about two bored earthworms on the corner, waiting for special effects. Maybe we’ll cry for joy, maybe not only. We’ll spy other people’s dreams. Showered by films, with access to others’ stories, tales, other worlds, in the spot they cross we’ll create a new one – with multiplied views and perspectives. In this cinema hall! Soon!

Showered by films, we’d like to thank you for your submissions to The Amateur and Independent Film Competition. You will see on KAN the most captivating and inspiring works, from the weirdest part of imagination. Soon, in April.
23rd of January we close the call for films to School Films Competition. KANland is growing in strength, so – to be continued ;)

Martyna Jabłońska
tr. Anna Brewka