Poland

by Paulina Zacharek, Arturo Tornero Aceves, Birgit Heidsiek

Why is green filming the future of the film industry? What are the rules of green puppet making? Using their knowledge and expertise, we will talk about practical advice that can allow planning and practicing solutions neutralising the film industry's impact on the environment. The key point is a discussion about a unique green guide prepared as part of StopMoLab by MOMAKIN. Speakers: Paulina Zacharek (MOMAKIN / StopMoLab), Arturo Tornero Aceves, Birgit Heidsiek (European Center for Sustainability)

• Film about animation

by Konrad Ożgo

A short and captivating non-narrative animation by Polish filmmaker.

• Non-narrative

by anohisreph

A short animation inspired by Nastya Fateeva choreography and "Dostochka" by DakhaBrakha, with step by step process.

by Michal Křeček

The keynote will present the complete process of creating visual effects that include animated CG elements, from pre-production to finalizing the shot, with a focus on practical workflows and collaboration between different departments. We will go through the roles of the VFX supervisor and producer, working on the breakdown, storyboard, and previs, and how to make the right decisions between physical and digital elements already in the pre-production stage. In post-production, we will examine postvis, the key role of the VFX editor, and especially the integration of animation into visual effects: the workflow connection to layout, assets, rigging, animation, FX, lighting, and final compositing. The lecture will conclude with an overview of project management, approval processes, and finally the current possibilities and limitations of using AI in VFX.

by Karina Paciorkowska

An animated take on woman’s place in contemporary world. Inspired by reality and the media.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Wiola Sowa

“XOXO – hugs and kisses” is a film about loneliness, not treated literally as being alone, but loneliness despite appearances of proximity. We watch a game in which we cross the boundaries and transcend our sensuality beyond accepted norm.

• Drama
• Dance
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Bartek Kędzierski

An ageing couple Aniela and Konstanty lead a quiet life together. She gives herself over to knitting while he eagerly works on some invention. Although their everyday life seems extremely well-organized there is something deeply lacking.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Piotr Bosacki

The phenomenon of creation explained. Balancing between seriousness and mockery. A lecture, literature and animation.

by Ira Karapetyan

1st year short film, Why not Mushrooms”

• Experimental
• Drama

by Kamila Somonjaj, Mirek Somonjaj, Kamila Grzybowska-Sosnowska & others

Hope, perdition, memory. A symbolic story about three stages of human life, shown on the example of the history of one woman.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental

by Ira Karapetyan

few uncomfortable animations made a couple of years back

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Teenage

by Agnieszka Waszczeniuk

The film is the story of man and his relationship with nature – the nature of which we ar part of; which has the ability to renew itself, dye and to re-return to life.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Monika Kuczynieka

The music video that shows a woman from various perspectives – her caprices, inner and outside beauty, her shadows and demons.

• Music video
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Anca Damian

At Potosi, in Bolivia, we find ourselves plunged in the obscure depths of a mine. And this obscurity does not dissipate, or only furtively, yet only in a light made mainly of words. But these words themselves, contrary to many “films of mines”, evoke little of the labour of the miners, or only obliquely. This mine presents itself more as another archaic foyer, a place of pagan worship with its unexpected luciferian alters, or as a cavern conducive to welcoming and protecting ambiguous tales. The treasure that this mine holds, as we have come to understand, is no longer the precious ore painfully extracted from its core, but the memory of the suffering itself, right up to the unseemly welcoming of tourists. This magic is shown by its title, here lies the treasure slowly unearthed by the respectful, affectionate and playful attention of Andrei Schtakleff. And we are grateful for this

by Barbara Rupik

A dead body became stuck by a river bank. Its decaying insides still hide a human soul – a miniature of the deceased. Rotting organs part and a tiny creature gets out. Standing on the river bank, it says goodbye to the corpse and sets off on a journey through the post-mortem land.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Joanna Kozuch

The war is always made from the table, even a simple card fight can turn into a big war in the minds of fuzzy players. The Game is a cartoon of a model of government. Film combines action of actors with pastel-drawn animation.

• Drama
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Ira Karapetyan

Animated poem Bleeding sea from Kanayan Deniz

• Experimental

by Agnieszka Konarska

A surprising story about a little boy in the woods who meets a beast who wants to devour him.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Zbigniew Rybczyński

The film depicts an initially empty room. A ball bounces in through the window, and a boy enters to retrieve it and leaves.

by Piotr Kabat

Based on contemporary mass culture, the plot takes place in an artist’s sketchbook, where the clashing realities of doodles, special effects, Hollywood movies, cartoons and corporate logos collide.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative