TROCHE RAJU (A LITTLE BIT OF PARADISE)
Watchable. It's a documentary so a true Silesian family is portrayed. And it's appalling. Children's privacy is violated - their intimate parts are not concealed. Indoctrination into killing animals takes place. Only cute cats and a puppy dog kept me watching.
The 20-minute film took 3 months to shoot. There were many versions of the film, one had 50 minutes.
MOJ SYN ZAMYKA SIE W LAZIENCE (MY SON LOCKS HIMSELF IN THE BATHROOM)
Watchable. An actors' film on complex family relations - a new form, no new content. Thought-out costumes are the most memorable bit.
Before finding the location, the director kept seeing his own family home, couldn't escape that image.
STANCJA (THE LAST ROOM ON THE LEFT)
Recommended. The English title plays on the title of 2009 slasher "The Last House on the Left, the original, Polish one, doesn't evoke such connotations. Nevertheless it's a dark comedy with a wonderful script, actors, with an attention to details such as a sound effect of a creaky door or an awkward wall picture playing cheesy music. The script is extremely creative and the story has lots of twists. On the other hand, I'm impressed with the house owner character who's a strong woman, she's the one who deals with all those weirdos after all.
Pałac Duchnice near Warsaw made for the interior, while the exterior was of a building in Milanówek. The director didn't accept the locations where he entered and immediately felt some evil inside, as if someone had been murdered there or the like. "Sporo z tego przeżyłem" ("I've been through much of that") - said director Adrian Apanel who had lived in and looked for such places both in Poland and in Scotland. He's a fan of genre cinema. "Obrzydliwe? W porównaniu do niektórych miejsc, jakie widziałem i w jakich mieszkałem to jest OK." ("Disgusting? In comparison to some places I've seen and lived in it's OK.") - kept joking the director. E.g. for 2 weeks he rented from an old lady who by accident let the same room to 2 people and then let both live there to decide who'd be a better tenant. After the 2 weeks he rejected himself.
TURBO LOVE
Recommended. This 7-minute delight is an actors' film combined with animation to form a fast-paced comedy. It's utterly creative and best enjoyed on a big screen allowing you to read all the lines, e.g. "How to trick people into thinking you're possessed" on the side options of Utube.
The creator, Alicja Jasina, calls it a sharp satire on vlogging. She adds maybe next one will be on unwrapping parcels - those are normally long and boring videos. This short film took about a year to write, not continuously, she would create commercials in the meantime.
The screening of the 4 short films was arranged in a fascinating, contrasting order: poor house - posh house - heavy subject matter- light in style. All four had wonderful actors.
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