Some more past year films:
WARSAW JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
WJFF SHORTS: "POLIN G9"
RODZINNE ZDJECIE (FAMILY PHOTO)
Walked out. The kids were disgusting.
SERNIK (CHEESECAKE)
Watchable. Memorable for "I asked my mother what word "Großmutter" meant. Jewish children just didn't have grandparents." Apart from the story, it consists also of portraits (of adults) but in colour - contemporary, lots of kids - I averted my sight. At least the dog portrait at the very end is so cute.
WARSAW CALLING
Watchable. Lots of emigration in the family history. Meeting the extended family online constitutes this very basic video..
JANKEL'S SHTETL
Watchable. The opening landscape and workshop look fine. The middle part is dull. He dances in the finale so it ends joyfully.
SARITA
Watchable. The Brazilian and Polish story of looking for a bride starts intriguing but is another boring family tale as it's being told.
All the short films were merely family videos, not interesting for outsiders. The quality of screening in the Legacy Gallery of Polin Museum was also poor, mostly because the screen is built of visible squares.
WSZYSTKO TO, CO MAMY (ALL THAT WE HAVE)
Watchable. A budget, black and white, documentary, with poor cinematography, sometimes shaky, mostly a bit blurry, and sound so substandard I had to read subtitles. The film's main vice is exactly that: many dialogues are unintelligible so, strangely, its reception will be easier for non-Polish viewers. But the content makes the viewing pleasant. The two guys forming the band touring penitentiaries are so positive, with a sense of humour, e.g. when the older one says some people come to their gigs year after year only to see if he's still alive. Both musicians, educated by the university of life, have a very healthy attitude to their criminal past and to social issues in general. With such protagonists a film can't fail. Even if it's marred by technical incompetence.
FIN DEL MUNDO?
Watchable. The miraculous kind of music and suspense techniques kept me watching this ludicrousness till the end. While the story is clear, the enigmas of it never get explained and the presented world doesn't make much sense. You never learn who is who. The army and president characters are just nominal: Captain, General, Our President, The Other President. Worst of all, its pace, acting and filming style look like from the 20th century in Poland, Teatr Telewizji (Television Theatre) in particular. And it's disgustingly sexist - also like in the 20th century. Ah, it's no comedy at all. The theatre of the absurd rather.
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