The Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest events in the world dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films. Its core consists of three equal competitions: documentary, short and Polish. During the 8 festival days, viewers have the opportunity to watch about 250 Polish and international films. They are presented in competition sections and special screenings. The festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, outdoor shows and meetings with filmmakers. Every year, the festival is visited by about 900 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, festival programmers and a large Krakow audience. The presence of our student films at KFF is a great joy and honour for us!

Therefore, we are proud to announce that these films of our students are included in
the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

* THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FOREST
Direction, screenplay, animation: Szymon Ruczyński
Sound: Szymon Kucharski
Production management: Jan Bazyli Ledworowski
Artistic supervision: Piotr Dumała, Piotr Milczarek

A van drives up to a lonely, limping man. Armed men jump out of the van, capture him and take him to the forest. The only witnesses of the incident are people from the nearby village. Since 2021, such situations have been a reality on the Polish-Belarusian border. An animated documentary on the refugee crisis by a resident of a border town.
trailer vimeo.com

* BE SOMEBODY
Screenplay and direction: Michał Toczek
Cinematography: Tomasz Pawlik
Editing: Jakub Didkowski, Ignacy Ciunelis
Production management: Julia Włodarczyk
Cast: Sebastian Stankiewicz, Jowita Budnik, Elżbieta Okupska, Klara Bielawka
Artistic supervision: Leszek Dawid, Wojciech Staroń

Wiktor is an ordinary guy, an electrician who moves into a new flat with his family. Soon the heroes learn that the flat once belonged to Lech Wałęsa. Wiktor's wife, Sylwia, decides to turn their new home into a museum and her husband into an impersonator of the role of the former president. Her obsession forces Wiktor to confront the legend of Lech Wałęsa.
trailer vimeo.com

the POLISH COMPETITION

* BE SOMEBODY - synopsis – as above

* POLAR BEARS
Screenplay: Piotr Hadyna, Bartosz Stankiewicz
Direction: Bartosz Stankiewicz
Cinematography: Szczepan Lewandowski
Editing: Karol Piasecki
Production management: Maciej Wąsiel, Julia Jakubiec
Cast: Karol Bernacki, Marcin Cieślikowski, Tomasz Kubiatowicz Artistic supervision: Leszek Dawid, Jakub Piątek, Paweł Edelman, Piotr Kukla, Tomasz Michałowski, Marek Król

A young wrestler must lose four kilos in one day in order to compete. The exhausting and difficult process is disturbed by an unannounced visit of his big brother who makes the athlete an unusual proposal.
trailer: vimeo.com

* SUCH MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
Screenplay, direction, animation, editing: Barbara Rupik
Artistic supervision: Piotr Dumała

"Without muscles it walks, although it shouldn't. Tissue made of stone. How strange," said the girl and looked at her boneless body.
trailer vimeo.com

* I KNOW YOU’RE AFRAID TOO
Screenplay, direction, art direction: POLA LOTTA WŁODARCZYK Animation: POLA LOTTA WŁODARCZYK, JUSTYNA PAZDAN
Cast: ANNA DYMNA, ANDRZEJ CHYRA
Poduction coordinator: OLGA ZWADA
Artistic supervision: MARIUSZ WILCZYŃSKI, AGATA GORZĄDEK

A Petitioner comes to the Office of Weights and Measures with a bird in a cage and asks the Clerk to measure it for her. After a while, it turns out that they are talking about different things.
trailer vimeo.com

* THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FORST - synopsis – see above

Festival programme and information available at the website: krakowfilmfestival.pl/en

Congratulations and fingers crossed!