TRAINS is a documentary film directed by our lecturer Maciej Drygas, and edited by another lecturer of ours, Rafał Listopad.

We are proud to announce that the film has received two more awards:

* Best Documentary of The American Documentary and Animation Film Festival in the United States

Complete list of winners: amdocfilmfest.com/2026filmwinners

and

* Audience Award at the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival in London

Congratulations to the professor and all the co-creators of the film!


TRAINS
A train compartment is a place where a person is temporarily torn out of the context of everyday existence. For a few hours or a few days, they are in a new society, and their life goes on according to the time marked by the timetable. There is something beautiful, and magical about a train journey, but often also very painful. Sometimes the journey is accompanied by hope, or - there is no hope at all. The joy of travel becomes a curse, and tears of joy mix with the pain of despair.

Trains is an original, reflective journey through the 20th century composed exclusively of archive materials. A beautiful and bitter image without words, accompanied by a sophisticated sound design with music by Paweł Szymański.

Credits:
screenplay and direction: Maciej Drygas (directing lecturer)
editing: Rafał Listopad (editing lecturer)
music: Paweł Szymański
producer: Vita Żelakeviciute
production: Drygas Film Production
co-production: Polish Television, Era Film

See the trailer: youtube.com