WARSZAWA PROGRAM

THE HERO drama, fantasy / Poland / 2021 / 24 min   Cyprian, a ten-year-old orphan, raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams of becoming a real hero. Suddenly his grandmother dies and a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Now, he has to confront the real loss and realize...

AU PAIR drama / Spain / 2021 / 21 min   Nadia, a chic Parisian, goes to the heart of Spain to teach French to the young Nestor. There she meets Nestor’s father, Fernando, her strange host. What seemed like a peaceful au pair experience turns into something strange and...

SYLVIE MADE IT fantasy / France / 2022 / 23min   In hell, the dead work in call centers under the illusion of earning a place in heaven by satisfying the living. This is not worth the money for some, except when their loved ones suddenly disappear for heaven...  ...

PHANTASMAGORIA thriller, horror, historic / Germany / 2022 / 15 min   Christa and her grandmother are visited by a young mysterious soldier after the sudden death of her grandfather. After letting the man into their home, Christa begins to question his intentions for being there.    director: Alejandro Mathé...

SHUT horror, drama, thriller / Netherlands / 2022 / 14 min 59 s   When Jonas visits his father after a long time, he's shocked to find him in a confused state. Has his father's mental state deteriorated or is there something more sinister going on?   director: Niels Bourgonje...

DARKER fantasy, drama, horror / Belgium, Netherlands / 2022 / 16 min 16 s   When her father goes missing, young Rhena enters the woods to seek out a mythological creature believed to collect the stories of dying beings.   director: Frank van den Bogaart screenwriter: Frank van den Bogaart...

LUNA horror / Poland / 2021 / 11 min 37 s   Luna makes a difficult decision, forcing her parents to fight their own demons.   director: Michał Marks screenwriter: Michał Marks cast: Justyna Bartoszewicz, Krzysztof Matuszewski, Jowita Sobieraj cinematography: Łukasz Nyks editing: Łukasz Byczkowski music: Zespół Mantrio language: Polish...

IN THE BENDS OF TIME sci-fi / Poland / 2022 / 10 min 26 s   Is there any chance that the most stressful date in your life was the one you never went to? Janek (Mikołaj Kubacki) is getting ready to meet Weronika (Julia Pawlak) when an unexpected visitor...

EDEN HOUSE drama / Poland / 2021 / 29 min 10 s    “Eden House” is based on the true story of a teenager named Luka who landed in a religious drug-rehab center run by Antoni, a self-proclaimed priest. Living under his tyrannical regime of emotional and physical torture, Luka...

THE DEVIL feature / Poland / 2022 / 19 min   According to research made throughout the 1990s by the Institute for Public Opinion Research (OBOP), approximately 95% of Poles identified themselves as believers. At the same time, unemployment rates reached record values. In times of crisis, when people sought...

DEAD horror / Poland / 2022 / 5 min 38 s   Their relationship became dead. They’re dead inside and dead outside.   director: Bartosz Inglot screenwriter: Bartosz Inglot cast: Tomasz Gajos, Margita Ślizowska cinematography: Aneta Bochnacka editing: Olga Bejm music: Adam Sypka language: no dialogues film’s age rate: 16+...

RATS drama, thriller / Poland / 2022 / 8 min 55 s   Emil spends most of his life in an office cubicle and his bedroom. His life is practically work and sleep. This rhythm is disturbed by the scratching of rats on the wall of his house. The man...