Block 1. Short Films

Lift Lady

Film presented in the Block 1. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-1.-Short-Films

Brutalist architecture, a toll elevator and the surrealism of the environment are the daily life of Mzia, a former sniper overseeing this globally unique transportation system. This film’s grotesqueness paints a tragicomic picture of modern Georgia.

Am I the Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen?

Film presented in the Block 1. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-1.-Short-Films

“Hey, let’s go on a diet together.” As kids in a small Quebec town, Eisha and Seema were more than sisters, they were soul mates, and a joint diet offered a shared sense of purpose. But their carefree project would take a dark turn, pushing Eisha to the very brink of death.  Consumed by anorexia, she found herself battling her own fragile body—stranded between childhood and adulthood. Decades later, she revisits her past in an exquisitely crafted work of auto-ethnography, evoking her unusual youth with aching lyricism.

We Were the Scenery

Film presented in the Block 1. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-1.-Short-Films

In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were held in a refugee camp. During this time, along with nearly 100 other refugees, they were utilized as background extras in the filming of “Apocalypse Now”.

Guided by their perspective and memories of their lived experiences, “We Were The Scenery” is a short documentary that traces Vietnam, The Philippines, and the USA within past and present, truth and fiction, life and cinema. Warning: This film contains stroboscopic effects.

Sixty-seven Milliseconds

Film presented in the Block 1. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-1.-Short-Films

In search of a projectile whose trail has been captured on surveillance camera footage bearing witness to a serious incident, the film follows its trajectory and those of its main protagonists.

Hold Me Close

Film presented in the Block 1. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-1.-Short-Films

A chronicle of the power and complexity of the relationship between Corinne and Tiana, two Queer Black womxn who experience cycles of life’s joys and pains together in the home they share.