Block 2. Short Films

The Tunes

Film presented in the Block 2. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-2.-Short-Films

A café in the north of Brussels. Days are punctuated by the songs that the customers sing at all hours, to amuse themselves, to remember or to pass the time. Those songs transform the place little by little, making the film a strange musical.

In My Day

Film presented in the Block 2. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-2.-Short-Films

“In My Day” is a visual poem exploring the intergenerational experience of love. Through intimate, real-life phone calls between grandmothers and their granddaughters, we are invited into the heart of personal confessions, where stories of heartbreak, enduring love, and loss unfold. The film paints a universal portrait of womanhood, shaped by love’s complexities across time. At its heart, “In My Day” is a reflection on the shared experiences that connect generations of women.

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Film presented in the Block 2. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-2.-Short-Films

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion was a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we discuss the possibility of a shooting, Ion is initially overjoyed. He’s been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But as things progress, he finds it hard to accept my approach. He questions my ability to make the film happen.

The film is presented as part of the project Cinema as a Laboratory V co-founded by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.

The Oasis I Deserve

Film prezentowany w Bloku 2. Filmy krótkometrażowe: https://mdag.pl/22/pl/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-2.-Short-Films 

Replikas, online chatbots, have trouble determining their place in the world. They share their thoughts with the humans they exchange with. Events unfold from their point of view through real conversations collected on the web.

The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp

Film presented in the Block 2. Short Films: https://mdag.pl/22/en/warszawa/moviesPackage/Block-2.-Short-Films

A group of asylum seekers in Dublin pitch their tents on Sandwith Street, around the corner from the immigration office. This protest camp is a reaction to the decision of the Irish government to deny accommodation to 1400 asylum applicants. Camp residents Sami, Hasiballah and Simon show us around the little village they call home: this is where they eat, this is where they paint banners, and here are flowers planted in a pot. This peaceful scene is soon disrupted by the arrival of the Irish anti-immigration activist Philip Dwyer, who uses livestreams on social media to call for the tent dwellers to be chased away. A group of progressive activists come to the aid of the asylum seekers, but an outburst of violence looks inevitable. The violent incidents mount up, and finally things really explode.