All of the films to be presented to the English audience are student works. The first three of them – Such a Landscape, Flora and Fauna, and Shame – are made by students of the National Film School in Łódź (PWSFTViT); while Shit Eaters is made by a student of the Katowice Film and Television School (WriTV).
Jagoda Szelc’s Such a Landscape is a poetical story about death, forgiveness and grief. Told with the use of beautiful, aesthetically-perfect shots, the story was awarded the Golden Tadpole at the Camerimage International Cinematography Festival.
Piotr Litwin’s Flora and Fauna is the story of Jan, a fifty-year-old teacher, who decides to buy the virginity of a teenage girl, Marysia. During their appointment at the hotel, however, the transaction doesn’t come to completion, and the couple has to meet yet another time. Flora and Fauna is Piotr Litwin’s graduate film.
The six-minute-long Shame by Karma Fryc is the work of a young cinematographer and photographer, and a story about secrets, shame, delusions and the painful past. The film was made in 2012 and produced by the National Film School in Łódź (PWSFTViT).
The last Polish film presented in London will be Shit Eaters by Agata Wojciechowska, a student of direction at the Katowice Film and Television School (WRiTV). It’s the story of a teen girl on holiday with her parents. While playing in the company of imaginary creatures, she in fact longs for a closer relationship with her parents. As she can’t show her feelings towards them, she’d rather erase them from her life.
The London Film Festival is the oldest and the largest festival in England and one of the most important film festivals around the world. Each year, more than 300 film are presented, among them short and full-length films, documentaries and animations.
The 58th edition of the event will be held between 8th and 19th October.
Source: Polish Shorts, ed. BS, transl. szm