A 2011 short shows the effect of filming as an medium of communication on a relationship between grandmother and grandson. Having received a camera for his high school graduation, Marek starts filming his grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. To him, the camera lens sheds new light on his grandmother, from a person who seems to exist only as part of the family structure, he starts to see her as a real human being with desires and fears. Film director Marcin Bortkiewicz adds "Marek gets to know a person who he spent his life with but did not know. If it wasn’t for the camera, he would still perceive her through "stereotypical", motionless feelings".
Thumbnail: Filmstill, photo: Studio Munka