XXI Century Diseases
19 films
And Don't Call Me Crazy (I nie mów o mnie wariat)
dir. Dorota Skupniewicz
anim2024
The protagonist, who is treated at a mental health facility, carries out the vivisection of the psychiatric care system. Physicians do not have enough time to get to know and understand their patients. They formulate easy-to-classify diagnoses, prescribe pills and ‘normal’ life, such as work, family and stabilisation.
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Are You There? [PL audio descritption] (Jesteś tu?)
dir. Xawery Deskur
dok2023
DJ Edee Dee aka Edward Gil-Deskur, is an iconic figure in Krakow’s club world. Edward was born with congenital glaucoma and will soon completely lose his eyesight. In his adaptation to the new reality, he is assisted by AI, with whom he begins to form an increasingly closer relationship.
Read moreAutism Plays Itself
dir. Janet Harbord
dok2023
In 1957 at the Maudsley Hospital in London, a film recording atypical behaviour of children was shot. Many years later, three adults in autism spectrum added their commentary to it providing new interpretations for the behaviour of the children in the film.
Read moreBaldiga - Unlocked Heart (Baldiga - Entsichertes Herz)
dir. Markus Stein
dok2024
In the 1980s, West Berlin was the European LGBT+ capital. Jürgen Baldiga, a photographer, poet and activist, became its co-founder and chronicler. The archival materials he left behind were used to tell a neurotic story about himself and the community living in the shadow of AIDS. Age rated: 18+
Read moreBlues Run the Game: the Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank (Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank)
dir. Damien Aimé Dupont
dok2023
In 1965, Jackson C. Frank, a folk singer, assisted by Paul Simon, had already recorded his only album, which influenced many American and British folk musicians. Nevertheless, he was unable to defeat his demons. The film shows the artist’s emotional landscape.
Read moreChords (Cuerdas)
dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
fab2022
Rita has an important meeting with her fellow singers: the women’s choir to which she belongs is in danger of disbanding because they have lost the municipal subsidy with which they used to rent their rehearsal space.
Read moreDaydreaming So Vividly about Our Spanish Holidays (La herida luminosa)
dir. Christian Avilés
fab2022
Driven by their desire for light and warmth, British teenagers take a trip to the Balearic Islands. They must absorb the sun and store it in their bodies to take it back to their cloud-covered kingdom.
Read moreDiamond Beauty
dir. Anna Korom
fab2023
Maria is addicted to plastic surgeries. Successive augmentations do not satisfy her and she wants new ones. Her nose, lips or facial fillers are never perfect. Now, she is looking forward to the opportunity of a date with her former love. But where to find money if she is drowning in debt?
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Emilio Barreto: Angels and Demons (Emilio Barreto: ángeles y demonios)
dir. Cris Arana
dok2024
In Paraguay under the Stroessner regime, almost 400 people vanished without any trace and several hundred thousand ended up in prison, where they were tortured. The film tells the story of Emilio Barreto, who was detained for 13 years, although never convicted of any crime.
Read moreHow to Skin a Cheetah (How To Skin A Cheetah)
dir. Meghan O'Shaughnessy
fab2023
A macabre, coming-of-age story and a thriller in one. Meghan O'Shaughnessy invites the viewers to a maze full of traps, where fantasies of revenge intertwine with illness, lies, solitude, hopelessness, violence and dreams of a journey-escape to Tanzania.
Read moreMe, Monster (Ja, potwór)
dir. Zofia Tomalska
anim2024
Fear is an internal monster debilitating every cell of the body and disseminating without control. Is it possible to stop it? This animation will surprise you by offering a psychedelic journey to the labyrinth of the human mind and remote corners of the human body. A stream of consciousness ponding to the rhythm of disco, electronic and hip hop sounds.
Read moreOnly Day And Night [PL audio description] (Tylko dzień i noc)
dir. Grzegorz Brzozowski
dok2024
In the pandemic, during the strict lockdown period, human contacts were limited. Online conversations became the most common way of communication. The director employed them to talk to people stuck alone at home, just like him. What were they afraid of? How were they doing?
Read moreOpen Eyes (Zheng Zhe De Yan Jing)
dir. Qi Zhang
fab2023
Residents of no other country have been so much experienced by the pandemic restrictions. In China, a quarantine meant not only a ban to leave your house but also a welded door. ‘Open Eyes’ is a film that settles accounts with this difficult period in an unexpected way by presenting a relatively young marriage trapped in isolation.
Read moreStay Homas. The Band That Shouldn't Exist (Stay Homas. La banda que no hauria d’existir)
dir. Oriol Gispert, Nick Bolger, Ramon Balagué
dok2024
The trio from Barcelona helped many to survive the lockdown. The songs referring to the pandemic situation, which were recorded by Stay Homas at their balcony, went viral and brought them popularity all over the world. Eventually, they had to cease to be an online phenomenon only.
Read moreSubmarine (Łódź podwodna)
dir. Oliwia Zakrzewska
dok2024
Oliwia is experiencing a maternity crisis. She is a young single mother who raises her two-year-old son. Struggling with depression, she tries to seek help in many different ways - at counselling centres, church or Tinder.
Read moreSuisunday
dir. Tal Menkes
fab2024
A rucksack suddenly falls from the edge of the table. No, it is not true. Nothing happens suddenly. The backpack started falling the moment it was put away by Naomi. Her gesture began the process whose result we could see. What happened in the case of Albert and what decision will he take when he stands above a dying bee?
Read moreThe Andersson Brothers (Bröderna Andersson)
dir. Johanna Bernhardson
dok2024
A renowned Swedish director, Roy Andersson, had three brothers, but their lives parted dramatically at a certain time. A daughter of one of them, standing behind the camera, in both an intimate and uncompromising way, x-rays the family story marked by addictions and conflicts.
Read moreThe Peter Plan (Plan Petera)
dir. Grzegorz Pacek
dok2024
Wracked with pain, a man flees our hyper-connected world to end his electro suffering.
Read moreThree Birds (Tri ticice)
dir. Zarja Menart
anim2024
A girl visits a bird-woman to ask her how to deal with the problems bothering her. The strange older lady sends her on a journey inside herself, in which she is accompanied by three birds. Walking through a dark forest and murky reeds, entering a mysterious lake, the character experiences pain, fright and fear.
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