A Bear Named Wojtek

A Bear Named Wojtek 2024

10.00

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

2024

Franz  Kafka

Franz Kafka 1992

6.30

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

1992

I'll Kill Myself!

I'll Kill Myself! 1975

1

Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves

1975

The Red and the Black

The Red and the Black 1964

6.20

Two shades of paint are pitted against each other in a bullfight that spills self-reflexively from the page into the animator’s studio

1964

The Appeal

The Appeal 1971

5.30

In a simple but powerful way, director Ryszard Czekala presents the horror that happened in Nazi concentration camps: prisoners’ dread, humiliation and lost humanity. Its directness and style is sometimes interpreted as a response to the trend of allegorical and philosophical filmmaking that dominated Polish animation in the 1960s.

1971

How a Sausage Dog Works

How a Sausage Dog Works 1972

6.20

Polish animated short film that uses unconventional film techniques such as cut-out, drawing, filming miscible fluids and scratched images. Also uses non-camera technique such as drawing directly on film. The film is a humorous lecture on the internal structure of a dachshund. Parodying popular lectures at the same time, it contains a message about the superiority of the products of living organisms' techniques and calls for respect for the environment.

1972

New Janko the Musician

New Janko the Musician 1961

3.70

In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.

1961

Labyrinth

Labyrinth 1963

6.30

A self-consciously Kafkaesque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.

1963

The Stuntman

The Stuntman 1972

1

From cowboys to cannons, diving to racing, perhaps nothing can stop this stuntman

1972

A Gentle Spirit

A Gentle Spirit 1987

7.50

A man seated next to the body of his young wife thinks about their brief life together. Suicide has been the only escape for her... Dumala's technique creates a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere, entirely suitable for Dostoyevski's novel "A Gentle Spirit" on which it is based.

1987

Space Travel

Space Travel 1961

1

An elderly traveler arrives on an alien planet. The natives greet him friendly. Cosmic virgins want to clone the guest so that each of them would have him for herself. The man from planet Earth manages to escape, but his clones remain where they are.

1961

Admiral

Admiral 1968

1

Beautiful ships sail towards each other across the blue ocean. The admiral observes them with a spyglass. Actually, all the things take place in his mind.

1968

Mister Blot's Triumph

Mister Blot's Triumph 2001

3.30

Tomek Milkowski is an comic-books' illustrator. But his chef doesn't like his drawings. He tells Tomek to make up something really cool, if the boy doesn't want to loose his job. The illustrator has a guest. It's a bird Tri-Tri from stories about Mr. Kleks. Tomek takes the book and decides to illustrate it as a comic book.

2001