SHORT FILMS FROM PARTNER SCHOOLS
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (PL) + Vienna Film Academy (AT)
21.3. 2025 Friday
13:00-15:00, Kino Klap FTF VŠMU
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (PL)
COLD (CHŁÓD)
Poland, 2023, 11 min
Synopsis: An older man is attacked in his own home by an extremist right-wing group. Initially, the attack appears to be accidental, but later it turns out to be planned.
Director: Daniel Le Hai
Cinematographer: Daniel Le Hai
Editor: Daniel Le Hai
Sound: Łukasz Świerzawski
Producer: Krystyna Doktorowicz
Cast: Jan Litvinovitch, Jerzy Nasierowski, Mikołaj Szmigiel, Filip Wencel, Konrad Kiersnowski, Jakub Kaźmierczak
THE CABIN (CHATKA)
Poland, 2021, 19:40 min
Synopsis: Julka and Marek visit a mountain cabin to rest, but at the beginning of their journey things get complicated as the violin, the forest, Venus and Schrodinger’s Cat come to the fore.
Director: Bartosz Toboła
Cinematographer: Bartosz Toboła
Editor: Bartosz Toboła
Sound: Łukasz Świerzawski
Music: Małgorzata Gulczyńska
Producer: Krystyna Doktorowicz
Cast: Sylwia Gola, Aleksandar Milićević, Oliwia Nazimek
PROBABLY… SEE YOU LATER! (NO TO PA!)
Poland, 2025, 12 min
Synopsis: Love affairs need to be finished quickly. Sometimes it’s just not that simple.
Inspired by new wave cinema Probably… See you later! is black and white short tale about the first glimpse of love which seems to arise as Malgosia i Staszek are trying to catch the last train home just before the autumn begins.
Director: Bartosz Gaczynski
Cinematographer: Bartosz Gaczynski
Editor: Martyna Wycichowska
Sound: Bartosz Grzybkowski
Music: Oskar Tomala
Producer: Oliwia Cofala, Julia Władacz, Krystyna Doktorowicz
Cast: Łucja Obidowska, Marcin Piotrowiak
MANNEQUINS (MANEKINY)
Poland, 2025, 6:53 min
Synopsis: A young seamstress works on a dress for her lost lover.
Director: Mateusz Rzonca
Cinematographer: Mateusz Rzonca
Editor: Kaja Kogut
Sound: Wojciech Plaza
Music: Svetlana Sokol
Producer: Kacper Anaczkowski, Krystyna Doktorowicz
Cast: Adrianna Helena Mrowiec; Antoni Kudelko
NEFESH (NEFESZ)
Poland, 2024, 6:45 min
Synopsis: “Nefesh” depicts the moment of transition and confusion for Jona Popoch. The man tries to escape from a world that is both familiar and unfamiliar, growing increasingly unsettling. He searches for a way out and understanding.
Director: Marianna Korman
Cinematographer: Marianna Korman
Editor: Marianna Korman, Kamil Wędzicha
Sound: Julia Piegza, Hanna Janas
Music: Marcin Oleś
Producer: Krystyna Doktorowicz
Cast: Niko Niakas
Vienna Film Academy (AT)
THE LAST PEOPLE (DIE LETZTEN MENSCHEN)
Austria, 2025, 25 min
Synopsis: Lenz is a humble character. But things seem to be changing in his village. Fabian beats someone half to death and Carina wants to move to New York. When a great love for him does not come true, Lenz has to accept that his little world is slowly fading away.
Director: Nicolás Pindeus
Cinematographer: Lukas Allmaier
Editor: Maria Lisa Pichler
Sound: Marius Mertens
Producer: Alisa Frischholz, Melvyn Zeyns
Cast: Manuel Hauer, Claudia Kainberger, Dominik Jung, Lenka Pichler, Bernd Jung
THE LAST BET (DIE LETZTE WETTE)
Austria, 2024, 14 min
Synopsis: The elderly couple Ernst and Leni regularly bets on the last piece of chocolate. They make a bet as to which of them will die first. Both want to die before the other, but each for their own reasons. In a black-humored and unsentimental way, but with a big heart, both show that they don’t want to be without each other.
Director: Meike Wüstenberg
Cinematographer: Dmitri Fjodorovs
Editor: Lucas Lörch
Sound: Leyla Jaff
Music: Felix Pöchhacker
Producer: Julie Stempelová
Cast: Dany Sigel, Wolfgang Hübsch
