O!PLA: Polish Delights

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2022
Programme
Shorts Panorama

O!PLA FOCUS ON POLAND 2022 is a unique program presenting the winners of the 10th O!PLA Animation Festival (2022). As always the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. O!PLA FOCUS ON POLAND 2022 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same – independence and passion, which stand behind the O!PLA. - Piotr Kardas

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Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening121601 / O!PLA: Poola õunad
Screening duration

Films

Airborne

Local title
Õhus
Title in Russian
Airborne
Original title
Airborne
Director
Andrzej Jobczyk
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A surreal animation that connects the world of flying machines with the kingdom of flora and fauna. Engrossed in the fight, pilot loses his target which leads to tragedy. The plane crashes into the crown of a tree. The tragedy that seems to be the end opens a new stage in history. In the place of the accident, a new life is awakened and now it has to solve the mystery of its origin. It's a story about passion, its roots and tells us what we have to lose to be born again.

Director
Andrzej Jobczyk
Runtime

Presented by O!IPLA

O!IPLA Festiwal Animacji

O!IPLA Festiwal Animacji

Breath

Local title
Hingus
Title in Russian
Breath
Original title
Breath
Director
Aneta Siurnicka
Country
Poland
Year
2019
Programme
Shorts Panorama

The moment of respite or agitation? Letting mind free or fighting with thoughts?

The animation film created in a traditional way by painting under the camera.

Director
Aneta Siurnicka
Runtime

All At Sea

Local title
Omadega merel
Title in Russian
All At Sea
Original title
Odplyw
Director
Kasia Nalewajka
Country
Poland
Year
2020
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Cornelius is a happy-go-lucky crab bachelor. A night spent drinking with his friends turns awry when the parasitic barnacle, Sacculina, spikes his drink and has his wicked way with him. In the days that follow, Cornelius experiences physiological and mental changes that transform his life.

Director
Kasia Nalewajka
Runtime
Language
English
Trailer

Three Little Stories

Local title
Kolm väikest lugu
Title in Russian
Three Little Stories
Original title
Trzy małe historie
Director
Zuzanna Michalska
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Saxophone, Double Bass, Drums. Three little stories told through the medium of movement. A painterly visualization of the music of the band KWAŚNY DESZCZ (sour rain).

Director
Zuzanna Michalska
Runtime

C'est la vie

Local title
C'est la vie
Title in Russian
C'est la vie
Original title
C'est la vie
Director
Ferajna Filmowa KaPoK
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

How to keep your life upright and remain level when everything is tumbling down? What's the way out when there are no prospects? What role to play in the most difficult of arts - the Art of Living? Some of our daily resolutions seem to be meaningless, while others, though seemingly innocent, reverberate for years to come, turning our whole world upside down in an instant. The latest film by Ferajna Filmowa KaPoK is a short story about a man who finds himself in the most bizarre moment of this art of balancing, the art of choice, the art of living. C'est la vie!

Director
Ferajna Filmowa KaPoK
Runtime
Language
Polish
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Pure - Virtual Agony

Local title
PURE - tõeline piin
Title in Russian
Pure - Virtual Agony
Original title
Pure - Virtual Agony
Director
Olga Przytuła
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A story that each of us knows from our dreams. The mysterious land changes as soon as we try to get a closer look at it, inviting us to go deeper. It is a nod to our sensitivities.

Director
Olga Przytuła
Runtime

Despera

Local title
Despera
Title in Russian
Despera
Original title
Despera
Director
Alicja Liss
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

The film is a reflection on loneliness, isolation and powerlessness. The author began working on it during the lockdown, during the subsequent strikes of women in Poland, at the beginning of 2021.

Director
Alicja Liss
Runtime

Distance

Local title
Vahemaa
Title in Russian
Distance
Original title
Distance
Director
Katarzyna Orłowska
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Two people are staring at the flashing lights outside their windows, thinking about walking the distance between themselves. The calm of the empty station and the passing views from the train deepen their loneliness.

Director
Katarzyna Orłowska
Runtime

The Midnight Meatless Train

Local title
Kesköine lihavaba rong
Title in Russian
The Midnight Meatless Train
Original title
Nocny pociag bez miesa
Director
Kamil Wójcik
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Few things make people as happy as an empty compartment on an overnight train. Then you know that you can spend all night only with your own thoughts in the transient neon light that pierces the darkness violently. A rhythmic clatter helps to enter a trance. Time melts away. The darkness of the night floods the compartment. Let no one sit down.

Director
Kamil Wójcik
Runtime
Language
Polish
Subtitles
English
Trailer

On Time

Local title
Õigeks ajaks
Title in Russian
On Time
Original title
On Time
Director
Zbigniew Czapla
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

An intense travel experience that has become almost impossible. Japanese trains. Random meetings. From Matsuo Basho's haiku to the pictures of the dying world created by Hokusai in the Manga catalogs.

Director
Zbigniew Czapla
Runtime
Trailer

I Dreamed Of

Local title
Nägin unes
Title in Russian
I Dreamed Of
Original title
ŚNIŁO MI SIE
Director
Piotr Tokarz
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Since the dawn of time, dreams are an inspiration for reflections on the subconscious and work as a gateway to the world of abstract images created based on our thoughts, feelings and experiences. In 'I DREAMED OF' author decided to interpret the dreams of people dear to him and present them in the form of an animated short.

Director
Piotr Tokarz
Runtime
Language
Polish
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Show(er)

Local title
Artist
Title in Russian
Show(er)
Original title
Show(er)
Director
Julia Hazuka
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A real star awakens in the shower!

Director
Julia Hazuka
Runtime

The River

Local title
Jõgi
Title in Russian
The River
Original title
Rzeka
Director
Robert Kuźniewski
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

This is not the river, the portico is swollen with wet shadow and sand. It is a leafy memory that stands against all the remains, everything that gives meaning to our massacred constructions… An abstract pixilative etude based on the poem by TJ DEMA "Lethe".

Director
Robert Kuźniewski
Runtime

Undone

Local title
Olematu
Title in Russian
Undone
Original title
Undone
Director
Konrad Kulczyński & Grażyna Rigall
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A short animation made in the cut-out technique. The film tells the story of a dream that allows you to break free from life in captivity. A surreal journey into the mind of the main character is a utopian vision of a world in which all organisms are interconnected. Inspired by the Gaia Hypothesis, the film combines original visuals with music and sound created by jazz musicians Olo Walicki and Jacek Prościński.

Director
Konrad Kulczyński & Grażyna Rigall
Runtime

Wall Unit

Local title
Sektsioonkapp
Title in Russian
Wall Unit
Original title
Meblościanka
Director
Joanna Polak
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A ramshackle wall unit is a symbol of the monotonous life of a certain 40-year-old man livingin a grey, dirty post-communist block of flats district. Right after his birthday, suffering fromthe midlife crisis, the man decides to change his dull and routine-based existence. Alas, his wifestands in the way.

Director
Joanna Polak
Runtime