Daniel Szczechura

A film portrait of Henryk Tomaszewski, one of the greatest poster artists, an outstanding graphic designer, illustrator and educator, co-founder of the school of Polish poster art. He was born in 1914 in Warsaw and died in 2005. Before the war he graduated from the School of Graphic Industry and studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He was involved in poster art since 1936. He collaborated with the satirical weekly "Szpilki", printed drawings in the Lublin satirical weekly "Stańczyk", and designed scenery for the Warsaw theater "Syrena". In the early 1950s he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. He educated dozens of graphic artists and poster designers who are famous today. In the film, the protagonist talks about the beginnings of poster art in Poland, his pedagogical work and artistic career. Archival materials were used during the production, and the artist's statements are illustrated with his posters and drawings.

A humorous grotesque about an average man who asks himself a basic philosophical question about the meaning of existence.

Peter and Eliza are vacationing in the Mazury region. After an argument with her boyfriend, the girl leaves him and goes away. Meanwhile, Eliza's father Jul, a sculptor, organizes a reunion of former members of the student theater in which he performed years ago.

Morning. Cold interior of an apartment in a block of flats. The hero gets up, carefully does hi morning rituals, eats breakfast, reads the newspaper, gets dressed, adjusts his tie, looks at his watch, it's 7:50... He'll probably go to work soon. He is in a hurry not to be late... And suddenly, instead of going to the door, he directs his steps to the window. He jumps...

Seemingly, nothing happens in the film; At most, a man forgets something at home and must return. The viewer watches his train journey, the rhythm of the soundtrack determined by pylons whooshing by his cabin window.

A woman takes a break from her knitting to snare hapless winged men and deposit them in oversized birdcages.

A film portrait of Henryk Tomaszewski, one of the greatest poster artists, an outstanding graphic designer, illustrator and educator, co-founder of the school of Polish poster art. He was born in 1914 in Warsaw and died in 2005. Before the war he graduated from the School of Graphic Industry and studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He was involved in poster art since 1936. He collaborated with the satirical weekly "Szpilki", printed drawings in the Lublin satirical weekly "Stańczyk", and designed scenery for the Warsaw theater "Syrena". In the early 1950s he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. He educated dozens of graphic artists and poster designers who are famous today. In the film, the protagonist talks about the beginnings of poster art in Poland, his pedagogical work and artistic career. Archival materials were used during the production, and the artist's statements are illustrated with his posters and drawings.

A film portrait of Henryk Tomaszewski, one of the greatest poster artists, an outstanding graphic designer, illustrator and educator, co-founder of the school of Polish poster art. He was born in 1914 in Warsaw and died in 2005. Before the war he graduated from the School of Graphic Industry and studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He was involved in poster art since 1936. He collaborated with the satirical weekly "Szpilki", printed drawings in the Lublin satirical weekly "Stańczyk", and designed scenery for the Warsaw theater "Syrena". In the early 1950s he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. He educated dozens of graphic artists and poster designers who are famous today. In the film, the protagonist talks about the beginnings of poster art in Poland, his pedagogical work and artistic career. Archival materials were used during the production, and the artist's statements are illustrated with his posters and drawings.

A humorous grotesque about an average man who asks himself a basic philosophical question about the meaning of existence.

Morning. Cold interior of an apartment in a block of flats. The hero gets up, carefully does hi morning rituals, eats breakfast, reads the newspaper, gets dressed, adjusts his tie, looks at his watch, it's 7:50... He'll probably go to work soon. He is in a hurry not to be late... And suddenly, instead of going to the door, he directs his steps to the window. He jumps...

Morning. Cold interior of an apartment in a block of flats. The hero gets up, carefully does hi morning rituals, eats breakfast, reads the newspaper, gets dressed, adjusts his tie, looks at his watch, it's 7:50... He'll probably go to work soon. He is in a hurry not to be late... And suddenly, instead of going to the door, he directs his steps to the window. He jumps...

Seemingly, nothing happens in the film; At most, a man forgets something at home and must return. The viewer watches his train journey, the rhythm of the soundtrack determined by pylons whooshing by his cabin window.

Seemingly, nothing happens in the film; At most, a man forgets something at home and must return. The viewer watches his train journey, the rhythm of the soundtrack determined by pylons whooshing by his cabin window.

A woman takes a break from her knitting to snare hapless winged men and deposit them in oversized birdcages.

A woman takes a break from her knitting to snare hapless winged men and deposit them in oversized birdcages.

The protagonist of the film is a rabbit (hare), who experiences various adventures, meets strange people and strange situations. The film begins with a sequence of dreams, but the dream events are repeated in the real world and have their continuation. Everything ends well. This is how the plot looks like in a nutshell. But the mood and atmosphere of the film is difficult to verbalize, because it is assumed to be ambiguous, just as the painting of Stasys Eidrigevičius is ambiguous.

The protagonist of the film is a rabbit (hare), who experiences various adventures, meets strange people and strange situations. The film begins with a sequence of dreams, but the dream events are repeated in the real world and have their continuation. Everything ends well. This is how the plot looks like in a nutshell. But the mood and atmosphere of the film is difficult to verbalize, because it is assumed to be ambiguous, just as the painting of Stasys Eidrigevičius is ambiguous.

Animated parable in which a man chases after an unreachable point.

Animated parable in which a man chases after an unreachable point.

Movie joke about a man painting slogans on a wall and the law enforcement officers who try to prevent him from doing so....

Movie joke about a man painting slogans on a wall and the law enforcement officers who try to prevent him from doing so....

Five men hang a sixth from the bare-leafed thick branch of a huge tree. The execution is secretly observed by a seventh man. At night, he will sneak into the executioners' house to take revenge

Five men hang a sixth from the bare-leafed thick branch of a huge tree. The execution is secretly observed by a seventh man. At night, he will sneak into the executioners' house to take revenge

Lapidary story of an average spectator watching ski jumping.

Lapidary story of an average spectator watching ski jumping.

An animated short film in which many men work many years on a machine which is revealed to be something very common.

An animated short film in which many men work many years on a machine which is revealed to be something very common.

A feature film, which is an author's exhibition of his own work, beginning with a school-era etude titled “Conflicts” - within the framing device of an otherwise empty cinema lit only by the clicking projector. As each segment plays, the auditorium gradually fills until at the very end there is but a single viewer: the director himself.

A feature film, which is an author's exhibition of his own work, beginning with a school-era etude titled “Conflicts” - within the framing device of an otherwise empty cinema lit only by the clicking projector. As each segment plays, the auditorium gradually fills until at the very end there is but a single viewer: the director himself.

A story about the fight for power told with the help of simple graphics. The huge building, the huge column hall, one chair around the chairman's board table is empty. We observe the fight for that chair: little men run and fight, all tricks are allowed.

A story about the fight for power told with the help of simple graphics. The huge building, the huge column hall, one chair around the chairman's board table is empty. We observe the fight for that chair: little men run and fight, all tricks are allowed.

A psychedelic animated short about a flying cat.

A psychedelic animated short about a flying cat.

A parody of early cinematic conventions and a mockery of the movie audience, which gets excited about a bloody melodrama featuring a love triangle and a revolver, and protests when the animator, at the request of some commission, changes the finale into one deprived of blood.

A parody of early cinematic conventions and a mockery of the movie audience, which gets excited about a bloody melodrama featuring a love triangle and a revolver, and protests when the animator, at the request of some commission, changes the finale into one deprived of blood.

The man finds a banknote. With the line it is drawn. , he tries to sketch a house. It turns out that there is not enough of it, instead there is only enough for one sock.

The man finds a banknote. With the line it is drawn. , he tries to sketch a house. It turns out that there is not enough of it, instead there is only enough for one sock.

Humoresque based on a text once presented by Andrzej Warchał at Krakow's "Piwnica pod Baranami". A private and a corporal jump out of an airplane. During the flight it turns out that they forgot their parachutes. So they discuss how to fall and land. The order of landing seems to be the most important. The conversation continues until it is interrupted by a violent contact with the ground. Originally made in 1968.

Humoresque based on a text once presented by Andrzej Warchał at Krakow's "Piwnica pod Baranami". A private and a corporal jump out of an airplane. During the flight it turns out that they forgot their parachutes. So they discuss how to fall and land. The order of landing seems to be the most important. The conversation continues until it is interrupted by a violent contact with the ground. Originally made in 1968.

A perverse story of an audacious theft of an extremely important letter

An important official gives up the lactation of the morning press. Wanting to make the cleaning lady's work easier, he lifts his legs and suddenly rises upwards together with his chair. He floats among the clouds, meets strange figures, observes various situations hears sounds. He finishes reading the newspaper and leaves the room.

An important official gives up the lactation of the morning press. Wanting to make the cleaning lady's work easier, he lifts his legs and suddenly rises upwards together with his chair. He floats among the clouds, meets strange figures, observes various situations hears sounds. He finishes reading the newspaper and leaves the room.

A surrealist story about a block of flats that one day went on a journey. The unexpected journey of the monumental building is watched by astonished people, a train passes in the distance, a small yellow Fiat is rolling along the road, an airplane flies across the sky, and the block moves rhythmically through the green, idyllic landscape.

A surrealist story about a block of flats that one day went on a journey. The unexpected journey of the monumental building is watched by astonished people, a train passes in the distance, a small yellow Fiat is rolling along the road, an airplane flies across the sky, and the block moves rhythmically through the green, idyllic landscape.

In the second part of the film, the optics of the story changes. The block, which emerged from the lake at sunrise, stops wandering, stopping in the water, and its inhabitants indulge in summer relaxation. In the evening - at sunset - they will return, walking on water, to their apartments, and the building will again be immersed in the lake. And all to the rhythm of Zygmunt Konieczny's music, in the first part - more marching, in the second - elegiac.

In the second part of the film, the optics of the story changes. The block, which emerged from the lake at sunrise, stops wandering, stopping in the water, and its inhabitants indulge in summer relaxation. In the evening - at sunset - they will return, walking on water, to their apartments, and the building will again be immersed in the lake. And all to the rhythm of Zygmunt Konieczny's music, in the first part - more marching, in the second - elegiac.