Polish shorts at The Side Cinema
Sunday, 21st June, 7pm
An evening of short films from the best and brightest filmmaking talents in Poland.
Aria Diva
Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Poland, 2007
30 minutes
When an opera diva moves into a flat above a middle-class family a special relationship develops between her and her housewife-neighbour in this electrifying and sensual drama.
Glass Trap (Szklana pułapka)
Director: Paweł Ferdek
Poland, 2008
15 minutes
Documentary. Young gangster-wannabies lead their lives like action film heroes. Cars, drugs and... fish fights are their daily bread.
Mr. Owl And
The Barber
From Targowek
(Pan Sówka i fryzjer z Targówka)
Director: Lesław Dobrucki, Marzena Popławska, Joanna Pawluśkiewicz
Poland, 2008
10 minutes
Stylised comedy written by children from Warsaw’s Praga district. In a society ruled by an obsessed barber a group of youngsters decides to rebel.
The Splinter (Drzazga)
Director: Wojtek Wawszczyk
Poland, 2008
17 minutes
The Splinter is an animated story about a wooden park bench, unhappily in love with a girl. Desperate and hurt it decides to have its revenge.







