Peter & the Wolf

Peter & the Wolf 2006

6.70

An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite. Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather

2006

Tango

Tango 1981

7.41

A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.

1981

The Friend

The Friend 1965

5.00

Engineer Ijon Tichy is called in to help with a malfunctioning electronic brain.

1965

Moomins and the Comet Chase

Moomins and the Comet Chase 2010

5.50

One day Moomintroll wakes to notice that grey dust is covering everything in the Moominvalley. He runs to ask the philosophical Muskrat if he knows what is happening, who advises him that things tend to look like this before an awful fate coming from the sky hits the Earth. With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his close friends Sniff and Snufkin build a raft and head out on a challenging journey to the observatory in the Lonely Mountains hoping to find out more from the wise professors there. The friends have to overcome several adversities in order to make it there. When they arrive, they find the professors deep in calculations. They reveal that a comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds.

2010

Mamo, czy kury potrafią mówić?

Mamo, czy kury potrafią mówić? 1998

1

A brave little girl along side her sidekick chicken, a robot and a soldier go on a adventure in a stop-motion fantasy land to overthrow the evil Troll king and bring peace to the land.

1998

Hobby

Hobby 1968

6.00

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

1968

Graph

Graph 1966

1

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

1966

First Pavilion

First Pavilion 1968

6.00

A young scientist is kidnapped and taken to a mysterious house in which his former professor is conducting experiments to shrink people.

1968

New Book

New Book 1975

6.60

Nine cameras set up in a local neighborhood are displayed simultaneously as a man buys a new book.

1975

Maska

Maska 2010

7.00

"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an adaptation of Stanisław Lem’s short story of the same title. The action of “Maska” is set in a technologically developed but, at the same time, feudal world. Beautiful Duenna was created in order to carry out certain mission. However, she will be forced to choose between accomplishing the task she was created for and love.

2010

Profesor Zazul

Profesor Zazul 1968

6.30

Tichy is caught by a storm on the side road, and therefore forced to seek shelter in strange looking house. He is welcomed by Profesor Zazul, who devoted his life to cloning experiments. Based on a short story by Stanisław Lem featured in Memories of Ijon Tichy.

1968

Danny Boy

Danny Boy 2010

6.20

A young poet falling in love. A city that awaits a drama to unfold. A time of sadness and conformity, a time of decisions. There is light, there is hope, there is poetry behind the dark clouds of our world.

2010

Lykantropia

Lykantropia 1981

3.50

Wolves reveal they are really humans in wolf costumes and proceed to eat each other.

1981

Way to Your Neighbor

Way to Your Neighbor 1976

5.33

A weary traveller falls asleep next to a sign reading Weg zum Nachbarn. As soon as he dozes off the world turns on its head.

1976

Holiday

Holiday 1975

5.30

Short film by Zbig Rybczyński.

1975

Oh! I Can't Stop!

Oh! I Can't Stop! 1975

5.50

A story of a monster which, moving at an enormous speed, devours whatever comes across on its way: people, animals, cars, buildings.

1975