Karolina lies in bed, surrounded by cushions. She can’t go outside, so she prefers to keep the curtains closed. What does life mean – and death – as an 18-year-old girl if you can’t get out of bed due to a serious form of osteoporosis, with endless pain and morphine?
Also in this combined programme
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An Eye for an Eye
Portraits of people with and without amputated limbs: in intimate embraces, the division between bodies and able/disabled is resolved, forming a singl -
Cookbook
A one-off cookery course in a women’s prison – with lobster on the menu – highlights the dismal food normally served up in the cells -
Rendez-vous
A silent encounter with Danuta Witkowska and actor Wojciech Królikiewicz in their day-to-day coping with Huntington’s disease. -
Creation in Cooperation
Artur Żmijewski challenges participants in a workshop to present their improvised performances in public spaces, for audiences of random passers-by. -
KR WP
In this film, Żmijewski – literally – strips patterns of behaviour and rituals. We see soldiers present arms and march: the first time clo
Film details
- Country of production
- Poland
- Year
- 2001
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- File
