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What am I doing here?

What am I doing here?

A documentary film on Tadeusz Konwicki. Interviews with Adam Michnik, Stanislaw Beres, Tadeusz Lubelski, Janusz Anderman, Andrzej Lapicki, Maria Konwicka.

Documentary has been qualified for the Polish Competition of the 50th Krakow Film Festival (2010).

Janusz Anderman and Kamila Drecka, creators of the film, received the Diplomas of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

"What am I doing here?" (Co ja tu robię?) 
Directed by: Janusz Anderman
Script by: Janusz Anderman
Edited by: Kamila Drecka, Janusz Anderman
Photography by: Jan Holoubek
Music: Zygmunt Konieczny
Editing: Grazyna Gradon
Producers: Jan Dworak, Maciej Strzembosz, Kamila Polit, Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś
Prasa & Film Ltd.
2009

Congress Unfinished

Congress Unfinished - Anda Rottenberg

 

A documentary film about the Congress of Polish Culture.
 
Held in September, the Polish Culture Congress brings to mind the unfinished Congress of 1981. The dreams of the role and character of culture in society were close to ideal given nobody could predict the following day, full freedom was taken to set the ideas. These days, the shape and form of culture in the new environment of political freedom, economic independence and in the new type of civil society, and above all after the technological revolution in sociological communication (i.e. internet, freedom of travel) - can verify the ideals of the old days. Some of them are totally out of date and even seem silly, others however are still worth discussing and considering still remaining an issue. It is a good chance to ask for commentary of those who participated in the Congress in 1981 and will take part in the September Congress in 2009. Those, who are no longer with us will be replaced with new considerate personae in Polish Culture.

"Congress Unfinished" (Kongres niedokończony)
Directed by: Agnieszka Arnold
Prasa & Film Ltd.
2009

"Na ratunek" [To the Rescue]

The impact of our profession on our emotional condition, attitudes towards life and other people – this is the main topic of this film, which tells us about the firefighters of the Rescue and Firefighting Unit in Krakow. Their statements are illustrated by footage of actions, in which they participate.

Read more: "Na ratunek" [To the Rescue]

"Aqua Vitae - Woda życia" [Aqua Vitae - Water of Life]

"Aqua Vitae - Woda życia" [Aqua Vitae - Water of Life]
Directing: Małgorzata Bucka
Production: Prasa & Film Ltd.
Year of production: 1999

"Helmut Kohl" [Helmut Kohl]

"Helmut Kohl" [Helmut Kohl]
Directing: Małgorzata Bucka
Production: Prasa & Film Ltd.
Year of production: 1998

"Hotel Panoptykon" [Hotel Panopticon]

More than two centuries ago, a British lawyer, philosopher and economist,  Jeremy Bentham, invented the "Panopticon" – a closed, segregated, space with thorough surveillance for total supervision of the people found within. According to his idea, he assumed that the prisoners, mentally ill, workers or students – aware that they are under constant observation, and their each and every move is being recorded – would impose limitations upon themselves.

Read more: "Hotel Panoptykon" [Hotel Panopticon]

"Paradoks o konduktorze" [The Conductor’s Paradox]

Poznań, June 28th, 1956. Zdzisiek Wardejn, 16, ran out of the house at 7:30. He had plenty of time; summer vacation had started already. At 8:00, tram operators of the Municipal Transportation Company left their workplace. Among them, a 25-year-old tram conductor, Kazimierz Wieczorek. As a result of the dramatic events of this day, the boy and the young man were to meet for the first time.

Read more: "Paradoks o konduktorze" [The Conductor’s Paradox]

"Aleksander Gudzowaty" [Aleksander Gudzowaty]

"Aleksander Gudzowaty" [Aleksander Gudzowaty]
Directing: Jan Dworak, Dorota Wellman
Production: Prasa & Film Ltd.
Year of production: 1997