ARCADIA
A documentary impression about the destructive human impact on nature, created with black and white images. There is only one sentence in the entire film: "Watch out".
Director: Małgorzata Paszko
Poland, 2023
8:33 min
Born in 2002 in Gdańsk, Poland. She is currently studying film directing in Warsaw Film School. Author of both feature film etudes and documentaries. In 2022, she won Grand Prix for Best Short Documentary at the Prague International Film Awards for the documentary "Silence". Her feature short film "Kaja" received Special Mention in the Best Future Generation Short Film category at the Tuzla Film Festival.
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AND THE CRANES KEPT DANCING
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WINGS OF DESIRE
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ARCADIA
A documentary impression about the destructive human impact on nature, created with black and white images. There is only one sentence in the entire film: "Watch out"....
ENVY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
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PARADES
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STABAT MATER
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NIGHT OVER R32
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