Poland enjoys a rich heritage and a flourishing contemporary animation culture. And quality education. HAFF presents the latest developments animation and visual arts and student films.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2017

Showing in this program

A Documentary Film

• Marcin Podolec
• Poland, 2015
• 7 min.

Portrait of a father, whose adult children live their own lives far away from him, and his daily routine..

Chainlets

• Alicja Błaszczyńska
• Poland, 2016
• 8 min.

'Chainlets' is about five people who are seen as weirdos. What if their compulsions and obsessions have more sense than anyone would think? Perhaps they know something about the world that the rest of the people simply can't see...

Foreign Body

• Marta Magnuska
• Poland, 2016
• 7 min.

A foreign body lives its own life. You're not able to get rid of it, it's always with you, you need it. Caress that odd part of yours, don't try to shave its long tousled fur. This is a story about something that's considered to be strange at first but turns out to be the dearest thing to us. About the transformation of inside and outside.

Hail Mary

• Aleksandra Wit
• Poland, 2016
• 5 min.

Due to the widespread superstition in his village, a small boy is constantly afraid. At night, the windows are rattling and the wolves are howling. He is convinced an old witch is after him. She roams around the village and has already bewitched his mother once. Even death cannot stop her. Gritty cut-out animation.  

Kinki

• Izumi Yoshida
• Poland, 2015
• 10 min.

Combination of horror and psychological thriller. A murderer records images in his mind which he uses to reconstruct his crimes. Fragments of the images begin to form a logical whole.

Magneticman

• Adam Żądło
• Poland, 2014
• 3 min.

Convincing choreography of magnetic men in red and blue and the attraction of cubes and a large round disc. The principles controlling the world are dominated by attraction, just like with people, really.

Ride of the Tram

• Milena Molenda
• Poland, 2012
• 14 min.

The daily routine around a tram stop. People are waiting, hanging around.

Steven and the Beetle

• Piotr Hoang Ngoc
• Poland, 2012
• 13 min.

Steven is a successful swimming instructor. The ladies adore him. His life gets confused when he meets Beetle, the personification of everything forbidden in Steven’s world. Does their friendship have a chance of success? Special mention European student film HAFF 2013.

Yesterday’s Record

• Michal Soja
• Poland, 2015
• 5 min.

Hundreds of incentives and a variety of roles and tasks shape a chaotic view of the outside world.