An open-air short film screening at Kultura
Curator: Szymon Stemplewski, Poland
Recommended for viewers aged 16 and above
We’ve always wondered: is the reality we live in real — or just an illusion? Maybe we’re inside the Matrix, or maybe everything around us is just a deepfake? Or perhaps it’s all a dream from which we’ll soon wake up, feeling immense relief.
Cinema is a powerful medium for exploring these questions in many ways. Even with tough topics like toxic masculinity, we approach them with a good dose of humor.
In My Secret Cyber Love, a family drama plays out like a sitcom. The wild journey led by Sabina in Blood and Flowers, with her dog alongside her, brings to mind some of the most radical road movies. And in Songs of the Humpbacks, the real world mixes with the protagonist’s visions, where he casts himself as the director. Everything feels a bit exaggerated, grotesque, and sometimes even dangerous.
My Secret Cyber Love
Director: Bartosz Stankiewicz
Country: Poland
Runtime: 35 minutes
Robert is in a relationship with a sex robot and runs a confectionery shop with his mother. When the cake oven breaks down, his toxic father returns to fix it. His father's presence tests Robert's love for the robot.
Blood and Flowers
Director: Sabina Gryczan
Country: Poland
Runtime: 18 minutes
Once upon a time, there was a Girl that had enough. She decided to kill everyone she knew and go on a journey of self-discovery with a ghost of her beloved dog.
Humpback Whales' Song
Director: Klaudia
Country: Poland
Runtime: 26 minutes
The everyday life of pharmacist Marek is a B-movie. When a beautiful girl with herpes appears at the pharmacy, the hero escapes into the world of fantasy. He begins to direct his life as a great artistic cinema in which he himself appears as an omnipotent creator. However, the line between reality and fiction is becoming dangerously blurred. Will Marek be able to get out of the existential vacuum?