FICTION.PL Competition – set I

4.12.2025, 20:15
Centrum im. Ludwika Zamenhofa, 19 Warszawska St
admission free

Slap!!
director: Mikołaj Piszczan
director of photography: Stefan Żółtowski
music: Antoni Wojnar
Poland 2025, 22’12”

In desperate search of acceptance, a troubled man is taking part in brutal slap fighting competitions. Disregarding the consequences he crosses more dangerous boundaries.

Hajfongpol
Haiphongpol
director: Leon Korzyński
director of photography: Witold Prokopczyk
music: Franciszek Skorupka
Poland 2025, 17’

Drew, a Vietnamese immigrant in Warsaw, is trapped by his mother’s rigid expectations. Behind closed doors he leads a secret life as a nail artist, crafting intricate designs and breaking cultural taboos. Everything changes when Bo, a bold and talented nail artist, becomes both his muse and ally. It pushes Drew to confront his mother’s control and embrace his creative identity.

Poradnik: Jak się śmiać kiedy boli
How to: Laugh When U Get Hurt
directors: Jan Cisiecki, Bartosz Stankiewicz
director of photography: Jan Cisiecki
music: Tymoteusz Karaś-Tęcza
Poland 2025, 29’55”

The teenager preparing to write the perfect suicide note. The condition for making it is finding the perfect ink for a pen. To obtain it, he must acquire the only octopus available in his city… The price he must pay for possessing the cephalopod is a return to a society he had previously failed to understand. This crazy adventure is accompanied by classic Polish rock.

Maleńka apokalipsa
Tiny apocalypse
director: Izabela Zubrycka
director of photography: Daniel Tubylewicz
music: Rafał Lipka
Poland 2024, 14’

When Daria hears that her grandmother is dying, she starts praying to the Sacred Tree.

Ludzie i rzeczy
People & Things
director: Damian Kosowski
director of photography: Stefan Żółtowski
Poland 2024, 20’4”

Olena arrives with her daughter, Kira, and her friend Tymur to collect the results of DNA tests confirming that her husband, Ilya, who has gone missing during the war, is dead. Confronted with the exhumed bodies of victims of Russian aggression, she must choose between the present and a world that has passed away.