TRAINS
Lithuania, Poland 2024 – Director: Maciej Drygas – Original language: None – Subtitles: English – Length: 80 min.
You cannot quite comprehend if the images are real: the hustle and bustle on the platform; harmony in the dining car; Hitler greeting people from a train window. And there are some journeys that not everyone will survive. Sound and editing is used to weave archive material into an associative patchwork that is as meditative as it is horrific. Daniela Graf
Content warning: This film deals with war and contains explicit depictions of violence and dead people.
Biography
Maciej Drygas is a Polish director and professor at the Łódź Film School. He studied at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. His works have been broadcast internationally and received several awards.
Filmography (selection)
VIOLATED LETTERS, PL 2011, 56 min.
ONE DAY IN THE PEOPLE’S POLAND, PL 2006, 58 min.
Nominated for the VIKTORIA Main Competition DOK.international
Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the award VIKTORIA Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The award donor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.
No youth rating
Nominated for the DOK.edit Award
No youth rating
English/Original Title: POCIAGI. Writer: Maciej Drygas. Camera: Archive film footage. Sound: Saulius Urbanavicius. Editing: Rafal Listopad. Music: Excepts from Pawel Szymanski's composition COMPARTMENT 2, CAR 7. Production: Drygas Film Production. Producer: Vita Zelakeviciute. Co-Producers: Rasa Miskinyte, EraFilm, Lithuania. Distribution: déjà-vu film UG.
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