Films by Anna Rok

Polen, Germany, Finland 2023, 74 min
by Agnieszka Zwiefka

84-year-old Vika is a star of Warsaw clubbing scene. A charismatic DJ and a colorful bird surrounds herself with young people, repeating that age is just a number. But when her health suddenly begins to deteriorate, Vika can no longer deny the passing of time. Will she find meaning in sharing the joy of life with other seniors by encouraging them to live their lives to the fullest?Vika! is a bittersweet portrait of a woman who intends to celebrate life to the very end, a true inspiration both for silver generation and our future selves.

Germany 2019, 52 min
by Ania Szczepanska

After WWII, the Polish People's Republic was initially a model pupil of the Soviet Union. With a growing shortage of food and other supplies, however, protests started. In the summer of 1980, emboldened by the visit of the first Polish pope, John Paul II, the workers of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk called a strike and founded the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain: Solidarność (Solidarity) – it was to change Poland and Europe forever. The film's perspective is very much that of the workers, who were supported by the Catholic church and oppositional intellectuals.