Films by Anna Wydra

Polen, Germany 2019, 79 min
by Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda

The film comes to some extent out of a call by Marek Edelman, the former commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising who witnessed the extermination in the Warsaw Ghetto throughout its existence. In 2009, he published a book based on his own experience I BYŁA MIŁOŚD W GETCIE… (AND THERE WAS LOVE IN THE GHETTO…)Why doesn’t anybody ask me if there was love in the ghetto? Why is nobody interested in this subject? Someone should make a film about love in the ghetto. It was love that let us survive.This is how the book ends. Because love in Marek Edelman’s book proves to be the most important value, even more precious than life.And this is what the film is about.

Germany, Polen 2016, 85 min
by Marta Minorowicz

On the frozen steppe of Mongolia people’s lives are at the mercy of the seasons and unexpected events, while naturedictates the rules of their nomadic lifestyles.After winter kills hoards of his parents’ livestock, 11-year old Sukhbat has to leave school, move back home and support the family. When given the responsibility by his father to tame a wild horse in a bid to win a regional race, he has to face a life ruled by unforgiving nature and tradition.No one remains unscathed after being confronted by the power of the steppe.