Piotr Dumała

Fin del mundo? (2024)

Waldi and his three sisters live in an old villa outside the city, and their 100-year-old parents, who died a few years ago, live in the basement. The whole family enjoys shared breakfasts and warm air, so Waldi does not discover supernatural powers in him ...

Ederly (2015)

A man with an enigmatic look arrives at a town called Ederly. "Ederly is not only the name of the town, it has a deeper meaning", the visitor is told. ...

Hipopotamy (2014)

A few naked women and children are bathing in a river. They are being secretly observed by a group of men who, at one point, decide to approach them in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses. ...

Kołysanka (2012)

Dr Character Presents II (2011)

The second part of an animated pastiche of popular science television programs from the early days of Polish television. The presenter's guests include a man who taught an ant to eat with a knife and fork, and Helena-Maszyna, who loves ironing. ...

The Forest (2010)

The action of the film takes place in two periods of time. An old man leads his son through a forest, and is simultaneously under his care confined to bed with a deadly illness. ...

Dr Character Presents I (2010)

A pastiche of old TV programmes explaining science to the general public and an ironic commentary on peculiarities that have pervaded contemporary TV programmes. In his original programme Dr Character, modelled on a person from the opening credits of A Bil ...

Walka, miłość i praca (2009)

The Duel (2002)

The story of a duel between a knight who, at a certain point, is fighting against himself ...

Crime and Punishment (2000)

"It is the story of love and of how love can be destroyed by obsession. ...

Cartoon Noir (1999)

Six animated shorts eschew traditional animation by featuring supernatural elements and darker themes, such as alien snatchings, life among mannequins and a spiritual rebirth. Among the films are "Ape," which features a couple fighting over a cooked monkey ...

Franz Kafka (1992)

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs. ...

Bliskie spotkania z wesołym diabłem (1989)

A little devil appears in a small town, seemingly terrorising its inhabitants, but actually turns out to be a friendly creature when it helps a disabled boy. ...

Freedom of the Leg (1989)

A dream-like story of a sleeping man whose body parts live their own lives at night to return to him in the morning - all except one leg which has chosen freedom. Its owner as well as a crowd of homeless men chase the leg, but it grows feathers and flies a ...

Walls (1988)

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape. ...

Academy Leader Variations (1987)

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown. ...

A Nervous Life of Cosmos (1986)

A short black comedy movie with a scent of horror. A distant planet somewhere in space inhabited by black Characters from fairy tales. ...

A Gentle Spirit (1985)

A man seated next to the body of his young wife thinks about their brief life together. Suicide has been the only escape for her... Dumala's technique creates a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere, entirely suitable for Dostoyevski's novel "A Gentle Spirit" o ...

Flying Hair (1984)

Under the starlight, a boy and a girl are running. A thunderstorm breaks out, trees are shattered, and a rain of silver needles turned into hair floats through the air. ...

Little Black Riding Hood (1983)

A short film about a little black riding hood. ...

Lykantropia (1981)

Wolves reveal they are really humans in wolf costumes and proceed to eat each other. ...

Wyspa R.O. (2001)

"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, ...

Pańcia (1996)

Sylwie is 13. One day, her dog accidentally wanders into a neighbouring flat, where Sylwia encounters a priest anointing the sick. She falls in love with the priest and soon decides to meet him again to confess her feeling to him. ...