Old married couples taking reinvigorating diversions, threatening doppelgangers, lonely photographers who dream themselves into their own photos, hares looking for wires at the dawn of a new era in Berlin – wondrous protagonists in settings as detailed as they are fanciful populate the magical plasticine worlds of animation artist Izabela Plucińska. On 23.5., she presents a selection of her multi-awarding winning clay-motion works: Sexy Laundry (Poland(Canada/Germany 2015), Darling (Germany 2013), Afternoon (Germany 2012), Esterhazy (Poland/Germany 2009), 7 More Minutes (Germany 2008), Jam Session (Germany 2005), Dubler (Poland 2000), Studnia (The Well, Poland 1999).The following day, Izabela Plucińska gives an introduction to Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s Pociąg(Night Train, Poland 1959, 24.5.). The story of two people growing closer during a journey by night train is at the heart of this classic, which contains elements of the thriller, neo-realism and the Nouvelle Vauge. (mg) (1959).
