“People on the Bridge”
An experimental film inspired by Hiroshige Utagawa ukiyo-e art piece and a poem by Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska. The film focuses on the poems original inspiration, a 19th century Japanese woodblock print entitled People on a Bridge by Hiroshige Utagawa. Six figures are caught in the middle of an old wooden bridge during a sudden rainstorm. As the people run to seek shelter, the drama of this moment in time is captured in the poetry as both frozen and infinitely fluid. Beata Pozniak plays with the symbolism of time and the bridge as a powerful connection between people, places, historical periods and cultures.
"People on the Bridge" - a hauntingly beautiful meditation on the symbolism of time" - Hollywood Today
" A beautifuly interpreted poem "People on the Bridge" written by Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska" - Cinema Without Borders
“Cremation of Time”
An experimental film that addresses the global horror and sorrow of COVID-19. Inspired by a poem "Cremation of Time" written by Beata Pozniak, which was originally published in Kenya, Africa in an international anthology titled "Musings During a Time of Pandemic". Film is dedicated to the frontline workers for their tremendous support during the difficult time of COVID-19.
🏆 Awards:
• Art Film Festival - Macedonia - Best Director - 🏆 Winner
• Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival,Best Female Director 🏆 Winner
• Hollywood Gold Awards, Best Super Short Film - Silver Award 🏆 Winner
• Seattle Polish Film Festival, USA - Official Selection
• Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival - Best Short Film - Finalist
• New York Istanbul Short Film Festival - Best Female Director - 🏆 Winner
• Make Art Not Fear Film festival - Portugal - Finalist
• Lifft India - Filmotsav Film Festival World Cinema - Official Selection
• Polish Film Festival in Austin, USA - Official Selection
• New York Istanbul Short Film Festival - Best Short Film - 🏆 Winner
• Milan Gold Awards, Italy - Best Experimental Film - 🏆 Honorable Mention
• Iconic Images FIlm Festival - "Best Micro Film" - Lithuania - Official Selection
“Bride of the Desert”
Addressing the horror of war and continued affects on humanity and how history repeats itself.
🏆 ”Bride of the Desert” wins the Pomeranian Voivodeship Marshal's Award at the Euroshorts.EU film festival.
🏆 Film "Zaslubiona pustyni" wygrywa Nagrodę Marszałka Województwa Pomorskiego
“Mnemosyne”
A visual journey, guided by the Mother of memory, through a chaotic world of cruelty and beauty in which art reveals our sense of shared humanity.
The film "Mnemosyne" is inspired by an ancient poem "Thunder, Perfect Mind" - a visual journey of the human race, exploring where we have been and what we can become. We are taken on this journey through the voice and body of Mnemosyne, Mother of Memory. Mnemosyne (Beata Pozniak) bears witness to the forces of destruction as well as of creation, revealing through art, the multi-dimensionality of women. The film is an homage to power, strength and individualism.
Pozniak’s film uses a non-traditional approach that juxtaposes emotionally charged images with an intense performance to bring forth cinematic ideas in a new poetic voice. Her technique powerfully engages the viewer by combining rich visual symbolism with a precise selection of images from expressive pieces of her own sculptures and paintings.
“The multitalented Pozniak rapidly intercuts news footage of violence with live models and her own sensual sculptures to express a fierce moral sense.”
F.X. Feeney LA WEEKLY
