The Beksinskis. A Sound and Picture Album
Painter Zdzisław Beksiński, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a well-known radio journalist and translator, were a typical and unconventional family, both at the same time.
Early Learning
Mikołaj, an oceanography student, arrives to do his internship at the Marine Station in Hel. Under the watchful eye of his boss, Professor Krzysztof Skóra, he cares for a newborn seal. A male, he is given the name of…
The Great Escape
Siegfried Kapela was born in Zielona Góra, former Grünberg, just after WW II. His mother was German, his father Polish. Siegfried’s only goal was to escape from communist Poland and live in West Germany as a German.…
The Optimist
Mateusz is eight years old and he’s just started a sailing course for young beginners. He takes to the sea in his one-person, Optimist dinghy, hauling sail himself and taking the tiller himself. And he fights. He fights…