Pollywood
A filmmaker’s journey to America following the traces of East-European founders of Hollywood. How can we recall their amazing stories and show them in a film? Pollywood gets us in touch with the past and present of a great human adventure in the behind-of-scenes of Hollywood. Pollywood is a film tribute to the first years of the world cinematography and the people who started with no more than their dreams and ended up establishing Hollywood. This film investigation paints an epic picture of those fascinating times and the contemporary Dream Factory. At the same time, Pollywood is a movie about making a film, a dream about the Dream Factory. It’s a self-conscious film shot in a road movie mood.
Welcome to the Rich Men's World
Papua New Guinea, Sandaun province. Interior covered with impenetrable forest. A film about the secret murder of wives of the chieftain leads us directly to a conflict of two tribes. Imbiniss people are clearing their virgin jungle and they work with a Chinese corporation to start an oil palm plantation here. They want to have shoes, money, the road and normal houses as people of the modern world. Neighbouring Ossima maintains the traditional lifestyle like thousands of years before. A dispute about the border piece of the jungle is breaking out, and in the background – a dispute over values. Let us see from close up how another fragment disappears from the tropical forest, let us get to know the hopes and conflicts of people who are behind this decision.