29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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ABC
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ABC

ABC

Janusz Polom / Poland / 1974 / 2 min.


synopsis

The individual letters of the Polish alphabet, carefully pronounced in their phonemic form, gradually parade across a white background. They alternate with the black screen of the oscillograph, which is intersected by a trembling line and whose oscillations represent the phonetic realisation of every letter.

biography

Janusz Połom (1950) is a filmmaker, educator, and photographer. During his studies in Lodz in the 1970s, he was a member of the Workshop of the Film Form (Warsztat Formy Filmowej), where the video ABC was created. He emigrated in the 1980s, working at universities in Mexico and Canada. Since his return to Poland, he’s been lecturing at the University of Olsztyn.

more about film

director: Janusz Polom

contact

STUDIO FILMOWE INDEKS
PWSFTviT im. Wojciecha Jerzego Hasa sp. z o.o.
ul. Targowa 61/63
90-323 Łódź
office@studioindeks.pl
+48 515 123 369

Film at festival

festival edition:2020
section:Conference Fascinations: Poland
format:Video File
language:Polish
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Janusz Polom
original title:Alfabet
country:Poland
year:1974
running time:2 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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