17th BIFFes 2026
Jan 29th - 06th Feb 2026
"Woman: Shared Sensibilities, A Collective Voice for Equality"
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM
SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDRĄ
While visiting his father at a dilapidated sanatorium, Joseph discovers that the old man has stopped breathing but hasn’t died. Has his arrival halted time itself? He takes a strange journey through the many rooms of the hospital, each conjuring worlds composed of memories, dreams and nightmares.
ಜೋಸೆಫ್ ತನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯನ್ನು ಜರ್ಜರಿತ ಸ್ಯಾನಟೋರಿಯಂನಲ್ಲಿ ಭೇಟಿಮಾಡಲು ಬಂದಾಗ, ಆ ವೃದ್ಧನು ಉಸಿರಾಟ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದರೂ ಇನ್ನೂ ಸತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಜೋಸೆಫ್ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಕಾಲವೇ ನಿಂತುಹೋಗಿದೆಯೇ? ಅವನು ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಅನೇಕ ಕೊಠಡಿಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಒಂದು ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಕೊಠಡಿಯೂ ನೆನಪುಗಳು, ಕನಸುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ದುಸ್ವಪ್ನಗಳಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿತವಾದ ಜಗತ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ.
Producer(s) or Production Company:
Zespół Filmowy
Screenplay:
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Director of Photography:
Witold Sobociński
Editor :
Janina Niedźwiecka
Music :
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Wojciech Jerzy Has (1925-2000, Kraków) was a master of visionary cinema. He studied at the Kraków Business and Commerce College and the Academy of Fine Arts during the Nazi occupation, later completing a film course in 1946. Over four decades, he directed 14 features, including THE NOOSE (1958), THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (1964), and THE DOLL (1968). A "silent rebel," he avoided political realism for surrealist "poetics of memory." He received the Cannes Jury Prize (1973), the FIPRESCI Prize (1959), and served as the Rector of the Łódź Film School (1990–1996).