13 Sept 2026 | IN BETWEEN WORLDS – FILMS OF EWELINA ROSINSKA

SHORT FILM REEL

PEDRAS INSTÁVEIS / UNSTABLE ROCKS

DE/PL 2024, R: Ewelina Rosinska, 25′, DCP

Landscapes pass by at a swift rhythm; rugged coastlines appear in grainy black and white, voices, animal sounds, ambient noises and music detach themselves from the images, whilst quiet moments of everyday life shine through: a lush garden, a coffee cup in the sun, a religious procession, somewhere in the Portuguese countryside. In UNSTABLE ROCKS, Ewelina Rosinska weaves disparate impressions into a contemplative portrait of the nature and culture of her adopted homeland, Portugal, in which memory and perception merge.

Born in Poland in 1987, Rosinska studied art history in Kraków and film directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). For several years now, she has been working predominantly with an analogue 16mm Bolex camera, filming a wide variety of subjects – assembling them into complex, musical montages. From footage that shifts back and forth between Poland, Germany and Portugal, she creates a cinema of associations, moods and emotional glances: not narrative, but carried by rhythms, textures and memories.

POPIÓŁ IMIENIEM JEST CZŁOWIEKA / ASHES BY NAME IS MAN

DE 2023, R: Ewelina Rosinska, 20′, DC

With ASHES BY NAME IS MAN, Rosinska turns her attention to Poland rather than Portugal. Like all of her films, it is a kind of diary film, yet not quite as one would usually expect. Autobiographical moments, observations of landscape and religious rituals come together to form a stream of images in which national history and Catholic faith take root both on and beneath the surface of the frame.

Z ZIEMIĄ W BUZI / EARTH IN THE MOUTH

PL/DE 2020, R: Ewelina Rosinska, 20′, DCP

EARTH IN THE MOUTH, by contrast, weaves together impressions from Germany, Poland, Portugal, Brazil and Greece into a cinematic photo album depicting a life interwoven with return and arrival, set against a backdrop of countries, journeys and friendships.

With the programme dedicated to Ewelina Rosinska, GEGENkino continues to pursue several themes that have driven it from the start: providing a platform for short films that are under-represented in regular cinema, showcasing significant works of non-classical narrative cinema. Rosinska’s works tie in beautifully with previous programmes, such as the one on Rose Lowder, a filmmaker who seems close to her in the way of intertwining the personal with the sublime. We are looking forward that Rosinska will be attending in person.

Mon 13 September 2026	Schaubühne Lindenfels
7 PM	€ 7,50 (6,50 reduced) In the presence of Ewelina Rosinska