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Bad Ideas
Złe Pomysły
dir. Jan Bujnowski
Poland, 2026
Could sunglasses, old school friends and affectionate nicknames be connected? And where do sombrero hats fit into the puzzle?
Przekładaniec · Copernicon 2026
Short Film Competition
Selection complete. Time for cinema.
11 films, 11 visions of the fantastic
Thank you to every filmmaker who submitted a film and placed their trust in us. Selection for this year’s Short Film Competition is complete. Meet the 11 films in competition at Przekładaniec. Festival screenings, jury deliberations and the awards are still ahead.
Films selected for competition
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Scorpion
dir. JD Chua
Singapore, 2026
A former fighter turned smuggler takes an assignment from the TD-One Authority to escort a girl out of the system. She turns out to be the daughter of his former love, and her very existence could reshape their world.
03 / 11
Dream up the title
Tytuł jeszcze się przyśni
dir. Klaudia Fortuniak
Poland, 2025
Małgorzata searches Łódź for its vanished rivers, her dwindling energy echoing the exhaustion of an industrial city. An offbeat portrait of a generation suspended between youth and adulthood, and of a place whose name means “boat” despite its missing waters.
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Fantasmagoria
dir. Michał Niemier
Poland, 2026
An animation pioneer examines a mysterious slide with a magic lantern. The devil in the image seizes a distracted moment to escape into reality. Catching a creature made entirely of light proves harder than expected.
05 / 11
Refining fires
Próbowałeś nas ogniem
dir. Tola Meyer
Poland, 2026
In rural 1950s Poland, Jadzia lives with her devoutly controlling mother after a fire killed her father and scarred her body. Drawing in charcoal offers a private refuge, but her mother sees sin in it. Deprived of that outlet, the teenager seeks purification where waking life meets nightmare.
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Of a Detective, Lightning, and Unsolved Things
O detektywie, piorunie i rzeczach niewyjaśnionych
dir. Jimena Zarauz-Piłacik
Poland, 2025
A family hires a detective to make sense of a death caused by lightning. His investigation takes him through ever stranger places, turning the search for an explanation into a journey through the surreal.
07 / 11
Line 12
dir. Sarah Schulz, Christopher Schmier
Germany, 2025
Peregrin runs his train through a perilous mountain landscape with clockwork precision. Then Clara, a free-spirited musician, sneaks into the engine room. When disaster threatens, the unlikely pair must put their differences aside to keep the train on its tracks.
08 / 11
LOVELY.
MIŁO.
dir. Mateusz Motyka
Poland, 2025
Young musician Kuba keeps performing to support Róża, his grieving girlfriend and the band’s singer, even as his hold on reality weakens. During a live radio concert, her dead brother appears to him on stage. A musical story of intimacy and loss, where recollection and imagination interrupt the present.
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Epitaph for Detective Dog
Epitafium dla psiego detektywa
dir. Michał Krzyczkowski
Poland, 2025
A childhood memory from a small Polish town brings together VHS cartoons, Jesus and a nearby slaughterhouse. Their familiar world is threatened by the dazzling light of a future emerging on the horizon.
10 / 11
Best Friends
Najlepsi przyjaciele
dir. Roman Aleksander Kraiński
Poland, 2026
AI developer Robert depends on his best friends Ewa and Adam for everything, from getting dressed to managing his emotions. On the day of a decisive job interview, a demand for independence forces him to face how much control over his life he has surrendered.
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The Fabric of Darkness
Struktura ciemności
dir. Maciej Herzog
Poland, 2026
A trial awaits Ezra, a young knight.
Awards
- Grand Prix of the Przekładaniec Fantastic Film Festival
- Jury Prize
The value, nature and form of the awards will be announced at a later date. If permitted by the Organiser, the Jury may also grant an honourable mention, split an award ex aequo or decide not to grant it.
Questions about the competition? program@przekladaniec.com