Section: Regio: Lower Silesia

POMARAŃCZOWA ALTERNATYWA

ORANGE ALTERNATIVE

Mirosław Dembiński

Poland, 1988, 21 Min

In the mid-eighties street-art images of dwarves start to appear on facades and walls across the city of Wrocław, thus illuminating patches of colour daubed by the regime over anti-regime slogans. These dwarves soon evolve into a symbol of the Orange Alternative protest movement, which resorted to creative and imaginative means in order to oppose the socialist apparatus of power.

Come the 1980s Poland finds itself in an economic quagmire, with the general mood one of deep depression and uniformed police seen on every street corner. It is to this backdrop that innocuous-looking drawings of dwarves start to appear on facades and walls across the city of Wrocław: removing a slogan critical of the regime is one thing, covering up an image of a smiling dwarf however... This proved to be the start of an unparalleled political and social movement that drew upon the medium of art to call for disobedience and resistance.

The documentary ORANGE ALTERNATIVE portrays this wonderful revolution, which employed Dadaist means in order to disarm the establishment and bring a new sense of hope to society. KM

Filmformat
Pro Re | doc. | s/w / b/w

Kamera
Maciej Odoliński

Ton
Urszula Zaręba, Jan Silczak

Schnitt
Bogusława Furga

Musik
Piotr Wilczyński

Produzent
Eliza Poborska

Produktion
The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz

Kontakt
Studio Filmowe Indeks
ul. Targowa 61/63
90-323 Łódź
Poland
Michał Benkes michal@studioindeks.pl

Mirosław Dembiński - born in 1959 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Director, Producer. He was initially active in a student theatre group before studying mathematics and teaching it at university for several years. He then completed a second degree at the Film Academy in Łódź, where he still teaches documentary film today. In 1991 he founded the film studio "Everest".

Movies
KRASNOLUDEK PREZYDENTEM (2003, doc)
KRASNOLUDKI JADĄ NA UKRAINĘ (2005, doc)
LEKCJA BIALORUSKIEGO (2006, doc, FFC 2006)
MUZYCZNA PARTYZANTKA (2007, doc)

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