Can anyone be a movie hero? Can the world be locked in one film frame? Director Paweł Łoziński is watching people from his balcony as they are passing by: sad, thoughtful, glued to their phones, young and old. Neighbours, random visitors or simply passers-by. The filmmaker accosts them, asks questions, talks about how they deal with life. Standing there with his camera for over 2 years he has created a space for dialogue, a lay confessional of sorts, where everyone can stop by and tell their story. The protagonists carry secrets and mysteries, and are not easy to label. Every story is unique, and life always surpasses imagination. The Balcony Movie is a radical comeback to the beginnings of cinema, when man approached the camera. Maybe it’s enough to stop for a moment to get a deeper insight?

-- Dir. Pawet Lozinski - 100min - 2021 - Poland --

"one woman sings a rather beautiful song, a man talks about being homeless, having just got out of prison. People confide their sadness at the loss of a loved one, though one woman sheepishly confesses her profound happiness that her abusive husband has died. A couple of tough-looking guys carrying the Polish flag talk about patriotism and attack “equal rights and faggotry”....It’s an entertaining spectacle...this poetry of random encounters. It is a film with charm" - Guardian

"so very human, and heartachingly effective" - Business Doc Europa

"largely an observation of the human condition and a tribute to life" - High on Films

"quietly revelatory....a cumulative portrait of the struggles and moods of the times while exemplifying the humanist curiosity and formalist rigor of the unseen director behind the camera." - Museum of the Moving Image

"a self-portrait of contemporary human life" - *Winner*, Grand Prix, Semaine de la Critique, Locarno

"Łoziński’s experiment invites us to pause, to wait until the world steps into the camera’s field of view." - *Winner*, MDR Prize, DOK Leipzig