In Belarus, the totalitarian regime cracks down on all opposition. Anyone criticising the dictator risks imprisonment and torture. Belarusian Waltz is on the incredible personal story of the performance artist Alexander Pushkin, who is one of very few who is not scared. Facing grave consequences he organizes public stunts that mock president Lukashenka. Through his art and sense of humour we take a deep...

    For entire 12 months Andrzej Fidyk worked on the reportage about carnival preparations in Rio de Janeiro. Consequently, he presents the great feast from a perspective never to be seen in the annual TV reports. The Rio carnival reveals itself as an unusual and truly fascinating social phenomenon. In spite of appearances, the poor prevail amongst the participants of the fun. To them this several-days-long...

    The film is a story about expedition of English filmmakers. Their destination is Kazakhstan, their aim – to teach local filmmakers to shoot a soap opera.       Andrzej Fidyk (b. 1953) originally studied foreign trade at the Central School of Planning and Statistics (today: Warsaw School of Economics) from 1972 to 1977, and worked at the Polish Foreign Trade Bureau for...

    Through sun burnt Indian roads drifts slowly a colorful vehicle with a huge inscription „Battu's Bioscope” on its bonnet. That is Mr. Battu's mobile cinema – one of the two thousand existent in India. Next to Mr. Battu sits his aged coworker and right-hand man – Mama. There is one more traveller, though – young boy Amit – the helper. He sits on the car’s roof...

    Swaziland is dying because condoms spread AIDS. There was no AIDS when there were no condoms available, say many Swaziland citizens. Reed Dance lasts 6 days and it is organised once a year. A large group of girls set out to cut reed and dance before the King hoping to be chosen to become yet another of his wives, or at least his lover. In the older days, only virgins were allowed to participate in...