Short Films
BANG BANG
Passion, jealousy and betrayal. Bang Bang, is a head on tour-de-force of love and hate. Two romantics tangled up in a torrid relationship flirt with dangerous intentions.
2023 I Drama I 12min I BPZ Productions In Association with Lightspell Media and Arcane Film Group
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Zara Jestadt, Alino Giraldi
Cast: Zara Jestadt, Alino Giraldi
Film festivals and select screenings
PODWÓJNE
In the streets of Krakow, a young woman finds herself face-to-face with an impossibility: her exact double. This doppelgänger is not just a lookalike but an echo of her very essence, propelling her into a spiral of existential questioning. As she navigates the ancient, city streets, she is forced to confront unsettling truths about her identity and her place in the world. What begins as a simple visit unravels into a journey through the looking glass, where reality blurs, and every answer uncovers more mysteries.
2024 I Drama I 12min I Arcane Film Group and Lightspell Media
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Andrea Novoa
Cast: Joanna Sobesto
LAST CALL
A lone survivor roams a ghost town for any signs of life amidst an apocalyptic cosmic event.
2023 I Drama I 6min I Lightspell Media and Arcane Films
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Andrea Novoa
Cast: Mylissa Acevedo
Garść Ziemi
Coping with the death of his father, a young Polish immigrant sets out to retrace his family’s past and to discover how the fight for a Poland free from Soviet control would change the course of their lives forever.
2015 I Drama I 10min I Imaginarium Studio / Ontario Arts Council
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Milosz Skowronski
Cast: Levan Sonego, Sebastian Naskrent, Ewa Placzynska, Pamela Kuzminski
LOVE & HATE
True love, can you do without it? The passengers at this train station believe they can but one young man is not sure. As the train nears and the possibility of escape becomes a reality the passengers must choose once and for all between love and hate.
2012 I Drama I 20min I Imaginarium Studio
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Milosz Skowronski
Cast: Emily Upper, Robbie Bates, Nick Van Eeden, Levan Sonego, Nancy Shaw, Kurt Martel, Meesha Reilly
FREE PRESS
A journalist in isolation encounters a stranger in need and must choose between remaining safe and anonymous or embracing the unknown and offering a helping hand.
2009 I Drama I 7min I Photoplay Productions / Cinevate
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Milosz Skowronski
Cast: Nicholas Palinka, Heidi Han
UNDERTOW
Longing and disconnected, Chelsea decides to break from her big city life and journey north to resolve the mystery of her biological past. Her search leads her to strangers left in her father's wake. Drawn into the lives of a mysterious step-brother and his ailing mother, and captivated by the rugged beauty of Northwestern Ontario, she must decide whether to remain an outsider or let herself be pulled in by the undertow.
2008 I Drama I 30min I Photoplay Productions / Ontario Arts Council
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Milosz Skowronski
Cast: Daria Puttaert, Sean Clement, Paulette Sinclair
ON THE RAILS IN RED
Restless and weary on an overnight train, a traveler, Luke finds himself enticed by a series of encounters with a shadowy stranger in a red dress. Their conversation, casual at first, rapidly develops into a strained yet exciting relationship as the woman, an actress, draws him into her world of performance. Spurred on by his boredom and seduced by his own curiosity, Luke steadily begins losing track of his own tenuous grip on reality. Led to the spotlight, Luke faces the woman’s wildest demands, but is hurtled back into a clearer existence as the train slows to its journey’s end.
2006 I Drama I 24min I Photoplay Productions / Ontario Arts Council
Directed by: Piotr Skowronski
Produced by: Piotr Skowronski, Blair Scott
Cast: Nicholas Palinka, Sara Boyer, Vicki Rivard, Jari Sarkka, Robin Frigeri, Frank Pollari