{"id":16,"date":"2025-10-26T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:09:37","slug":"director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/index.php\/director\/","title":{"rendered":"Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-113664ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/soul-cage-poster-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:150px;border-bottom-right-radius:150px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/soul-cage-poster-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/soul-cage-poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/soul-cage-poster-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/soul-cage-poster-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/soul-cage-poster-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>SOUL CAGE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>10&#8242;, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Soul Cage <\/strong>is a non-verbal documentary, which&nbsp;explores&nbsp;the process of creation. The specially composed music builds the dramaturgy of the film on equal rights with the image.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This \u201c<strong>cinematographic sonata<\/strong>\u201d explores the boundaries of documentary and operates with details, shadows and mystery. The film gets inside the art process of <strong>Johanna Forsberg<\/strong>, who lives in the north of Sweden. From the raw metal mesh, cold and resistant, through the fragile moment of creation, to the darkness of the workshop \u2013 where everything is possible, and the creations have their own life and souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1084333595?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1084333595?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\">WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-113664ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center has-medium-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1810\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:150px;border-bottom-right-radius:150px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-scaled.jpg 1810w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AUCV-poster-1448x2048.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1810px) 100vw, 1810px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Aujourd&#8217;hui Ca Va<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>5&#8242;, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;There is life, there is solitude, there is sea and love. Laurence lives near the sea and comes to watch the waves, sometimes she goes back to her past, sometimes to her dreams where she can meet people who had already left. But what Laurence knows for certain is that the most important day of the life is today. After being retired, she has found a perfect remedy to rest in today \u2013 she became an actress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/445207506\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/445207506\">WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-base-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-113664ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1810\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:150px;border-bottom-right-radius:150px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-scaled.jpg 1810w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cup_ofTea_poster_laurels-1448x2048.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1810px) 100vw, 1810px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>A CUP OF TEA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>11&#8242;, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New car, fur coat, reach husband. The life is boring, but comfortable. Rosemary is wandering around the shops as usual. But the shop she got into today feels strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She looks at porcelain woman faces and somehow sees herself. Motionless, they stare after her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shop owner appears from the darkness and leads her to a small room, where he shows her something special. He declares it is a magical statue which makes all wishes come true. Rosemary is eager to hear the price and buy it. But the price is extraordinary, even for her &#8211; she has to make a good deed. She leaves the shop puzzled. In a short time, she has an opportunity to make a good deed. But how far is she ready to go in the revision of her values?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color:currentColor;\" class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-vimeo has-currentColor-color wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/218450314?share=copy&#038;fl=sv&#038;fe=ci\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M22.396,7.164c-0.093,2.026-1.507,4.799-4.245,8.32C15.322,19.161,12.928,21,10.97,21c-1.214,0-2.24-1.119-3.079-3.359 c-0.56-2.053-1.119-4.106-1.68-6.159C5.588,9.243,4.921,8.122,4.206,8.122c-0.156,0-0.701,0.328-1.634,0.98L1.594,7.841 c1.027-0.902,2.04-1.805,3.037-2.708C6.001,3.95,7.03,3.327,7.715,3.264c1.619-0.156,2.616,0.951,2.99,3.321 c0.404,2.557,0.685,4.147,0.841,4.769c0.467,2.121,0.981,3.181,1.542,3.181c0.435,0,1.09-0.688,1.963-2.065 c0.871-1.376,1.338-2.422,1.401-3.142c0.125-1.187-0.343-1.782-1.401-1.782c-0.498,0-1.012,0.115-1.541,0.341 c1.023-3.35,2.977-4.977,5.862-4.884C21.511,3.066,22.52,4.453,22.396,7.164z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Vimeo<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-113664ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:150px;border-bottom-right-radius:150px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image4.jpeg 501w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong><strong>S-MALL PORTRAITS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>26&#8242;, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The micro-world of a shopping mall is the central point of today\u2019s Poles: we go there for shopping but we also carry our load of love, hope, sadness, loneliness\u2026 S-Mall Portraits is a series of intertwining stories: a young inept romeo chasing girls, a courting couple taking photos in a photo booth, homeless people trying to warm themselves while reading some books in the bookshop, a security guard telling his colleague how difficult it is to settle down. We can follow all these stories from the live mannequin\u2019s perspective of a shop whindow. In the evening, the customers leave but the mall\u2019s \u201cmechanism\u201d demands maintenance. Another day passes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Directed by Svitlana Topor, Weronika Bilska, Agata Byrska, Marcin Filipowicz, Brygida Froszt\u0119ga-Kmiecik, Anna Grzelewska, Aneta Kopacz, Marcin Kossowski, Vahram Mkhitaryan, Mateusz Mularski, Pawe\u0142 Popko, Pawe\u0142 Suskiewicz, Micha\u0142 Szcze\u015bniak, Wiktoria Szyma\u0144ska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1lgCpnUGYE\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/445207506\">WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-base-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-113664ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-643ced6b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TO-FLY-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:150px;border-bottom-right-radius:150px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TO-FLY-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/toporfilm.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TO-FLY-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong><strong>TO FLY?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>8&#8242;, 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short documentary about an Ukrainian artist Igor Zemlyanski who saves the birds and dreams about wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>International premiere: Maremetraggio Film Festival (Italy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\/26876760\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\/26876760\">WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOUL CAGE 10&#8242;, 2022 Soul Cage is a non-verbal documentary, which&nbsp;explores&nbsp;the process of creation. The specially composed music builds the dramaturgy of the film on equal rights with the image.&nbsp; This \u201ccinematographic sonata\u201d explores the boundaries of documentary and operates with details, shadows and mystery. The film gets inside the art process of Johanna Forsberg, who lives in the north of Sweden. From the raw metal mesh, cold and resistant, through the fragile moment of creation, to the darkness of the workshop \u2013 where everything is possible, and the creations have their own life and souls. WATCH Aujourd&#8217;hui Ca Va 5&#8242;, 2020 &nbsp;There is life, there is solitude, there is sea and love. Laurence lives near the sea and comes to watch the waves, sometimes she goes back to her past, sometimes to her dreams where she can meet people who had already left. But what Laurence knows for certain is that the most important day of the life is today. After being retired, she has found a perfect remedy to rest in today \u2013 she became an actress.&nbsp; WATCH A CUP OF TEA 11&#8242;, 2017 New car, fur coat, reach husband. The life is boring, but comfortable. Rosemary is wandering around the shops as usual. But the shop she got into today feels strange. She looks at porcelain woman faces and somehow sees herself. Motionless, they stare after her. The shop owner appears from the darkness and leads her to a small room, where he shows her something special. He declares it is a magical statue which makes all wishes come true. Rosemary is eager to hear the price and buy it. But the price is extraordinary, even for her &#8211; she has to make a good deed. She leaves the shop puzzled. In a short time, she has an opportunity to make a good deed. But how far is she ready to go in the revision of her values? S-MALL PORTRAITS&nbsp; 26&#8242;, 2017 The micro-world of a shopping mall is the central point of today\u2019s Poles: we go there for shopping but we also carry our load of love, hope, sadness, loneliness\u2026 S-Mall Portraits is a series of intertwining stories: a young inept romeo chasing girls, a courting couple taking photos in a photo booth, homeless people trying to warm themselves while reading some books in the bookshop, a security guard telling his colleague how difficult it is to settle down. We can follow all these stories from the live mannequin\u2019s perspective of a shop whindow. In the evening, the customers leave but the mall\u2019s \u201cmechanism\u201d demands maintenance. Another day passes. Directed by Svitlana Topor, Weronika Bilska, Agata Byrska, Marcin Filipowicz, Brygida Froszt\u0119ga-Kmiecik, Anna Grzelewska, Aneta Kopacz, Marcin Kossowski, Vahram Mkhitaryan, Mateusz Mularski, Pawe\u0142 Popko, Pawe\u0142 Suskiewicz, Micha\u0142 Szcze\u015bniak, Wiktoria Szyma\u0144ska. WATCH TO FLY? 8&#8242;, 2008 A short documentary about an Ukrainian artist Igor Zemlyanski who saves the birds and dreams about wings. 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