81 minutes / B&W
Polish
Release: 2024
Trains is a powerful cinematic journey compiled from archival railway footage from around the world. Maciej Drygas' documentary captures hopes, desires, and the passage of time in a moving portrait of the 20th Century.
"Masterfully edited... Harnesses the magic of cinema and as an audience we are haunted by our present historical time, even while we bear witness to the past... The film confronts us with history both subtly and with exacting precision and without a single word of dialogue." – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Jury
"A timeless, thought-provoking work of great formal beauty... riveting – in both senses of the word." – Screen Daily
"As a metaphor for life, the upheavals of the 20th century, and our own journey — inner and outer — Maciej Drygas' majestic and beautiful Trains is hard to beat." – Modern Times
"Trains is not just a technical achievement – a skillful and patient result of working with archives – but also a meditation on the moral weight and responsibility of images." – Cineuropa
"[Its] archival found footage defies the conventions of didactic voice over and, without a single spoken word, takes viewers on a fascinating journey." – Cinepur
Drygas, Maciej J. (film director)
Drygas, Maciej J. (screenwriter)
Zelakeviciute, Vita (film producer)
Editing, Rafal Listopad; music, Pawel Szymanski.
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