Małgorzata Kozioł

A tiny community lives quietly in the mountains of Oregon, seeking comfort in nature and one another while struggling with life's challenges. The hauntingly beautiful farmland, hidden and isolated, is home to horses and dogs, ex-cons and ex-addicts, drummers, dreamers and Bigfoot hunters.

In the Californian part of the Sonoran desert, in the close vicinity of military bases, there is a “wild” town called Slab City inhabited by the refugees from the American Dream. Of different age, they brought with them various stories, but all chose freedom, even for the price of the most basic comforts. The only place equipped with electricity is a makeshift Internet café run by Rob which serves “the best coffee in the neighbourhood”.

Parallel stories connected through an intimacy with death. The living and the dead communicate through visions, memories and reality.

A universal and exciting story about courage and desperation, set against the background of the history of the Dream Factory and contemporary Hollywood. Paweł Ferdek overcomes successive obstacles on his way to learn its deepest secrets. He reaches producers, who reveal to him how they succeeded on their own. Ferdek takes us around the great American Dream, which is the foundation of today’s film industry. Will his dream of Hollywood also come true?

Three sons, around 40 years old, are taken on a forest expedition by their elderly father. The father, eager to teach his city-dwelling children about survival, manliness, and resourcefulness, decides to abandon them to the forest, stealing their phones, GPS, and other devices. They must find their way home on their own. Unfortunately, the father gets lost and must rely on the help of a quirky old hunter who maintains the forest's peace and keeps his beloved bear safe.