Fledglings

Twelve year old Krzyś who supports his unemployed parents by collecting scrap metal was a hero of the film “Hercules”. After they had seen the film, the two young people, Sergiusz and Kasia, were so moved by the boy’s fate that they decided to help him. They took him on holiday, first to Warsaw where they live and then to the seaside. The odds are that it was not a one-off example of help and the boy’s fate will improve considerably in the future.

Asia and Marek created their own paradise in the forest near the eastern border of Poland: a place where their children were going to grow up safely, far away from the problems of today’s world. One day, their lives are put to a severe test in the face of the growing humanitarian crisis on the border of the EU, happening right next to their home.

This intimate documentary explores the spirit and motivation of 79-year-old Teresa Bancewicz, an intrepid hitchhiker stimulated by her meetings with all manner of people in many different cultures.