End of the World
38 mins
The Mayan doomsday prophecy looms over a dark night in Poland. A late-night radio host takes in calls from citizens expressing their concerns, predictions and speculations on what may happen when—or even if—the sun comes up. Simultaneously, a crisis centre dispatcher fields panicked calls from people experiencing real-life traumatic situations in need of immediate attention. The voices of these callers are interwoven with an intimate therapy session and a wandering taxicab to build a profile of a place where citizens want to be heard. Never showing the callers on the other end of the line, the film creates an aural overview of a darkened city. As the night progresses, the calls continue coming in, revealing the various struggles people are experiencing in dealing with conceptual fears and current woes—all in a world that soon may be over.
Monika Pawluczuk
Director
Monika Pawluczuk
Writer
Marcin Latanik
Editor
Katarzyna Ślesicka
Producer
Monika Pawluczuk
Co-Producer
Radosław Ochnio
Sound mixer
Małgorzata Szyłak
Director of Photography
Jakub Giza
Director of Photography
Szymon Lenkowski
Director of Photography
Mikołaj Trzaska
Original Music Composer