Michal Dymek

Movies

A Real Pain
Director of Photography
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Unmoored
Cinematography
A Swedish TV presenter's well-ordered life unravels when she finally confronts her domineering husband about an accusation against him. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological thriller.
EO
Director of Photography
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.
Wolf
Director of Photography
Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace is the enigmatic Wildcat, with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops into infatuation.
Sweat
Director of Photography
Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, whose presence on social media has made her a celebrity. Although she has hundreds of thousands of followers, is surrounded by loyal employees and admired by acquaintances, she is looking for true intimacy.
Hurrah, We Are Still Alive!
Director of Photography
A group of actors centered around one charismatic director are getting ready to compete for work on a new film. They all want to get closer to him and wil do anything to make it work.
Supernova
Director of Photography
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
My Friend the Polish Girl
Director of Photography
A fiction-film told through a female documentarian's lens, as she manipulates the story of an unemployed Polish actress living in London.
A Boat
Director of Photography
Playful portrait of a group of men trying to build an impossible object.
End of the World
Director of Photography
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.
Mother Earth
Additional Camera
Maciek is no longer a boy, but has not yet become a man. He wants to satisfy the ambitions of his father, and - as everyone in the family - be a butcher. But he is too sensitive to make an animal suffer. The boy directs all his warm feelings towards an old, neglected orchard - the only memory of his mother - and discovers his supernatural abilities.
Pierce
Director of Photography
Jie doesn’t get along with his cult-going, homophobic mother, which makes harboring a secret crush on his boys fencing club teammate difficult. When his violent and troubled older brother, who was an avid fencer himself, returns suddenly after seven years, Jie is drawn to him and sees him as the savior from his unbearable mother. As his brother struggles to deal with his situation, Jie will find out just how far he is willing to go for him.