Mix (2026)

During the Cold War, film institutes across the socialist Eastern bloc became strategic tools of political soft power, welcoming students from the Global South. While countless reels from that era still sit preserved in the archives of the Łódź Film School, the most lasting legacy isn’t on celluloid—it’s in the children born to those visiting filmmakers and their Polish partners. Today, these children are stepping into the spotlight, demanding the recognition that the footage never received, confronting a Europe still scarred by racism.