Endless
Endless "forges a new, radical cinematic language"* rooted in New Wave's storytelling, dark irony and labyrinthine mystery, bursting with queer and transfeminist diaristic echoes.
When lonely, searching for their identity, nonbinary/trans X start a new, complicated affair with transgender Frank, they are drawn into an uncanny game of feelings, which puts their emotions to the test. Relationship with the mysterious M, a collector of beauty and youth, seems like a salvation and the possibility of new beginnings. However opening to a new life imitating art has its price. Is a transition to the other side worth it?
The film builds a visual and conceptual bridge between classic movie narration and uncanny poetic strategies adapted from different visual art forms and mediums: performance, installation, VR/XR and AI engines. In that sense "Endless" dares to reach beyond the known horizons, offering the viewer to look through the eyes of a main charachter trapped in the monumental intrigue of their own desires, longings and irresolutions. "Endless" redefines the spectator's role of a passive "content consumer" and introduces the possibility to engage audience's senses through the mystery of becoming "the other": made of the shattered and forgotten mirror splinters.
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Wojciech PusDirector
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Wojciech PusWriter
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Wojciech PusProducer
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Szymon CzackiKey Cast"X"
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Josef OstendorfKey Cast"M"
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Magdalena WawrzyńczakKey Cast"Herself"
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Pierre EmöKey Cast"Paterson"
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Anton TsyhulskyiKey Cast"Anderson"
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Jorge BenavidesKey Cast"Anderson's Doppelgänger"
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Lina BembeKey Cast"Herself"
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Pat DudekKey Cast"Herself"
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Edmund KrempińskiKey Cast"Frank"
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Project Type:Experimental, Feature
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Genres:Thriller
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Runtime:1 hour 49 minutes
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Completion Date:September 16, 2024
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Production Budget:100,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Poland
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Country of Filming:France, Germany, Poland
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Language:English, French, German, Polish, Ukrainian
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Shooting Format:Digital, RED
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Aspect Ratio:2,39:1
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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New Horizons IFF 2024Wroclaw
Poland
July 21, 2024
Polish Premiere
Official selection -
54 International Film Festival Rotterdam | IFFR 2025Rotterdam
Netherlands
February 1, 2025
International premiere
Official selection / Harbour
Distribution Information
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Wojciech PuśSales AgentCountry: PolandRights: All Rights
Wojciech Puś - filmmaker and artist. They work with moving images and sound. Professor at the Cinematography Department in Lodz Film School. Their films/installations/live acts have been screened/exhibited/shown at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, ICA in London, Museé du Louvre in Paris, Foksal Gallery in Warsaw, Art Museum in Lodz, Urban Glass in New York, A:D: Curatorial in Berlin, Spike Art Magazine / Yvonne Lambert in Berlin and Exchange Gallery in Lodz.
It took seven years to finish "Endless". The film was made within the group of nonbinary, transgender, queer artists, sex workers and performers without any institutional financial support. "We made it out to the other side" is a catchy movie tagline, but it also serves as a statement. By making a film about transition from the perspective of trangender person we have crossed the line and settle at the land reserved only for cisgender and heteronormative filmmakers, who are entitled to pick the desired story, exploit and colonize it. With "Endless" we are reclaiming the right to tell our own stories with our own voice and from the perspective of people who actually went through events shown in the film. We are the Monsters, who can finally speak for themselves.