The Balcony Movie

Pawel Lozinski got the pacing absolutely spot on. Film Balkonowy could so easily become "another slow documentary" but the rhythm, the passing of time, drops your heartbeat and let's you in.

The interviews, conducted from Pavels balcony, are excellent in length - long enough to trigger your imagination but never so long as to become boring.

It's a "humanitarian film" and, arguably, a prerequisite for enjoying Film Balkonowy is that you share the director's interest in "ordinary people". There are no great reveals, just a pleasant scratching of the surface into the lives of random passers by.

Somehow Lozinsky manages to capture one of the essences of documentary filmmaking - being there.