This Is Not Happening

Local title
Ei ole võimalik!
Original title
To się nie dzieje
Director
Artur Wyrzykowski
Country
Year
2025
Festival
29th Black Nights Film Festival
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How powerful is a father’s love when faced with the truth?

Bartek’s world collapses in an instant. He finds out that his son has shot and killed a classmate. From then on, nothing is the same. A whirlwind of fear, love, responsibility and illusions leads Bartek and his son to his fiancée’s apartment, where they hatch getaway plans behind closed doors.

Bartek tries to find a car with which to flee abroad. When the woman tries to stop them, she unwittingly becomes a hostage. Desperately searching for a way to escape, Bartek is confronted not only with the law and his own guilt, but also with a reflection of his masculinity.

This powerful, tense psychological thriller intertwines family drama with a story of escape. It tells the story of people who cannot accept life as it is and cling to illusions until they collapse around them.

The director takes the viewer into the dark corners of the human psyche, where every decision is both a way out and a trap. “This Is Not Happening” asks whether it is even possible to come to terms with, let go of, and move on when the truth not only shatters our worldview, but also our sense of self.

Elise Jagomägi

Director
Artur Wyrzykowski
Screenwriter
Artur Wyrzykowski
Cast
Tomasz Schuchardt, Paulina Gałązka, Borys Otawa
Producer
Artur Wyrzykowski
Cinematographer
Ernest Wilczyński
Production Design
Joanna Hrisulidu
Editing
Sandra Ksepka
Composer
Teoniki Rożynek
Sound
Paulina Sacha
Production
Bold Humans
Co production
Canal+ Poland, Wroclaw Film Studio, Lower Silesia Film Fund, Coloroffon, Coolkeyplay
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Director
Artur Wyrzykowski

Artur Wyrzykowski (1985) is a film director, screenwriter and producer. He has made several short films, including "Skafander Klingerta” (2021) and "Odgrzeb” (2022), which have been screened at film festivals both domestically and internationally. He has also worked as a script analyst and development producer. He runs a popular film industry blog which analyses Polish films.
Filmography:
Wszystko (2008, short), Skafander Klingerta (2021, short), Odgrzeb (2022, short), To sie nie dzieje (This Is Not Happening, 2025)

Award for the best film, grant of 5000€ by

Screenings

Screening110220 / Ei ole võimalik!
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsArtur Wyrzykowski (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Paulina Gałązka (Cast)
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