• Floating Skyscrapers

    Floating Skyscrapers (2013)

  • Floating Skyscrapers

    Floating Skyscrapers (2013)

  • Floating Skyscrapers

    Floating Skyscrapers (2013)

  • Floating Skyscrapers

    Floating Skyscrapers (2013)

  • Floating Skyscrapers

    Floating Skyscrapers (2013)

Floating Skyscrapers

A clinical, yet ornately framed study of gay identity in a predominantly Catholic Poland, Tomasz Wasilewski's 2013 Floating Skyscrapers throbs with a palpable sense of sexual yearning. Told through the libidinous gaze of its protagonist Kuba (Mateusz Banasiuk), a young professional swimmer with an unquenchable appetite for carnal pleasures, Wasilewski couples the hypnotic employment of first-person perspective shots alongside sharp editing techniques to express his protagonist’s constant search for gratification. A fresh and invigorating perspective on modern Polish culture, Wasilewski's intensely provocative film employs formal framing and a cold aesthetic to reflect the repressive attitudes towards homosexuality and the LGBT community within Poland.