POLISH:f CONTENTS f INDEX Documentaries Shorts & Animations 2015 POLISH: Documentaries, Shorts & Animations 2015 Shorts POLISH: Documentaries, f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In this latest publication on Polish documentaries, animations and short feature films, we present a selection of films produced in recent months. Many of these have had a successful festival run, often winning top prizes at major film events around
DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, the world. PHOTO BY MAREK WIŚNIEWSKI
POLISH: Documentary films have long been the face of Polish cinema. Some of our filmmakers have enjoyed tremendous success in recent months; Aneta Kopacz’s Joanna and Tomasz Śliwiński’s Nasza klątwa (Our Curse) were both nominated for the Oscars in the Best Documentary – Short Subject category. Other Polish films have also been noticed at key film events around the world, winning awards at Amsterdam’s IDFA, Toronto’s Hot Docs, in Locarno, and at Sundance. In 2014 alone, Polish documentary films received a total of almost 70 film awards at international film festivals.
Polish filmmakers who focus on animation and short feature films have also proven to be among the world’s leading talents. In 2014, their films had a total of almost 340 festival screenings abroad, including film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, and Annecy. Polish animation artists received a total of 64 awards. The end of the year brought a nomination for the European Film Award in the short film category for Wojciech Sobczyk and his Lato 2014 (Summer 2014). Short feature films from Poland screened at 138 international film festivals, winning a total of 48 awards.
The POLISH: Documentaries, Shorts & Animations 2015 catalogue also features some of the latest productions yet to be released. I have no doubt that some of these will bring about emotions and gain the acclaim of international audiences. Polish films certainly deserve your attention.
Agnieszka Odorowicz General Director of the Polish Film Institute www.pisf.pl/en/ 2 f INDEX 2015
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DOCUMENTARIES
15 Corners of the World / 15 stron świata by Zuzanna
DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Solakiewicz 7 6 Degrees / 6 kroków by Bartosz Dombrowski 7
POLISH: 89-91. We Break Out to Freedom / 89-91. Wyrwaliśmy się na wolność by Piotr Morawski 8 The Actress / Aktorka by Kinga Dębska, Maria Konwicka 8 Agfa 1939 by Michał Wnuk 9 Alarm Clock / Budzik by Piotr Małecki 9 And There Was Love in the Ghetto… / I była miłość w getcie… by Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda 10 The Authors / Autorki by Janusz Mrozowski 10 The Battle with Satan / Walka z szatanem by Konrad Szołajski 11 Buddies / Kumple by Joanna Kaczmarek 11 Call Me Marianna / Mów mi Marianna by Karolina Bielawska 12 Casa Blanca by Aleksandra Maciuszek 12 Cruise to Democracy / Rejs 1989 by Jerzy Śladkowski 13 Czech Swan / Czeski łabędź by Aleksandra Terpińska 13 Delirium Tremens / Biała gorączka by Andrzej Gajewski 14 Domino Effect / Efekt domina by Piotr Rosołowski, Elwira Niewiera 14 The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls / Dybuk. Rzecz o wędrówce dusz by Krzysztof Kopczyński 15 The End of the World / Koniec świata by Monika Pawluczuk 15 Football Brothers / Trampkarze by Marcin Filipowicz 16 For Being Alive / Za to, że żyjemy, czyli punk z Wrocka by Tomasz Nuzban 16 Gottland by Viera Cˇákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš Kokeš, Radovan Sibrt, Klára Tasovská 17 House on Its Head / Dom na głowie by Adam Palenta 17 I Am Kuba / Jestem Kuba by Ase Svenheim Drivenes 18 The Island / Wyspa by Natalia Krasilnikova 18 It Would Be Beautiful / To byłoby coś pięknego by Anna Morawiec 19 It’s Only a Dream / To tylko marzenia by Jakub Michnikowski 19 Jonasz Kofta / Jonasz w brzuchu Lewiatana by Krzysztof Wierzbicki 20 Jurek by Paweł Wysoczański 20 K2 – Touching theSky / K2 – Dotknąć nieba by Eliza Kubarska 21 The Last Trick / Ostatni numer by Marcin Nowak 21 www.pisf.pl/en/ 3 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Little Big Team / Biało-czerwoni z Chrząstawy by Krystian SHORTS Kamiński 22 The Magic Mountain / Czarodziejska góra by Anca Damian 22 Ambition by Tomek Bagiński 40 The Mighty Smarzol / Pod Mocnym Smarzolem by Adam America / Ameryka by Aleksandra Terpińska 40 Lewandowski 23 Arkansas by Sebastian Drożak 41 My 89 Generation / Moje 89 pokolenie by Paweł Asshole / Dupek by Krzysztof Komander 41
Jóźwiak-Rodan 23 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, August / Sierpień by Tomek Ślesicki 42 My Brother’s Life / Życie mojego brata by Katarzyna Lesisz 24 Bittersweet / Gorzko! by Michał Wawrzecki 42
My Father from Neverland / Mój ojciec Staś by Andrzej Bart, POLISH: Business Trip / Delegacja by Arkadiusz Bartosiak 43 Andrzej Dudziński 24 Centaur by Aleksandra Niemczyk 43 Object / Obiekt by Paulina Skibińska 25 Circus Maximus by Bartek Kulas 44 One Man Show by Jakub Piątek 25 Cold Feet / Gorzko, gorzko! by Julia Rogowska, Magdalena Perseverance / Wytrwałość by Małgorzata Imelska 26 Załęcka 44 Pill Junkies / Tableciarze by Bartosz Staszewski 26 Daughter / Córka by Tomasz Wolski 45 The Place / Miejsce by Julia Popławska 27 Doctor Faustus by Anna Urbańczyk 45 The Promise of a Happy Childhood / Obietnica dzieciństwa Dół by Leszek Molski 46 by Piotr Morawski, Ryszard Kaczyński 27 Duties / Obowiązki by Anna Karasińska 46 The Queen of Silence / Królowa ciszy by Agnieszka Zwiefka 28 Entropy / Entropia by Wojciech Klimala 47 Rebellion / Był bunt by Małgorzata Kozera-Topińska 28 Fast Food by Eryk Lenartowicz 47 Shepherd’s Song / Pieśń pasterza by Vahram Mkhitaryan 29 Father’s Day / Ojcze masz by Kacper Lisowski 48 Singing in Exile / Pieśń pamięci by Nathalie Rossetti, Turi Fragments / Fragmenty by Aga Woszczyńska 48 Finocchiaro 29 From Bed Thou Arose / Z łóżka powstałeś by Bartek Snails / Ślimaki by Grzegorz Szczepaniak 30 Konopka 49 So Close and Yet So Far / Tak daleko, tak blisko by Anna Giant / Gigant by Tomasz Jeziorski 49 Kuśmierczyk 30 Grandma’s Day / Dzień Babci by Miłosz Sakowski 50 Something Better to Come / Nadejdą lepsze czasy by Hanna Guilt / Warszawa by Leiv Igor Devold 50 Polak 31 Hurly-Burly / Rwetes by Kuba Czekaj 51 The Sound of Nature by Jacek Piotr Bławut 31 In the Corner / W narożniku by Maciej Bartosz Kruk 51 Spark / Iskierka by Wiesława Piećko 32 Inka by Monika Majorek 52 Starting Point / Punkt wyjścia by Michał Szcześniak 32 Jasiek My Brother / Jasiek mój brat by Zofia Żurawska 52 Strongwoman / Siłaczka by Kacper Czubak, Iwona The Kid / Szczeniak by Karol Starnawski 53 Kaliszewska 33 Learning to Swim / Nauka pływania by Kuba Zubrzycki 53 Sunday / Niedziela by Eryk Lenartowicz 33 Light in August / Światło w sierpniu by Matej Bobrik 54 Super Unit / Superjednostka by Teresa Czepiec 34 Maja by Jakub Michnikowski 54 Survey About Men / Sonda o mężczyznach by Mateusz Milky Brother / Mleczny brat by Vahram Mkhitaryan 55 Głowacki 34 Molehill by Joanna Zastróżna 55 Tomasz Ossoliński. Before the Show by Judyta Fibiger 35 Moloch by Szymon Kapeniak 56 Unstoppables / Niepowstrzymani by Bartosz M. Kowalski 35 The Moment / Chwila by Piotr Domalewski 56 W. Sisters Beauty Salon / Salon sióstr W. by Jakub Stożek 36 Mr. Bad Luck by Bruno Brejt 57 Wałęsa by Wałęsa by Andrzej Fidyk 36 Multiphrenia / Multifrenia by Martyna Majewska 57 Walking Under Water / Badjao. Duchy z morza by Eliza My Father's Eye / Oczy mojego ojca by Bartosz Blaschke 58 Kubarska 37 The Naturals / Naturalni by Kristoffer Rus 58 Warsaw Uprising / Powstanie Warszawskie by Jan Komasa 37 Parisian Girl / Paryżanka by Stefan Łazarski 59 Werka by Paweł Łoziński 38 Pinky / Mały palec by Tomasz Cichoń 59 What’s Next Karolinko – Norwid and Nicole / Co dalej z tobą, Strong Coffee Isn't That Bad / Mocna kawa wcale nie jest Karolinko – Norwid i Nicole by Karolina Bendera 38 taka zła by Alek Pietrzak 60 www.pisf.pl/en/ 4 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Summer of Love / Lato miłości by Marcin Filipowicz 60 It’s Quite True! / To pewna wiadomość! by Joanna Jasińska Tenderness / Czułość by Emilia Zielonka 61 Koronkiewicz 78 Travelling / Kroki by Karolina Zaleszczuk 61 Kinki by Izumi Yoshida 78 Tropical Island by Filip Hillesland 62 Last Stop Is the Moon / Ostatni przystanek Księżyc by Birute AWake/ Pogrzebiny by Wojciech Stupnicki 62 Sodeikaite 79 What I Want / To, czego chcę by Damian Kocur 63 Locus by Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi 79
Windows and Planes / Okna i samoloty by Łukasz Suchocki 63 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, The Lumberjack and the Devil / O drwalu i diable by Jacek You Keep an Eye on Us / Źle nam z oczu patrzy by Arek Adamczak 80
Biedrzycki 64 POLISH: Mami Fatale by Łukasz Kacprowicz 81 Moko by Marta Szymańska 82 ANIMATIONS The Mother Matrix / Macierz by Sławomir Shuty, Tomasz Bochniak 82 The Advisors of King Hydrops / Doradcy Króla Hydropsa by Noodles, the Gate / Kluskowa Brama by Andrzej Kukuła 83 Natalia Brożyńska 66 Of a Forest / Opowieść o lesie by Katarzyna Melnyk 83 Agatha / Agatka by Jan Steliżuk, Andrzej Piotr Morawski, Pencil Case / Piórnik by Magdalena Pilecka 84 Wojciech Wojtkowski, Robert Turło, Andrzej Kukuła, Paweł Poe and Joe / Paweł i Gaweł by Andrzej Gosieniecki 84 Czarzasty 66 Sexy Laundry / Sex dla opornych by Izabela Plucińska 85 The Baltic Sea / Bałtyk by Piotr Giersz 67 Summer 2014 / Lato 2014 by Wojciech Sobczyk 86 Banjo Pig / Prosie Banjo by Łukasz Kacprowicz 67 This Unruly Corporeality / Ta niesforna cielesność by Joanna Basia by Marcin Wasilewski 68 Wójcik 86 Bernard by Anna Oparkowska 68 Three Kings / Trzej królowie by Anna Błaszczyk 87 A Blue Room / Niebieski pokój by Tomasz Siwiński 69 Tim and the Master / Tymek i Mistrz by Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Bloody Sunday / Ta cholerna niedziela by Przemek Kotyński 69 Tarkowski 87 But She’s Nice by Tomasz Pilarski 70 under_construction by Marcin Wojciechowski 88 Cheer Up, Tamara / Nie martw się, Tamaro by Elżbieta Wąsik 70 What a Beautiful Case / Co za piękny przypadek by Zbigniew Conquerors of the Triangle Space / Zdobywcy Trójkątnego Czapla 88 Kosmosu by Alicja Błaszczyńska 71 Who’s There? / Kto tam? by Artur Hanaj 89 Creatures / Kreatury by Tessa Moult-Milewska 71 The Wizard of U.S. / Czarnoksiężnik z krainy U. S. by Balbina A Documentary Film / Dokument by Marcin Podolec 72 Bruszewska 89 Domestication / Udomowienie by Sylwia Gaweł 72 Woolen Cogwheels / Druciane oprawki by Bartosz Kędzierski 90 Don’t Lose Your Head / Nie trać głowy by Karolina Specht 73 Fences / Płoty by Natalia Krawczuk 73 Florentine’s Diary 2nd season / Pamiętnik Florki seria 2 by Janusz POLISH FILM INSTITUTE 91 Martyn, Dorota Cieśla, Anna Wróblewska-Dzwoniarek, Agata Mikina, Jolanta Dudzińska, Barbara Koniecka, Marta Index of English Titles 94 Stróżycka, Bogusława Izdebska, Piotr Rogowski 74 Index of Polish Titles 96 Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and Landscape / Fuga Index of Directors 98 na wiolonczelę, trąbkę i pejzaż by Jerzy Kucia 75 Gingerbread Heart / Serce z piernika by Anna Dudek 75 Credits 100 Grand Banda / Grand Banda – pilot by Marek Lachowicz, Łukasz Kacprowicz 76 Hipopotamy by Piotr Dumała 76 Home / Dom by Agnieszka Borowa 77 An Incredibly Elastic Man / Nieprawdopodobnie elastyczny człowiek by Karolina Specht 77 www.pisf.pl/en/ 5 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
DOCUMENTARIES AGFA 1939 DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH: www.pisf.pl/en/ 6 TRAILER f f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
15 Corners 6 Degrees
of the World & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , 6 kroków POLAND 2014 81’ COLOUR 15 stron świata POLAND 2014 79’ COLOUR
written and directed by Zuzanna Solakiewicz POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES director of photography Gregory Zvika-Portnoy music by Eugeniusz Rudnik edited by Mateusz Romaszkan sound by Marcin Lenarczyk producer Marta Golba produced by Endorfina Studio, [email protected] co-produced by Hupe Films, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the National Audiovisual Institute, the Mazovia Film Fund, TVP Kultura, Centrala co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Film und Medien Stiftung NRW production manager Marta Golba written and directed by Bartosz Dombrowski director of photography Wojtek Zieliński edited by Mateusz Romaszkan, Iza Pająk AWARDS://2014 BRATISLAVA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SLOVAKIA: SPECIAL MENTION //2014 T-MOBILE NEW HORIZONS IFF, sound by Błażej Kafarski POLAND: SPECIAL MENTION //2014 LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL: SEMAINE producer Anna Wydra DE LA CRITIQUE – PREMIO SRG SSR produced by Otter Films, ul. Ludowa 21/1, 26-600 Radom, Poland, tel. +48 609 841 445, [email protected], www.otterfilms.pl, HBO Europe executive producer Hanka Kastelicova co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Kaja Domeracka
A documentary inspired by the theory of ‘six degrees of separation,’ according to which we are connected to every single person on the planet by no more than six interpersonal relations. To test this theory, the filmmakers selected two people at random: Martyna, a punk rock singer from Warsaw, and Marco Antonio, a farmer from a Eugeniusz Rudnik revolutionized the concept of village in Mexico. Then they set out on a journey music using a pair of scissors and some audio in search of the links that connect these two. tape. Member of the legendary Polish Radio Experimental Studio, Rudnik discovered the value of broken, rejected sounds long before the age of the DJ. 15 Corners of the World is an attempt at hearing his music with our eyes. www.pisf.pl/en/ 7 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
89-91. We Break Out The Actress
to Freedom & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Aktorka POLAND 2014 72’ COLOUR 89-91. Wyrwaliśmy się na wolność POLAND 2014 55’ COLOUR POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES
written and directed by Piotr Morawski director of photography Andrzej Adamczak edited by Agnieszka Kowalczyk sound by Jacek Stępiński producer Janusz Skałkowski (Kalejdoskop Film Studio) produced by the Chancellery of the Senate of Poland, Wiejska 6, 00-902 Warsaw, Poland, Anna Jaguścik-Litniewska directed by Kinga Dębska, Maria Konwicka tel. +48 22 694 92 84 written by Maria Konwicka executive production Kalejdoskop Film Studio, director of photography Radosław Ładczuk Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, edited by Bartosz Karczyński tel. +48 22 851 17 79 sound by Leszek Freund producers Zbigniew Domagalski, Janusz Skałkowski A film about the work of the first Senate in produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, Chełmska 21, post-communist Poland, featuring interviews 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 17 79, with senators and archive footage from the works tel./fax +48 22 841 21 35, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl of the Senate, as well as other key co-produced by Telewizja Polska events – the Round Table negotiations, the 1989 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute elections, the first presidential elections, the administrative and economic reforms, production manager Kamil Skałkowski the legislative work on the new constitution, A feature documentary about actress Elżbieta and the departure of Soviet troops. Czyżewska. Friends and acquaintances give a no-frills account of her failed marriage, her success in overcoming alcoholism, and her attempts to return to Poland after years spent in the United States. An archetypical account of an actress at various stages of her career: on top, hitting rock bottom, and everywhere in between. www.pisf.pl/en/ 8 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Agfa 1939 Alarm Clock POLAND 2015 52’ COLOUR
, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Budzik POLAND 2015 30’ COLOUR
written and directed by Michał Wnuk director of photography Michał Popiel-Machnicki
edited by Jarosław Barzan, Ludwik Sielicki POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES producer Magdalena Kamińska co-producer Antje Boehmert, [email protected] www.docdays.de produced by Balabusta, Magdalena Kamińska, [email protected] www.balabusta.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute PHOTO BY PIOTR MAŁECKI
written and directed by Piotr Małecki director of photography Piotr Małecki edited by Przemysław Chruścielewski, Katarzyna Leśniak sound by Maciej Krupa producer Zuzanna Król co-producer Maciej Piwowarczyk produced by Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, tel./fax +48 22 851 10 57, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.wajdastudio.pl [email protected] A mysterious box from 1939 containing 16mm co-produced by Agora film stock and photographs launches production manager Agnieszka Bak̨ an investigation that uncovers family secrets artistic supervisors Marcel Łozinski,́ Jacek Bławut, and unknown chapters in the history Vita Żelakeviciute of Polish-German relations. Cyprian, Filip, Ola and Kuba – these are four out of 15 young patients who have been in a coma for a significant amount of time. Their parents are determined to help them back to life. The film tells the extraordinary story of people who do not give up in the face of personal tragedy; filled with hope, they fight for the lives and well-being of their children at the Budzik (literally translated as Alarm Clock) clinic on the outskirts of Warsaw. www.pisf.pl/en/ 9 co-financed by Edelman’s wishhasbecome reality. Ghetto.”book “And There Was Now Marek Love inthe that allowed usto thrive,” says Marek Edelman in his ghetto. Itwas love filmaboutlove inthe should make a ghetto? Why isnooneinterested inthat?Someone the “Why doesnooneaskmewhether there was love in endofhislife by Paula Sawicka. down near the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, written leaders ofthe the memoirsofMarek Edelman, oneof filmbased on the A And There Was Love produced by OAD–GRAY21 0 COLOUR /BLACK&WHITE 80’ POLAND –GERMANY2015 production managers co-producers written by h oihFl nttt,MDM, FFA, Eurimages Polish FilmInstitute, the research by sound by te im,u.Ldw 11 26-600Radom, 21/1, Otter Films, ul. 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Call Me Marianna Casa Blanca POLAND 2015 55’ COLOUR
Mów mi Marianna & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , POLAND 2015 74’ COLOUR
written and directed by Karolina Bielawska
director of photography Kacper Czubak POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES music by Antony and the Johnsons, Natalia Fiedorczuk edited by Daniel Gąsiorowski sound by Jacek Pająk producer Zbigniew Domagalski produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. 22 851 17 79, tel./fax 22 841 21 35, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute executive producer Agata Szymańska
written and directed by Aleksandra Maciuszek director of photography Javier Labrador Deulofeu edited by Lorenzo Mora Salazar producer Anna Gawlita produced by Kijora ul. Krowoderskich Zuchów 24/117, 31-272 Krakow, Poland, tel.+48 609 421 497, [email protected] mailing address ul. J. Dąbrowskiego 18/15, 02-571 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by Telewizja Polska, the Polish Filmmakers Association, Nomadas Y Compania, Aleksandra Maciuszek
Casa Blanca is a small fishing village in Havana Harbour. The film focuses on 76-year-old Nelsa and her 37-year-old son Vladimir, who suffers from Down Syndrome. Vladimir serves as Marianna is an attractive 40-year-old woman. the caretaker of the ill Nelsa. Nelsa acts as We slowly enter her life in order to understand guardian to Vladimir, who gets into trouble easily. the decision she once made: leaving the people Their life is a constant conflict: she tries to control she loved. She sued her parents, because that her son, while he prefers to spend his time with was the only way to change the wording of her the local fishermen. birth certificate. And the point of all this was to undergo a sex change and finally truly be herself. www.pisf.pl/en/ 12 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Cruise to Democracy Czech Swan
Rejs 1989 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Czeski łabędź POLAND 2015 58’ COLOUR POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC 2015 52’ COLOUR
written and directed by Jerzy Śladkowski director of photography Michał Popiel Machnicki
music Frederic Chopin, Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op. 44, POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES performed by Janusz Olejniczak edited by Agnieszka Bojanowska, Jakub Śladkowski PSM sound by Zbigniew Waraksa producers Sylwia Wilkos, Klaudiusz Frydrych, Roman Gutek produced by Scorpio Studio co-produced by Telewizja Polska, the National Centre for Culture, D35
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, PHOTO BY MARCIN ŁASKAWIEC the National Centre for Culture, D35 production manager Ewa Turczańska
directed by Aleksandra Terpińska written by Aleksandra Terpińska, Marcin Łaskawiec director of photography Marcin Łaskawiec music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky edited by Przemysław Chruścielewski PSM sound by Radim Hladík Jr. producers Danuta Gęgotek, Katarzyna Siniarska, Stanisław Dziedzic co-producers Katerˇina Ondrˇejková, Aleksandra Terpińska, Marcin Łaskawiec produced by CoLab Pictures, ul. Promyka 5/21, 01-604 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 503 176 222, [email protected] co-produced by Czech Television, Film Production A search for an answer to the question of why executive producer CoLab Pictures Tadeusz Mazowiecki’s government lasted co-financed by the Polish Film Institute a mere 16 months. The film focuses on the people production manager Beata Rzeźniczek who led a nation of almost 40 million in distribution in Poland CoLab Pictures a bloodless transition from communism to world sales Wide House democracy between 1989 and 1991. Cruise to Democracy relives the emotions and tension Both humorous and uplifting, Czech Swan is behind the events that took place in Poland at the story of a group of elderly women from the time. a small Czech village; their age doesn’t stop them from pursuing their dreams and whimsies with unsurpassed enthusiasm. www.pisf.pl/en/ 13 produced by unconventional methods. among herancestors, Lyuba chooses to use some nations to go extinct. Having hadshamans community, causing entire decimating the plague ofalcoholism is peoples ofRussia. The indigenous Siberian town, inhabited by the remote in treating alcoholics. Shearrives ina specialist filmfocuses onLyubov Passar, a The Delirium Tremens tdoFloeEeet l wcęta2d/2, Studio Filmowe Everest, pl. Zwycięstwa director ofphotography co-producer 032Łd,Pln,e 4 0 3 407 333 609 90-312 Łódź, Poland,tel +48 written anddirected by co-produced by co-financed by production manager OAD21 84’ COLOUR 48’46’’ POLAND 2015 Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy producer edited by sound by h Polish FilmInstitute the Biała gorączka Telewizja Polska Belsat Tomasz Michałowski Mirosław Dembiński Cezary Kowalczuk Iwona Kawiorska Andrzej Gajewski Victoria Ogneva 14 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY TOMASZ MICHAŁOWSKI POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS 2015 Filmsales 26-600 Radom, Poland, [email protected] www.otterfilms.pl Carolin Renninger etce im h Robert Bosch Foundation deutscher Film, the Kozłowski Lenarczyk, Elwira Niewiera, Tomasz Wieczorek, Franciszek co-financed by co-produced by edited by director ofphotography written by directed by OAD–GRAY21 6 COLOUR 76’ 2014 POLAND –GERMANY Efekt domina Domino Effect commentary. Black Sea black comedy, rife with socio-political A unwelcome foreigner. Russian wife isjustan world map, hisbeloved put hismotherland onthe international dominoevent to is busy organizing an patriotism runsdeep. While SportsMinister Rafael post-Soviet ‘frozen conflict’ zone, In Abkhazia, a Karoline Schulz, Andrzej Dąbrowski EMN:GLE OEFRA OUTSTANDING GERMANDOCUMENTARYGERMANY: GOLDENDOVE FORAN E EFLO H CALLSECTION WINNER LET MEFOLLOW THE HOBBY-HORSE POLISHSOCIETY OFCINEMATOGRAPHERS, AWARD GOLDEN OFTHE THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION /FEATURE DOX –WINNER INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ANDSHORT FF, KOSOVO: // AWARDS:// PRIZE FESTIVAL, ARMENIA:SILVER APRICOT AWARD Elwira Niewiera, PiotrRosołowski producer Piotr Rosołowski, Elwira Niewiera 2014 BUDAPEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, HUNGARY: h Polish FilmInstitute, Kuratorium junger the // zero onefilmGmbH, Germany, www.zeroone.de 2014 GOLDENAPRICOT YEREVAN INTERNATIONAL FILM produced by 2014 KRAKOW FILMFESTIVAL, POLAND:GOLDENHORN, Anna Wydra // 2014 VISIONSDU RÉEL, SWITZERLAND: INTERRELIGIOUS Piotr Rosołowski te im,u.Ldw 21/1, Otter Films, ul. Ludowa co-producers f TRAILER music by // // 2014 DOKLEIPZIG, sound by Thomas Kufus, Ann 2014 DOKUFEST world sales world Maciej Cieślak f Marcin CONTENTS Autlook f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
The Dybbuk. A Tale The End
of Wandering Souls & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , of the World Dybuk. Rzecz o wędrówce dusz Koniec świata POLAND 2015 COLOUR POLAND 2015 40’ COLOUR
written and directed by Krzysztof Kopczyński POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES directors of photography Jacek Petrycki, Serhij Stetsenko edited by Michał Leszczyłowski sound by Oleg Goloveshkin, Maciej Kaliński, Jarosław Roszyk, Aleksandr Tur producer Krzysztof Kopczyński produced by Eureka Media executive producers Gennady Kofman, MaGiKa Film, Kuba Kosma co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Ukrainian State Film Agency production managers Valeriy Sardudinov, Konrad Wróblewski, Olga Beskhmelnitsyna
written and directed by Monika Pawluczuk directors of photography Małgorzata Szyłak, Szymon Lenkowski, Jakub Giza, Michał Dymek music by Mikołaj Trzaska edited by Agnieszka Glińska, Marcin Latanik sound by Radosław Ochnio producer Katarzyna Ślesicka co-producer Monika Pawluczuk produced by Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 851 10 57, www.wajdastudio.pl [email protected] co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Pomerania Film, the City of Łódź co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Piotr Gochnio, Agnieszka Dziedzic 30,000 Hasidim journey to Ukraine to celebrate the Jewish New Year at the gravesite of their holy An intimate documentary in which several stories leader Rebbe Nachman. Meanwhile a Ukrainian intertwine over the course of one night. On this far-right group erects a cross at the site of Hasidic night, not unlike most other nights, people in a big prayers and builds a monument to Cossacks who city – tired of being lonely – just want to talk to slaughtered thousands of Jews and Poles in 1768. someone. Some call an ambulance (often without just cause), others call in to a radio show where the radio host asks questions about the end of the world and what it means for each of us. The radio serves as the binding agent of the film and the source of key questions being asked. www.pisf.pl/en/ 15 f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Football Brothers For Being Alive
Trampkarze & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Za to, że żyjemy, czyli punk z Wrocka POLAND 2015 28’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 71’ COLOUR
written and directed by Marcin Filipowicz
directors of photography Marcin Filipowicz, POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES Weronika Bilska, Marcin Łaskawiec edited by Wojciech Słota sound by Krzysztof Ridan producer Adam Ślesicki produced by Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 851 10 57, www.wajdastudio.pl [email protected] co-produced by the Krakow Festival Office executive producer Adam Ślesicki co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Krakow Festival Office, the Krakow Regional Film Fund production managers Piotr Gochnio, Dominika Płazińska directed by Tomasz Nuzban written by Cezary Marszewski, Marek Świerk, Tomasz Nuzban directors of photography Tomasz Nuzban, Paweł Bogucki, Łukasz Stolarski music by Zwłoki, Miki Mousoleum, Kaman & Big Bit, Sedes, Mechaniczna Pomarańcza, Klaus Mitffoch, Klaus Mit Foch, Poerock’s, Program 3, Excess, Los Loveros, Natchniony Traktor, WSK-Punk, Blade Loki, Pol Pot Boys, Teatrzyk Martwych Dzieci, Stan Oskarżenia, Latające Odchody, Działon Punk, Alhambra animation artist Łukasz Stolarski edited by Grzegorz Górecki producer Aleksandra Wojtaszek produced by touchFILMS, ul. Morelowskiego 11, 52-429 Wrocław, Poland, tel. +48 601 79 23 76, [email protected] co-produced by Odra Film, the Mastershot Wrocław Film School, CeTa, KPD co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and the Lower Silesian A documentary about the early yet most Film Fund production manager Cezary Marszewski difficult stage in the lives of the young protagonists – the stage that leads to their The second half of the 1970s saw lifelong dream being fulfilled. The film focuses the development of a strong punk movement in on two brothers: 14-year-old Mateusz Wrocław – the result of a protest against the lack and 13-year-old Łukasz, living in a small mountain of independent thinking and surrounding bleak village in southern Poland. They dream of reality. Richly illustrated with archive footage, becoming professional football players and this documentary tells the story of the difficult making it at least to the Polish major league, daily existence of the punk subculture in known as Ekstraklasa. communist Poland and the development of the punk rock music scene. www.pisf.pl/en/ 16 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Gottland House on Its Head POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC – SLOVAKIA 100’ / 6 X 25’ COLOUR
, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Dom na głowie POLAND 2014 19’ COLOUR
ˇ AWARDS://2014 KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: THE AWARD OF directed by Viera Cákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš THE POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION FOR BEST FILM EDITING Kokeš, Radovan Sibrt, Klára Tasovská written by Jan Gogola ml., Viera Cˇákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš Kokeš, Klára
Tasovská, Radovan Sibrt directors of photography Paweł Dyllus, Lukáš POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES Kokeš, Lukáš Milota, Prokop Soucˇek music by Patryk Cannon edited by Šimon Špidla, Lukáš Kokeš, Šimon Hájek, Viera Cˇakányová, Alexandra Gojdicˇová, Evženie Brabcová, Klára Tasovská, Jan Danˇhel sound by Víteˇzslav Jíra (sound supervisor), Adam Levý, Vojteˇch Knot, Lukáš Kosek, Víteˇzlav Jíra producers Tomáš Hrubý – Nutprodukce, Agni eszka Janowska – Centrala, Jacek Nagłowski – Centrala, Paweł Kosuń – Centrala, Peter Badacˇ– Bfilm co-producer Ondrˇej Šejnoha – Studio FAMU, Rafał Bubnicki – Odra-Film produced by Nutprodukce, www.nutprodukce.cz, [email protected], Umeˇlecká 618/7, 170 00 Prague 7, Czech Republic; Centrala, www.centralafilm.pl [email protected] [email protected] ul. S ienkiewicza 52/37, 90-058 Łódź, Poland; Bfilm, www.bfilm.sk written and directed by Adam Palenta [email protected], Škultétyho 10, 831 03 Bratislava, Slovakia director of photography Wojciech Zamecznik co-produced by Czech Television, FAMU, Odra Film executive producer music by Marcin Masecki Klára Žaloudková co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Slovakian edited by Adam Palenta, Agnieszka Glińska, Wojciech Zamecznik Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund production managers producer Karolina Puchała-Rojek Agnieszka Janowska, Paweł Kosuń, Magda Borowiec produced by Fundacja Archeologii Fotografii, ul. Andersa 13, 00-159 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 504 697 387, +48 22 628 14 64, AWARDS://18TH JIHLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: SILVER EYE AWARDS – SPECIAL MENTION // 2014 FAMUFEST JURY HONORABLE MENTION www.archeologiafotografii.pl [email protected] co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
An extraordinary documentary about the family life of Wojciech Zamecznik (1923-1967) – architect, production designer, and acclaimed poster artist. The film consists exclusively of archive footage shot by the artist himself, since he loved filming the life of his family, social gatherings, and trips with friends. The film is not only a unique look at the everyday life of an artist, but also a rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the reality of communist An industrialist who got the Czech factories up and running Poland in the 1950s. and a movie star who played the role of a lifetime as Goebbels’ mistress. A man who put Stalin on a pedestal and another, who toppled him. A writer who always lied, except when writing fiction. A boy who tried to set the country on fire. Five pieces, five unique stories, five original takes on
the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. www.pisf.pl/en/ 17 directors ofphotography AWARDS:// THE NORTH’ COMPETITION co-financed by co-produced by parents face? these euro-orphans andtheir What problems do following theirparents’ decisionto move abroad. living today without parental supervision, 100,000 children inPoland are estimated An best to take care ofhislittle brother by himself. grandparents andneighbours. ButKuba doeshis care of boys inthe seek work abroad, leaving the 8-year-old Mikołaj 13-year-old hadto Kuba and of parents family businesswent under, the When the OWY–PLN EMN 04 6’ COLOUR 60’ 2014 NORWAY –POLANDGERMANY TROMSO PALM AWARD FORBEST FILMINTHE ‘FILMS FROM co-producers written anddirected by producers h oihFl nttt,teKrakow Film Polish FilmInstitute, the the AMP Polska, Ma. Ja. DeFilmproduktion Anita Rehoff Larsen, Tone Grottjord Edward Porembny, HeinoDeckert Michał Jarosiński, Jacek Gruszka Commission, Telewizja Polska I AmKuba produced by edited by Ase Svenheim Drivenes Jestem Kuba Robert Stengard Sant &UsantAs 18 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY SANT & USANT AS PHOTO BY RUSLAN GIRIN POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS 2015 produced by producer sound by edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by www.wajdastudio.pl, [email protected] 57, 10 851 00-724 Warsaw, 22 Poland, tel./fax +48 OAD–URIE21 8 BLACK&WHITE 18’ 2015 POLAND –UKRAINE Wyspa The Island aal nteharmony ofloneliness. parable onthe A what heloves, paying noattention to popularity. manwhodoes everyday life ofa more aboutthe filmis master himself. Butthe snapshots withthe house andtake souvenir photograph the tourist attraction; people come from all over to a place hasby now become exceptional home. The 30years hehasbeenbuilding his past the Ukrainian city ofLutsk, where for from the old sculptor filmaboutMykola Golovan, an A Dariusz Wancerz Adam Ślesicki Dariusz Wancerz Daria Szewczenko ad tdo l hłsa21, Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska Natalia Krasilnikova Ruslan Girin f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
It Would Be It’s Only a Dream
Beautiful & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , To tylko marzenia POLAND 2014 23’ COLOUR To byłoby coś pięknego POLAND 2014 17’30’’ COLOUR
written and directed by Anna Morawiec
director of photography Paweł Jóźwicki POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES edited by Barbara Fronc sound by Anna Morawiec, Ewa Bogusz producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl executive production the Łódź Film School co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Konrad Rydlewski world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected] written and directed by Jakub Michnikowski AWARDS://2014 ‘ETIUDA & ANIMA’ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, KRAKOW: AUDIENCE AWARD //2014: ‘EUROSHORTS’ EUROPEAN FILM director of photography Marek Kozakiewicz FESTIVAL, GDAŃSK-WARSAW: AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM edited by Wojciech Janas producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Munk Studio, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70; [email protected] co-produced by J Property co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
The story of Jan, who lives in a decrepit wooden mansion on the outskirts of Łódź. He once lived here with his wife and numerous pets; today, his only roommates are two dogs and a mouse. There’s not much going on in his life – only the daily walks with his dogs bring a bit of colour into his bleak everyday existence. But Jan has Mars could have long been inhabited by human beings if a dream. He would like to see the sea at least it wasn’t for the technical difficulty of returning to Earth once in his life. from this remote planet, which is a year-long trip away. For the moment, there are plans to send four people to Mars on a one-way trip. The mission, known as Mars One, has been scheduled for 2023. Over 200,000 people from around the world applied for the programme; one of them is Aleksandra, a 57-year old biology teacher from the Polish city of Sosnowiec. www.pisf.pl/en/ 19 f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Jonasz Kofta Jurek POLAND 2015 73’ COLOUR
Jonasz w brzuchu Lewiatana & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , POLAND 2015 55’ COLOUR / BLACK&WHITE
AWARDS://2015 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, CANADA: GRAND PRIZE //2015 HORY A MESTO, SLOVAKIA: CENA V4
written and directed by Krzysztof Wierzbicki POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES director of photography Andrzej Wojciechowski edited by Svitlana Topor sound by Leszek Freund producer Zbigniew Domagalski produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 17 79 co-produced by Telewizja Polska executive production Kalejdoskop Film Studio co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the National Audiovisual Institute production manager Kamil Skałkowski written and directed by Paweł Wysoczański director of photography Jacek Kędzierski music by Michał Lorenc edited by Adriana Słoniec, Grzegorz Mazur producer Paweł Wysoczański produced by Black and White Productions co-produced by Instytucja Filmowa SILESIA FILM, Telewizja Polska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Silesian Film Fund, the Katowice City Hall
Jerzy Kukuczka died tragically on October 24, 1989 during an expedition to Lhotse. This was his first trip to the Himalayas with money, with good equipment, and as a real celebrity. But Paweł Wysoczański’s documentary does not focus on the mystery of Kukuczka’s death. It is A story about the life of Jonasz Kofta in the portrait of a man climbing to the top – both literally communist Poland. About how he would find and figuratively. From a zero to a hero, from a communist little pockets of freedom in the system and worker to a star of international media, from a man the price he paid for it. About his constant climbing mountains with neither funding nor equipment journey, his success and drama, his moments of to Reinhold Messner’s number one rival in reaching rebellion against oppression and those in which the Crown of the Himalayas. he accepted his fate. A story of the disease he Interviews with friends and family, archive footage, fought and defeated, and his unexpected death photographs, recordings, excerpts from television shows that came much too soon. But also a story about and interviews are brought together in this documentary the joy of life, humour, and good spirit. to create a portrait of the whole mountain climbing community of the 1980s. It is also a portrait of their time – a time that was as difficult as it was colourful; www.pisf.pl/en/ a time when ideals were valued more than fame. 20 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
K2 – Touching The Last Trick
the Sky & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Ostatni numer POLAND 2015 12’ COLOUR K2 – Dotknąć nieba POLAND – UNITED KINGDOM – GERMANY 72’ COLOUR
written and directed by Eliza Kubarska
director of photography Radosław Ładczuk POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES music by Michał Jacaszek edited by Bartosz Pietras sound by Mariusz Bielecki producers Katarzyna Ślesicka, Monika Braid, Joanna Szymańska co-producers Gregor Streiber, Eliza Kubarska produced by Wajda Studio, Pl / Braidmade Films, UK co-produced by HBO Europe, Inselfilm Germany, Vertical Vision Film Studio executive producer Monika Braid co-financed by SERVUS TV, the Polish Film Institute, MEDIA Europe production managers Agnieszka Bąk, Marta Golba sound mixer Franciszek Kozłowski second unit David Kaszlikowski written and directed by Marcin Nowak director of photography Marcin Nowak edited by Marcin Sucharski sound by Artur Walaszczyk produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] executive production Kolektyw Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Agata Golańska
For years, Zenon Andryjewicz has been running a circus school for children in Lviv. He is starting to think about retirement. He believes that everything good in life is already in the past. He In the summer of 1986, several dozen alpinists wants to leave his protégés with more than old from all over the world met to climb K2, the posters and faded photographs – he wants to second-highest mountain on the planet. The share his knowledge, experience, and passion. season, later dubbed ‘the black summer,’ brought a series of tragic events, leaving 13 climbers dead. Almost 30 years later, the director of the film, along with an international group of now grown- up children of those unfortunate climbers, sets out on an expedition to reach the K2 base camp — the symbolic burial place for those who lost their lives on the mountain. www.pisf.pl/en/ 21 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Little Big Team The Magic Mountain
Biało-czerwoni z Chrząstawy & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Czarodziejska Góra POLAND 2014 53’ COLOUR POLAND – ROMANIA – FRANCE 2015 80’ COLOUR
written and directed by Krystian Kamiński directors of photography Filip Cichecki, Mateusz Wołoczko
edited by Marek Domowicz POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES music by Marek Papaj sound by Marcin Kotwa, Grzegorz Kucharski, Paweł Uszyński, Błażej Kanclerz, Maciej Adamczyk, Wojciech Bożek, Karol Szykowny sound post-production Ztudio production managers Sara Gołębiowska, Anna Kiełsznia producer Adrian Pawłowski co-producer Witold Będkowski produced by FILM FICTION Adrian Pawłowski, Al. Jerozolimskie 57, 00-697 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] , tel. +48 793 145 467 co-produced by Telewizja Polska directed by Anca Damian co-financed by the Polish Film Institute written by Anca Damian, Ania Winkler artistic supervisor Andrzej Fidyk music by Alexander Balanescu sound by Sebastian Włodarczyk producer Anca Damian co-producer Joanna Ronikier, Włodzimierz Matuszewski, Guillaume de Seille produced by Aparte Films co-produced by Filmograf, SMF, Arizona Productions co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Telewizja Polska, KFF, CNC France, CNC Romania, HBO Romania
Anca Damian’s latest film focuses on the remarkable Adam Jacek Winkler. He was a true individualist; he believed that his guileless and eager personality was not unlike that of PHOTO BY ADRIAN PAWŁOWSKI Koziołek Matołek from the Polish classic children’s comic book. With his firm beliefs in The story of the worst football team in the anti-communist resistance movement, he the country. One defeat after another, all season. emigrated from Poland in 1965, settling in Paris, Sometimes even by twenty to null. 54-year-old where he became an active fighter against Bohdan Kwaśniak founded the team in 1980 and communism. Upon learning of the Soviet invasion remains the club’s president. He’s the coach. He of Afghanistan, he joined the Afghan forces and plays on the team, too. He’s also a bachelor, still fought under Ahmad Shah Massoud. living with his parents. But he never stops dreaming of football greatness. www.pisf.pl/en/ 22 directors ofphotography produced by The Mighty Smarzol alcoholism. complicated issueof crew’s struggle withthe cast and shootingperiod, to the through the original idea, filmingprocess –from the the Smarzolem documentary feature film. The a Wojciech Smarzowski turnedthisnovel into 13 years later, 2001Nike Literary Award. the Mighty Angel) brought him Aniołem” (The Mocnym Jerzy Pilch’s most acclaimed novel “Pod rflFl,u.Hclk /6 00-730 Warsaw 3/36, Profil Film, ul. Huculska written by Pod Mocnym Smarzolem ( h Mighty Smarzol The production manager Adam Lewandowski, Jacek Rzehak Jacek Rzehak, Adam Lewandowski directed by edited by OAD 4’ COLOUR 49’ POLAND music by sound by producer Adam Lewandowski Marcin Dulemba ) depicts o Mocnym Pod Mikołaj Trzaska Klaudia Śmieja Marcin Gągola Jacek Rzehak 23 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY JACEK DRYGAŁA POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS 2015 [email protected] 94-118 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48600787 466, Tomasz Woźniczka, MichałŻuberek Adam Rymon-Lipiński, Konrad Śniady, PiotrUznański, Martyna Kobiela, Paulina Raczkowska, ArturRozmysł, Łukasz Grubski, Ewelina Jasicka, Paweł Jóźwiak-Rodan, production manager co-produced by produced by producer edited by music by directors ofphotography written by directed by OAD21 4 COLOUR 64’ POLAND 2014 Moje 89 pokolenie My 89 Generation their dreams come true. break-ups, betrayals, loves, seven mainprotagonists going through theirfirst Among dozens ofhoursfootage, theyselected addressed them, askingto send intheirfilms. 1989. Thefilmmakers people bornafter footage filmedby itsvery protagonists –young This crowdfunded documentary consists of Maciej Jamiołkowski Paweł Jóźwiak-Rodan Rafał Stós Łukasz Ludkowski, Paweł Jóźwiak-Rodan Paweł Jóźwiak-Rodan Projekcja Identyfikacja, ul. JasiaiMałgosi 29, Telewizja Polska Monika Krupa Łukasz Czerniawski, Janusz Dybowski, f and tryingto make TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
My Brother’s Life My Father
Życie mojego brata & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , from Neverland POLAND – ICELAND 2014 18’ COLOUR Mój ojciec Staś POLAND 2015 52’ COLOUR written and directed by Katarzyna Lesisz director of photography Katarzyna Lesisz
edited by Cecylia Pacura POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES sound by Ewa Bogusz, Rafał Nowak producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl executive production Łódź Film School co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Karina Brdak, Zuzanna Boryszewska world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel.+48 515 123 369, [email protected]
directed by Andrzej Bart in cooperation with Andrzej Dudziński written by Magdalena Dygat-Dudzińska director of photography Andrzej Wojciechowski edited by Svitlana Topor sound by Leszek Freund visual design by Andrzej Dudziński producer Zbigniew Domagalski produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 17 79, tel./fax +48 22 841 21 35, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, the National Audiovisual Institute Raised on a farm in the heart of Iceland, two co-financed by the Polish Film Institute brothers are portrayed as they face their daily production manager Monika Błachnio routines. They lead different lives – the older brother lives in the city far away from the valley My Father from Neverland is a film portrait of that used to be his home, the younger is a farmer, Stanisław Dygat and an attempt to define this living at the family farm with his wife and son. writer by his daughter Magda using literary Their story becomes a lyrical journey, during quotes, press statements, and televised which the characters address important interviews with the writer. The film also features questions about belonging, being homesick, and statements by Dygat’s friends and excerpts from finding one’s place in the world. his letters as read by actors. www.pisf.pl/en/ 24 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Object One Man Show POLAND 2014 52’ COLOUR
Obiekt & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , POLAND 2015 14’ COLOUR
written and directed by Paulina Skibińska
directors of photography Jakub Stolecki underwater photography POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES Adam Wasiak, Grzegorz Zubowicz, Krzysztof Wiszniewski, Piotr Czechowski, Arkadiusz Ostrowski sound by Katarzyna Szczerba produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] executive producer Studio PUK co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Katarzyna Szczerba
AWARDS://2015 TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL, FINLAND: SPECIAL MENTION //2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: SPECIAL JURY AWARD written and directed by Jakub Piątek director of photography Michał Stajniak music by Mikołaj Stroński edited by Jakub Piątek, Urszula Klimek-Piątek sound by Kamil Radziszewski, Weronika Raźna producer Maciej Kubicki co-producers Anna Kępińska, Witold Będkowski produced by Telemark, ul. Ordynacka 14/9, 00-358 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 508 154 480, [email protected] co-produced by Mazowieckie Centrum Kultury i Sztuki, the Warsaw Mazovia Film Fund, Telewizja Polska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Jakub Razowski
A creative approach to portraying 33-year-old Marcin is an actor who has never a search&rescue operation set in two worlds: in played a significant part in a significant film. His the ice desert and under water. The story is told whole life has been about his dream of becoming from the point of view of the rescue team, of a great actor. Meanwhile Marcin tries to fulfil the diver entering the underwater world, and of himself as a cabaret actor and stand-up the onlookers waiting on the shore. comedian. Despite his frustration and unending problems, he marches on in pursuit of his dreams. For the past seven years, he has been spending six weeks a year as a seasonal worker on farm in Norway, harvesting carrots and potatoes. www.pisf.pl/en/ 25 f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Perseverance Pill Junkies
Wytrwałość & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Tableciarze POLAND 2015 74’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 76’ COLOUR POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES
written and directed by Małgorzata Imelska director of photography Przemysław Niczyporuk music by Michał Lorenc edited by Ireneusz Grzyb sound by Aleksander Musiałowski producer Wojciech Szczudło produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, written and directed by Bartosz Staszewski tel. +48 22 851 17 79, tel./fax +48 22 841 21 35 director of photography Bartosz Staszewski co-produced by Telewizja Polska Program 2 music by Audio Network Limited executive production Kalejdoskop Film Studio edited by Bartłomiej Szkop co-financed by the Polish Film Institute producer Bartosz Staszewski production manager Maciej Domagalski The story of immigrants who left Poland and The story of Ben Barenholtz, legendary American moved to Sweden during the time of martial law. independent filmmaker. We all know his artistic In addition to a difficult past, Tadeusz and bio: he is the man behind the famous Midnight Krystyna share an addiction to strong meds. Movies and the producer of the Coen brothers’ The footage for this film was shot over the past Barton Fink. But what factors played a key role in eight years, while observing the film’s his life? The answer is to be found in the small protagonists in their struggle with addiction not Ukrainian village where he was born. only to the medication, but also to each other. www.pisf.pl/en/ 26 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
The Place The Promise of
Miejsce & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , a Happy Childhood POLAND 2015 14’ COLOUR Obietnica dzieciństwa POLAND 2014 52’ COLOUR
written and directed by Julia Popławska
director of photography Grzegorz Hartfiel POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES edited by Grzegorz Liwiński sound by Grzegorz Liwiński, Marcin Ochnio produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] executive production Munk Studio co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Agnieszka Ptaszyńska
written and directed by Piotr Morawski, Ryszard Kaczyński director of photography Andrzej Adamczak edited by Grzegorz Mazur producers Wojciech Szczudło, Witold Będkowski produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 17 79, [email protected] co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Kamil Skałkowski
Observation of the ever-changing phenomena in When Rita and Robert Jurotich, an American this world never stops at ‘The Place’ – couple, showed up at the orphanage in Przesieka the highest-elevated work station in Poland, near Szklarska Poręba in the summer of 1997, located on a symbolically immovable rock. This is they caused quite a commotion. Especially since the central point, the highest point, one that they decided to adopt five siblings: 14-year-old offers a different perspective and changes our Oktawia, 12-year-old Sylwek, 11-year-old view of reality. According to quantum physics Andrzej, 6-year-old Artur, and 4-year-old Kasia. theory, even the act of observing reality is Not long after returning to the States, capable of altering it. their dreams of an idyllic life crashed and burned With regards to the observed alterable space, when faced with the brutal everyday reality. the protagonists’ story gains a deeper dimension. The film is an account of the dramatic story of the siblings over the course of 15 years. www.pisf.pl/en/ 27 TRAILER f f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
The Queen Rebellion
of Silence & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Był bunt POLAND – QATAR 2014 58’ COLOUR Królowa ciszy POLAND – GERMANY 80’ COLOUR
written and directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES directors of photography Armand Urbaniak, Aleksander Duraj music by Cocorosie, Dani Pintul, Banatului, Jessica de Rooik edited by Hansjörg Weißbrich, Thomas Ernst sound by Artur Kuczkowski producers Heino Deckert, Agnieszka Zwiefka, Iris Pakulla, Izabela Łopuch co-producers Elena Filippini, Stefano Teadli produced by HBO Poland, Chilli Productions, Ma.ja.de., Odra Film, ARTE/ZDF executive producer Hanka Kastelicova co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Creative Europe – Media, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the Lower Silesian Film Fund directed by Małgorzata Kozera-Topińska production manager Agnieszka Papiewska written by Łukasz Bluszcz, Małgorzata Kozera-Topińska directors of photography Maciej Fornal, Jan Budzowski, Michał Pałka music by Wojciech Błażejczyk edited by Bartosz Pietras producer Krzysztof Dzięciołowski produced by Vision House Krzysztof Dzięciołowski, Słupecka 11 m 5a, 02-309 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 6593863, [email protected], www.visionhouse.eu co-produced by Al Jazeera Documentary, TVP Kultura co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Łukasz Bluszcz, Urszula Sławiec
The story of the biggest prison riots in Europe after the Second World War. Carried by the waves of the democratic revolution in Poland, prison This story of ten-year-old Denisa, a deaf-mute inmates started to speak up for their rights. When young girl from an illegal Romani encampment, is they took over the prisons in several towns, also the story of the encampment itself – a place regular riots broke out. The new Solidarity in danger of being evicted. But Denisa lives in her government was afraid to take a firm stance own world. Ever since she found a box of against the rebelling inmates. Bollywood films at the local landfill, they have become her escape from everyday reality. www.pisf.pl/en/ 28 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Shepherd’s Song Singing in Exile
Pieśń pasterza & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Pieśń pamięci POLAND – ARMENIA 2014 30’ COLOUR POLAND – BELGIUM – FRANCE 2015 72’ COLOUR
FESTIVALS://VISIONS DU REEL,2015: COMPETITION, WORLD PREMIERE written and directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan director of photography Vahram Mkhitaryan
music by Arsen Babajanyan POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES edited by Daniel Gąsiorowski producer Adam Ślesicki produced by Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 10 56, DRA [email protected]; www.wajdaschool.pl ̨ co-produced by Art Sight Studio production manager Alicja Kizińska PHOTO BY MAGDALENA MA
written and directed by Nathalie Rossetti, Turi Finocchiaro directors of photography Raphael Van Sitteren, Maël Lagadec, Edouard Valette, Pôl Seïf music ancient Armenian music edited by Rudi Maerten sound by Origan Cannella, Agnès Szabo, Elsa Ruhlmann, Jeanne Debarsy sound editing by Tomasz Sikora producer Turi Finocchiaro co-producer Aleksandra Wojtaszek, Valérie Dupin Khatchik, a blind shepherd, lives in the high produced by Borak Films mountains of Armenia. Against all odds, he co-produced by touchFILMS, ul. Morelowskiego 11, managed to start a family and now lead a quiet 52-429 Wrocław, Poland; Les Productions du Lagon life, taking his goat herd out into the steep executive producers Turi Finocchiaro, Aleksandra Wojtaszek mountain pastures every morning, where he co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Odra-Film moves around with no outside help. When his only son also loses his eyesight and has to travel production manager Turi Finocchiaro to Yerevan to study at a school f or theblind, The tumultuous history of the 20th century Khatchik is faced with a difficult dilemma: should dispersed the Armenian people all over the world. he carry on with his shepherd’s life or move to Uprooted and removed from their own culture the city to be closer to his son? Khatchik is and history, they attempt to protect traditional convinced that blindness is a curse that haunts Armenian church songs. In Singing in Exile, two his family; a curse that can only be lifted by Armenians travel with Jarosław Fret and a pious life in the mountains. the Wrocław-based ZAR Theatre to the places of origin of this art form. www.pisf.pl/en/ 29 f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Snails So Close and Yet
Ślimaki & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , So Far POLAND 2015 30’ COLOUR Tak daleko, tak blisko POLAND 2014 47’ COLOUR
written and directed by Grzegorz Szczepaniak
directors of photography Daniel Wawrzyniak, Marek Kozakiewicz POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES music by Mikołaj Majkusiak edited by Wojciech Janas sound by Paulina Bocheńska producer Zuzanna Król produced by Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, tel./fax +48 22 851 10 57, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.wajdastudio.pl, [email protected] executive producer Zuzanna Król co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Piotr Gochnio
written and directed by Anna Kuśmierczyk director of photography Marcin Nowak music by Łukasz Plenikowski, Maciej Werk edited by Piotr Budzowski producer Ewa Wójcicka produced by the Museum of Polish History, ul. Senatorska 35, 00-099 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 211 90 02, [email protected], [email protected]
A portrait of five people who revisit the events of their childhood. Deportation, losing their loved ones, disease, fear, and hunger – that is their A film about preparations for launching a snail shared experience of the Second World War. farm and the training sessions organized by A story of memory, identity, and broken family industry guru Grzegorz Skalmowski (also known ties. The film’s protagonists now live in Russia, as the “Snail King”) and about the farm itself. Israel, England, and Poland. For years, they either But the real subjects of the film are tried to reconnect with their close ones or tried to the conversations about life and death, love and forget. friendship, and about how to survive in today’s world; conversations the protagonists have with one another during filming. www.pisf.pl/en/ 30 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Something The Sound of Nature POLAND 2015 60’ COLOUR Better to Come & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Nadejdą lepsze czasy POLAND – DENMARK 100’ COLOUR
written and directed by Hanna Polak POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES directors of photography Hanna Polak, Mariusz Margas, Hans Jurgen Burkard, Ivan Phynogyev, Yula Galochkina, Sasha Borisov, Maxim Drozdov, Dima Rakov edited by Marcin “Kot” Bastkowski producer Hanna Polak produced by Hanna Polak Films, Danish Documentary Production, [email protected], tel. +48 795 624 981 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute
AWARDS://2014 IDFA, NETHERLANDS: SPECIAL JURY AWARD //2015 TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY: THE ALPE ADRIA CINEMA AWARD //2014 ART DOC FEST, RUSSIA: GRAND PRIZE written and directed by Jacek Piotr Bławut director of photography Adam Palenta music by Jeph Jerman edited by Aleksandra Gowin sound by Radek Ochnio producer Anna Bławut Mazurkiewicz co-producer Wojciech Janio produced by Studio Filmowe Rabarbar co-produced by Fixa Film executive production Studio Filmowe Rabarbar co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Tatiana Wasilewska
A film about Jeph Jerman, an Arizona-based musician, experimenter, and sound enthusiast. Jeph’s passion is discovering the world through sounds. He has immersed Eleven-year-old Yula lives in Svalka, Europe’s himself in listening to the sounds we usually ignore. For biggest landfill, located 20 km outside of instance, do we ever notice the sound of rocks knocking Moscow. Walled off and manned, the area is against each other, or the rustle of leaves in the wind? supposed to be free of any intruders. The group of Jeph sometimes records these sounds, manipulates people living inside these walls is a small them, and composes into musical pieces. He makes community that effectively has no rights. They whole symphonies using nothing but ambient sounds. are Yula’s closest family. This is where she lives Composing music out of the sounds of nature and her life, this is where she dreams of a future far listening to it is his way of life. The Sound of Nature is from the landfill. a film about passion that allows us to discover something extraordinary about the ordinary. The world’s first documentary film made using binaural sound technology, which allows the audience to experience a 3D stereo sound sensation. www.pisf.pl/en/ 31 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Spark Starting Point
Iskierka & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Punkt wyjścia POLAND 2014 55’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 25’ COLOUR
AWARDS://2014 CAMERIMAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: written and directed by Wiesława Piećko GOLDEN FROG – GRAND PRIZE IN SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM director of photography Bartosz Bieniek COMPETITION
music by Piotr Klimek POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES edited by Magda Budzyń producers Alina Gutowska-Terechowicz, Maria Marszałek produced by Film Studio MTM, ul. Świętokrzyska 18b, 00-052 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 601 98 16 85, [email protected] co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the West Pomeranian Film Fund
directed by Michał Szcześniak written by Michał Szcześniak, Katarzyna Bonda director of photography Przemysław Niczyporuk music by Wioleta Szcześniak, Radosław Ochnio edited by Jacek Tarasiuk, Daniel Gąsiorowski sound by Radosław Ochnio, Fonograf producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Munk Studio, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, The birth of a child is one of the most beautiful [email protected] experiences in a parent’s life – a truly joyous and co-produced by N Film Studio emotional moment. But when they pick up their co-financed by the Polish Film Institute baby for the first time and learn that the child is production manager Bogna Janiec very different from others, that’s when ‘Spark’ – the Association of Families and Friends Aneta rebelled at the age of 19. She ended up in of Children with Down Syndrome – comes to their prison for murder. Nine years later, while still rescue, providing rehabilitation to its young serving time, she becomes a social worker. She is protégés, and engaging in educational and able to leave the prison walls every day to work at cultural activities. a nursing home, taking care of Helena, who is suffering from arthritis. Engaging in conversation with Helena, Aneta realizes how much she has to live for; this gives her the strength to believe in herself before the difficult test that lies ahead. www.pisf.pl/en/ 32 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Strongwoman Sunday
Siłaczka & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Niedziela POLAND 2014 16’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 10’ COLOUR
written and directed by Kacper Czubak, Iwona Kaliszewska director of photography Kacper Czubak
edited by Kacper Czubak, Joanna Wojtulewicz POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES sound by Maciej Krupa producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Munk Studio, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 5470, [email protected] co-produced by Informa SKA SZKOŁA FILMOWA co-financed by the Polish Film Institute ́ PHOTO BY GDYŃ
directed by Eryk Lenartowicz director of photography Eryk Lenartowicz edited by Jean Tarrou, Irena Siedlar sound by Eryk Lenartowicz producers Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados produced by the Gdynia Film School, ul. Wrocławska 93, 81-553 Gdynia, Poland, +48 58 625 11 46, [email protected] executive production Gdynia Film School co-financed by the Polish Film Institute A village in Dagestan. A portrait of a woman who production manager Joanna Pultyn takes a nonconformist stance in the patriarchal public relations & festivals Marcin Borchardt world that surrounds her. Her decision is all GFS office coordinator Marta Drankiewicz the more daring considering the harsh social norms based on conservative Islamic law, which A short story about two people who have been does not favour women. But the woman has living together for a long time, yet continue to live an ace up her sleeve: the stubbornness, in their own worlds. An observation of their lives relentlessness and determination she gained and routine. Will they be able to become closer to during the times of the Soviet Union, when she one another? was a wrestling champion. www.pisf.pl/en/ 33 TRAILER f f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Super Unit Survey About Men
Superjednostka & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Sonda o mężczyznach POLAND 2014 20’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 30’ COLOUR
written and directed by Teresa Czepiec director of photography Paweł Dyllus
edited by Jerzy Zawadzki POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES sound by Krzysztof Ridan producer Adam Ślesicki produced by Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 10 56, [email protected], www.wajdaschool.pl co-produced by Instytucja Kultury Katowice – Miasto Ogrodów executive producer Adam Ślesicki production manager Agnieszka Bąk
AWARDS://2014 ‘OPOLSKIE LAMY’ FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: SPECIAL JURY PRIZE IN DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY, AUDIENCE AWARD //2014 ‘OFF CINEMA’ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POZNAŃ: BRONZE CASTLE AWARD directed by Mateusz Głowacki director of photography Marcin Banasik, Kacper Sędzielewski sound by Marcin Kramarczyk edited by Mateusz Głowacki produced by Wojciech Janio FIXAFILM, ul. Nowogrodzka 31 lok. 31, 00-511 Warsaw, Poland financed by Telewizja Polska, FIXAFILM
What do women want? This question has tormented men (filmmakers included) for years; this film creates a tongue-in-cheek opportunity to learn about expectations and dreams, and discuss relationships, partners and the intricacies of the female mentality. The Super Unit is a huge apartment block, designed as a ‘machine for living.’ The building’s 15 floors can accommodate up to three thousand people. The film’s protagonists are the people living inside the Super Unit – a place that becomes the setting for some of the key events in their lives. www.pisf.pl/en/ 34 TRAILER f f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Tomasz Ossoliński. Unstoppables
Before the Show & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Niepowstrzymani POLAND 73’ COLOUR POLAND 57’ COLOUR
written and directed by Judyta Fibiger director of photography Tomasz Nowak
music by Daniel Bloom POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES edited by Kuba Motylewski sound by Jacek Kozłowski producers Judyta Fibiger, Robert Rhodin produced by White Shark Studios, ul. Rejtana 14/12, 02-516 Warsaw, Poland, www.whiteshark.se production manager Małgorzata Kozioł
directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski written by Bartosz M. Kowalski, Jakub Maj director of photography Mateusz Skalski music consultant Paweł Juzwuk edited by Jerzy Zawadzki sound by Mirosław Makowski, Piotr Pastuszak, Radosław Ochnio producer Dariusz Pietrykowski co-producers Hanka Kastelicova, Izabela Łopuch produced by Film it, Różana 32, 02-569 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by HBO Europe A unique documentary about a Polish fashion executive producer Mirella Zaradkiewicz designer and about fashion. The film features a first co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Gdynia Film Fund look at a collection that’s never been shown to production manager Mirella Zaradkiewicz a wide audience. Organized in driving rain, this impressive show took place with no photojournalists Three individuals with a shared passion for or cameras. On that day, fashion was at the forefront. American football – a talented, hard of hearing Tomasz Ossoliński. Before the Show is the story of visual artist; a lawyer with a complicated past, the three-week prep period for the show, and a fit-as-a-fiddle fitness instructor. which – much like a stage play – is carefully planned Unstoppables is a story of friendship, passion, down to the most minute detail. An hour-long brotherhood, and sacrifice by teammates who, as journey into a world of passion and love of beauty. the Gdynia Seahawks, strive to be the 2014 As an 18-year-old, Tomasz Ossoliński walked into national champions in this spectacular sport. the ‘Bytom’ clothing factory, where he would spend the next few years working on his craft and discovering his life’s passion: fashion. He is the only fashion designer to proudly call himself a tailor. www.pisf.pl/en/ 35 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
W. Sisters Wałęsa by Wałęsa POLAND – FRANCE 2015 CA 70’ COLOUR Beauty Salon & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Salon sióstr W. POLAND 2014 30’ COLOUR POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES
written and directed by Jakub Stożek directors of photography Aleksander Duraj, Michał Pakulski edited by Jakub Stożek sound by Artur Kuczkowski producer Anna Zajączkowska produced by Afilm, ul. Lwowska 2A/54, 30-548 Krakow, Poland, tel. +48 607 983 844, [email protected], www.afilm.pl executive producer Natalia Bartkowicz-Koszałka production manager Ryszard Urbaniak written and directed by Andrzej Fidyk director of photography Adam Fręśko edited by Jan Mironowicz producer Klaudiusz Frydrych co-producer Christine Camdessus produced by Scorpio Studio co-produced by Arte, Alegria, Telewizja Polska executive production Scorpio Studio executive producer Ryszard Urbaniak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
Lech Wałęsa is making a movie about himself – he lectures the director about what elements should be or shouldn’t be included in his film portrait. While trying to comply with the request, the director is telling a parallel An unconventional beauty salon opened in story – one that shows Wałęsa as a visionary and Szczecin in 2012. It is Poland’s only beauty parlour a hero, while also focusing on his cunning, catering exclusively to women suffering from megalomania, and love of both democracy and cancer. It is run by two sisters – Joanna dictatorship. Wiszniewska and Jolanta Wiewióra, who know first-hand just how embarrassing a visit at a beauty parlour can be for cancer patients. At the W. Sisters Beauty Salon, things are just the opposite: the customers have an opportunity to freely discuss their dreams and their fears about the disease. www.pisf.pl/en/ 36 co-producers produced by Eliza Kubarska directors ofphotography SCHLESINGER AWARD // // AWARDS:// FESTIVAL, CANADA: SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FESTIVAL: CANONCINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD –HONORABLE MENTION 2015 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL JOHN FILMFESTIVAL, USA: THE 2014 LOS ANGELES FILMFESTIVAL, USA: HONORABLE MENTION change rapidly. with moderncivilization, theirlives begin to time. Butwhen confronted many minutes ata ocean, holding theirbreath for bottom ofthe the free-diving. Theyare able to walk andhunton difficult artof while adults have mastered the children learn to swim before they learn to walk, water. Badjao spending most oftheirtimeinthe Indonesia. For centuries, theylived like fish, Philippines, Borneo, and area between the the community ofsea nomads, living in Badjao isa Stefan Kloos, MaciejOstoja-Chyżyński, Filip Kovcin, Braidmade Films, [email protected] 2014 HOT DOCS INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM co-produced by co-financed by written anddirected by Vision FilmStudio Badjao. Duchy zmorza Under Water Piotr Rosołowski, LisaStrohmayer Kloos&Co (Germany), Vertical OAD21 6 COLOUR 76’ POLAND 2014 // music by edited by 2014 PLANETE+ DOCFILM h Polish FilmInstitute the Walking producer and Michał Jacaszek Bartosz Pietras Eliza Kubarska EBH (Poland) TRAILER Monika Braid f 37 www.pisf.pl/en/ POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS 2015 Putkiewicz, Kacper HabisiakMPSE, Marcin Kasiński MPSE Antoni “Antonio” Wawrzyniak, Jerzy “Pik” Zarzycki, andothers Pyszkowski, Edward Szope, Ryszard Szope, Henryk “Wania” Vlassak, Wacław Feliks “Wacek” Kaźmierczak, Seweryn Kruszyński, Kazimierz “Świerk” Banach, Antoni “Wiktor” Bohdziewicz, Jerzy “Orski” Gabryjelski, Ancuta,“Kier” Stefan “Stefan” Bagiński, Stanisław “Giza” Bala, Roman co-financed by compositing Bartosz Chajdecki produced by producers script consultant written by directed by PSM colour grading supervisor OAD 04 85’ POLAND 2014 Powstanie Warszawskie Warsaw Uprising of real wartime drama. technologies, Using state-of-the-art colouring andaudioreconstruction footage atall costs. events andpreserve the the finally recognize thatitistheirmoral duty to document fightingand perfect shots, theybecome immersed inthe the Polish HomeArmy. Intheirsearchand Propaganda for ofthe Bureau ofInformation young reporters, cameramen for the US airmanandtwo eyes ofa uprisingasseen through the the account of 1944, thisfilmisan Warsaw Uprising of the Based exclusively onactual archive footage filmedduring a łaosi it C. Śliwowski Jan Ołdakowski, Piotr onaPwukeiz a łaosi it C. Śliwowski Joanna Pawluśkiewicz, JanOłdakowski, Piotr Jan Komasa h Warsaw RisingMuseum the Łukasz Głowacz, Agnieszka Ratyńska, Sławomir Śmiarowski h Polish FilmInstitute the Władysław Pasikowski executive production Warsaw Uprising Piotr SobocińskiJr., PSC f TRAILER House Media Company, OpusFilm edited by sa unprecedented account is an artistic supervisor footage filmedby f Joanna Brühl CONTENTS sound by music by Milenia Fiedler Andrzej Bartosz f INDEX f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Werka What’s Next POLAND 2014 40’ COLOUR , SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS , Karolinko – Norwid
written and directed by Paweł Łoziński and Nicole directors of photography Paweł Łoziński, Wojciech Staroń Co dalej z tobą, Karolinko edited by Dorota Wardęszkiewicz – Norwid i Nicole
sound by Paweł Łoziński POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES producer Paweł Łoziński POLAND 2014 60’ COLOUR produced by Łoziński Production, ul. Walecznych 17/6, 03-916 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 617 48 53, [email protected] co-produced by Telewizja Polska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
AWARDS://2014 KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL – POLISH COMPETITION: MACIEJ SZUMOWSKI AWARD //2014 LUBUSKIE LATO FILMOWE, ŁAGÓW: BRONZE GRAPE AWARD IN DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION //2014 ‘MAN IN DANGER’ MEDIA FESTIVAL, ŁÓDŹ: KAZIMERZ KARABASZ ‘PATIENT EYE’ AWARD //2014 POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN AMERICA, CHICAGO: SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AWARD
written and directed by Karolina Bendera director of photography Karolina Bendera music by Luka edited by Anna Wagner producer Agata Szymańska produced by Filmpolis, ul. Dolna 7/9 00-773 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 514 593 757, [email protected], www.filmpolis.eu co-produced by TVP1 The life of the film’s protagonist is no walk in the park. From morning till night, her day is filled 13 years ago, Karolina Sobczak – a girl growing with a series of responsibilities, only one of which up in an orphanage – played the part of is her job at the match factory. She tries to fix the depraved friend of the main character in the mistakes of her past; she and her husband Robert Gliński’s Cześć, Tereska. In 2003, decide to take care of a handicapped girl named a documentary was made about Karolina – by Weronika. Requiring constant sacrifice, their then a teenage mother – and about her goal to everyday struggle takes place quietly, far from build a normal home for her newborn child. Ten grand words and declarations. years on, we take a look at her everyday struggle with the hardships of being a single mother. www.pisf.pl/en/ 38 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
SHORTS AGFA 1939 DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH: www.pisf.pl/en/ 39 producer storyboards sound by executive producer Charlicki, Tomasz Suwalski, Juliusz Zenkner, Sylwester Lipiński Lempkowska ałwca9,02-634 Warsaw, 99, Poland, [email protected]ławicka Michał Skrzypiec, Jakub Knapik, Mateusz Węglarz, Marcin written by Jan Pomierny, AnnaRóżalska of hertest andwhether ornotshepassed. truenature humans to excel. Hefinally reveals the qualities thathave driven Solar System andthe the dawn of story. Hebeginsto lecture heronthe a condition thatshelistens to only agrees onthe tutor failed, shedemandsanotherchance, butthe prove herself worthy ofadvancement. Having go through tests innanotechnology asshetriesto tutor watches hisapprentice distant planet, a On a Kuba Pietrzak, Bartek Baranowski, MichałJaroszewicz Jarek Sawko, PiotrSikora CG supervisor Michał Murawski Tobiasz Piątkowski, Jacek Dukaj, JanPomierny, post-production by Mark McCaughrean (ESA), Marcin Kobylecki, costume designby director ofphotography Jakub Knapik cast OAD21 ’9’ COLOUR 6’39’’ POLAND 2014 Aidan Gillen, Aisling Franciosi Tomek Bagiński, Afolabi Kuti Ambition directed by edited by production manager produced by Platige Image art director music by Malwina Wędzikowska Wojciech Zieliński Wojciech Jagiełło Tomek Bagiński Atanas Valkov Platige Image, Jakub Knapik compositing Karina 40 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY BARTOSZ BIENIEK POLISH:DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 Sebastian Witkowski Małgorzata Trofimiuk, Andrzej Konopka, Bartosz Gelner ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 distribution inPoland andworld sales production manager co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artists costume designby production designby edited by director ofphotography written anddirected by oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska Marta Mazurek, Aleksandra Adamska, OAD21 0 COLOUR 30’ POLAND 2015 Ameryka America change theirrelationship. innocent adventure will forever starts outasan life. When theydecideto go hitchhiking, what better Two friends, Anka andJustina, dream ofa timeinAmerica… Once upona Jerzy Łukaszewicz Mateusz Adamczyk, Grzegorz Kucharski, Przemysław Chruścielewski h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Olga Dackiewicz, Jacqueline Bujek Aleksandra Chorążyczewska Beata Rzeźniczek Mela Melak Aleksandra Terpińska Bartosz Bieniek Michał Hudzikowski, f CONTENTS f INDEX produced by fSlsa(RT Ś,u.Btosa1B 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska distribution inPoland andworld sales cast Aleksandra Bednarz, Paweł Smagała, Marek Siudym he triedto build for them? American world farewell to theirfather andto the sisterly visit.Will theymanage to bid thatlast unexpectedly returns to town, butit’s noordinary up andleft oneday. Marek’s sister Anita place after hisfather simply got He inherited the used car lot, selling American cars. Marek runsa h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 written anddirected by director ofphotography production managers sound by co-financed by Stanisław Zaborowski, Daria Maślona costume designby production designby make-up artist edited by Anna Rok, Mikołaj Teodorescu producer Arkansas OAD 1’ COLOUR 18’ POLAND h Polish FilmInstitute the Magdalena Chowańska music by Adrianna Pawłowicz Michał Hudzikowski, Maria Wachowiak, Jerzy Łukaszewicz Sebastian Drożak Magdalena Tarka Igor Połaniewicz Paulina Mazoń Arkansas Jan Sanejko 41 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY IGOR POŁANIEWICZ PHOTO BY JAKUB CACHRO POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 distribution inPoland andworld sales production managers co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by Bartosz Gelner, Agnieszka Żulewska OAD21 9 COLOUR 19’ POLAND 2015 Dupek Asshole pn few more days withher. spend a when, having beenbeaten up, heisforced to This seemingly simple plan gets complicated young mantriesto break upwithhisgirlfriend. A Szymon Kania, Marek Grucka Jerzy Łukaszewicz Tomasz Broniszewski Marcin Sucharski h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Anna Warot Sandra Kowalska Alicja Kazimierczak, Aleksandra Klemens Natalia Daniluk, HannaJanocha Krzysztof Komander Jakub Cachro Michał Hudzikowski, f CONTENTS f INDEX produced by cast Paweł Górka, Edyta Bełza, MaciejBożek, Mateusz Bożek ohn ilee etesameagain. nothing will ever bethe things thathappenduringtheirjourney, the result of fields. Asa village into the from the Two six-year-old twelve-year-olds child take a 158Wra,Pln,tl/a 4 2890 50 00 839 01-518 Warsaw, 22 Poland, tel./fax +48 h aswFl col l eeaaZjck 7, Warsaw FilmSchool, ul. Generała Zajączka the written, directed andedited by director ofphotography co-financed by h Polish FilmInstitute the producer OAD21 COLOUR POLAND 2014 August Tomek Ślesicki Tomek Ślesicki Maciej Ślesicki Sierpień 42 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY CEZARY STOLECKI POLISH:DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 distribution inPoland andworld sales production manager co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by director ofphotography written anddirected by oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska Anna Gorajska, PiotrPolak, HannaMaciąg OAD21 9 COLOUR 19’ POLAND 2015 Gorzko! Bittersweet two hold-ups. that will definitely fire. One couple, onenight, shotgun nightwitha restaurant, a bakery anda a nightat convertible, a back seat ofa in the night street, a nightonthe hotel, a nightata a Bittersweet Jerzy Łukaszewicz Grzegorz Kubaszko Michał Żytkowski h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Lena Zięba Hanna Podraza stesoyo wedding night, story ofa is the Hanna Janocha Agata Adamus Michał Wawrzecki Cezary Stolecki Michał Hudzikowski, f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Business Trip & ANIMATIONS Centaur POLAND – NORWAY – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2014 45’ COLOUR Delegacja SHORTS POLAND 2015 7’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, DOCUMENTARIES, written and directed by Arkadiusz Bartosiak
director of photography Arkadiusz Bartosiak POLISH: music by Plateau edited by Arkadiusz Bartosiak cast Ewelina Bator producer Maciej Ślesicki produced by the Warsaw Film School, ul. Generała Zajączka 7, 01-518 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 839 00 50 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
written and directed by Aleksandra Niemczyk director of photography Namsuk Kim edited by Aleksandra Niemczyk production design by Kwon Moon costume design by Aleksandra Niemczyk, Jesse Erin make-up artist Jesse Erin sound by Graeme Cole cast Snežana Alić, Vladimir Kajević, Anton Petersen, Dražen Dizdarević, Hare Metak, Vladimir Vlado Grizelj producer Emina Ganić co-producers Marta Habior, Marta Lewandowska, Aleksandra Niemczyk produced by the University Sarajevo School of Science and Two days in the life of a woman. Who is she? Technology, University Incorporated in Bosnia and Herzegovina, What does she do? What path has she chosen? Hrasnicˇka cesta 3a, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Business Trip is an intimate film made co-produced by No Sugar Films, ul. Domaniewska 47/10, single-handedly, with no crew and no budget. 02-672 Warsaw, Poland, Aleksandra Niemczyk Selskapsform, Fredensborgveien 39 B, 0177 Oslo, Norway production manager Mersiha Halilović artistic supervisor Bela Tarr
Centaur is a film about the unusual and demanding side of love; the husband, paralyzed as a result of polio, no longer wants to be a burden to his young wife. In her search for a cure, the loving wife turns to alternative therapies: burying the paralyzed body parts in the ground. The film consists of takes from the realm between reality and the dream world. www.pisf.pl/en/ 43 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Circus Maximus & ANIMATIONS Cold Feet POLAND 2015 33’30’’ COLOUR SHORTS Gorzko, gorzko! POLAND 2014 17’ COLOUR
written and directed by Bartek Kulas DOCUMENTARIES, director of photography Cezary Stolecki
music by Łukasz Pieprzyk POLISH: edited by Bartek Kulas sound by Sebastian Kordasz cast Marta Mazurek, Dariusz Basiński, Piotr Loretz, Ewa Worytkiewicz, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Krzysztof Zarzecki, Lidia Olszak, Marta Ojrzyńska, Hubert Podgórski, Aleksander Kopański, Paweł Monsiel, Mirosław Jadach, Andrzej Skwarek produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected], tel. +48 22 556 54 70 co-produced by Kosma Films executive production Kosma Films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute written and directed by Julia Rogowska, Magdalena Załęcka production manager Monika Derenda director of photography Fredrik Olsson music by Adam Dąbrowski edited by Zbigniew Niciński cast Sławomir Orzechowski, Małgorzta Zajączkowska, Michał Sękiewicz, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Milena Lisiecka, Paula Bąk, Adam Bobik, Konrad Kapica, Szymon Milas, Karol Zakrzewski producer Maciej Ślesicki produced by the Warsaw Film School, ul. Generała Zajączka 7, 01-518 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 839 00 50 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
A short comedy of errors; embarrassing situations pile up in a way that feels like the pyramid of lies might topple any second. Włodek has been running a banquet hall for years. His business is “A story that needs to be heard before growing organizing parties. A small error results in Włodek up.” Circus Maximus is the story of a circus in having to host a wedding and a wake at the same decline. The circus director’s attempts at saving it time, in the same building, making sure that gradually become unreasonable. We examine neither party finds out about the other. the world of the artistes, and especially the story of teenage Marianna, who was abandoned there as a child. Will they manage to save the circus? Will Marianna’s handicap allow her to finally perform in ‘The Grand Circus of the World’? www.pisf.pl/en/ 44 cast Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Katarzyna Krzanowska, Andrzej Konopka, Dagmara Bąk, Jowita Mazurkiewicz from theirpast. difficult issues opportunity to sort outthe an search thatwill serve as together –a search missing. Theyset outona latter’s daughter goes other’s company whenthe forced to spendseveral nighttime hoursineach estranged motheranddaughter, story ofan The distribution inPoland andworld sales production manager director ofphotography written by production designby Tomasz Wolski, Bartosz Mleczko executive producer OAD21 5 COLOUR 25’ POLAND 2015 costume designby sound by Daughter directed by co-produced by producer co-producer produced by Przemysław Błażejewski edited by Patryk Jordanowicz Małgorzata Staroń Ewa Jastrzębska Łukasz Trzciński Tomasz Wolski Tomasz Wolski Anna Gawlita Munk Studio Munk Studio Kijora Film Kijora Film Semira Ali Córka 45 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY JÓZEFINA GOCMAN POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska Szymon Czacki, Robert Mania, Irena Sierakowska ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 distribution inPoland andworld sales production manager co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by Tomasz Nosiński, Jerzy Zelnik, Katarzyna Błaszczyńska, OAD 2’ COLOUR 21’ POLAND Doktor Faustus Doctor Faustus expected. random person are far from whatThomas a consequences of showing these notes to the decline ofhisnation. But find outwhatled to the devil. Bydoingso, heintends to sold hissoul to the story ofhisfriendwhobelieves to have down the Second World War.States duringthe Hewrites United Germanwriter, living inthe Thomas isa Adrian Robak Jerzy Łukaszewicz Paweł Gapiński, Paweł Szygendowski Iza Pająk h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Joanna Łopatowska Natalia Data, Milena Jaroszek Joanna Śniegucka Anna Wołoszczuk-Banasiak Anna Urbańczyk Józefina Gocman Michał Hudzikowski, f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Dół & ANIMATIONS Duties POLAND 2015 30’ COLOUR SHORTS Obowiązki POLAND 2014 27’ COLOUR
directed by Leszek Molski DOCUMENTARIES, written by Piotr Borkowski
director of photography Paweł Dyllus POLISH: music by Andrzej Kwieciński edited by Leszek Molski sound by Franciszek Kozłowski cast Magdalena Popławska, Dariusz Toczek, Milena Lisiecka, Dobromir Dymecki produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected], tel. +48 22 556 54 70 co-produced by Trzy.tv executive production Trzy.tv co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Monika Krupa written and directed by Anna Karasińska director of photography Małgorzata Szyłak music by Hieronim Chamski edited by Ireneusz Grzyb, Paweł Sławek, Barbara Fronc cast Mirosława Sobik, Katarzyna Bargiełowska, Zbigniew Kosowski, Dariusz Grzywacz producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel.+48 42 275 58 80 [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl co-produced by Lollipop Films
Everything happens on the day that Celine Dion gives birth to twins. In order to behave accordingly at her uncle’s funeral, Milena practices crying in front of a mirror. Though A young sales manager plans to go jogging after nothing major will happen, Milena will get better work. During her run, she falls into a deep hole. and better at shedding tears. That’s the beginning of her absurd odyssey. The film serves as a metaphorical commentary to the changes that resulted from the recent economic crisis; it is the story of gaining a new perspective – one that allows us to take a long hard look at our earlier priorities. www.pisf.pl/en/ 46 Magda Cwen-Hanuszkiewicz, Michalina Sosna, Borys Jaźnicki executive producer, production manager AWARDS:// control. events get outof when emotionstake over, the underground tribunal. But sentence ofthe the young woman to carry out homeofa the HomeArmy are heading to soldiers ofthe Second World War.is set duringthe Four young shortstory by Marek Hłasko This adaptation ofa cast QL FILMFESTIVAL –MAINPRIZEINFEATURE FILMCATEGORY Dawid Czupryński, Damian Kret, Adam Bobik, produced by written anddirected by costume designby director ofphotography production designby make-up artist Fundacja Artystyczna ErinaB OAD21 3 COLOUR 13’ POLAND 2015 producer co-producer sound by music by edited by Entropy co-produced by Małgorzata Brama Małgorzata Brama Małgorzata Brama Wojciech Klimala Anna Piechocka Tomasz Opałka Mateusz Wajda Paweł Uszyński Agnieszka Bąk Entropia Hubert Pusek Paweł Dyllus MX35 47 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY HALINA JASIŃSKA PHOTO BY ŁUKASZ BRODOWICZ POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 Karolina Zaleszczuk Talarczyk, MichałLudwik, Elżbieta Benkowska, Adrian Apanel, production manager co-financed by executive production produced by producers GFS office coordinator public relations &festivals cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by director ofphotography written anddirected by Marek Kossakowski, Jacek Lenartowicz, Małgorzata OAD21 5 COLOUR 15’ POLAND 2015 Fast Food suddenly turned upside down. moves innext door, Robert’s organized world is neighbour new monotony androutine. Whena melancholy. Hefindshislife to benothing but co-worker dies, hebecomes restaurant. After a fast food darkcomedy. Robert works ata A Piotr Pastuszak, Karol Szykowny Jean Tarrou, MaciejSzydłowski Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados h GdyniaFilmSchool the h Polish FilmInstitute the Ewa Klepacka Aleksandra Brzezińska Joanna Pultyn Łukasz Brodowicz, NoemiStaniszewska Gdynia FilmSchool Marta Drankiewicz Eryk Lenartowicz Jonathan Young Marcin Borchardt f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Father’s Day & ANIMATIONS Fragments
Ojcze masz SHORTS Fragmenty POLAND 2014 30’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 25’ COLOUR
written and directed by Kacper Lisowski AWARDS://2014 POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN AMERICA, USA: DISCOVERING
director of photography Maciej Lisiecki DOCUMENTARIES, EYE AWARD FOR THE MOST INTERESTING EMERGING FILM ARTIST music by Michał Skrok, Marek Sarba, Wściekły Pies //2014 ETIUDA & ANIMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: GOLDEN DINOSAUR
edited by Piotr Szamburski POLISH: cast Arkadiusz Jakubik, Przemysław Strojkowski, Agnieszka Przepiórska, Łukasz Simlat, Marek Sarba producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Munk Studio, Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] co-produced by Monternia.pl executive producer Leszek Starzyński co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Radosław Rożniecki
AWARDS://2014 CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: YOUNG JURY AWARD
written and directed by Aga Woszczyńska director of photography Bartosz Świniarski edited by Wojciech Rawecki Jr. cast Agnieszka Żulewska, Dobromir Dymecki, Sławomir Orzechowski, Jacek Mikołajczak producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel.+48 42 275 58 80 [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl co-produced by AT Productions, Before My Eyes co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Magdalena Sztorc Marcel is a punk rock musician. Though he is well over forty, he has yet to settle down. Staying true A collection of loosely-connected scenes about to his motto of ‘no future,’ he lives from concert to the disintegration of a world that the main concert, and from party to party. protagonist clings to for dear life. Anna and her One night, he runs into his old flame Basia. What partner have a comfortable life – they have good starts out as a casual one-night adventure will jobs, they eat out at fancy restaurants, they have eventually set Marcel’s life on a completely new wild sex, and go jogging in the morning. But their path. urban lifestyle and the monotony that seems to have no end make Anna feel like she’s rotting inside. www.pisf.pl/en/ 48 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
From Bed Thou & ANIMATIONS Giant Arose SHORTS Gigant POLAND 2015 30’ COLOUR Z łóżka powstałeś POLAND 2014 23’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, DOCUMENTARIES, directed by Bartek Konopka
written by Michał Ogrórek, Bartek Konopka POLISH: director of photography Jacek Podgórski edited by Andrzej Dąbrowski cast Paweł Domagała, Aleksandra Grzelak, Stanisław Brudny, Tomasz Borkowski, Leszek Balcerowicz producer Anna Wydra produced by the National Bank of Poland, Otter Films, ul. Ludowa 21/1, 26-600 Radom, Poland, tel. +48 609 841 445, [email protected], www.otterfilms.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Marta Wierzbicka
AWARDS://2014 GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL: MULTIMEDIAOFF GOLDEN FISH AUDIENCE AWARD written and directed by Tomasz Jeziorski director of photography Karolina Zielińska music by Bogdan Klat edited by Paweł Sosnowski producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Bartosz Bednarz, Konrad Rydlewski world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected]
Bartek is a 16-year-old boy, being raised by 25 years of Polish transformation as seen from bed. a single mother who can’t seem to get her This absurdist tongue-in-cheek parable is the story personal life in order. Bartek supports her, of a carpenter who, after the fall of communism, sacrificing his own passions in the process. Until decides to start his own small business. He starts a chance meeting with a girl turns his world with a rollaway bed, from which he sells bric-a-brac upside down. outside his building. Then he turns to making his own beds, risking a face-off with the mafia, becoming inebriated with freedom and capitalism, and paying a high price in his personal life. Probably the world’s first film shot exclusively using top shots. www.pisf.pl/en/ 49 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Grandma’s Day & ANIMATIONS Guilt
Dzień Babci SHORTS Warszawa POLAND 2015 30’ COLOUR POLAND – NORWAY 2015 25’ COLOUR
directed by Miłosz Sakowski DOCUMENTARIES, written by Miłosz Sakowski, Marcin Kubawski
director of photography Kacper Zieliński POLISH: edited by Miłosz Sakowski production design by Łukasz Brodowicz costume design by Elżbieta Radke, Izabela Karwacka, Zuzanna Glińska make-up artists Izabela Karwacka, Noemi Ostrowska, Michalina Dudziak sound by Piotr Pastuszak cast Anna Dymna, Mateusz Nędza, Łukasz Simlat, Justyna Jeleń, Adam Cybulski, Michał Wojciechowicz producers Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados produced by the Gdynia Film School, ul. Wrocławska 93, 81-533 Gdynia, Poland, +48 58 625 11 46 executive production directed by Leiv Igor Devold Gdynia Film School public relations & festivals Marcin Borchardt written by Leiv Igor Devold, Morten Hovland, GFS office coordinator Marta Drankiewicz Krzysztof Śliwka, Rune S. Thorud co-financed by the Polish Film Institute director of photography Szymon Lenkowski production manager Joanna Pultyn edited by Rafał Listopad, Arild Tryggestad production design by Magdalena Marszałek Tomek is a con man, swindling elderly people out costume design by Joanna Talejko of money. Everything seems to be going according make-up artist Monika Podnajmer to plan, when suddenly an old woman exposes sound by Robert Czyżewicz him and locks him in her flat. The crippled old cast Andrzej Chyra, Mads Ousdal, Sylwia Juszczak lady offers the crook a deal: he will get her money producer Marta Habior, Leiv Igor Devold if he pretends to be her grandson in front of a social worker, who’s coming to see if she is being produced by AURORA FILM, cared for by family. Stortorget 1, 2609 Lillehammer, Norway co-produced by No Sugar Films, ul. Domaniewska 47/10, 02-672 Warsaw, Poland delegate producer No Sugar Films, Marta Habior co-financed by Ostnorsk Filmsenter production managers Maja Zupok, Marta Łachacz
Robert, a 30-year-old yuppie from Norway, wants to commit suicide. Not sure how to go about it, he decides that Polish prostitute Janina could be an excellent source of both knowledge and tools. What Robert doesn’t expect is that, instead of the ‘easy way out,’ what he’ll get is a second chance. www.pisf.pl/en/ 50 produced by oad e.4 2282 [email protected] 24 258 32 Poland, tel.+48 co-financed by fSlsa(RT Ś,u.Btosa1,40-955Katowice, 1b, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska AWARDS:// POLAND: STUDENT JURY AWARD most dramatic. cracks ofexistence that can often be yet, itisthe plain everyday existence? Nothing, really.a And attention. Whatcould possibly happeninsuch you perform routinely, withoutpaying themmuch kind trivialactivities ofthe happens –justthe nothing ofparticular interest really young woman, when life ofa few hoursinthe A rgam ftePolish Filmmakers Association Programme ofthe h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe 2014 ETIUDA &ANIMAINTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL, h Polish FilmInstitute the director ofphotography written anddirected by production manager edited by Hurly-Burly executive producer producer OAD21 7 COLOUR 17’ POLAND 2014 sound by cast Magdalena Chowańska Krystyna Doktorowicz and Malwina Rybarczyk Radosław Ochnio h Scholarship the Adam Palenta Kinga Kłusak Kinga Kłusak Kuba Czekaj Rwetes 51 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY GDYŃSKA SZKOŁA FILMOWA POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 [email protected] 46, 11 625 58 81-553 Gdynia, Poland, +48 93, ul. Wrocławska Kamila Bałanda, Wiesław Rupiński, Tomasz Jamroz Karolina Trębacz, MichałWojciechowicz, Halinka Piwowarska, artistic supervisor (editing) Magnus Film Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados cast GFS office coordinator public relations &festivals cinematography consultant sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by director ofphotography written anddirected by Fabicki manager Alicja Stasiewicz, Marek Kasprzyk, MaciejKonopiński, OAD21 04’ COLOUR 20’45’’ POLAND 2015 W narożniku In theCorner her dreams andeverything she ever believed in. match. Iza isforced to choose between throw the day approaches, Iza’s father suggests that she big important boxing match. As the ready for an 20-year-old IzaCoached isgetting by her father, artistic supervisor (screenwriting) Joanna Pultyn Wojciech Cwyk Michał Poddębniak co-produced by co-financed by Magdalena Bautsch Dominika Rydzyńska Sylwia Galon, Miłosz Sakowski Marta Drankiewicz Maciej Bartosz Kruk Wojciech Ostrowski artistic supervisor (directing) Marcin Borchardt produced by h Pomeranian FilmFoundation the Sławomir Pultyn Leszek Starzyński h Polish FilmInstitute the h GdyniaFilmSchool, the Grzegorz Łoszewski f producers production Sławomir CONTENTS and f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Inka & ANIMATIONS Jasiek My Brother POLAND 2015 COLOUR SHORTS Jasiek mój brat POLAND 2014 9’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH:
written and directed by Monika Majorek director of photography Tomek Ślesicki edited by Monika Majorek cast Kamila Kobic, Julia Gawrysiak, Hubert Mikołajewski, Tadeusz Falana, Ireneusz Kozioł, Wojciech Węglarski, Szymon Milas producer Maciej Ślesicki produced by the Warsaw Film School, ul. Generała Zajączka 7, 01-518 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 839 00 50 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute written and directed by Zofia Żurawska director of photography Jakub Wójcik music by Balkan Balagan edited by Zofia Żurawska sound edited by Jan Żurawski sound studio Paprika Sound Factory cast Mateusz Lonc, Jan Żurawski, Piotr Żurawski producer Maciej Ślesicki produced by the Warsaw Film School, ul. Generała Zajączka 7, 01-518 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 839 00 50 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
As the summer draws to an end, two brothers set out on an idyllic journey. Carefree, they play around in the deserted fields. Jasiek, the elder, The story of Inka, a young woman bullied by talks his brother into swimming out to the middle the people living in her village. Inka comes into of the lake. The water seems calm at first, but conflict with the local parish priest, which results soon shows the treacherous side of its element. in her being shunned by the village community. Alone, she needs to face the decision about whether to stand by her ideals at all costs. www.pisf.pl/en/ 52 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
The Kid & ANIMATIONS Learning to Swim
Szczeniak SHORTS Nauka pływania POLAND 2015 20’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 29’ BLACK&WHITE
written and directed by Karol Starnawski
director of photography Kajetan Plis DOCUMENTARIES, music by Michał Drabczyk
edited by Grzegorz Habryn PSM POLISH: sound by Aleksandra M. M. Mikołajczyk cast Bartłomiej Kwiatkowski, Anna Moskal, Krzysztof Chodorowski, Urszula Gryczewska producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Joanna Rybus world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected] written and directed by Kuba Zubrzycki director of photography Julian A. Ch. Kernbach edited by Paweł Kowalik sound by Bogdan Klat cast Agnieszka Skrzypczak, Mariusz Jakus, Milena Lisiecka, Bartłomiej Nowosielski producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Kuba Michalski distribution and world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected]
Adolescence is the worst period in human life. Janek A young girl turns up at a place that at first seems will be taking his high school graduation exam this like the place where hope goes to die. Meeting year. He has a problem with mathematics – the single other people in mourning who seem so different greatest nuisance in his life. He feels overwhelmed by from her will give her an opportunity to learn the pressure from his family, who want nothing but something new about herself and look at her life, the best for him, of course. And then there’s the girl in and the decisions she made, in a different light. Janek’s class who would really like to get him to notice her. But Janek has a secret – one that only he and his maths teacher know about. www.pisf.pl/en/ 53 cast production managers e h nightbefore. met the girlthey to befound. Sohedecides to look for the field, surrounded by cows. His friendisnowhere a crazy Kuba night, wakes upin as well. After a forest andspendtheirfree timetogether felling a Kuba andJurek are friends;theywork together produced by Bartosz Bielenia, Marta Kurzak, Marcin Włodarski, Jan Kamiński, Krzysztof Bitdorf, Błazej Pieczonka [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl Light inAugust 033Łd,Pln,tl+84 7 880 58 275 42 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel.+48 director ofphotography co-financed by h Łódź 61/63, FilmSchool, Targowa the written anddirected by Anna Majek, Monika Buczyńska Światło wsierpniu OAD21 3 COLOUR 23’ POLAND 2014 producer h Polish FilmInstitute the edited by Maciej Twardowski Marcin Malatyński Matej Bobrik Matej Bobrik 54 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY SEBASTIAN WEBER POLISH:DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 Krystyna Karolak [email protected] world sales world production manager co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl 47, 59 275 42 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 Maja Krupińska, Władysław Kruk, Ryszard Nowakowski, OAD21 ’5’ COLOUR 5’45’’ POLAND 2014 Maja the music. magical willow, andthere are enchanted spiritsin grandfather may begone, butthere isanold over thebody. Majalooks outthewindow. Her yard. Majaandherfamily are atawake, gathering The windblows. Adoganxiously barks inthe Geeshie Wiley, “Last KindWords” Marcin Malatyński Ewa Bogusz Tomasz Kolak tdoFloeIDK,tl+85513369, 123 515 Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel.+48 h Łódź FilmSchool, 61/63, ul. Targowa the h Polish FilmInstitute the Katarzyna Janiak Jakub Michnikowski Sebastian Weber f CONTENTS f INDEX TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Milky Brother & ANIMATIONS Molehill POLAND 2014 20’ COLOUR Mleczny brat SHORTS POLAND – ARMENIA 2014 30’ COLOUR
directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan
written by Vahram Mkhitaryan, Aleksandra Majdzińska DOCUMENTARIES, director of photography Marcin Sauter
music by Mikołaj Trzaska edited by Ziemowit Jaworski sound by POLISH: Marcin Cichoń, Agata Chodyra cast Lusine Avanesyan, Manuk Qishmishyan, Arthur Papikyan, Seyran Mkrtchyan producer Katarzyna Ślesicka produced by Munk Studio, Wajda Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 10 56, [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl co-produced by MX 35, Hasmik Hovhannisyan executive producers Joanna Szymańska, Hasmik Hovhannisyan co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and the National Cinema Centre of Armenia production managers Alicja Kizińska, Tigran Shahinyan
AWARDS://2014 GOLDEN APRICOT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ARMENIA: GOLDEN APRICOT AWARD, HRANT MATEVOSSIAN SPECIAL PRIZE FOR BEST SCRIPT //2014 PREMIERES PLANS INTERNATIONAL FILM written and directed by Joanna Zastróżna FESTIVAL, FRANCE: GRAND JURY PRIZE EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS //2014 director of photography Jan Holoubek KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: AWARD FOR THE BEST SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCER IN POLAND music by Piotr Pawlak edited by Joanna Zastróżna sound by Wojciech Cwyk cast Andrzej Chyra, Eryk Lubos, Leon Dziemaszkiewicz, Gucio Gordon producer Magdalena Dula produced by Mediascream Art Productions, ul. Świętojańska 35/36/5; 80-840 Gdańsk, Poland, tel.+48 690 000 590 [email protected]
Two old men spend the shortest night and the longest day at the military molehills. The White Bear, the Mole and the Horse watch over them while they sleep, because the approach to post-trauma therapy The story of a young boy named Seto, living in a small changes – especially if psychological and physical Armenian village. The newest addition to the family well-being rank high on your list of priorities. is soon to be born. Seto dreams of having a little brother, but the baby dies soon after birth. Instead of a baby brother, the new friend in Seto’s life will be a baby lamb. Seto’s initial reluctance soon turns into fondness – a true friendship forms between Seto and the lamb. But not for long. The family decides that the boy will need to part with his ‘milky brother.’ www.pisf.pl/en/ 55 cast Daniil Mireschkin, Oleg Scherbina, Evgeny Yaroschuk, Natalia produced by l rkwkePzdiśi 7,ul. Krakowskie 00-068Warsaw, Przedmieście Poland, olau’ e ilavisit. colleague’s newgirla long day’s work, theydecideto pay their a to save theirtightcrew from falling apart. After friends tryto get himto change hismindinorder good reason to reshape hislife. His flame asa affair anddecidesto quithisjob, seeing hisnew hot oldest amongthemis currently having a The run-down steelworks. working illegally ata group ofyoung menis Modern-day Ukraine. A [email protected] 4 2565 70 54 556 22 [email protected] tel. +48 Munk Studio–Polish Filmmakers Association, executive production Terlecka, Vlad Bokatov, Oksana Stepchuk written anddirected by director ofphotography co-produced by co-financed by production manager sound by edited by h Polish FilmInstitute the Better Films Production Better Films Production music by OAD21 COLOUR POLAND 2015 Moloch Szymon Kapeniak Franek Kozłowski Paweł Laskowski Jacek Podgórski Hubert Zemler Vasyl Malko 56 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY CEZARY STOLECKI POLISH:DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 Anna Moskal, Andrzej Konopka Katarzyna Domalewska, Małgorzata Buczkowska, ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 Szymon Ziegler distribution inPoland andworld sales production managers co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska Sławomir Grzymkowski, Julia Kerner, OAD 1’ COLOUR 15’ POLAND Chwila The Moment iletaa thsmn o h eto h night. rest ofthe will eat away athismindfor the stands attheirdoor, henotices something that neighbour’s family over for dinner. Butashe identical houses. Marcin decidesto invite his luxurious neighbourhoodof Dusk falls over a Piotr Domalewski, AnnaStela Jerzy Łukaszewicz Bartosz Idzi Adam Kozioł h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Joanna Skiba Joanna Gawrońska, Agata Wąs Agata Lepacka, Ewa Solecka Julia Jendrysik, Justyna Mieńkowska, Piotr Domalewski Cezary Stolecki Michał Hudzikowski, f CONTENTS f INDEX produced by cast yteminute. by the two start to rise incident, tensions between the seemingly innocent quiet timeisinterrupted by a long-awaited holiday.heads Whentheir offfor a young marriedcouple endofsummer. A The 158Wra,Pln,tl/a 4 2890 50 00 839 01-518 Warsaw, 22 Poland, tel./fax +48 Maciej Brzoska, Katarzyna Maciąg, Ireneusz Kozioł h aswFl col l eeaaZjck 7, Warsaw FilmSchool, ul. Generała Zajączka the director ofphotography edited by co-financed by Mr. BadLuck written anddirected by Adam Andrzejewski, BrunoBrejt music by OAD21 8 COLOUR 28’ POLAND 2014 h Polish FilmInstitute the producer Piotr Aleksandrowicz Bartosz Białobrzeski Maciej Ślesicki Bruno Brejt 57 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY PIOTR IWANOWICZ POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska Magdalena Różańska Magdalena Biegańska, Justyna Kokot, ZbigniewPrażmowski, ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 distribution inPoland andworld sales production manager co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Martyna Witowska, Jonasz Tylkowski, OAD21 5 COLOUR 25’ POLAND 2015 Multifrenia Multiphrenia combining different styles. conventions, often turningto kitsch and filmmakers experiment withform, juggling love withagirlselling tangerines. Theyoung a spoiled aristocrat namedMarcel whofalls in Proust’s “In Search ofLost Time.” Itisthestory of Multiphrenia Dawid Majewski Jerzy Łukaszewicz Mikołaj Urbański, Łukasz Stanisławski Aleksy Kubiak, Jakub Lech h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Anna Blada Jagoda Strzałba-Głód Kinga Demska Anna Haudek is ashortfeature based onMarcel Martyna Majewska Piotr Iwanowicz Michał Hudzikowski, f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
My Father’s Eye & ANIMATIONS The Naturals
Oczy mojego ojca SHORTS Naturalni POLAND 2015 26’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 22’ COLOUR
directed by Bartosz Blaschke DOCUMENTARIES, written by Anna Stańko
director of photography Tomasz Augustynek POLISH: edited by Robert Polewski, Karol Kubiak sound by Konrad Błaszczyk cast Katarzyna Herman, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Jowita Chwałek, Joanna Telecka, Anna Moskal produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] tel. +48 22 556 54 70 co-produced by Wajda Studio executive production Wajda Studio co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Daria Zieniowicz, Iga Wójcik directed by Kristoffer Rus written by Jarosław Stawirej director of photography Dominik Danilczyk edited by Jakub Pietrzak cast Wojciech Zieliński, Agnieszka Wosińska, Barbara Kurzaj, Elżbieta Okupska producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Wajda Studio, Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association (Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected]; Tango Production co-produced by Samolot.tv, Juice executive producers Joanna Szymańska, Zuzanna Król co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Szymon Danilczyk A story set in a rural village in the Mazury region of Poland. The father of the family has been away Monika and Piotr have been married for a long time. for a few days. While her husband is away, Halina Desire and passion have long dwindled; all that tries to be very strict with their daughters. remains is jealousy. Being as pragmatic as they are, Eleven-year-old Ola believes her dad will soon they choose therapy over divorce. But they return and her mother will finally be happy. But accidentally end up at an evolutionary psychologist’s something gets in the way of that: her father’s office. The theories of various reproductive strategies goats. appeal to them, so they decide to try them out – leading to a surprise ending. www.pisf.pl/en/ 58 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Parisian Girl & ANIMATIONS Pinky
Paryżanka SHORTS Mały palec POLAND – FRANCE 2015 COLOUR POLAND 2014 24’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, DOCUMENTARIES, written and directed by Stefan Łazarski
director of photography Filip Drożdż POLISH: edited by Milenia Fidler sound by Anna Rok cast Zofia Domalik, Akil Wingate produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected], tel. +48 22 556 54 70; G.R.E.C - Groupe de Recherches et d’Essais Cinématographiques executive producer Joanna Szymańska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée production manager Quentin Laurent directed by Tomasz Cichoń written by Tadeusz Rawa director of photography Mikołaj Łebkowski music by Łukasz Targosz edited by Adrian Szczepaniak cast Adam Bobik, Joanna Opozda, Remigiusz Jankowski, Stanisław Hubert, Nam Bui Ngoc, Anna Samusionek producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Munk Studio, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] co-produced by Zielony Pomidor, Studio Spot, 3Monkeys executive producer Marcin Łunkiewicz co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
20-year-old Justyna arrives in Paris. Marcel was One night, Tomek, Leszek and Seweryn steal supposed to pick her up from the train station, a car, then sell it to a fence. Eager to celebrate but he never showed. Justyna is approached by a job well done, they head over to the local a big, dark-skinned man named Riki, claiming to Vietnamese bar for a beer. Intoxicated with be a friend of Marcel’s. Reluctantly, she climbs success, they are rude to the staff. What they into his car. don’t know is that their night will prove to be long and painful. www.pisf.pl/en/ 59 cast produced by Marian Dziędziel, Dorota Pomykała, Wojciech Mecwaldowski Mocna kawa wcale niejesttaka zła Strong Coffee Isn’t their truefeelings. story oftwo men, bothtoo stubbornto express A village. blue, hisson arrives back at the the 18years. Then, outof Jack hasn’tseen hisson in 158Wra,Pln,tl/a 4 2890 50 00 839 01-518 Warsaw, 22 Poland, tel./fax +48 h aswFl col l eeaaZjck 7, Warsaw FilmSchool, ul. Generała Zajączka the director ofphotography co-financed by written by That Bad omFse,Alek Pietrzak Norm Foster, edited by directed by h Polish FilmInstitute the producer OAD21 COLOUR POLAND 2014 Mateusz Pastewka Mateusz Rybka Maciej Ślesicki Alek Pietrzak 60 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY BARTOSZ BIENIEK POLISH:DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 distribution inPoland andworld sales production manager co-financed by produced by producer cast sound by make-up artists costume designby production designby edited by music by director ofphotography written anddirected by oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska Jaśmina Polak, Grzegorz Grabowski OAD21 3 COLOUR 23’ POLAND 2015 Lato miłości Summer ofLove h eponymous summeroflove. the beautiful girlfriend, whogoes there to experience mountains for his wooden cabin inthe rents a guy whose decisionsprove to beirreversible. The Love Confined interms oftimeandspace, Krystian Wołowski, Adam Hryniewicki Jerzy Łukaszewicz Krzysztof Ridan Nucky Thompson salove story abouttwo young people is a h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe h Polish FilmInstitute the Weronika Pająk, Alicja Pieczykołan Judyta Pieprzyk Karolina Korta Judyta Pieprzyk Marcin Filipowicz Bartosz Bieniek Michał Hudzikowski, Summer of f CONTENTS f INDEX produced withfinancialsupportfrom produced by 153Gyi,Pln,+85 2 146, [email protected] 11 625 58 81-553 Gdynia, Poland, +48 between them. together atthathotel will change everything twelve hoursthey spend indestructible. The one thought guiding them:ourlove isuniqueand Their plan seems to befoolproof, andthere’s just single night. hotel room for a themselves ina couple ofteenagers wholock Irka andMiłosz are a h dnaFl col l rcasa93, GdyniaFilmSchool, ul. Wrocławska the director ofphotography GFS office coordinator cast edited by co-financed by producers Dorota Androsz, Zbyszek Węgliński production designby production manager Sonia Mietielica, Józek Pawłowski, make-up artist Tenderness written by costume designby Emilia Zielonka, Irena Siedlar h Pomeranian Voivodship the music by directed by Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados sound by OAD 2’ COLOUR 26’ POLAND h Polish FilmInstitute the Agata K. Koschmieder Magda Szarzyńska Marta Drankiewicz Bartosz Świniarski Zbyszek Węgliński Piotr Pastuszak Emilia Zielonka Joanna Pultyn Marta Sieczak Marta Sieczak Czułość 61 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY ŁUKASZ BRODOWICZ PHOTO BY GDYŃ́SKA SZKOŁA FILMOWA POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 153Gyi,Pln,+85 2 146 11 625 58 81-553 Gdynia, Poland, +48 GFS office coordinator production manager co-financed by produced by producers cast sound by make-up artist costume designby production designby edited by director ofphotography written anddirected by Nikola Raczko, Dorota Androsz, Paulina Gałązka, MichałJaros OAD21 3 COLOUR 23’ POLAND 2015 Kroki Travelling a new neighbourwill new force herto grow upquickly. a random infatuation with who parties all night. A Teenaged Justyna hashaditwithhermother, Piotr Pastuszak Bartłomiej Piasek Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados h dnaFl col rcasa93, GdyniaFilmSchool, Wrocławska the h Polish FilmInstitute the Ewa Klepacka Izabela Karwacka, Ewa Mroczkowska Joanna Pultyn Ewa Mroczkowska Marta Drankiewicz Karolina Zaleszczuk Zuzanna Pyda f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Tropical Island & ANIMATIONS A Wake POLAND 2015 13’ COLOUR SHORTS Pogrzebiny POLAND 2014 20’ COLOUR
written and directed by Filip Hillesland
director of photography Jakub Burakiewicz DOCUMENTARIES, music by Filip Hillesland
edited by Malwina Wodzicka POLISH: cast Paweł Dobek, Mike Lipiński, Maksymilian Michasiow, Rafał Rosiak, Wafic Abon-Khadra, Oliwia Korzec, Wiktoria Korzec produced by the Warsaw Film School, ul. Generała Zajączka 7, 01-518 Warsaw, Poland, tel./fax +48 22 839 00 50 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
written and directed by Wojciech Stupnicki director of photography Paweł Chorzępa edited by Artur Rej cast Piotr Bułka, Dariusz Chojnacki, Michalina Sosna, Monika Radziwon, Dariusz Niebudek producer Ewa Jastrzębska produced by Munk Studio, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] Tropical Island is a dramedy about social co-produced by Aurora Film Production alienation, self-acceptance, and finding a sense executive producer Piotr Ledwig of belonging. The main character is an albino co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Silesian Film Fund teenager named Whitey, who wants to get away production manager Jakub Strzępka from his neighbourhood and escape to a place known as Tropical Island. “Remember, you have an older brother,” are the words that Pyjter will utter to his kid brother several times a day. They are both waiters at a restaurant that caters to special events, but tonight’s shift will be different. Pyjter intends to find his brother a girlfriend. And, as the more experienced one, he will surely find the best girl out there, because he knows best what’s good for his brother. As luck would have it, the event happens to be a wake. So it’s time to stop mourning and make things more festive. Tonight’s the night when the kid becomes a man. www.pisf.pl/en/ 62 produced by fSlsa(RT Ś,u.Btosa1B 40-955Katowice, 1B, of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska distribution inPoland andworld sales Daniel Furmaniak, Jolanta Łoskot, Andrzej Mastalerz, both really stem from loneliness. between two seemingly opposite desires –but encounter better life. Theirmeetingisan for a delusive opportunity cheerleading career isthe a single mother, his dog. For Karolina, a revolves around hisfavourite football team and Modern-day Silesia. Ariel, whose whole life cast h Radio University andTelevision Facultythe ofthe ihlhdiosiu.d.l 4 6 7 247 573 663 [email protected], +48 production managers Ariel Makara, Karolina Marczok, Kacper Białek, Jakub Lipa, ArturGarbacz, Małgorzata Metyk oad rt@seup,+83 58 420 82 25 32 Poland, [email protected], +48 costume designby co-financed by director ofphotography written anddirected by What IWant production designby OAD21 0 COLOUR 30’ POLAND 2015 Piotr Steczek, Marta Czajka, producer edited by sound by h Polish FilmInstitute the make-up by To, czego chcę music by Karolina Biesiadecka Michał Hudzikowski, Jerzy Łukaszewicz Katarzyna Sierka Sebastian Mialik Błażej Kanclerz Agata Adamus Damian Kocur Damian Kocur Maria Holka Lena Zięba 63 www.pisf.pl/en/ PHOTO BY DAMIAN KOCUR POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS& ANIMATIONS 2015 158Wra,Pln,tl/a 4 2890 50 00 839 01-518 Warsaw, 22 Poland, tel./fax +48 co-financed by produced by producer cast edited by director ofphotography written by directed by Paweł Wilczak, Łukasz Garlicki, Olga Bołądź OAD21 COLOUR POLAND 2014 Okna isamoloty Windows andPlanes trouble ofhisown. by hisneighbourEryk, whoishaving relationship What hedoesn’tknow isthathebeingwatched while now, keeping itsecret from hisfamily.a lifelong dream for been getting ready to fulfill a mid-life crisis. Hehas Marcel isgoing through a Maciej Ślesicki Mateusz Rybka Łukasz Suchocki, Mateusz Pastewka Łukasz Suchocki h aswFl col l eeaaZjck 7, Warsaw FilmSchool, ul. Generała Zajączka the h Polish FilmInstitute the Mateusz Pastewka f CONTENTS f INDEX f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
You Keep & ANIMATIONS an Eye on Us SHORTS Źle nam z oczu patrzy POLAND 2014 25’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, DOCUMENTARIES,
directed by Arek Biedrzycki POLISH: written by Arek Biedrzycki, Łukasz M. Maciejewski director of photography Piotr Pawlus music by Adam Żurada cast Marcin Kowalczyk, Magdalena Celmer producer Krystyna Doktorowicz produced by the Radio and Television Faculty of the University of Silesia (WRiTv UŚ), ul. Bytkowska 1b, 40-955 Katowice, Poland, tel.+48 32 258 24 28 [email protected] co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Przemysław Błażejewski
He and She find themselves in a flat that doubles as a trap. He is hiding from the consequences of a crime he once committed. She is innocent. She stays with him, even though she’s free to leave at any time. All signs from the outside world suggest impending doom. A story inspired by the events that took place in the town of Sanok in January last year. www.pisf.pl/en/ 64 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
ANIMATIONS AGFA 1939 DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH: www.pisf.pl/en/ 65 f CONTENTS f INDEX
The Advisors of King 2015 ANIMATIONS Agatha Hydrops Agatka POLAND 2015 13 X 10’ COLOUR Doradcy Króla Hydropsa POLAND 2015 17’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES,
directed by Natalia Brożyńska POLISH: written by Mateusz Moczulski, Natalia Brożyńska director of photography Hubert Napierała music by Tomasz Jerzy Tumidajewicz edited by Janusz Czubak production design by Krzysztof Wierzbowski production design by Krzysztof Wierzbowski, Izabela Nakoneczna, Alina Wieczorek, Wojciech Sankiewicz, Izabela Ambroziak animation artists Wojciech Sankiewicz, Katarzyna Okoniewska storyboard, visual design, puppet designs by Natalia Brożyńska produced by WJTeam, al. Piłsudskiego 135, 92-318 Łódź, Poland producers Wojciech Leszczyński, Anna Mroczek, Justyna Rucińska co-produced by PWSFTViT directed by Jan Steliżuk, Andrzej Piotr Morawski, production manager Jakub Wawrzynkiewicz Wojciech Wojtkowski, Robert Turło, Andrzej Kukuła, artistic supervisor Mariusz Wilczyński Paweł Czarzasty written by Jan Steliżuk director of photography Joanna Wójcik music by Robert Ochnio edited by Robert Rząca sound by Robert Ochnio production design by Aleksandra Vetter, Sławomir Zalewski storyboard artists Jan Steliżuk, Andrzej Piotr Morawski, Wojciech Wojtkowski, Robert Turło, Andrzej Kukuła, Paweł Czarzasty visual design by Sławomir Zalewski, Aleksandra Vetter produced by Serafiński Studio, Solec 85/8, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] producer Marek Serafiński co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute production manager Tomasz Wojtkowski compositing Robert Rząca The story of Hydrops – the king of Aquatia, and his co-financed by the Polish Film Institute advisors, who were given the assignment of creating the heir to the throne. Rivalry and Agatha is an altruist – despite her young age, she intrigues concerning the qualities of the future is always helping someone, comforting someone, prince led to the implanting of the matrix of or rescuing someone. Her imagination and ability ‘fondness’ for little things. That was the beginning to bring the objects around her to life and of the obsession with growing smaller. creating fascinating and often unusual stories are as educational as they are entertaining. www.pisf.pl/en/ 66 f CONTENTS f INDEX
The Baltic Sea ANIMATIONS2015 Banjo Pig Bałtyk Prosie Banjo POLAND 2015 10’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 6’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, directed by Piotr Giersz
written by Monika Dovnar POLISH: director of photography Robert Rzaca music by Robert Ochnio edited by Robert Rzaca sound by Robert Ochnio production design by Joanna Izydor animation artists Piotr Giersz, Grażyna Firląg, Patryk Dudziński storyboard artist Piotr Giersz visual design by Monika Dovnar, Joanna Izydor producer Serafiński Studio, Solec 85/8, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] producer Marek Serafiński production manager Tomasz Wojtkowski directed by Łukasz Kacprowicz compositing Robert Rzaca written by Łukasz Kacprowicz, Robert Jaszczurowski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute edited by Tomasz Halski production design, animation, storyboards, visual design, post-production by Grupa Smacznego produced by Grupa Smacznego Jaszczurowski, Kacprowicz, Wasilewski, ul. Łąkowa 35/38, 80-769 Gdańsk, Poland tel. +48 587 181 323 producer Robert Jaszczurowski production manager Anna Malinowska compositing Tomasz Halski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
Pig is a talented musician – a veritable banjo virtuoso, unappreciated by the other residents of the pig pen. His only true fan is Fly, who also happens to have a crush on him. She never leaves Pig’s side, even when he decides to travel A film based on a 19th-century folk tale about how the world in search of recognition. the waves of the Baltic sea take possession of the cliff, the church and the cemetery in the seaside village of Trzęsacz. A story about love, the brutality of war, and the unbridled forces of nature. The Baltic sea brings long-lost lovers together again. www.pisf.pl/en/ 67 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Basia 2015 ANIMATIONS Bernard POLAND – FRANCE 2015 13 X 11’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 4’ BLACK&WHITE
directed by Marcin Wasilewski written by Marcin Wasilewski, Szymon Jachimek, Zofia Stanecka,
Marcin Graj, Szczepan Rożalski, Gisle Norman Melhus based on & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, the “Basia” book series by Zofia Stanecka and Marianna Oklejak
music by Michał Jacaszek edited by Tomasz Halski POLISH: sound by Studio Spot production design by Marianna Oklejak, Magdalena Węgrzyn, Maja Barska, Aleksandra Kleczkowska animation artists,3D animation by Grupa Smacznego/ Planet Nemo storyboard artist Grupa Smacznego visual design by Marianna Oklejak dubbing Miriam Aleksandrowicz cast Julia Gawrysiak, Basia Kubiak, Kowalik Maciej, Beata Wyrąbkiewicz, Włodzimierz Press, Krystyna Wachelko, Miriam Aleksandrowicz, Lidia Sadowa, Józek Kubiak, Basia Kubiak produced by Grupa Smacznego Jaszczurowski, Kacprowicz, Wasilewski, ul. Łąkowa 35/38, 80-769 Gdańsk, tel. +48 587 181 323 producer Robert Jaszczurowski co-produced by Planet Nemo, 18, rue Truffaut, 75017 Paris, France, directed by Anna Oparkowska tel. +33 (0) 1 44 70 70 20 production manager Małgorzata written by Anna Oparkowska, Łukasz Kacprowicz Klamann post-production by Grupa Smacznego compositing edited by Tomasz Halski Tomasz Halski co-financed by Planet Nemo production design, animation, storyboards Grupa Smacznego visual design by Anna Oparkowska produced by Grupa Smacznego Jaszczurowski, Kacprowicz, Wasilewski. ul. Łąkowa 35/38, 80-769 Gdańsk, Poland tel. +48 587 181 323 producer Robert Jaszczurowski production manager Łukasz Kacprowicz post-production by Grupa Smacznego compositing Tomasz Halski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisor Łukasz Kacprowicz
A somewhat perverse and concise deliberation on loneliness and the attempts to wrench free from its shackles.
Five-year-old Basia is a bit of a character. She lives in the city with her parents, her two brothers, her turtle Kajetan, and her teddy bear. Like all five-year-olds, Basia occasionally runs into major problems and needs to sort them out. She discovers that sometimes even the most difficult questions have simple answers. www.pisf.pl/en/ 68 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
A Blue Room ANIMATIONS2015 Bloody Sunday Niebieski pokój Ta cholerna niedziela POLAND 2014 15’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 16’ BLACK&WHITE DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES,
written, directed and edited by Tomasz Siwiński POLISH: director of photography Tomasz Siwiński animation artists Piotr Garbacz, Andrzej Piotr Morawski, Tomasz Siwiński music by Remi Boubal cast Masza Bogucka, Wojciech Poradowski, Antoni Lemański, Jędrzej Lemański produced by Sacrebleu Production production manager Katarzyna Gormadzka co-produced by Se-Ma-For Produkcja Filmowa compositing Tomasz Siwiński artistic supervisor Piotr Dumała directed by Przemek Kotyński AWARDS://2014 CURTAS VILA DO CONDE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM written by Marcin Wroński FESTIVAL, PORTUGAL: BEST ANIMATED FILM //2014 GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MEXICO: SPECIAL MENTION music by Krzysztof Maciejewski edited by Przemek Kotyński, Bartek //2014 CUTOUT FEST, MEXICO: BEST NARRATIVE SHORT ANIMATION Kędzierski sound by Cafe Ole Wojtek Mielimąka animation artists //2014 INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL ANIMATEKA, Robert Zjawiński, Celina Skiba 3D animation by Piotr Popek, Piotr SLOVENIA: SPECIAL MENTION Kurzątkowski, Agnieszka Podolecka, Wojtek Jakubowski, Radosław Popiołek, Tomasz Żelazko, Grzegorz Szczygieł, Dominik Zieliński, Paweł Rajch, Marcin Montesano, Tomasz Januszewicz, Michał Konwicki, Mateusz Wiśniewski, Dash Dot Creations storyboard artist Olaf Ciszak visual design by Przemek Kotyński / “Najdroższy mój skarb” performed by Beata Przybytek, lyrics by Marcin Wroński, music by Krzysztof Maciejowski cast Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Marietta Żukowska, Robert Czebotar, Krzysztof Banaszyk, Modest Ruciński, Lech Łotocki, Przemysław Bluszcz produced by Studio Produkcyjne ORKA, ul. Bukowińska 22 lok. 3B, 02-703 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 641 56 20, [email protected] producer Magdalena Zimecka production managers Katarzyna Kozłowska, Rafał Błaziak post-production by Studio Produkcyjne ORKA compositing Piotr Ołtarzewski, Roman Trojanowski co-financed by Studio Produkcyjne A man wakes up in a blue room. He is in a trap ORKA, the Polish Film Institute, the Lublin Film Fund artistic from which he cannot escape. He is tormented by supervisor Bartek Kędzierski unsettling visions, in which he has to face his fears and his memories. Trapped in the blue room, Bloody Sunday is a multi-layered story completely he is forced to come to terms with his past all on open to interpretation; the plot consists of three his own – only then will he be free again. narrative time segments, each leaving traces in the past and ultimately coming together in the present. www.pisf.pl/en/ 69 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
But She’s Nice 2015 ANIMATIONS Cheer Up, Tamara POLAND 2014 6’ COLOUR Nie martw się, Tamaro POLAND – FRANCE 2015 23’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, written and directed, director of photography,
edited by Tomasz Pilarski POLISH: music by Damian Czajka produced by the University of Arts in Poznań, al. Marcinkowskiego 29, 60-967 Poznań, Poland, tel. +48 61 855 25 21 (370) [email protected] producer Tomasz Pilarski
directed by Elżbieta Wąsik written by Marcin Graj sound by Aleksander Matuszewski production design by Elżbieta Wąsik, Tymoteusz Chliszcz animation artist Józef Trzaska storyboard artist Elżbieta Wąsik outlines by Szymon Adamski, Stefania Lachowicz, Mateusz Kmieć produced by Studio Miniatur Filmowych, ul. Królewicza Jakuba 12A, 02-956 Warsaw, Poland In a world of grey tones, where life flows slowly in producer Joanna Ronikier all its monotony, the light sketches a subtle story co-produced by Planet Nemo Animation of unexpectedly blooming feelings. But compositing Szymon Adamski sometimes, if you’ve been alone for too long, co-financed by NINA the very thought of being with someone could be dangerous. Will the protagonist manage to free A group of school friends is getting ready for himself from under the heavy shell that he built a masquerade ball. Someone comes up with out of fear of the outside world? What will be the idea that they should dress up as doctors. the role of the Shadow in all this? This makes Tamara sad. Tamara often misses A story about attempting to break out of the cage school. As it turns out, it is because she goes to of loneliness, about the will to overcome one’s the hospital to visit her mother, who is suffering own weakness in order to open up to new from cancer. The children decide to surprise possibilities, to the world, and to feelings. Tamara’s mother. www.pisf.pl/en/ 70 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Conquerors of ANIMATIONS2015 Creatures the Triangle Space Kreatury POLAND 2015 10’ COLOUR Zdobywcy Trójkątnego Kosmosu POLAND 2015 6’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, written, directed and edited by Alicja Błaszczyńska
director of photography Alicja Błaszczyńska POLISH: visual design and animation by Alicja Błaszczyńska sound by Rafał Nowak, Wiesław Nowak produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński compositing Alicja Błaszczyńska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Krzysztof Rynkiewicz, Mariusz Wilczyński, Kacper Zamarło world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected] written and directed by Tessa Moult-Milewska director of photography Tessa Moult-Milewska visual design by Marta Sieczak animation artist Wojciech Sankiewicz characters designed by Maria Janczak edited by Jakub Sobek music by Krzysztof A. Janczak sound by Michał Jankowski, Paweł Łuczak, Noiseroom cast Julia Kołakowska-Bytner, Janusz Wituch, Krzysztof A. Janczak, Stanisław Sygitowicz, Marta Markowicz, Michalina Fabijańska, Mattheu Bondu produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] tel. +48 22 556 54 70 producer Ewa Jastrzębska production manager Tessa Moult-Milewska co-produced by WJTeam – Justyna Rucińska, Anna Mroczek, Indemind, ul. Władysława Kotwicza 1, 61-344 Poznań, Poland co-financed by Two triangular creatures are trapped on the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisor Stanisław Lenartowicz a platform. When a strange voice from space explains to them how to get out, the creatures A grotesque love story. The caricature-like Harold and engage in a game that is not as easy as Matylda face social ostracism and fumble while the instructions they were given. attempting to manipulate their obscene image. Conquerors of the Triangle Space is a short film Inspired by the works of Roald Dahl, Lotte Reiniger about reaching your goals, but also about and Edward Gorey, this raw cut-out animation takes ambition and the bitterness of rivalry. us into the unpredictable and eclectic world of a dark imagination, ultimately leaving us with the question: “so who exactly are these eponymous creatures?” www.pisf.pl/en/ 71 f CONTENTS f INDEX
A Documentary Film 2015 ANIMATIONS Domestication Dokument Udomowienie POLAND 2015 6’50’’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 6’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, written, directed and edited by Marcin Podolec
director of photography Marcin Podolec POLISH: visual design and animation by Marcin Podolec sound by Marcin Podolec music by Wiktoria Nowak produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 422755947, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński compositing Marcin Podolec co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisor Piotr Dumała world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected] written, directed and edited by Sylwia Gaweł director of photography and animation artist Sylwia Gaweł produced by the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Plac Matejki 13, 31-157 Krakow, Poland, tel. +48 12 292 62 86 [email protected] producer Robert Sowa
A film about a rather unusual relationship between man and animals. A collector of exotic reptiles and birds lives in a flat filled with cages and aquaria. In a thicket of lush greenery, he tends to his animals daily, while also carefully controlling their behaviour. A young caiman brought to the flat will suddenly disrupt the order he had been building so patiently.
A portrait of a father whose adult children have moved out of the family home. www.pisf.pl/en/ 72 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
Don’t Lose ANIMATIONS2015 Fences Your Head Płoty POLAND 2015 7’ BLACK&WHITE Nie trać głowy POLAND 2015 4’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, written, directed and edited by Karolina Specht
director of photography Karolina Specht POLISH: visual design and animation by Karolina Specht sound by Bogdan Klat produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łodź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl compositing Karolina Specht co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Krzysztof Rynkiewicz, Mariusz Wilczyński, Kacper Zamarło world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369, [email protected] written and directed by Natalia Krawczuk director of photography Natalia Krawczuk visual design and animation by Natalia Krawczuk edited by Magdalena Chowańska music by Tsering Tobgyal sound by Ewa Bogusz produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47 [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński compositing Natalia Krawczuk co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Krzysztof Rynkiewicz, Mariusz Wilczyński, Kacper Zamarło world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369 Don’t Lose Your Head – a short animation using [email protected] drawing and 2D techniques. A visual story about how easy it is to lose your head. A white head slowly A bird in a cage, a toddler in a playpen, two dogs rolls towards the centre of a black screen. A single on either side of a fence. Barriers of various kinds event triggers an avalanche of subsequent events. are a part of our lives from beginning to end. The visual side of the film develops with the story. Everyone deals with them in their own way. Does Starting with simple compositions, through it really make sense to separate ourselves from a growing number of layouts and increasing density our neighbours with a wall? The film is of forms, up to the final scenes filled with colours a reflection on the role of ‘fences’ in our like a kaleidoscope. An overabundance of thoughts, lives – not just the physical ones, but also those relations and connections leads to a tragic ending. that exist only in our minds. www.pisf.pl/en/ 73 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
ANIMATIONS 2015 ANIMATIONS FESTIVALS (EPISODES FROM THE FIRST SEASON): Florentine’s Diary //32ND ALE KINO! INTERNATIONAL YOUNG AUDIENCE FILM nd FESTIVAL,2014: SHORT FILM COMPETITION – “BALLET” 2 season EPISODE – OFFICIAL SELECTION //12TH BIENNIAL OF ANIMATION FESTIVAL BRATISLAVA 2014 – “SHADOW” EPISODE, DIR. JANUSZ Pamiętnik Florki MARTYN – SPECIAL SCREENING IN THE INSPIRATIONS FESTIVAL SECTION seria 2 //4TH KINOJAZDA 2014 CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL – EPISODES “BEAN,” “TREASURES,” “TIME” – OFFICIAL SELECTION //3RD KOLKATA SHORTS POLAND 2015 13 X 11’ COLOUR FILM FESTIVAL 2014 KOLKATA, INDIA – “SHADOW” EPISODE, DIR. JANUSZ DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, MARTYN – OFFICIAL SELECTION //54TH ZLIN FILM INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2014 – INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED CHILDREN’S FILM COMPETITION – “SHADOW” EPISODE, DIR. JANUSZ POLISH: MARTYN – OFFICIAL SELECTION //31ST ALE KINO! INTERNATIONAL YOUNG AUDIENCE FILM FESTIVAL,2014: SHORT FILM COMPETITION – “SHADOW” directed by Janusz Martyn, Dorota Cieśla, EPISODE, DIR. JANUSZ MARTYN – OFFICIAL SELECTION //INTERNATIONAL Anna Wróblewska-Dzwoniarek, Agata Mikina, CHILDREN’S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2013 CHENNAI, INDIA – “SHADOW” EPISODE, DIR. JANUSZ MARTYN – OFFICIAL SELECTION Jolanta Dudzińska, Barbara Koniecka, Marta Stróżycka, Bogusława Izdebska, Piotr Rogowski written by Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel music by Marek Kuczyński edited by Janusz Martyn, Dorota Cieśla, Anna Wróblewska-Dzwoniarek, Agata Mikina, Jolanta Dudzińska, Barbara Koniecka, Marta Stróżycka, Bogusława Izdebska, Piotr Rogowski sound by Aleksander Matuszewski animation artists,3D animation, storyboard artists Janusz Martyn, Dorota Cieśla, Anna Wróblewska-Dzwoniarek, Agata Mikina, Jolanta Dudzińska, Barbara Koniecka, Marta Stróżycka, Bogusława Izdebska, Piotr Rogowski, Jolanta Kędziora visual design by Jona Jung produced by ANIMA-POL, ul. Łąkowa 29, 90-554 Łódź, Poland, A shrew named Florentine is out to explore [email protected], tel. +48 501 180 256 the world around her. She wonders who owns producer Jadwiga Wendorff the sky, and where do the colours disappear. co-produced by Planet Nemo Animation 18, rue Truffaut, A key issue addressed in the second season is 75017 Paris, France, [email protected] the family relationship. Florentine is no longer tel. +33 (0) 1 44 70 70 20, the National Audiovisual Institute, an only child; she is now the big sister to twin ul. Wałbrzyska 3/5, 02-739 Warsaw, Poland, brothers. The series is known for its shrewd [email protected], tel. +48 22 380 49 00, observation of the world and a realistic way of Telewizja Polska, ul. J.P. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, Poland, presenting children’s problems. tel. +48 22 547 70 76 production manager Piotr Królak compositing Janusz Martyn, Dorota Cieśla, Anna Wróblewska-Dzwoniarek, Agata Mikina, Jolanta Dudzińska, Barbara Koniecka, Marta Stróżycka, Bogusława Izdebska, Piotr Rogowski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Stanisław Lenartowicz, Janusz Martyn www.pisf.pl/en/ 74 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Fugue for Cello, ANIMATIONS2015 Gingerbread Heart Trumpet and from the “Polish Fairy Tales” series [based on a fairy tale by Kornelia Dobkiewiczowa] Landscape Serce z piernika z serii „Baśnie i bajki polskie”, sezon 3 [na motywach baśni Kornelii Dobkiewiczowej] Fuga na wiolonczelę, trąbkę i pejzaż & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLAND 2015 13’ COLOUR POLAND 2014 18’ COLOUR POLISH:
directed by Jerzy Kucia written by Jerzy Kucia, Agnieszka Kucia animation artists Jerzy Kucia, Vladimir Borokhov, Ewa Grzesiak, Dmytro Kovtanets, Katarzyna Agopsowicz, Maria Görlich-Opyd, Marek Pieniążek, Józef Trzaska, Edyta Turczanik, Joanna Wójcik directors of photography Janusz Wierciak, Leszek Skuza edited by Jerzy Kucia music by Maciej Jabłoński, Michał Jacaszek sound by Michał Kosterkiewicz produced by Jerzy Kucia – Produkcja Filmów, Chrobrego 29/33, 31-428 Krakow, Poland, tel. +48 50 858 76 78, [email protected] producer Jerzy Kucia production manager Zbigniew Noga co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
AWARDS://2014 KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: GOLDEN DRAGON AWARD //2014 INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL HIROSHIMA: directed by Anna Dudek written by Anna Dudek, Jacek Adamczak SPECIAL AWARD //2014 ETIUDA & ANIMA INTERNATIONAL FILM director of photography Paweł Prewencki music by Arnold Dąbrowski FESTIVAL, POLAND: SILVER JABBERWOCKY //2014 LES SOMMETS DU edited by Krzysztof Napierała sound by Jan Jakub Milencki production CINÉMA D’ANIMATION, CANADA: AUDIENCE AWARD //2014 ANIMATEKA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, SLOVENIA: SPECIAL MENTION design by Anna Dudek animation artists Leszek Budzelewski, Janusz Gałązkowski, Roman Frajczyk, Janusz Matusik, Roman Janeczko, Paweł Byrski, Elżbieta Kandziora, Ewa Rodewald, Waldemar Szajkowski storyboard artist Anna Dudek visual design by Anna Dudek cast Grzegorz Nawrocki, Marcel Groblewski, Agnieszka Kunikowska, Waldemar Barwiński, Andrzej Chudy, Jakub Jankiewicz, Bernard Lewandowski dubbing Dorota Kawęcka music and sound effects by Tomasz Śliwak Orlicki series title sequence by Robert Turło title sequence music by Marek Kuczyński produced by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych, ul. Aleksandra Fredry 7, 61-701 Poznań, Poland, +48 618 520 105, [email protected] producer Ewa Sobolewska co-produced by Telewizja Polska and the National Audiovisual Institute production manager Mariola Olejniczak post-production by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych compositing by Paweł Prewencki co-financed by the Polish Film Institute After 13 years of silence, Jerzy Kucia returns with a ruminative and poetic tale, based on Gingerbread Heart is the story of how fate always the relationship between image and music. rewards us for being altruistic and sensitive to The film shows the process of searching for the needs of others. Szymek, a miner’s son, had the unique qualities of landscape and liberating a chance to learn this first-hand when he helped human emotions by calling on events that took the Old Man, never knowing that he was in fact
place in the presented scenery. www.pisf.pl/en/ the Treasurer, the legendary ghost of the mine. 75 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
Grand Banda 2015 ANIMATIONS Hipopotamy Grand Banda – pilot POLAND 2014 13’ COLOUR POLAND 2015 7’ COLOUR AWARDS://2014 KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: SILVER HOBBY-HORSE FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM //2014 ANIMAFEST, ZAGREB: SPECIAL MENTION FROM JURY MEMBER MARIE-HÉLENE GIROD FOR “ADDRESSING THE DIFFICULT SUBJECT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN” DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, //2014 “ANIMATOR” INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, POZNAŃ: written and directed by Marek Lachowicz, Łukasz Kacprowicz WOJCIECH JUSZCZAK SPECIAL PRIZE //2014 “COUNTRYSIDE ANIMAFEST”
edited by Tomasz Halski POLISH: ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, NICOSIA: GRAND PRIZE //2014 OTTAWA sound by Studio Fonograf INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL: GRAND PRIZE //2014 BANJA LUKA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL: AWARD FOR BEST 2D production design by Janusz Wyrzykowski ANIMATION //2014 “ZINEBI” INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT animation and 3D animation by Grupa Smacznego FILM FESTIVAL, BILBAO: CINE CLUB FAS AWARD //2014 ETIUDA & ANIMA storyboard artist, visual design by Marek Lachowicz INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, KRAKOW: HONOURABLE MENTION IN “ANIMA” COMPETITION //2014 LES SOMMETS DU CINEMA D’ANIMATION, cast Miriam Aleksandrowicz, Jacek Czyż, Jacek Domin, MONTREAL: GRAND PRIZE Jan Aleksandrowicz-Kraśko, Michał Lewandowski, Michał Lewandowski produced by Grupa Smacznego Jaszczurowski, Kacprowicz, Wasilewski, ul. Łąkowa 35/38, 80-769 Gdańsk, Poland, tel. +48 587 181 323 producer Robert Jaszczurowski production manager Małgorzata Klamann post-production by Grupa Smacznego compositing Tomasz Halski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
written and directed by Piotr Dumała animation artists Paweł Dębski, Piotr Dumała visual design by Piotr Dumała edited by Beata Walentowska, Paweł Dębski music by Alexander Balanescu sound by Jacek Hamela produced by Fumi Studio producer Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak production manager Magdalena Gładysz compositing Mateusz Michalak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute Grand Banda is a series based around two elderly ladies: Kazia and Mirka. Both now retired, they are Several naked young women are bathing with former agents of two competing intelligence services. their children in a river. They are being secretly Kazia and Mirka share a flat and need to face watched by a group of men. When the men decide the reality of a senior citizen’s everyday life. Though to approach, their encounter takes a dramatic they compete with one another a little, deep down turn, inspired by events in the lives of hippos. they both know that they are the best of friends. www.pisf.pl/en/ 76 f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX
Home ANIMATIONS2015 An Incredibly Dom Elastic Man POLAND 2015 14’ COLOUR Nieprawdopodobnie written and directed by Agnieszka Borowa elastyczny człowiek
director of photography Agnieszka Borowa & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLAND 2013 5’ COLOUR music used in the film “Dom” by Mariusz Obijalski
and “Banan” by Astma (Tomasz Popakul) POLISH: AWARDS://2014 FEST ANCA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, edited by Agnieszka Borowa SLOVAKIA: BEST STUDENT FILM //2014 UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT sound designers and foley artists Małgorzata Napiontek, FILM FESTIVAL, SWEDEN: SPECIAL MENTION //2014 ANIM’EST ANIMATION Igor Szymański FILM FESTIVAL, ROMANIA: SPECIAL MENTION FOR A STUDENT FILM //2014 REANIMANIA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL, animation artists Agnieszka Borowa, Mateusz Helwein, ARMENIA: SPECIAL MENTION //2014 ETIUDA & ANIMA INTERNATIONAL Katarzyna Melnyk, Paulina Ziółkowska FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: STUDENT JURY AWARD storyboard artist and visual design by Agnieszka Borowa cast Aleksandra Andrzejewska, Dorota Kolak, Andrzej Grabowski, Miriam Aleksandrowicz, Jacek Czyż produced by FUMI Studio, ul. Puławska 61 lok. 4, 00-402, 02-595 Warsaw, Poland producers Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak production manager Maria Deskur post-production by FUMI Studio compositing Agnieszka Borowa artistic supervisor Piotr Dumała
written, directed and edited by Karolina Specht director of photography Karolina Specht production design by Karolina Specht produced by the Łódź Film School, Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 58 80 [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Henryk Ryksza, Aleksandra Chrapowicka
PHOTO BY AGNIESZKA BOROWA The story of a man who was born without Home is a place. A family. A history. Relationships. Home a shape. Constant deformation and being forced is the memory that forms a person. Or is it a dream? into other people’s form makes him want to This is the story of a girl who returns home; a visit that rebel. Is it possible to live a life completely will flood her with chaotic and difficult memories. She independent of others and detached from will not be able to leave home until she faces these reality? Who and what determines who we memories. What is her home? Is it possible to change it? ultimately are? www.pisf.pl/en/ 77 f CONTENTS f INDEX
It’s Quite True! 2015 ANIMATIONS Kinki from the “Paint me a Fairy Tale” series POLAND 2015 10’ COLOUR To pewna wiadomość! z cyklu „Namaluj mi bajkę…” POLAND 2014 13’ COLOUR
directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, written by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz (based on a fairy tale by
Hans Christian Andersen) director of photography Joanna Jasińska POLISH: Koronkiewicz music by Michał Makulski edited by Anna Gałązkowska sound by Aleksander Matuszewski production design, animation, storyboards, visual design by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz series title sequence by Kacper Zamarło Turło cast Jerzy Stuhr, Grzegorz Nawrocki produced by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych, ul. Aleksandra Fredry 7, 61-701 Poznań;
+48 618 520 105, [email protected] producer Ewa Sobolewska PHOTO BY IZUMI YOSHIDA co-produced by Fundacja AnimaFilm, ul. Aleksandra Fredry 7, 61-701 Poznań, Poland, +48 618 520 105, [email protected]; Estrada Poznańska, ul. Masztalarska 8, 61-767 Poznań, Poland,, [email protected] production manager Katarzyna Kubacka post-production TV Studio Filmów written and directed by Izumi Yoshida Animowanych compositing Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz, director of photography Izumi Yoshida Ewelina Stefańska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, music by Sebastian Ładyżyński the Poznań Regional Film Fund edited by Beata Walentowska sound by Jacek Hamela AWARDS://32ND ALE KINO! INTERNATIONAL YOUNG CINEMA FESTIVAL, POZNAŃ: AWARD FOR BEST POLISH FILM WITH EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTIC AND animation artist, storyboard artist, visual design by Izumi Yoshida EDUCATIONAL QUALITIES //4TH KINOJAZDA CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL, produced by FUMI Studio, Puławska 61 lok. 400-402, NOWY SĄCZ: GOLDEN FRAMES GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILM 02-595 Warsaw, Poland producer Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak co-produced by the Łódź Film School, Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland production manager Maria Deskur post-production by FUMI Studio compositing Izumi Yoshida calligraphy by Masakatsu Yoshida artistic supervisor Piotr Dumała
Kinki is an abstract animation that narrates by illustrating emotions. The film’s main character is PHOTO BY KRZYSZTOF NAPIERAŁA a suicidal murderer, who experiences extreme This adaptation of one of Andersen’s fairy tales tells emotions during and after committing his crime. the story of a certain piece of gossip – a story that is as Images and emotions are encoded in his memory; humorous as it is true to life. A topic that has always based on these memories, he tries to recreate been hot, but is ever more so in this age of audiovisual the series of events. media, tabloids, and the internet. A certain story travels by word of mouth, turning into
a ‘tragic’ piece on hens that ‘died’ of love for their rooster. www.pisf.pl/en/ 78 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Last Stop Is ANIMATIONS2015 Locus the Moon POLAND 2015 12’ BLACK&WHITE Ostatni przystanek Księżyc POLAND 2015 16’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES,
written and directed, production design, POLISH: visual design, puppet designs by Birute Sodeikaite production design WJTeam, al. Piłsudskiego 135, 92-318 Łódź, Poland production design Wojciech Leszczyński, Anna Mroczek, Justyna Rucińska
written, directed and edited by Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi 3D animation, visual design and puppet design by Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi director of photography Piotr Matysiak animation artists Maria Stefańska, Szymon Wolski produced by WJTeam, al. Piłsudskiego 135, 92-318 Łódź, Poland producers Wojciech Leszczyński, Anna Mroczek, Justyna Rucińska co-produced by Lele Cross Media Production post-production and compositing Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi There is a unicorn living in a world imagined by co-financed by the Polish Film Institute a little boy. artistic supervisor Mariusz Wilczyński The film portrays the process of forming the identity of a young human being and An intriguing story about how the small everyday the moment of disconnect from the world of choices determine the path our lives take. Gośka childhood; the moment when he loses a piece of is living simultaneously in two worlds, connected himself and becomes involved in a life filled with to one another by a single thread. Her home and set patterns and routine. her job are far from each other, which makes it almost impossible for her to juggle her role as a mother with that of a woman with a professional career. www.pisf.pl/en/ 79 f CONTENTS f INDEX
The Lumberjack 2015 ANIMATIONS and the Devil from the “Polish Fairy Tales” series O drwalu i diable z serii „Baśnie i bajki polskie”, sezon 3 & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLAND 2015 13’ COLOUR POLISH:
written and directed by Jacek Adamczak director of photography Krzysztof Napierała music by Zbigniew Kozub edited by Krzysztof Napierała sound by Jan Jakub Milencki production design by Jacek Adamczak PHOTO BY KRZYSZTOF NAPIERAŁA animation artists Janusz Gałązkowski, Lesław Budzelewski, Jacek Adamczak, Janusz Matusik, Roman Frajczyk, Paweł Byrski, Roman Janeczko, Ewa Rodewald, Waldemar Szajkowski, Ewa Klimas storyboard artist, visual design by Jacek Adamczak cast Grzegorz Nawrocki, Adam Ferency, Robert Jarociński, Andrzej Chudy, Tomasz Steciuk dubbing Dorota Kawęcka sound effects, music performed by Tomasz Śliwak Orlicki The Lumberjack and the Devil is a story about series title sequence by Robert Turło how things are not always as bad as they seem. title sequence music by Marek Kuczyński When people thoughtlessly cut down forests for produced by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych, profit, a certain Lumberjack joins forces with ul. Aleksandra Fredry 7, 61-701 Poznań, Poland, the Devil in order to change things and not only +48 618 520 105, [email protected] restore the last forest in the area, but also producer Ewa Sobolewska increase its size. An environmentalist Devil – oh, co-produced by Telewizja Polska, the National Audiovisual Institute the times we live in! production manager Mariola Olejniczak post-production by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych compositing Krzysztof Napierała co-financed by the Polish Film Institute www.pisf.pl/en/ 80 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
Mami Fatale ANIMATIONS2015 POLAND 2015 13 X 10’ COLOUR
series directed by Łukasz Kacprowicz
episodes directed by Robert Jaszczurowski, Łukasz Kacprowicz, & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Marcin Wasilewski, Tamas Ducki, Szymon Adamski
written by Marcin Graj, Łukasz Kacprowicz, POLISH: Gisle Normann Melhus, Szymon Jachimek, Radek Smektała, AWARDS://TARNÓW CHILDREN’S JURY FILM AWARD,2012,2013,2014 Pavla Fridrichova, Szymon Adamski //SPECIAL MENTION AT KINOJAZDA FILM FESTIVAL, NOWY SĄCZ 2012 music by Michał Jacaszek edited by Tomasz Halski, Szymon Adamski sound by Studio Fonograf, Radosław Ochnio, Marcin Gontarz production design by Katarzyna Nowowiejska, Maja Barska, Przemysław Szukaj, Magdalena Markowska animation artists Tomasz Wyrąbkiewicz, Grzegorz Zarębski, Ryszard Siring, Artur Huk, Anna Oparkowska, Marcin Zdybel, Wladimir Borochow, Andrzej Bzdak, Szymon Adamski, Paweł Garbacz, Józef Trzaska, Dominik Iwan, Rafał Balcer, Mikołaj Pilchowski, Mariusz Włodarski storyboard artists Szymon Adamski, Marek Lachowicz, Wladimir Borochow, Krzysztof Różański, Łukasz Kacprowicz, Mikołaj Pilchowski, Tamas Ducki visual design by Katarzyna Nowowiejska, Maja Barska, The story of an elderly lady named Mami Fatale, Przemysław Szukaj, Magdalena Markowska who left the big city in order to live an idyllic life in cast Robert Makłowicz, Anna Apostolakis, the countryside with her two pets, and to have Jarosław Domin, Michał Lewandowski time for her true passion: cooking. produced by Grupa Smacznego Jaszczurowski, Kacprowicz, Wasilewski. ul. Łąkowa 35/38, 80-769 Gdańsk, Poland, tel. +48 587 181 323; Studio Miniatur Filmowych, ul. Królewicza Jakuba 12a, 02-956 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 845 53 45 producer Włodzimierz Matuszewski co-produced by Filmograf, ul. Niedźwiedzia 29b, 02-737 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 845 53 45 production manager Małgorzata Klamann, Eugeniusz Gordziejuk executive producers Ewelina Gordziejuk, Robert Jaszczurowski post-production by Grupa Smacznego, Studio Miniatur Filmowych compositing Tomasz Halski, Szymon Adamski co-financed by the National Audiovisual Institute and the Polish Film Institute www.pisf.pl/en/ 81 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Moko 2015 ANIMATIONS The Mother Matrix POLAND 2014 4’ COLOUR Macierz POLAND 2015 7’ COLOUR
written, directed and animated by Marta Szymańska & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, director of photography and animation artist Marta Szymańska
music by Patryk Zakrocki, Wojciech Traczyk POLISH: produced by the Łódź Film School, Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 58 80 [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński production manager Jacek Szeligowski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Piotr Dumała, Marek Skrobecki, Piotr Milczarek
directed by Sławomir Shuty, Tomasz Bochniak written by Sławomir Shuty production design by Michalina Rolnik 3D animation by Tomasz Bochniak storyboard artist Aleksandra Trawińska director of photography Kajetan Plis edited by Tomasz Bochniak music by Łukasz Targosz produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 70, [email protected] An energetic story about shapes, colours, and production manager Marta Lewandowska Polynesian ornaments that draws on co-produced by Fundacja Korporacja Ha!art the mythology of that region. A variation on co-financed by the Polish Film Institute the Polynesian myth of creation. A story of the first parents and first lovers, immersed in The existing Slavic heritage is but a few a multicolour visual and musical impression. remaining fragmentary myths. In writing this script, the filmmakers used the comparative method; Slavic myths should not be perceived as removed from the wider tradition of the Northern peoples, both hunter-gathering and agricultural cultures. The Mother Matrix is a psychedelic journey through the myth of creation; we observe its beginnings at the moment of a cosmic explosion. The repetitive nature of these motives suggests a constant evolution that repeats its creations on a larger or smaller scale. www.pisf.pl/en/ 82 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Noodles, the Gate ANIMATIONS2015 Of a Forest from the “Polish Fairy Tales” series Opowieść o lesie Kluskowa Brama POLAND 2014 4’ COLOUR z serii „Baśnie i bajki polskie”, sezon 3 POLAND 2015 13’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES,
written and directed by Andrzej Kukuła POLISH: director of photography Andrzej Kukuła music by Juliusz Śliwak edited by Krzysztof Napierała sound by Jan Jakub Milencki production design by Andrzej Kukuła animation artists Lesław Budzelewski, Janusz Gałązkowski, Piotr Giersz, Roman Frajczyk, Janusz Matusik, Roman Janeczko, Paweł Byrski, Elżbieta Kandziora storyboard artist, visual design by Andrzej Kukuła cast Grzegorz Nawrocki, Tomasz Błasiak, Modest Ruciński, Renata Łuczak dubbing Dorota Kawęcka music and sound effects by Tomasz Śliwak Orlicki series title sequence by Robert Turło title sequence music by Marek Kuczyński produced by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych, ul. Aleksandra Fredry 7, 61-701 Poznań, Poland, +48 618 520 105, written, directed and edited by Katarzyna Melnyk [email protected] producer Ewa Sobolewska co-produced by director of photography Katarzyna Melnyk Telewizja Polska, the National Audiovisual Institute sound by Adam Kufel production manager Mariola Olejniczak produced by the Łódź Film School, Targowa 61/63, post-production by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych compositing 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 58 80 Andrzej Kukuła co-financed by the Polish Film Institute [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński artistic supervisors Henryk Ryszka, Aleksandra Chrapowicka
In her subtle animation, Katarzyna Melnyk draws a portrait of a dog living among people. Its everyday life is organized according to the order of the human day, which defines meal time and training time. By night, when the lights in the nearby houses go out, the sound-filled forest comes to life. The dog’s long-suppressed instincts slowly come to light. A film about longing for freedom, made using the traditional drawing technique.
Noodles, the Gate is a story about how it doesn’t pay to be selfish and how using the work of others to fulfil one’s own needs will always be punished. A certain Wrocław- based Foreman learns this the hard way, having hidden in a side alley to eat the delectable noodles his wife
made to sell for profit. www.pisf.pl/en/ 83 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Pencil Case 2015 ANIMATIONS Poe and Joe Piórnik from the “Polish Fairy Tales” series [based POLAND 2015 6’30’’ COLOUR on a fairy tale by Aleksander Fredro] Paweł i Gaweł z serii „Baśnie i bajki polskie”, sezon 3 [na motywach bajki Aleksandra Fredry]
written, directed and edited by Magdalena Pilecka & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, visual design and animation by Magdalena Pilecka POLAND 2015 13’ COLOUR
3D animation by Rafał Felak POLISH: music and sound by Remigiusz Zawadzki produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] tel. +48 22 556 54 70 producer Marek Serafiński production manager Tomasz Wojtkowski co-produced by Serafiński-Studio post-production by Studio PAY PHOTO BY KRZYSZTOF NAPIERAŁA compositing Rafał Felak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisor Daniel Szczechura
directed by Andrzej Gosieniecki written by Andrzej Gosieniecki, Dorota Bielecka-Gosieniecka director of photography Andrzej Gosieniecki music by Krzesimir Dębski edited by Krzysztof Napierała sound by Jan Jakub Milencki production design by Andrzej Gosieniecki, Dorota Bielecka-Gosieniecka animation artists Dorota Bielecka-Gosieniecka, Andrzej Gosieniecki, Roman Frajczyk, Janusz Gałązkowski, Leszek Budzelewski, Ewa Rodewald storyboard artist Andrzej Gosieniecki visual design by Andrzej Gosieniecki, Dorota Bielecka–Gosieniecka dubbing Dorota Kawęcka sound effects, music performed by Tomasz Śliwak Orlicki series title sequence by Robert Turło title sequence music by Marek Kuczyński produced by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych, ul. Aleksandra Fredry 7, 61-701 Poznań, A story about feeling different and Poland, +48 618 520 105, [email protected] producer Ewa the consequences of resisting this feeling. Sobolewska co-produced by Telewizja Poland and the National The story begins the moment our protagonist Audiovisual Institute production manager Mariola Olejniczak decides to step out of the comfort zone of his post-production by TV Studio Filmów Animowanych compositing lonely everyday existence and be around people, Andrzej Gosieniecki co-financed by the Polish Film Institute in order to have company in the space between happiness and madness. A slightly surreal Poe and Joe is a tongue-in-cheek story inspired by confrontation with the conviction that someone Aleksander Fredro’s classic tale of two neighbours of else’s crayons (even when they’re not for completely opposite dispositions. A satirical look at drawing!) might be better. neighbourly relations, presented in a timeless and complex take on the problem; a story about the truth behind the old
www.pisf.pl/en/ adage – what goes around, comes around. 84 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Sexy Laundry ANIMATIONS2015 Sex dla opornych GERMANY – POLAND – CANADA 2015 12’ COLOUR
written and directed by Izabela Plucińska & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, directors of photography Izabela Plucińska,
Robert Kuźniewski, Claire Brognez POLISH: music by Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand edited by Dirk Schreier, Rudi Zieglmeier sound by Lise Wedlock production design by Agata Rojek, Teresa Otulak, Monika Gajewska, Katarzyna Mierzejewska animation artists Izabela Plucińska, Robert Kuźniewski, Claire Brognez
storyboard artist Agata Rojek PHOTO BY IZABELA PLUCIŃSKA visual design by Izabela Plucińska, Agata Rojek puppet designs by Agata Rojek, Katarzyna Mierzejewska, Gabriela Śmierzewska cast Konrad Pawicki, Beata Zygarlica, Kathleen Fee, Harry Standjofski, Guylaine Tremblay, Denis Bernard, Marie Gruber, Norbert Stöß This adaptation of a stage play by Canadian produced by Clay Traces Gbr, Gabri El-Max. Sthasse 13, author Michele Riml is an entertaining and 10245 Berlin, Germany; the National Film Board of Canada, shrewd comedy about the relationship between Cote-de-LIesse Road, Montreal, Quebec, H4N 2N4, Canada; men and women, to which everyone can relate. Fundacja Las Sztuki, ul. Świstacza 41/13, 70-798 Szczecin, Poland The modelling clay of which the whole film is producers Paulina Ratajczak (Las Sztuki Foundation), Karsten made allows us to experiment with form and step Matern (Clay Traces Gbr), Izabela Plucińska (Clay Traces Gbr), beyond the boundaries of realism. Robert Kern (Clay Traces Gbr), Marc Bertrand (NFB) production manager Julie Roy (NFB) post-production by National Film Board of Canada (NFB) compositing Anna Levinson, Maria Steinmetz, Cynthia Tremblay co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Pomerania Film, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the German Federal Film Board www.pisf.pl/en/ 85 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Summer 2014 2015 ANIMATIONS This Unruly Lato 2014 Corporeality POLAND 2014 12’ BLACK&WHITE Ta niesforna cielesność POLAND 2015 9’ 45’’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH:
written, directed and edited by Wojciech Sobczyk director of photography and animation artist Wojciech Sobczyk music by Bartosz Chajdecki produced by Studio A, ul. Zamoyskiego 50, 30-523 Krakow, Poland, [email protected] producer Wojciech Sobczyk compositing Wojciech Sobczyk co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Krakow City Hall artistic supervisor Jerzy Kucia
AWARDS://2014 KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL, POLAND: PRIX EFA 2014 FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM written, directed and edited by Joanna Wójcik director of photography Joanna Wójcik music by Wojciech Fedkowicz sound by Łukasz Świerzawski production design, animation, storyboards, visual design by Joanna Wójcik produced by Serafiński Studio, ul. Solec 85/8, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland, [email protected] producer Marek Serafiński production manager Tomasz Wojtkowski compositing Joanna Wójcik co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
There comes a moment in a teenage boy’s life A grey-toned, raw and poetic treatise on when he stops being a child and becomes a man. the yearning for domination and about violence He treads uneasily through the unknown territory as the driving force of history. Sobczyk’s film of his own sexuality. Luckily, he finds a good guide portrays history as a series of repeating plagues to take him on this educational journey. During and disasters in which man, trying to find his their magical voyage, he learns about place, gets even more lost and stoops even lower. the complicated nature of the emotion we call love. www.pisf.pl/en/ 86 f TRAILER f CONTENTS f INDEX
Three Kings ANIMATIONS2015 Tim and the Master Trzej królowie Tymek i Mistrz POLAND 2015 8’ COLOUR POLAND 13 EPISODES X 11’ COLOUR
directed, written and edited by Anna Błaszczyk & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, director of photography Maciej Błaszczyk
music by Jan Duszyński POLISH: sound by Mateusz Adamczyk, Sebastian Witkowski production design by Paulina Majda animation artists Anna Błaszczyk, Tomasz Leśniak, Agata Droga-Bazan produced by WJTeam, al. Piłsudskiego 135, 92-318 Łódź, Poland producers Wojciech Leszczyński, Anna Mroczek, Justyna Rucińska co-producer Anna Błaszczyk compositing Wojciech Wawszczyk co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and the Łódź City Hall
AWARDS://O!PLA POLISH ANIMATION FESTIVAL: FIRST PRIZE IN ‘MUSIC //VIDEO’ CATEGORY – AWARD FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO TO ‘THREE KINGS’ directed by Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski //THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MOVIE //OFFELIADA AMATEUR AND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: SPECIAL MENTION OF THE MAIN JURY written by Rafał Skarżycki, Krzysztof Gureczny, Michał Śledziński music by Szymon Wysocki edited by Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski sound by Mateusz Adamczyk, Małgorzata Szlendak, Sebastian Witkowski animacja 2D Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski, Anna Błaszczyk, Wojciech Jakubowski, Jakub Mazur, Tomasz Nowik storyboard artists Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski, Michał Śledziński visual design by Tomasz Leśniak, Michał Śledziński, Jakub Rebelka, Monika Rdzanek, Janusz Ordon, Przemysław Surma cast Tim – Agnieszka Mrozińska, the Master – Paweł Sanakiewicz produced by SPInka Film Studio, ul. T. Reytana 14/12, 02-516 Warsaw, Poland producer Piotr Reisch co-produced by White SharkStudios AB, Banergatan 54 lok 1601, Stockholm production managers Marlena Zienkiewicz, Dariusz Żmudziński post-production by Studio Saundmaking compositing Studio HumanArk co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the National Audiovisual The story of Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar, Institute scriptdoctoring Phil Parker three kings brought together by a joint mystical journey. Despite their differences, a bond of When ten-year-old Tim starts studying under an expert friendship forms as they travel, experiencing joy magician known as the Master, a true adventure begins. and fulfilment. Each of the three is shown as Magic, wit, riddles, the love of a princess, and competing a unique personality, while together they with rivals – these are the key themes of a series, in complement and influence one another. which wisdom means more than magic spells. A film based on the “Tim and the Master” comic series by Tomasz Leśniak and Rafał Skarżycki. www.pisf.pl/en/ 87 f CONTENTS f INDEX
under_construction 2015 ANIMATIONS What a Beautiful POLAND 2014 8’ COLOUR Case Co za piękny przypadek POLAND 2015 15’ COLOUR DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH:
written, directed and edited by Marcin Wojciechowski director of photography and animation artist Marcin Wojciechowski music by Elektrony produced by Anima Art, ul. Zamoyskiego 29/8, 30-516 Krakow, Poland, tel. +48 60 186 48 43 [email protected] producer Marta Gebhardt co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
written, directed and edited by Zbigniew Czapla animation and visual design by Zbigniew Czapla produced by Warsztat Filmowy, 30-308 Krakow, Poland, ul. Dębowa 6/6, tel. +48 604 940 224 producer Tomasz Wolf post-production and compositing by Warsztat Filmowy co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
What a Beautiful Case is a universal and contemplative story about childhood experience, coming of age, and other key stages of the protagonist’s life. An attempt at finding A personal journal, in which the author meaning and order in the mass of individual and incessantly creates his ego. By moving from place collective human experience. to place, he patiently sets the tone for each day. The relative order of his reality emerges from an abundance of dates and hours that – much like the dots in a children’s colouring book – only reveal their true shape once connected. Everyday reality appears to be a tedious process of constant ‘becoming.’ www.pisf.pl/en/ 88 f CONTENTS f INDEX
Who’s There? ANIMATIONS2015 The Wizard of U.S. Kto tam? Czarnoksiężnik z krainy U.S. POLAND 2015 3’45’’ BLACK&WHITE POLAND 2015 20’ COLOUR
written, directed and edited by Artur Hanaj & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, director of photography Artur Hanaj
visual design and animation by Artur Hanaj POLISH: sound by Marek Knaga, Wiesław Nowak produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 59 47, [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Marcin Malatyński compositing Artur Hanaj co-financed by the Polish Film Institute artistic supervisors Marek Skrobecki, Piotr Dumała, Piotr Milczarek world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS, tel. +48 515 123 369 [email protected]
directed by Balbina Bruszewska written by Balbina Bruszewska based on the novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum director of photography Tomasz Łaptaszyński edited by Janusz Czubak production design by Mariusz Andryszczyk, Balbina Bruszewska animation artists Zuzanna Szyszak, Magdalena Parszewska visual design by Mariusz Andryszczyk cast Jerzy Matula, Gintautas Potockas, Adam Radoń, Toni Walker, Katarzyna Urbaniak, Elizabeth Kanski, Gregory A. Peralta, Monika Rydel, Scott Meyers, Leila Daryaee produced by WJTeam, al. Piłsudskiego 135, 92-318 Łódź, Poland producer Wojciech Leszczyński, Anna Mroczek, Justyna Rucińska production manager Jakub Wawrzynkiewicz Having just woken up from a nightmare, the film’s co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the City of Łódź paranoid protagonist starts hearing strange noise coming from the flat above. This ironic animated collage uses themes from Intrigued, he starts wondering what might be the popular American novel to depict how going on up there. When it gets quiet, he concludes the American Dream comes to life in the city of that it can’t possibly be anything bad. Or can it? Los Angeles. www.pisf.pl/en/ 89 TRAILER f f CONTENTS f INDEX
Woolen Cogwheels 2015 ANIMATIONS Druciane oprawki POLAND 2014 13’ COLOUR
written and directed by Bartosz Kędzierski & SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, animation artist Krzysztof Opieka
director of photography Krzysztof Opieka POLISH: edited by Bartosz Kędzierski music by Piotr Dziubek produced by Kineskop, ul. Ostrowskiego 30, 53-238 Wrocław, Poland tel. +48 50 990 37 63, [email protected] producer Piotr Krzykwa
Aniela and Konstanty are an elderly couple, leading a quiet life – just the two of them. She enjoys needlework, while he eagerly works on a certain invention. Though their everyday existence seems extremely organized, something seems to be missing in their lives. The change brought by Konstanty’s unusual invention allows them to discover a whole new perspective. This puppet animation by Bartosz Kędzierski is a moving tale of loneliness, longing, and the human connection. www.pisf.pl/en/ 90 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
POLISH FILM INSTITUTE DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, POLISH: www.pisf.pl/en/ 91 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
The Polish Film Institute is the government 2015 Operational agency responsible for implementing state Programmes of policy in the field of cinematography through: the Polish Film DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Institute // enabling the development of Polish film production
POLISH: and international co-productions;
// inspiring and supporting the development of all genres of filmmaking in Poland (with emphasis on artistic films), including the preparation of film projects, film production, and film distribution;
// supporting activities aimed at fostering availability of Polish, European, and world cinema heritage;
// supporting film debuts and supporting artistic development of young filmmakers;
// promoting Polish filmmaking;
// providing financial support for initiatives in areas of film project development, film production, film distribution, promoting Polish filmmaking, and disseminating film culture;
// supporting the maintenance of film archives;
// supporting the development of the independent film industry in Poland, especially small and medium-sized companies active in the field of filmmaking. www.pisf.pl/en/ 92 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
2015 Operational Taking into account the expected 2015 limits of funds for financing ventures in the area of filmmaking, in Programmes of order to implement policy in the previously mentioned the Polish Film areas the General Director of the Polish Film Institute announced the following operational programmes Institute for 2015: DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE QUOTA TOTAL QUOTA
POLISH: (PLN (PLN millions) millions)
Film Screenwriting scholarships 1.00 Production
Project development, of which: feature films: 3.5 million PLN documentary films: 0.75 million PLN animated films: 1.25 million PLN 5.50
Feature film production 60.00
Documentary film production 9.50
Animated film production 13.144 89.144 Film Education and Film education and vocational training Dissemination of Film Culture Film events
Local film initiatives
Digital restoring
Research & development 17.00 Development of Cinema Modernization of cinemas Infrastructure Digitization of cinemas 11.30 Promotion of Polish Film Abroad 7.954 Awards, experts, other 3.00 TOTAL 128.398
Applications must be submitted online at https://wnioski.pisf.pl/ with hard copies subsequently sent to the Polish Film Institute. Applications are accepted three times a year. 93 f CONTENTS
15 Corners of the World 7 Creatures 71 Index of 6 Degrees 7 Cruise to Democracy 13 89-91. We Break Out to Czech Swan 13 English Titles Freedom 8 D A Daughter 45 Actress, The 8 Delirium Tremens 14
DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS 2015 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS POLISH: DOCUMENTARIES, Advisors of King Hydrops, Doctor Faustus 45 The 66 Documentary Film, A 72 Agatha 66 Domestication 72 Agfa 1939 9 Domino Effect 14 Alarm Clock 9 Don’t Lose Your Head 73 Ambition 40 Duties 46 America 40 Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering And There Was Love in Souls, The 15 the Ghetto… 10 Arkansas 41 Asshole 41 E August 42 End of the World, The 15 Authors, The 10 Entropy 47 B F Baltic Sea, The 67 Fast Food 47 Banjo Pig 67 Father’s Day 48 Basia 68 Fences 73 Battle with Satan, The 11 Florentine's Diary Bernard 68 2nd season 74 Bittersweet 42 Football Brothers 16 Blue Room, A 69 For Being Alive 16 Bloody Sunday 69 Fragments 48 Buddies 11 From Bed Thou Arose 49 Business Trip 43 Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and But She’s Nice 70 Landscape 75 C G Call Me Marianna 12 Giant 49 Casa Blanca 12 Gingerbread Heart 75 Centaur 43 Gottland 17 Cheer Up, Tamara 70 Grand Banda 76 Circus Maximus 44 Grandma’s Day 50 Cold Feet 44 Guilt 50 Conquerors of the Triangle Space 71 www.pisf.pl/en/ 94 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Milky Brother 55 What’s Next Karolinko – H Moko 82 S Norwid and Nicole 38 Home 77 Molehill 55 Sexy Laundry 85 Who’s There? 89 House on Its Head 17 Moment, The 56 Shepherd’s Song 29 Windows and Planes 63 Hurly-Burly 51 Mother Matrix, The 82 Singing in Exile 29 Wizard of U.S., The 89 Mr. Bad Luck 57 Snails 30 Woolen Cogwheels 90
I Multiphrenia 57 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, So Close and Yet So Far 30 My 89 Generation 23 Something Better to Come 31 Y
I Am Kuba 18 My Brother’s Life 24 POLISH: Sound of Nature, The 31 In the Corner 51 My Father from Neverland 24 Spark 32 You Keep an Eye on Us 64 Incredibly Elastic Man, An 77 My Father's Eye 58 Starting Point 32 Inka 52 Strong Coffee Isn't That Island, The 18 N Bad 60 It Would Be Beautiful 19 Strongwoman 33 It’s Only a Dream 19 Naturals, The 58 Summer 2014 86 It’s Quite True! 78 Noodles, the Gate 83 Summer of Love 60 Sunday 33 J O Super Unit 34 Survey About Men 34 Jasiek My Brother 52 Object 25 Jonasz Kofta 20 Of a Forest 83 T Jurek 20 One Man Show 25 Tenderness 61 K P This Unruly Corporeality 86 Three Kings 87 K2 – Touching theSky 21 Parisian Girl 59 Tim and the Master 87 Kid, The 53 Pencil Case 84 Tomasz Ossoliński. Before Kinki 78 Perseverance 26 the Show 35 Pill Junkies 26 Travelling 61 L Pinky 59 Tropical Island 62 Place, The 27 Last Stop Is the Moon 79 Poe and Joe 84 U Last Trick, The 21 Promise of a Happy Learning to Swim 53 Childhood, The 27 under_construction 88 Light in August 54 Unstoppables 35 Little Big Team 22 Q Locus 79 W Lumberjack and the Devil, Queen of Silence, The 28 The 80 W. Sisters Beauty Salon 36 R Wake, A 62 M Walking Under Water 37 Rebellion 28 Wałęsa by Wałęsa 36 Magic Mountain, The 22 Warsaw Uprising 37 Maja 54 Werka 38 Mami Fatale 81 What a Beautiful Case 88 Mighty Smarzol, The 23 What I Want 63 www.pisf.pl/en/ 95 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
15 stron świata 7 Index of 6 kroków 7 D 89-91. Wyrwaliśmy się Delegacja 43 Polish Titles na wolność 8 Doktor Faustus 45 Dokument 72 A Dom 77
DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Dom na głowie 17 Agatka 66 Doradcy Króla Hydropsa 66
POLISH: Agfa 1939 9 Dół 46 Aktorka 8 Druciane oprawki 90 Ambition 40 Dupek 41 Ameryka 40 Dybuk. Rzecz o wędrówce Arkansas 41 dusz 15 Autorki 10 Dzień Babci 50 B E
Badjao. Duchy z morza 37 Efekt domina 14 Bałtyk 67 Entropia 47 Basia 68 Bernard 68 F Biała gorączka 14 Biało-czerwoni Fast Food 47 z Chrząstawy 22 Fragmenty 48 Budzik 9 Fuga na wiolonczelę, trąbkę Był bunt 28 i pejzaż 75 C G
Casa Blanca 12 Gigant 49 Centaur 43 Gottland 17 Chwila 56 Gorzko! 42 Circus Maximus 44 Gorzko, gorzko! 44 Co dalej z tobą, Karolinko – Grand Banda – pilot 76 Norwid i Nicole 38 Co za piękny przypadek 88 H Córka 45 Czarnoksiężnik z krainy Hipopotamy 76 U.S. 89 Czarodziejska góra 22 I Czeski łabędź 13 Czułość 61 I była miłość w getcie… 10 Inka 52 Iskierka 32 www.pisf.pl/en/ 96 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Wyspa 18 J N R Wytrwałość 26 Jasiek mój brat 52 Nadejdą lepsze czasy 31 Rejs 1989 13 Jestem Kuba 18 Naturalni 58 Rwetes 51 Z Jonasz w brzuchu Nauka pływania 53 Lewiatana 20 Nie martw się, Tamaro 70 S Z łóżka powstałeś 49
Jurek 20 Nie trać głowy 73 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Za to, że żyjemy, czyli punk Niebieski pokój 69 Salon sióstr W. 36 z Wrocka 16
K Niedziela 33 POLISH: Serce z piernika 75 Zdobywcy Trójkątnego Niepowstrzymani 35 Sex dla opornych 85 Kosmosu 71 K2 – Dotknąć nieba 21 Nieprawdopodobnie Sierpień 42 Kinki 78 elastyczny człowiek 77 Siłaczka 33 Ź Kluskowa Brama 83 Superjednostka 34 Koniec świata 15 O Szczeniak 53 Źle nam z oczu patrzy 64 Kreatury 71 Kroki 61 O drwalu i diable 80 Ś Ż Królowa ciszy 28 Obiekt 25 Kto tam? 89 Obietnica dzieciństwa 27 Ślimaki 30 Życie mojego brata 24 Kumple 11 Obowiązki 46 Światło w sierpniu 54 Oczy mojego ojca 58 L Ojcze masz 48 T Okna i samoloty 63 Lato 2014 86 One Man Show 25 Ta cholerna niedziela 69 Lato miłości 60 Opowieść o lesie 83 Ta niesforna cielesność 86 Locus 79 Ostatni numer 21 Tableciarze 26 Ostatni przystanek Tak daleko, tak blisko 30 M Księżyc 79 To byłoby coś pięknego 19 To, czego chcę 63 Macierz 82 P To pewna wiadomość! 78 Maja 54 To tylko marzenia 19 Mały palec 59 Pamiętnik Florki seria 2 74 Trampkarze 16 Mami Fatale 81 Paryżanka 59 Trzej królowie 87 Miejsce 27 Paweł i Gaweł 84 Tymek i Mistrz 87 Mleczny brat 55 Pieśń pamięci 29 Mocna kawa wcale nie jest Pieśń pasterza 29 U taka zła 60 Piórnik 84 Moje 89 pokolenie 23 Płoty 73 Udomowienie 72 Moko 82 Pod Mocnym Smarzolem 23 under_construction 88 Molehill 55 Pogrzebiny 62 Moloch 56 Powstanie Warszawskie 37 W Mój ojciec Staś 24 Prosie Banjo 67 Mów mi Marianna 12 Punkt wyjścia 32 W narożniku 51 Multifrenia 57 Walka z szatanem 11 Mr. Bad Luck 57 Wałęsa by Wałęsa 36 Warszawa 50 Werka 38 www.pisf.pl/en/ 97 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Czarzasty, Paweł 66 Index of A Czekaj, Kuba 51 Adamczak, Jacek 80 Czepiec, Teresa 34 Directors Czubak, Kacper 33 B F
DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS & ANIMATIONS & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Bagiński, Tomek 40 Bart, Andrzej 24 Fidyk, Andrzej 36
POLISH: Bartosiak, Arkadiusz 43 Filipowicz, Marcin 16, 60 Bendera, Karolina 38 Finocchiaro, Turi 29 Biedrzycki, Arek 64 Gajewski, Andrzej 14 Bielawska, Karolina 12 Gaweł, Sylwia 72 Blaschke, Bartosz 58 Giersz, Piotr 67 Błaszczyk, Anna 87 Gosieniecki, Andrzej 84 Błaszczyńska, Alicja 71 Bobrik, Matej 54 H Bochniak, Tomasz 82 Borowa, Agnieszka 77 Hanaj, Artur 89 Brejt, Bruno 57 Hátle, Petr 17 Brożyńska, Natalia 66 Bruszewska, Balbina 89 I C Imelska, Małgorzata 26 Izdebska, Bogusława 74 Cieśla, Dorota 74 Czapla, Zbigniew 88 J D Jasińska Koronkiewicz, Joanna 78 Damian, Anca 22 Jeziorski, Tomasz 49 Devold, Leiv Igor 50 Jóźwiak-Rodan, Paweł 23 Dębska, Kinga 8 Domalewski, Piotr 56 K Dombrowski, Bartosz 7 Drivenes, Ase Svenheim 18 Kacprowicz, Łukasz 67, 76, 81 Drożak, Sebastian 41 Kaczmarek, Joanna 11 Dudek, Anna 75 Kaczyński, Ryszard 27 Dudzińska, Jolanta 74 Kaliszewska, Iwona 33 Dudziński, Andrzej 24 Kamiński, Krystian 22 Dumała, Piotr 76 Kapeniak, Szymon 56 Dylewska, Jolanta 10 Karasińska, Anna 46 Kędzierski, Bartosz 90 C Klimala, Wojciech 47 Kocur, Damian 63 Cˇákanyová, Viera 17 Kohoutová, Rozálie 17 Cichoń, Tomasz 59 Kokeš, Lukáš 17 www.pisf.pl/en/ 98 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
Komander, Krzysztof 41 Molski, Leszek 46 Sobczyk, Wojciech 86 Wróblewska-Dzwoniarek, Komasa, Jan 37 Morawiec, Anna 19 Sodeikaite, Birute 79 Anna 74 Koniecka, Barbara 74 Morawski, Piotr 8, 27 Solakiewicz, Zuzanna 7 Wysoczański, Paweł 20 Konopka, Bartek 49 Morawski, Andrzej Piotr 66 Specht, Karolina 73, 77 Konwicka, Maria 8 Moult-Milewska, Tessa 71 Starnawski, Karol 53 Y Kopczyński, Krzysztof 15 Mrozowski, Janusz 10 Staszewski, Bartosz 26
Kotyński, Przemek 69 & ANIMATIONS SHORTS DOCUMENTARIES, Steliżuk, Jan 66 Yoshida, Izumi 78 Kowalski, Bartosz M. 35 N Stożek, Jakub 36 Kozera-Topińska, POLISH: Stróżycka, Marta 74 Z Małgorzata 28 Niemczyk, Aleksandra 43 Stupnicki, Wojciech 62 Krasilnikova, Natalia 18 Niewiera, Elwira 14 Suchocki, Łukasz 63 Zaleszczuk, Karolina 61 Krawczuk, Natalia 73 Nowak, Marcin 21 Szczepaniak, Grzegorz 30 Załęcka, Magdalena 44 Kruk, Maciej Bartosz 51 Nuzban, Tomasz 16 Szcześniak, Michał 32 Zastróżna, Joanna 55 Kubarska, Eliza 21, 37 Szołajski, Konrad 11 Zielonka, Emilia 61 Kucia, Jerzy 75 O Szymańska, Marta 82 Zubrzycki, Kuba 53 Kukuła, Andrzej 66, 83 Zwiefka, Agnieszka 28 Kulas, Bartek 44 Oparkowska, Anna 68 Ś Kuśmierczyk, Anna 30 Ż Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, P Śladkowski, Jerzy 13 Anita 79 Ślesicki, Tomek 42 Żurawska, Zofia 52 Palenta, Adam 17 L Pawluczuk, Monika 15 T Piątek, Jakub 25 Lachowicz, Marek 76 Piećko, Wiesława 32 Tarkowski, Jakub 87 Lenartowicz, Eryk 33, 47 Pietrzak, Alek 60 Tasovská, Klára 17 Lesisz, Katarzyna 24 Pilecka, Magdalena 84 Terpińska, Aleksandra 13, 40 Leśniak, Tomasz 87 Plucińska, Izabela 85 Turło, Robert 66 Lewandowski, Adam 23 Podolec, Marcin 72 Lisowski, Kacper 48 Polak, Hanna 31 U Popławska, Julia 27 Ł Urbańczyk, Anna 45 R Łazarski, Stefan 59 W Łoziński, Paweł 38 Rogowska, Julia 44 Rogowski, Piotr 74 Wajda, Andrzej 10 M Rosołowski, Piotr 14 Wasilewski, Marcin 68 Rossetti, Nathalie 29 Wawrzecki, Michał 42 Maciuszek, Aleksandra 12 Rus, Kristoffer 58 Wąsik, Elżbieta 70 Majewska, Martyna 57 Wierzbicki, Krzysztof 20 Majorek, Monika 52 S Wnuk, Michał 9 Małecki, Piotr 9 Wojciechowski, Marcin 88 Martyn, Janusz 74 Sakowski, Miłosz 50 Wojtkowski, Wojciech 66 Melnyk, Katarzyna 83 Shuty, Sławomir 82 Wolski, Tomasz 45 Michnikowski, Jakub 19, 54 Sibrt, Radovan 17 Woszczyńska, Aga 48 Mikina, Agata 74 Siwiński, Tomasz 69 Wójcik, Joanna 86 Mkhitaryan, Vahram 29, 55 Skibińska, Paulina 25 www.pisf.pl/en/ 99 f CONTENTS f INDEX 2015
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