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Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 2 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish D his surrounding world, inanastute, thorough andwisemanner. undoubtedly share acommon feature; they depictmanamidst others are just beginningtheirpublicshowing, butthey all them have garnered awards at international festivals while Polish documentary filmfrom theyears 2006-2007.Many of With great pleasure we offer you thiscatalogue of selected testimony to present times. disturb andabove allto give aconstructive anduniversal they occupiedinformer years, withtheirpower to move, to Polish documentaries to aplaceincinemarepertoires that are primarilyintended for cinemarelease. We wishto restore particular emphasisonsupportingdocumentary filmswhich convinced of universal appealof factualfilmandputsa network audience.ThePolish FilmInstitute however, is to thedomainof television where itreadily reaches amass media genre. Nowadays, documentary cinemalargely belongs and in2007,theInstitute willallocate 4.5million PLNto this is to furtherencourage theproduction of documentary films tradition, thusoneof theprioritiesof thePolish FilmInstitute production inbeinganintegral partof Polish cinema ocumentary filmhasequalimportanceto feature Agnieszka Odorowicz Polish FilmInstitute General Director 3 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 4

Life, Death, and Other Oddments Little Worlds Reflections on the most important problems of Protagonists living in their own worlds, their lit- 5 human existence. Death, love, family, freedom, 33 tle homelands, absorbed in their own dedication to others, drugs, disease, fighting for business and emotions. In the dregs or in the oneself. Common and uncommon problems – the middle? most important. Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish

Postcards from a Journey History Lesson: Portraits 42 Journeys to the other worlds, near and remote: 51 and Events to Moscow, Siberia and Japan as well as the History reflected in human lots. Great world of Silesian exotic dancers... characters and ordinary people tangled in the course of events which fill in the pages of school textbooks. Life, Death, Oddments and Other 5 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 6 4 oferty matrymonialne 4 proposals Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Magnus Arnesen Awards: cinematography Roman Chałupnik editing Grzegorz Habryn . V "Łodzią po Wiśle" Review, Warsaw sound design Marek Knaga produced by PWSFTViT, 2007: Audience Award ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, phone +48 42 634 58 20, fax +48 42 634 59 28, Festivals: e-mail [email protected], www.filmschool.lodz.pl 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 co-financing Polish Film Institute . – National Competition – official selection mini DV, 16:9, colour, stereo, 23 min Poland 2006 he portraits of four lonely people who are trying to Tfind their life partners. What do they expect? What do they have to offer? How they imagine happiness? 13 lat i 10 miesięcy 7 13 Years and 10 Months Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Jennifer Malmqvist Festivals:

cinematography editing . Kate Mc Cullough Cecylia Pacura . Svenska Bilder Goteborg Film Festival, sound design Iga Stankiewicz produced by PWSFTViT Sveden ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, . “Łodzią po Wiśle” Review, Warsaw phone +48 42 634 58 20, fax +48 42 634 59 28, 2007 th e-mail [email protected], www.filmschool.lodz.pl . 47 Kraków Film Festival 2007 – National Competition – official producer Andrzej Bednarek co-financing Polish Film Institute selection

35 mm, colour, stereo, 9 min Poland 2006 nastazja is almost 14 years old. Her family Acomes from Belarus, they arrived to Poland seven years ago. When Anastazja was five, she has been diagnosed with mucoviscidosis. The illness is constantly present in her life. The girl recounts how does she cope with her incurable disease and the prospect of dying. 8 Po tamtej stronie Beyond The Wall Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Vita Zelakeviciuteˇ Festivals: cinematography Józef Szymura music Paweł Szymański . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 produced by Drygas Production, ul. Dzika 19/23, – National Competition and 00-172 Warsaw, phone +48 22 651 50 58, International Competition – official e-mail [email protected], for Polish Television, selection 1st Programme, ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, phone +48 22 547 88 91, fax +48 22 547 42 42, e-mail [email protected] producer Maciej Drygas alking area, work at the tailor’s workshop, Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 20 min Waustere meal, daily intake of medicines taken under the watchful eye of medical staff, cell crowded Poland 2007 to the limit – a day like any other. With no needless words. Moving story of Russian prisoners sent to psychiatric prison hospital to serve their sentence. Film was made in Chernyakhovsk (Kaliningrad Oblast) and Sychovka (Smolensk Oblast). Constellations e-mail phone cinematography written anddirected by [email protected], www.eurekamedia.info ul. Smulikowskiego 13/10,00-384Warsaw, +48 228284810, Denis Streichardt sound design Jędrzej Niestrój editing Marcin Latałło, Sławomir Bergański, Betacam SP, colour, 4:3,stereo, 52min co-financing Jaromir Dziewic, Marcin Latałło producer Marcin Latałło, Andrzej Kowal, music produced by fax Krzysztof Kopczyński Antoni Łazarkiewicz +48 228295673, Marcin Latałło Polish FilmInstitute Eureka Media, Poland 2006 accompany theminthearrangement. Hellinger’s workshops –GermanandPolish, later we usual humbug. psychotherapy for last hundred years, different thanthe the most important discovery withinthefieldof participation of audience.Hellinger’s method isconsidered During thefilmwe meet someontheparticipants of T by BertHellingerisanultra-short therapy withthe he method of family arrangements (constellations) Konstelacje . . . 47 "Man inDanger", Łódź; Off Cinema,Poznań; Festivals: th Kraków FilmFestival 2007 9 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 10 Kaleka_38 Cripple_38 Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

directed and written by Adam Leniec

cinematography Tomasz Nowak music Robert Friedrich, Marcin Pospieszalski, SNOWMEN band editing Mateusz Rogala sound design Leopold Komuszyna produced by Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, ul. Chełmska 21, bld. 24; 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, phone +48 22 851 10 56, phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57; e-mail [email protected], www.wajdaschool.pl producer Katarzyna Ślesicka production manager Agata Rappe he story of a man trapped in his own body. His life production co-operation Stowarzyszenie Tconsists of constant battle with himself. Marek has na Rzecz Młodych Twórców VITRIOL had cerebral palsy. He moves and speaks with great difficulty yet he constantly fights for love, dignity, and for his right to and Katarzyna Leniec live normal life. His maturity and urge to live are truly impressive. Betacam SP, 4:3, colour, stereo, 28 min Poland 2006 Cu... Coo'sEgg sound design cinematography phone producer music +48 717991451, Marek Łacny Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz Michał Litwiniec for Polish Television –1 Wojciech Todorow, Tomasz Sobański ul. Pirenejska 9/7,50-574Wrocław, Betacam SP, colour, 16:9,stereo, 23min directed by written by e-mail produced by [email protected] fax editing Aleksandra Maślanka +48 717991450, Paweł Popko Marek Żemojta Media Brigade, st Programme Poland 2006 ineffective State’s institutions. forlorn byhisfamilyand problems of thisyoung man to foreshadow solving is difficultandthere isnothing adaptation to new conditions inhabitants. Yet Gracjan’s favour of miserable shelter’s and joiedovivre winhimthe partner. Gracjan’s openness Germany to live withher new their apartment andleft to doss-house. Theirmother sold brother landsupintown’s by hismother, alongwithhis G 18 year-old abandoned racjan -handicapped Ku... ku... kułcze jajo . . . . . 47 Festivals: Documentary; "Offskar 2007"for theBest Polish Award of Independent Film 39 2006: 2 Bartoszki FilmFestival, Tarnobrzeg Festival "Publicism2006":2 13th International Independent Film Awards: selection – National Competition –official 2006, 1 Film Festival "Pol-8", Polanica Zdrój th th Kraków FilmFestival 2007 Józef Milka International Amateur st nd Prize; Prize; nd Prize; 11 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 12 Istnienie The Existence Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Marcin Koszałka Awards: cinematography Marcin Koszałka, Adam Nocoń, . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 Maciej Tomaszek music Zygmunt Konieczny – Full-length Documentary editing Anna Wagner Competition: Audience Award produced by HBO Polska, ul. Puławska 17, 02-515 Warsaw, phone +48 22 852 88 00, fax +48 22 852 88 02, e-mail [email protected], www.hbo.pl producer Krzysztof Rak executive produced by OTO Film Poland, ul. Puławska 22, reat actor from Kraków – Jan Nowak is struggling with a terminal disease. The 02-564 Warsaw, phone +48 22 542 86 86, G documentary is the account of becoming familiar with fax +48 22 542 86 87, e-mail [email protected], the prospect of dying and proudly preparing for the www.otofilm.pl co-financing Polish Film Institute death to come. The protagonist is not indifferent about the posthumous lot of his body which he 16 mm, colour, 69 min devised to the Medical Academy for the scientific Poland 2007 experiments. Fully aware and reconciled to what is to come he talks to his lawyer and his friends. sound design The Fat to Bed,theSlim to theBall... music 1 written anddirected by st st Programme, ul.Woronicza 17,00-999Warsaw, Dariusz Żebrowski Marcin Ejsmunt e-mail Digital Beta, colour, 16:9,stereo, 50min [email protected] co-financing producer produced by phone editing Konrad Szołajski Agnieszka Janowska +48 225478125, Polish FilmInstitute Hanna Kłoskowska Gruba dołóżka, chudanabal... Polish Television, Poland 2006 sex. and healthto recreation and fields of life –from fashion contains formulas regarding all guide for fat people.It website isanunconventional by oneof happy “fluffies”. Her website XL-pozytywnie. pl,run The women findhelp inthe that hardly stand otherness. society to settle down ina female protagonists whotry frequently spoken bythefilm T the sentence itle ascertainment is . . . 47 official selection; "Prowincjonalia", Września 2007: Polish FilmArtFestival 2007: official selection; Media Festival "ManinDanger", Łódź Festivals: selection – National Competition –official th Kraków FilmFestival 2007 13 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 14 Spływ The Flow Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Jan Komasa Festivals: cinematography Małgorzata Szyłak, Jan Komasa . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 editing Bartek Pietras PSM music Antoni Łazarkiewicz – Full-length Documentary sound design Michał Muzyka produced by HandMade Competition Pictures, ul. Macedońska 74, 02-761 Warsaw, phone +48 601 45 62 04, +48 22 642-68-09 e-mail [email protected] producer Bartek Pietras

Betacam Digital, colour, 1.33:1, stereo, 81 min documentary tale about canoe trip of Poland 2007 Ateenagers who are treated against their addictions. Extreme conditions and being apart from civilization force the participants to overcome their own limits and to reveal mostly painful truth about themselves. sound design mobile for 1 Freedom Isa God-Given Gift written anddirected by phone +48 601600938,[email protected], st Programme, ul.Woronicza 17,00-999Warsaw, cinematography [email protected] +48 225478891, Błażej Kukla produced by Cezary Ciszewski artistic supervisor Polish Television –FilmAgency DV, colour, 4:3,stereo, 52 min producer Cezary Ciszewski fax +48 225474242, Ryszard Urbaniak Andrzej Titkow editing Cieszkowski Poland 2006 Dariusz Wolność jest darem Boga it isto become part of it. from theinside,and how easy world iswhenyou lookat it hell, showing how “normal”this – thediaryfrom the narcotic “participating observation” shocking document of the collapse. Theresult isthe story of hisown making a not realize that hewasalso chronicle of theirlife, hedid a very centre of Warsaw. Making in anabandonedhousethe year withtheheroin addicts a reportages, hasspendhalf documentaries and reporter, authorof many C television andradio ezary Ciszewski, . . . 47 Documentary; Jańcio Wodnik for theBest "Prowincjonalia", Września 2007, Polish FilmArtFestival Award; 2006: Honorary Diploma;OpusFilm Media Festival "ManinDanger"Łódź Awards: Lajkonik for theBest Documentary National Competition –Srebrny th Kraków FilmFestival 2007: 15 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 16 Masz już to? Got It? Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Andrzej Titkow Festivals: cinematography Jacek Petrycki . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 music India Czajkowska editing Paweł Deliś – National Competition sound design Jędrzej Niestrój, Jacek Gołąb n year 1988 Andrzej Titkow produced by Rebecca Studio, ul Dzielna 6/21, Idirected the documentary “Give It 00-162 Warsaw, phone/fax +48 22 635 35 69, To Me” which was the recording of a mobile +49 601 28 30 79, workshop run by an outstanding psychotherapist Wojciech Eichelberger. e-mail [email protected], nd The protagonists of the documentary Polish Television, 2 Programme, were the participants of a group ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw process. They dramatically revealed producers Violetta Buhl, Krzysztof Lang their extreme emotions, unsolved co-financing Polish Film Institute problems and hidden conflicts. In the film “Got It?” the director comes back to his protagonists. He asks them who Digital Beta, colour & black and white, stereo, 40 min are they now, what they do, how their Poland 2006 lives went on. Do they already have what they were so determined to strive for nineteen years ago. written anddirected by fax 02-644 Warsaw, +48 226466273, Hospital produced by co-financing cinematography artistic supervisor sound design Centrala Ltd., Odyńca59/14, producer mobile editing e-mail Tomasz Wolski Agnieszka Janowska +48 693950201, Polish FilmInstitute Robert Buczkowski Bartosz Mleczko, [email protected] Tymek Wiskirski DV, colour, 30min Tomasz Wolski Jacek Bławut Poland 2006 second home. becomes their whom thehospital elderly peoplefor microcosm of the film presents the Clinic inCracow. The Internal Diseases doctors from the patients and T portrait of he Collective ...... 2006 –Documentary Contest: First Prize; Scissors for theBest FilmEditing–Tymek Wiskirski – participant in"Docs for Sale"Fairs International Documentary FilmFestival IDFA, Amsterdam Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival Trieste FilmFestival, Festivals: directing IFF "Punto deVista 2007", Spain:JeanVigoAward for thebest 2007: Grand JuryPrize; Polish Editionof Slamdance–on theRoad, Kraków and Paradocumentary Award –MałyPagórek; Góra 2006:Grand JuryPrize Filmowa Góra, Best Documentary Summer Festival of Independent Cinema"Filmowa Góra", Zielona 1 6 46 Awards: st th th Film Festival "Wakacyjne kadry" –Cieszyn2006:Golden International FilmFestival "Era Nowe Horyzonty" –Wrocław Kraków FilmFestival –National Contest: SpecialMention; Klinika 17 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 18 Janek Janek Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Renata Gabryjelska Awards: cinematography Zbyszek Jarosz, Rafał Śmierzchalski . 25th Debut Film Festival Young music Paris Music editing Renata Gabryjelska, Piotr Krasny & Cinema, Koszalin 2006: Award for sound design Grzegorz Lindemann Documentary in Polish School Films produced by Warsaw Film School, ul. Świeradowska 43, Competition 02-662 Warsaw, phone +48 22 543 55 99, e-mail [email protected] Festivals: producer Maciek Ślesicki . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 – National Competition – official HDV, colour, 19 min selection Poland 2006

story of shoeblack philosopher told as a platform Aballad about a railway station’s capitalism. fax editing +48 228569538, cinematography Kurc Kurc Bartosz Karczyński written anddirected by produced by 02-567 Warsaw, producers Borys Lankosz Euromedia TV, Sandomierska 28/1, e-mail Anna Brzywczy, AnnaŻamojda sound design [email protected] phone music Borys Lankosz +48 228569304, Abel Korzeniowski Anna Rutkowska DV, colour, 24min Poland 2006 he lookingfor? What washeescapingfrom? in three continents ineighteen months. What was rucksack. Hetravelled to more thanten countries M 2 L n digital camcorder inhis 120 PLNanda ruzKr a passportinhispocket, ariusz Kurc hada . . 46 Festivals: the best documentary Cieszyn 2006:GoldenHorseshoefor Film Festival "Wakacyjne Kadry" Awards: th Kraków FilmFestival 2006 Kurc Kurc 19 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 20 Modelki Models Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Monika Pawluczuk

cinematography Szymon Lenkowski editing Justyna Gajewska sound design Darek Wancerz produced by Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół Integracji, ul. Sapieżyńska 10a, 00-215 Warsaw, phone +48 22 635 13 30, e-mail [email protected], www.integracja.org executive produced by Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, ul. Chełmska 21, bld. 24; 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, phone +48 22 851 10 56, phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57; e-mail [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl executive producers Monika Pawluczuk, Katarzyna Ślesicka emale director accompanies a group of Silesian girls, Fmodels on wheelchairs, during their preparation to DV, colour, 23 min a fashion show that is organized in one of Warsaw clubs. Poland 2006 produced by editing Reportażu TVP2,ul.Woronicza 17,00-999Warsaw, i My Baby IsanAngel Telewizyjnych dlaRedakcji FilmuDokumentalnego cinematography Wiesław Jagsch written anddirected by phone Polish Television –Agencja Produkcji Audycji +48 225478075,92 Rafał Jerzak sound design producer Betacam SP, colour, 25min music Monika Górska Mirosław Domagała Krzysztof Górski Tomasz Polaski Poland 2006 Moje dziecko jest aniołem priests, they distribute leaflets amongmothers inhospitals. support groups, write letters to the parliament andthe conspiracy of silence that arouse onthismatter. They meet in treated as humans.Theprotagonists are tryingto break the right to despair, and refuse theirdeadchildren’s right to be well ascivilservants, priests andeven relatives deny their T lost theirprematurely bornchildren. Medicalstaff as he story abouteveryday life of themothers whohave . . 2006: Honourary Diploma Media Festival "MeninDanger"Łódź Documentary; 2006: Grand Prixfor theBest of European Regional Televisions) Circom Regional Award (Association Awards: 21 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 22 A czego tu się bać Nothing To Be Scared Of Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Małgorzata Szumowska Awards: cinematography Jacek Drosio music Adam Walicki, . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007, Marcin Rychter editing Jacek Drosio sound design Piotr Fede International Competition: The produced by Shot-Szumowski, City of Kraków Student's Jury e-mail [email protected], [email protected] illagers from Mazurian Prize (ex aequo with "Mon dernier for Polish Television, Programme 2, ul. Woronicza 17, Vvillage talk about role"/My Last Role directed by Olivier Ayache-Vidal) 00-999 Warsaw, phone +48 22 547 80 75, rituals, customs and beliefs +48 22 547 80 92, e-mail [email protected] regarding death. Their talk is ordinary just like in other producer Agnieszka Kurzydło topics, yet it is honest, eloquent and humorous. For Digital Beta, colour, 16:9, stereo, 39 min them death is familiar, Poland 2006 otherwise than for townsfolk who don’t have time to think about it. Yet paradoxically it causes even greater fear. “There is nothing to be scare of” – are wondering the protagonists of this funny and moving film. written anddirected by music phone phone produced by On theRoad executive producer Andrzej Izdebski +48 225478088,95 +48 504064037 ul. Woronicza 17,00-999 Warsaw, ul. Tyniecka 38a,02-621Warsaw, Polish Television –2 cinematography sound design editing SPI International Polska, Betacam SP, colour, 30min fax Maciej Adamek +48 225478830 producer Sławomir Goździk Grzegorz Nawara Artur Żurawski nd Programme, Radek Styś Poland 2005 life. most important thingin – whichfor themisthe and theirrelationship longtime homelessness story of theirlives; the road, they tell the garbage cans.Whilst on look for theirfood in dilapidated housesand in thewoods orin small bags.They sleep possessions intwo all theirearthly settle down. They carry place to searching for a wonders across Poland A married couple homeless ...... SpecialMention intheEuropean film category – SpecialMention inthedocumentary filmcategory, – Regis, Great Britain2007: The Endof thePierInternational FilmFestival, Bognor Award for theBest Cinematography –ArturŻurawski; – – Audience Award, – Grand Prix, Moldavia 2007: International Documentary FilmFestival Cronograf, Platinum Remi for thebest editing–Sławomir Goździk; Worldfest Independent FilmFestival, Houston, USA 2007: 2006: Audience Award; Belo Horizonte International ShortFilmFestival, Brazil Best Documentary Award; Worldwide Short FilmFestival, Toronto, Canada2006: Honourary Diploma; Media Festiwal "ManinDanger"Łódź, Poland 2005: Awards: W drodze 23 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 24 Radek Radek Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Magnus von Horn Awards: cinematography Yori Fabian editing Bogusława Furga . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007: sound design Michał Robaczewski, Justyna Musialska Maciej Szumowski Award (ex aequo produced by PWSFTViT, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, with the film "Cupboard" by Jacob phone +48 42 634 58 20, fax +48 42 634 59 28, Dammas) e-mail [email protected] www.filmschool.pl adek has been recently producer Bogusława Furga Rreleased from prison. artistic supervisor Grażyna Kędzielawska He is trying to control his co-financing Polish Film Institute aggression but in the world he lives in, it is hard to do so. Portrait of a young man DV, black & white, 14 min who is trying to understand Poland 2006 and change himself without any support from his environment, cultural patterns and the language he speaks. Does he have a chance? written anddirected by produced by phone cinematography Rendez-vous +48 228511056, ul. Chełmska 21,bld.24;00-724Warsaw, Poland, e-mail Andrzej Wajda Master School of FilmDirecting, [email protected], www.wajdaschool.pl Wojciech Staroń sound design Betacam SP, colour, 4:3,stereo, 9,5min Marcin JanosKrawczyk co-financing phone/fax producer editing Aleksandra Zawrotniak +48 228511057; Polish FilmInstitute Katarzyna Ślesicka Wojciech Jagiełło Poland 2006 something very unusual... such agoingoutis music. Butfor thesetwo romantic background T on adate. Café, wo young people Rendez-vous ...... Washington DC,USA 2007: official selection 5th International Festival Silverdocs, selection; Cinéma duRéel, Paris, France 2007:official "Berlinale" 2007:official selection; Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin official selection; Famufest, Prague, Czech 2006: Festivals: Special Mention; Polish FilmFestival inNew York, USA 2007: category of documentary; and Me", Koszalin 2006:Grand Prixinthe 3rd European FilmFestival "Integration You 2006: "littleFeFe"Award; 13th Festival "FeFe–Felliniada", Warsaw Awards: 25 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 26 Nasiona The Seeds Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Wojciech Kasperski Awards: Special Mention at the Prix Europa . Festival in Berlin 2006; cinematography Szymon Lenkowski music Philip Glass International Documentary Film Festival Special Award of the Jury at the Media . "Flahertiana", Perm, Russia 2006: Great . Festival "Human in Peril" Łódź 2006; editing Tymek Wiskirski sound design Iwo Klimek produced by Silver Nanook, Award for the Best Alternative Festival of Independent Film, Eureka Media, Smulikowskiego 13/10, 00-384 Warsaw, Documentary; . Barcelona, Spain 2006: Jury's Special phone +48 22 828 48 10, fax +48 22 829 56 73, 46th Kraków Film Festival 2006 – Mention; . National Competition: European Film Week OFF/ON Warsaw e-mail [email protected], www.eurekamedia.info, – Grand Prix – Złoty Lajkonik, . 2006: Special Award; www.newgaze.info; Polish Television – Kodak Award The CMU International Film Festival producer Krzysztof Kopczyński co-financing Polish Film Institute, – Cracow Students' Award; . 2006 "Faces of Democracy", Pittsburgh Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing AFI Discovery Channel Documentary 2006: Grand Prix in the Student . Festival "Silverdocs", Washington – Main International Short Film category; Award for the Short Documentary; Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, HDV, colour, 28 min 28th Big Muddy Film Festival, Illinois, USA . Missoula, Montana 2007: Jury's Special Poland 2006 . – Award for the Best Short; Award; Russian Film Prize "Laurel" 2006, International Music and Film Festival . Moscow – for the best foreign . – Mediawave, Györ, Hungary 2007: ilm in the series “Russia-Poland. New Gaze”. FA married couple with many children dwell non-feature film; Grand Prix on the outskirts of a small village surrounded by Best Debut Award at the Cieszyn Film . Festival 2006 for the director of cine- Presented at many other festivals, including the Altay Mountains. They live in poverty, rejected by the local society. Once a tragedy happened matography, Szymon Lenkowski; INPUT 2006, DOK Leipzig 2006 and Polish here. Now they have to pay for the old sins. Film Festival in America 2006. sound design phone/fax cinematography Stiepan 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, School of FilmDirecting, ul.Chełmska 21,bld.24; www.wajdaschool.pl written anddirected by +48 228511057; Jarek Wójcik Radek Ładczuk Betacam SP, colour, 4:3,stereo, 13min produced by co-financing producer e-mail phone editing Radka Franczak Andrzej Wajda Master [email protected] +48 228511056, Polish FilmInstitute Katarzyna Ślesicka Michał Żytkowski Poland 2006 story of hislife. railway station, recounts theunusual booking-office at theTerespol old Russian–Stiepan, met bythe 75year journey. A strangers ona railway stations whilepassing R people have ontrains and andom conversation that . – Prague 2007,Czech Republic. People InNeedFilmFestival Official Selectionof OneWorld / Festivals: Stiepan 27 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 28 Symbioza Symbiosis Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Krzysztof Kasior Festivals: cinematography Krzysztof Kasior editing Krzysztof Kasior . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 sound design Krzysztof Kasior produced by Wydział Radia – National Competition – official i Telewizji, Uniwersytet Śląski, ul. Bytkowska 1 B, selection 40-955 Katowice, phone +48 32 258 24 21 ex 287, +48 32 258 70 70, mobile +48 693 398 868, e-mail [email protected] co-financing Polish Film Institute

Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 12 min Poland 2006 byszek has never moved out from his room. He is Z52 years old and he still lives with his mother – 72 year-old Zofia. Zbyszek is leaving to a sanatorium in Ciechocinek. He suffers because of separation with his mother. When he comes back home, we found out the truth about their mutual relation. cinematography fax Tactility +48 426345928, sound design phone written anddirected by www.filmschool.lodz.pl +48 426345823,20, Monika Kotecka Ewa Bogusz Betacam SP, colour, 16:9,mono,16min Jan Pęczak ul. Targowa 61/63,90-323Łódź, co-financing e-mail music editing [email protected], produced by Julia Kolberger Polish FilmInstitute producer Tadeusz Wielecki, Barbara Snarska PWSFTViT, Beata Gzik Poland 2007 won’t seenor hearneither... born. Itturnsout that he their second sonMaurycy is small things.After two years little details andappreciate changes. They start to enjoy possible. Theirworld slowly much love andwarmth as with himandto show himas themselves, to communicate imagine hisworld to Young parents are trying to Ignacy neitherseesnorhears. A Vanessa andPeter. son Ignacyisbornto Przez dotyk . . 2007; Review "Łodzią poWiśle", Warsaw 47 5 Festivals: selection – National Competition –official th th Łódź FilmSchool Student Film Kraków FilmFestival 2007 29 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 30 Pod opieką Taking Care Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Jan Wagner Awards: cinematography Tomasz Nowak editing Bogusława Furga . 4th Łódź Film School Student Film sound design Wojciech Emm produced by PWSFTViT, Review "Łodzią po Wiśle", Warsaw Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, phone +48 42 634 58 20, 2006: Grand Prix; fax +48 42 674 80 88, e-mail [email protected], . XVI The Media Festival "Man in www.filmschool.lodz.pl producer Andrzej Bednarek Danger", Łódź 2006: Honorary Diploma artistic supervisor Tadeusz Pałka co-financing Polish Film Institute Festivals: Betacam SP, colour and black & white, 4:3, mono, 14 min . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 Poland 2006 – National Competition – official selection

ortrait of a young doctor, who takes care of the Pincurably ill children, patients of the “Gajusz” Foundation in Łódź. produced by – DarkLight Studio, ul.Katowicka 48,31-351Kraków, cinematography User FriendlyDeath phone phone written anddirected by Digital Beta, black&whiteandcolour, 4:3,stereo, 69' HBO Polska, ul.Puławska 17,02-515Warsaw, +48 126263801, executive producer e-mail +48 228528800, Krzysztof Suchodolski [email protected] Marcin Koszałka sound design Natalia Bartkowicz-Koszałka e-mail fax Marcin Koszałka producer Krzysztof Suchodolski music editing +48 228528802, [email protected] Adrian Konarski, Krzysztof Rak Anna Wagner Poland 2006 the rest of us,aplacewe'd rather forget. the workers of thecrematorium itisausual workplace. For numbered urn. put into thestove, andhow theashesare placedinto urns. Thecamera shows themoment whenthe dead bodyis Śmierć zludzką twarzą You canget usedto death, learnto face itevery day. For C process of cremation, different kindsof coffins and rematorium inOstrava. Theworkers speakaboutthe 31 Life, Death, and Other Oddments 32 Wojownik The Warrior Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life,

written and directed by Jacek Bławut Awards: cinematography Jacek Bławut editing Jacek Bławut . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 sound design Robert Sędzicki (Opus Film), Jacek Piotr – Full-length Documentary Bławut, Wojciech Cwyk produced by HBO Poland, Competition: Honourable Mention ul. Puławska 17, 02-515 Warsaw, phone +48 22 852 88 00, fax +48 22 852 88 02, story of the extraordinary career and the tragic fall of a e-mail [email protected] producers Jerzy Dzięgielewski, APolish kick-boxer Marek Piotrowski. In 1988, just a year Aleksander Kutela, Krzysztof Rak, Anna Skonieczna before the fall of communism in Poland, Marek emigrated to USA with a dream to become a star of kick-boxing. He won the title of executive producer Produkcja Filmów Jacek Bławut, USA Champion and three times he became the World Champion. He ul. Kardynała Wyszyńskiego 25 m 31/21, 94-047 Łódź, lived in luxury. In 1996 his decline commenced: his father died, he phone +48 42 252 27 05, fax +48 42 689 04 79, got divorced, he learnt that he’s not the father of a boy he believed e-mail [email protected] to be his son, he fell ill, could not walk or speak. His career had broken, Marek fell into financial problems and became a taxi-driver in Detroit. After a year he returned to live with his mother in a small HDV, colour, 4:3, 85 min town near Warsaw. Marek fought with depression for three years. Poland 2007 Finally he got better. He established a small kick-boxing school for troubled youth in Minsk Mazowiecki. His old-time fan advised him to take on another job: Marek started organizing courses for big companies’ workers and teaching them motivation: how to be successful and how to cope with their failures. Little Worlds 33 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 34 Ponad chodnikami Above Pavements Little Worlds

written and directed by Piotr Stasik

cinematography Piotr Niemyjski editing Marek Ciszewski sound design Witold Zalewski produced by Zespół Filmowy Paladino, [email protected]; Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, ul. Chełmska 21, bld. 24; 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, phone +48 22 851 10 56, phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57; e-mail [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl; Centrala Ltd., Odyńca 59/14, poetic story of passion and creation 02-644 Warsaw, mobile +48 693 95 02 01, Aof music. fax +48 22 646 62 73, e-mail [email protected] Andrzej – a 17 year-old – is a talented co-financing Polish Film Institute pianist. His parents call him warmly “Johnny the Musician” because he comes from Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 26 min a small town and has no money for proper Poland 2007 education. One day he receives an invitation for music workshops in Warsaw. Under the tutelage of real masters of music, along with thirty other teenagers from the whole Poland, he practices for his first serious concert. written anddirected by e-mail At theDatcha [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl of FilmDirecting, ul.Chełmska 21,bld.24; produced by Betacam SP, colour, 4:3,stereo, 26 min Tomek Wieczorek, Studio Sonoria sound design co-financing cinematography phone/fax Andrzej Wajda Master School producer phone 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, Thierry Paladino editing +48 228511057, +48 228511056, Polish FilmInstitute Michał Dominowski, Katarzyna Ślesicka Thierry Paladino Rafał Samborski Poland 2006 being poor anddeaf. each other. Despite truly happy andlove any success.They are try to fixthemwithout They break thingsand everything butrest. Staying out,they do everyday problems. protagonists cope with shows how the comedies. Themovie resemble slapstick style of asilent movies Scenes madeinthe on avegetable plot. spending theirfree time P and mute family ortrait of a deaf ...... 47 Visions DuRéel, Nyon 2007–official selection; Trieste FilmFestival, Trieste 2007–official selection; Paris Tout Court, Paris 2007–official selection; 49 Festivals: Lithuania 2007:Grand Prixfor thebest documentary; Vilnius FilmShorts;European Student ShortFilmFestival, Slamdance of theRoad, Kraków 2007:SpecialMention; Polish FilmFestival inNew York, 2007:SpecialMention; 2007: SpecialAward of theBarka Theater; International MusicandFilmFestival –Mediawave, Györ, Hungary Grand Prix –GoldenMedalof Belgrade; Belgrad Festival of Documentary andShortFilm,Serbia2007: 36 Awards: selection Film, Leipzig 2006–official selection; mentaries for theZespół Filmowy Paladino; 2006: Grand PrixGoldenGrape –team award for theset of docu- th th th Kraków FilmFestival 2007–National Competition –official International Leipzig Festival for Documentary andAnimated International FilmFestival LubuskieFilmSummer, Łagów Na działce 35 Little Worlds 36 Przy rzece By the River Little Worlds

written and directed by Magda Kowalczyk Festivals: cinematography Piotr Niemyjski, Piotr Rosołowski . Teheran International Short Film editing Magda Kowalczyk sound design Michał Dominowski Festival – official selection produced by Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, ul. Chełmska 21, bld. 24; 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, phone +48 22 851 10 56, phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57; e-mail [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl producer Katarzyna Ślesicka co-financing Polish Film Institute awn. Thicket. Silhouettes of workers. A crunch of Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 12 min Dcutting branches, steady rhythm of work. Slowly Warsaw appears at the other side of the river. Workers are Poland 2006 regulatating the bank of Vistula river. Poetic images, editing and sound effects refer to Polish documentary classics. Kacper Lisowski fax phone Cat Ladies cinematography executive producer +48 225474242; written anddirected by +48 226174853, produced by 00-999 Warsaw, ul. Walecznych 17/6, 03-916Warsaw, editing Szymon Lenkowski, Wojciech Staroń, Digital Beta, colour, 16:9,stereo, 45min Polish Television, ul.Woronicza 17, Paweł Łoziński Produkcja Filmów, co-financing Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk e-mail e-mail phone mobile [email protected] [email protected] Paweł Łoziński +48 225478125, Polish FilmInstitute +48 601221311, Poland 2007 ielf meaning. give life a to take care of someone,to love somebody, to look after. To stray cat feeder? lives? Does anyone canbea they have become cat lovers? Was anything missingintheir in common –theirlove for cats. How diditturnedoutthat Moving andwittyfilmabouttheneedof love. Theneed O common, marriedandsingle.Yet they have something lder andyounger, richandpoor, educated and Kociary 37 Little Worlds 38 Lekcja muzyki The Music Lesson Little Worlds

written and directed by Andrzej Mańkowski Awards: cinematography Henryk Nagrodzki, Andrzej Mańkowski, . International Film Festival OFF Jacek Dworakowski, Jacek Piotr Bławut CINEMA Poznań, Poland 2006: editing Andrzej Mańkowski sound design Andrzej Żabicki commend; artistic supervisor Jacek Bławut produced by Polish Television, Film Festival NURT Kielce, Poland 2006 he main character . nd – the Polish Radio Ltd. Special Prize; 2 Programme, ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, T– Tomasz phone +48 22 547 80 88, +48 22 547 80 75, Stroynowski, the pianist Festivals: +48 22 547 80 92, – unravels the world through e-mail [email protected] the music. While observing Polish Film Festival Chicago, USA: producer executive producer his pedagogical work and his . Barbara Paciorkowska official selection; Anna Bławut-Mazurkiewicz – Produkcja Filmów life’s incidents, we give in to Film Festival "Holiday's Frames" his unpretentious and warm . Jacek Bławut, ul. Kardynała Wyszyńskiego 25 m 31/21, Cieszyn, Poland 2006: official understanding of human’s selection; 94-047 Łódź, phone +48 42 252 27 05, fate. We discover that the fax +48 42 689 04 79, e-mail [email protected] music itself appears to be . Film Festival HAPPY END, Rzeszów, Poland 2006: official selection co-financing Script Agency the universal language for nd human communication. . 42 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival , Czech 2007: official Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 26 min selection Poland 2006 phone e-mail cinematography On theSkyEarth editing +48 228511056, ul. Chełmska 21,bld.24; 00-724Warsaw, Poland, [email protected]; Centrala Ltd., Odyńca59/14, e-mail Andrzej Wajda Master Schoolof FilmDirecting, fax written anddirected by Anna Dymek 02-644 Warsaw, +48 226466273, [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl ul. Racławicka 9/65,85-041Bydgoszcz, Radek Ładczuk produced by DV/Betacam SP, colour, 16:9, 70min co-financing sound design phone/fax Zespół Filmowy PALADINO, mobile music e-mail +48 228511057; +48 693950201, Polish FilmInstitute Tomasz Gwinciński Maciej Cuske Zofia Gołębiowska [email protected]; Poland 2007 the extraterrestrials’ existence. UFO. Yet hedoesn’t give upandhetriesat any cost to prove grain. Oneof theinvestigators hasalmost beenkidnappedby year they expect extraordinary signsto appearinthefield of A to asmalltown Wylatowo (Takeoffville). Just like every group of supernatural phenomenaaficionados comes Na niebienaziemi 39 Little Worlds 40 W sklepie The Shopkeeper Little Worlds

written and directed by Thierry Paladino Festivals: cinematography Thierry Paladino editing Wojciech Jagiełło . Film was presented at various film sound design Thierry Paladino produced by Andrzej Wajda festivals including Berlinale 2006. Master School of Film Directing, ul. Chełmska 21, bld. 24; 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, phone +48 22 851 10 56, phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57; e-mail [email protected], www.wajdaschool.pl producer Katarzyna Ślesicka co-financing The Adam Mickiewicz Institute

Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 14 min o a general store at the social welfare institution area Poland 2006 Tvarious clients come. Some of them come to buy something, others to talk or sing a song. The film was made within the project “Reflections” – joint venture of Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and Internationale Filmschule Koeln. www.wajdaschool.pl Master Schoolof FilmDirecting, ul.Chełmska 21,bld.24; phone/fax cinematography editing Travelling Cinema 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, phone phone Andrzej Kasprzyk e-mail +48 228511057, Anna Dymek written anddirected by +48 225478125, +48 228511779, [email protected]; Polish Television, Marcin Sauter produced by ul. Woronicza 17;00-999Warsaw, ul. Chełmska 21,00-724 Warsaw, sound design artistic supervising producer e-mail e-mail phone music Kalejdoskop FilmStudio, Betacam SP, colour, 52min fax fax [email protected] Zbigniew Domagalski Witold Roy-Zalewski, [email protected] +48 225474242; +48 228412135; +48 228511056, Marcin Sauter Tomasz Gwinciński Andrzej Wajda Poland 2006 their travelling cinema. reach children and adultswith villages andsmalltowns their Poland inold,dilapidated car. In started outtheirway through Polish classicmovies and they movie projector, copies of holidays. They bought anold inventive way to spend T and Michalhave found wo young menDarek Kino objazdowe . . . matters the category of social-economical Houston, USA 2007:Bronze Remi in Worldfest Independent FilmFestival, 36 46 Awards: award for Zespół Filmowy Paladino; Grand Prix–GoldenGrape –team Lubuskie FilmSummer, Łagów 2006: Student JuryAward; – Grand Prix–Silver Lajkonik; – National Contest: th th International FilmFestival – Kraków FilmFestival 2006, 41 Little Worlds 42

Postcards Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish from a Journey Mateusz Bała,Iwo Klimek Master Schoolof FilmDirecting, ul.Chełmska 21,bld.24; phone/fax co-financing 7 xMoscow of theRussianFederation (VGIK) 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail cinematography phone (Polish Television) sound design +48 228511057; www.wajdaschool.pl [email protected]; www.eurekamedia.info; +48 228284810, Polish FilmInstitute, National FilmInstitute written anddirected by Smulikowskiego 13/10, 00-384Warsaw, Kopczyński www.newgaze.info; Polish Television Anatolij Tiurikow Piotr Rosołowski artistic supervising co-financing co-producer e-mail phone produced by fax [email protected] +48 228295673, +48 228511056, Polish Film Institute dubbing editing producer Witold Będkowski mini DV, colour, 18’ Piotr Stasik Andrzej Wajda Eureka Media, Piotr Stasik, Piotr Stasik Poland 2006 Krzysztof inhabitants. picture of thecityandits poetic selected spots, create a characteristic andcarefully long andstatic shots madein the capitol of Russia.Seven Poland. New Gaze”. Portrait of F project “Russia– ilm madewithinthe 7 xMoskwa . . . Festival (additionalscreenings) Shown at the PrixEuropa 2006 Festivals: 36 46 Awards: for theZespół Filmowy Paladino; award for theset of documentaries Grand PrixGoldenGrape –team Lubuskie FilmSummer, Łagów 2006: Rosołowski; best cinematography for Piotr Television President's Award for the th th International FilmFestival Kraków FilmFestival 2006:Polish 43 Postcards from a Journey 44 52 procent The 52 Percent Postcards from a Journey from Postcards

written and directed by Rafał Skalski Awards: cinematography Jakub Giza music Łukasz Lach łła wishes to became a ballet . 5th Łódź Film School Student Film editing Cecylia Pacura Adancer and once again she Review "Łodzią po Wiśle", Warsaw sound design Wojciech Mrówczyński tries to be admitted to the best 2007: First Prize; th produced by Eureka Media, ballet school in Russia. This proves to . 47 Kraków Film Festival 2007 – ul. Smulikowskiego 13/10, 00-384 Warsaw, be very difficult task. It requires not National Competition: – Grand Prix – Golden Lajkonik; phone +48 22 828 48 10, fax +48 22 829 56 73, only gift and abilities, the body proportions are also very important: – The President of Polish Television e-mail [email protected]; www.newgaze.info; 52% is the perfect ratio of the legs’ TVP SA Award for the best PWSFTViT, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, length to the height. Ałła is allowed documentary; phone +48 42 634 58 20, fax +48 42 634 59 28, to pass the entrance exams once – The President of Polish Television e-mail [email protected] more on condition that she lengthens TVP SA Award for the best cine- www.filmschool.pl producer Krzysztof Kopczyński her legs. The girl pursues rigorous matography for Jakub Giza; co-financing Polish Film Institute, The Adam trainings hoping to make her dreams – The President of Polish Filmmakers come true... Association Award for the best edit- Mickiewicz Institute Film was made within the second edition of the project “Russia – ing for Cecylia Pacura; Betacam SP, colour, 16:9, stereo, 19 min Poland. New Gaze” carried out by – Kodak Prize – 10 reels of 16mm film for the director of the best film Poland 2007 Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Eureka Media company. on the festival. Natalia Bartkowicz-Koszałka All Day Together cinematography written anddirected by produced by 31-351 Kraków, producer Adam Nocoń DarkLight Studio, ul.Katowicka 48, Natalia Bartkowicz-Koszałka sound editing phone e-mail editing Marcin Koszałka +48 126263801 [email protected] Marcin Koszałka, DV, colour, 25min Jacek Kołtuniak Poland 2006 divisions are too big... and above alllinguistic them towards nature. Cultural Japanesewoman. Shedirects a documentary about make a his movie ontheset. Koszałka explained theideaof her” –thisishow Marcin documentary about shoot a from home.They want to who iseitherbusy oraway Japanesewoman, house of a Polish filmmakers want to “T Poland come to the wo suckers from Cały dzieńrazem . . Europe best documentary madeinCentral Festival, Jihlava, Czech: award for the International Documentary Film 46 Awards: documentaries"; what isusuallyhiddeninmost of the Mention of theJuryfor "showing – International Competition: Special th Kraków FilmFestival 2006 45 Postcards from a Journey 46 Płonący facet Burning Man Postcards from a Journey from Postcards

directed by Sławomir Grunberg, Ewa Pięta Festivals: screenplay by Sławomir Grunberg . 47th Kraków International Film cinematography Sławomir Grunberg cameras Steve Clack, Festival 2007 Mariusz Cichoń, Hubert Bembacz, Michał Popiel . Toruń Film Festival TOFFI 2006 narration Ewa Pięta music Doug Frankeburge, . Warsaw International Film Festival Michał Szostało, Jacek Szylkowski 2006 editing Małgorzata Łukomska, Steve Clack sound design Tomasz Gniadek, Doug Frankenberger produced by Log In Productions, 4 La Rue Road Spencer, t all started 20 years ago in San Francisco, when Larry New York 14883, phone +001 607 589 4709 IHarvey, disappointed with his love affair, decided to burn co-produced by MG Production, ul. Jana III Sobieskiego 11A, two-metre tall dummy on the beach. He invited some friends, 05-070 Sulejówek, phone +48 22 783 56 74 who enjoyed it a lot and decided to repeat the event next producer Sławomir Grunberg co-producer Mirosław Grubek year... 20 years after, the biggest artistic event in the USA co-financing Polish Television, 1st Programme attracts 35 thousand people. This time to the dry lake in the Nevada desert. distributed by LogTV 15 Polish artist participated in the 20. art and freedom festival. The camera shows the fascinated observers who colour become involved in the event to discover a different world in USA – Poland 2006 its extremes. producer sound design The First Day cinematography phone e-mail written anddirected by Krzysztof Kopczyński ul. Smulikowskiego 13/10,00-384Warsaw, +48 228284810, [email protected], www.newgaze.info Michał Marczak Marcin Sauter Betacam SP, colour, 16:9,stereo, 26min ul. Woronicza 17,00-999 Warsaw, co-financing The Adam Mickiewicz Institute e-mail produced by fax co-producer [email protected] editing Polish FilmInstitute, +48 228295673, Marcin Sauter Tymek Wiskirski Eureka Media, TVP Kultura, Poland 2007 Putin andwhere lies Moscow. mathematics andRussian.Everyone hasto know whois villages where during thewholeyear they are beingtaught school. Byship,boat or planechildren are transported to pursuits have theirown magic.Butevery childhasto goto with nature andtheirrelatives. Even ordinary, everyday Far away inSiberiantundra children live inclosecontact F – Poland. New Gaze”. ilm madewithinsecond editionof theproject “Russia Pierwszy dzień . 47 Awards: Jury of Students from theCityof Kraków National Competition: Honorary Prize International Competition and th Kraków FilmFestival 2007– 47 Postcards from a Journey 48 Jak to się robi How It's Done Postcards from a Journey from Postcards

written and directed by Marcel Łoziński Awards:

cinematography Jacek Petrycki, Andrzej Adamczak, iotr Tymochowicz, a . Media Festival "Human in Peril", Łodź Radek Ładczuk, Leszek Skuza Pmedia advisor, 2006, Grand Prix White Cobra; editing Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk decided to prove that . Polish Film Festival Chicago 2006: sound design Jerzy Murawski, Jarosław Roszyk anyone can become Golden Teeth – Audience Award for the produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio, ul. Chełmska 21, a politician. Hundreds of best documentary; National Independent Review of 00-724 Warsaw, phone +48 22 851 17 79, people showed up at the . Documentary Forms NURT 2006, Kielce, fax +48 22 841 21 35, e-mail [email protected], casting. More than ten stated their training. Only Poland: www.kalejdoskop.art.pl producer Zbigniew Domagalski one survived it. For three – Award of the Audience; co-produced by Polish Television – Film Agency, years, an outstanding Polish – special award of "Charaktery" monthly ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, documentary filmmaker, for "truth and psychological depth"; phone +48 22 547 81 67 Polish distributor Gutek Film, member of the American . National Festival of Film Art ul. Zamenhofa 1, Warsaw co-financing Polish Film Institute, and European Academies of "Prowincjonalia", Września, Poland 2007: Media Programme Film, Marcel Łoziński has Organizers Special Award; been documenting the birth Middle-East European Film Festival and career of a politician: . Digital Beta, colour, 16:9, stereo, 87 min "goEast" Wiesbaden, Germany 2007: cynical player, demagogue, Grand Prix in the category of Poland 2006 scruples in his fight for documentary power. sound design executive produced by e-mail Silesia Strips cinematography phone www.otofilm.pl written anddirected by [email protected], www.hbo.pl fax +48 225428687, +48 228528800, 02-564 Warsaw, editing Andrzej Kijanowski Karina Kleszczewska Cezary Grzesiuk, Jarosław Pietraszek Digital Beta, colour, 4:3,stereo, 60min ul. Puławska 17,02-515Warsaw, OTO FilmPoland, ul.Puławska 22, executive producers phone e-mail fax produced by producer Michał Rogalski +48 225428686, +48 228528802, Sławomir Boniecki [email protected], music Jacek Kulczycki, Krzysztof Rak HBO Polska, Poland 2006 Jan Komar dreams’ viability. tion. Thesenotions are confronted withthequestion of their protagonists, theirlife views, attitudes towards theiroccupa- ing point istheirwork-oriented tripto Italy. a conclusion from what hashappenedto them.Theculminat- father. Thedancerscomment onsurrounding world anddraw mechanic whoisnow alsotheirdriver, advisorandsometimes We get to know four different personalities of female T Silesia. TheirmanagerisKazik- fifty-year-old former atiana, Barbi,LandrynaiPati are exotic dancers from Śląski interes . 47 Festivals: selection – National Competition –official th Kraków FilmFestival 2007 49 Postcards from a Journey 50 Elektryczka Suburban Train Postcards from a Journey from Postcards

written and directed by Maciej Cuske Awards: cinematography Marcin Sauter editing Tymek Wiskirski . 46th Kraków Film Festival 2006: sound design Dmitrij Wasiliew, Tomasz Wieczorek – Polish Television President's Award artistic supervising Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film for the best director; – Don Kichot – The International Directing, ul. Chełmska 21, bld. 24; 00-724 Warsaw, ilm made within the Poland, phone +48 22 851 10 56, Federation of Film Societies (FICC) Fproject “Russia Award phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57; e-mail [email protected] – Poland. New Gaze”. 36th International Film Festival Lubuskie www.wajdaschool.pl produced by Eureka Media, The director watches the . Film Summer, Łagów 2006: Grand Prix Smulikowskiego 13/10, 00-384 Warsaw, passengers of the Moscow’s Golden Grape – team award for the set phone +48 22 828 48 10, fax +48 22 829 56 73, suburban train with care and tenderness. From the of documentaries for the Zespół e-mail [email protected], www.eurekamedia.info; fragments of the Filmowy Paladino; www.newgaze.info; Polish Television conversations, small . International Festival Cinerail – Metro producer Krzysztof Kopczyński co-producer Witold Będkows- gestures, gazes, facial and Train on Film, Paris, France 2007: ki (Polish Television) co-financing Polish Film Institute and expressions, a portrait of the Grand Prix; National Film Institute of the Russian Federation (VGIK) society is composed. . International Music and Film Festival – Mediawave, Györ, Hungary 2007: Special Jury Prize founded by Hungarian mini DV, colour, 18’ Minister of Education and Culture Poland 2006 History Lesson: and Events Portraits 51 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 52 Piosenka i życie Children of Solidarność History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Rafael Lewandowski Festivals: cinematography Radek Ładczuk music Andrzej Smolik . Premiere: 6th International Film editing Jacek Tarasiuk sound design Jarek Wójcik Festival "Era New Horizons", New produced by KUIV Michel Rotman & Kalejdoskop Film Polish Films Competition Studio, ul. Chełmska 21 bld. 4, 00-724 Warsaw, phone +48 22 851 17 79, e-mail [email protected], www.kalejdoskop.art.pl producer Mark Edwards co-producer Janusz Skałkowski with the participation of Planete in association with LCP Assemblée nationale, RTBF, SVT, TSR, TVP SA co-financing Centre Nationale ugust 2005. Poland celebrates the 25th anniversary Cinématographie, Polish Film Institute, the PROCIREP Aof the establishment of Solidarity (Solidarność). One of the songs sang in 1980 by the striking workers was “For international distributor KUIV Productions, Mark Edwards, My Little Daughter”. This song has become the unofficial 55 bs, rue de Lyon, 75 012 Paris, France anthem of Solidarity. The little daughter is Klementyna. Today Klementyna, as well as other Solidarity’s children – Kasia, Digital Beta, colour, 16:9, stereo, 77 min Łukasz and Arthur, is wondering about what has been left Poland – France 2006 from the fight for democracy that her parents fought for the sake of her future. sound design Master Schoolof FilmDirecting, ul.Chełmska 21,bld.24; phone/fax Cupboard 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, music +48 228511057; written anddirected by Stefan Thorsson Krzysztof Zalewski cinematography www.wajdaschool.pl; Graniza, Denmark co-financing editing producer Marcin Sauter, KamilPłocki e-mail phone produced by Agnieszka Kowalczyk Poland –Denmark2007 Jacob Dammas [email protected] +48 228511056, Polish FilmInstitute miniDV, colour, 26min Katarzyna Ślesicka Andrzej Wajda cupboard hasdisappeared... Catholics. Until theday the contemporary familyof Polish family of Jacob, to the sisters, through Polish-Jewish – from GermanProtestant serving successive lodgers appartment for eighty years, has beenstanding inthesame and heavy pieceof furniture old Germancupboard. Theold comes to Wrocław to findan the witch-hunt against Jews, communist authorities started end of 60swhenthe forced to leave Poland at the Dammas, whoseparents were traces of the past. Jacob D journey insearch of irector’s personal . . Bronze Warsaw Phoenix; Motifs", Warsaw 2007: 47 4 Awards: Polish Contest Student Jury– – MaciejSzumowski Award – th Kredens th International FilmFestival "Jewish Honourable Mention Magnus von Horn), (ex aequowiththefilm"Radek"by Kraków FilmFestival 2007: 53 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 54 Apteka pod Orłem Eagle Pharmacy History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Krzysztof Miklaszewski

cinematography Henryk Janas music Tadeusz Woźniak editing Bogdan Saganowski, Zbigniew Osiński sound design Jacek Stępiński produced by Polish Television, 1st Programme, ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, phone +48 22 547 88 91, fax +48 22 547 42 42 executive producer Kalejdoskop Film Studio, artime story of a pharmacy incorporated by Germans ul. Chełmska 21 bld. 4, 00-724 Warsaw, Winto Jewish Ghetto which was established in March phone +48 22 841 21 35, e-mail [email protected], 1941. A tribute to pharmacy’s owner – Tadeusz Pankiewicz www.kalejdoskop.art.pl producer Piotr Śliwiński who inherited Eagle Pharmacy as well as his profession of (Kalejdoskop), Witold Będkowski (TVP) a pharmacist from his ancestors – famous Galician pharmacists. Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 44 min Pankiewicz, as the only Pole living daily among the Jewish community, had become the guardian and rescuer for many Poland 2006 Jews. His pharmacy was regarded as an oasis of freedom and the chance to survive for many people. editing Paradowski, Andrzej Adamczak Gdański Railway Station phone TVN (television), TheAdam Mickiewicz Institute Grażyna Gradoń written by director Michał Dominowski +48 122590971, Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz Teresa Torańska ul. Szwedzka 74/4,30-315Kraków, co-financing producer sound design produced by Agnieszka Traczewska e-mail music cinematography Polish FilmInstitute Robert Brudziński, [email protected]; Janusz Stokłosa Studio Largo, colour, 55min Poland 2006 Rafał materials. that splitstheirlives intwo parts. now the symbol of their exile, thesymbol of aturningpoint homes. GdańskiRailway Stadion from whichthey departed, is have passedsince they left, yet Poland isstill present intheir of Ashkelon bytheMediterranean Sea.Thirtyseven years 20 years emigrants have beenmeeting inIsraeli healthresort resulted inmany citizens odJewish originleaving Poland. For A Contemporary stories are intertwined withunique archive year 1968-theoutbreak of anti-Semic hysteria that n attempt to confront withthepainful events of the Dworzec Gdański 55 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 56 Historia pewnego sumienia History of One's Conscience History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Grzegorz Linkowski

cinematography Jacek Knopp music Artur Giordano editing Zbigniew Osiński, Bogdan Saganowski, Ryszard Wiencek sound design Jacek Knopp, Przemysław Książek (Studio Silenzio), Ryszard Wiencek onfessions of a former Security Service produced by Polish Television, 2nd Programme, Ccollaborator - journalist and active member of Christian Social Association. From 1967 to 1989 under the ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, Poland code-name “Zenon” he collaborated with the 4th Section of executive producer Link Art, ul. Głęboka 12/51, Provincial Department of the Interior in Lublin dealing with 20-612 Lublin, phone +48 81 527 28 27, the surveillance of the Catholic Church and alike institutions, e-mail [email protected] producer Grzegorz Linkowski especially the Catholic University of Lublin. The film protagonist admits his conscious collaboration and recounts Betacam SP, colour, 16:9, stereo, 23 min the nature of his actions. He tries to examine his reasons that made him he decide to collaborate. Poland 2007 The account of one’s conscience drama, of emotions related to being informer as well as trying to break with it. editing produced by cinematography The Joy of Writing Artur Wojewoda 2 phone nd e-mail Programme, ul.Woronicza 17,00-999Warsaw, written anddirected by Polish Television Kraków for Polish Television +48 225478903, [email protected], www.international.tvp.pl Leszek Skuza sound design music Betacam SP, colour, 52,5min producer fax Krzysztof Suchodolski Antoni Krauze Zygmunt Konieczny +48 225477296, Jolanta Tokarska Poland 2005 “My distinguishing marks are rapture anddespair”. reads thefragments of herpoetry. Inone of them shewrote: Michał Rusinek(personalsecretary). Thepoetess herself Jerzy Illg(publisher),Aleksander Filipowicz (architect) and (Slavist), Bronisław Maj(writer), Pietro Marchesani (translator), (poetess), JoannaOlczak-Ronikier (writer), Leonard Nauger A poetess, speakherfirends, includingEwaLipska bout WislawaSzymborska, NobelPrize winner Radość pisania . 46 Festivals: selection – National Competition: official th Kraków FilmFestival 2006 57 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 58 Lekcja białoruskiego A Lesson of Belarusian History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Mirosław Dembiński Awards:

cinematography Maciej Szafnicki, Michał n 1991 in Minsk, the High Media Festival "Man in Danger" ISchool of Humanities was . Łódź 2006: special mention of International Human Rights Ślusarczyk editing Mirosław Dembiński founded. Its goal was to promote the jury; . Documentary Film Festival sound design Teresa Stępień produced by Belarusian language and training National Independent Review "One World" Prague, Czech the future elites of the Belarusian . of Documentary Forms NURT 2007: Film Studio Everest, Pl. Zwycięstwa 2d/2, intellectuals. When Lukashenko Kielce 2006: – Vaclav Havel' Award 90-312 Łódź, phone/fax +48 42 676 75 41, became president, hard times – Award of the Minister of – Students' Jury Award "Next e-mail [email protected], started. After many harassments, Culture, Generation UE"; [email protected], the last Belarusian school was – Students of Theatre and 8th International Days of closed. But the students did not Film Friends Academic . Documentary Ciemna www.studioeverest.pl; Polish Television give up. They still learn in the Association at the "Crossroads of Europe" Lublin – 1st Programme world sales Mette Vorm: underground. The publish a Świętokrzyska Academy 2007: Special Award for the newspaper and records Dr Internationales Sales, Emil Holms Award; Best Polish Film; unofficially. During the election, International Documentary International Festival of Kanal 20, DK-0999 Kopenhagen, Denmark, the main protagonist Franek, . Film Festival IDFA Amsterdam . Television Creativity "Prix phone +45 35 20 30 40, together with other pupils, works 2006: "The Moviesquad DocU" Visionica", Wrocław 2007: for Malinkievich – the oppositional fax +45 35 20 39 69, e-mail [email protected] Award; ARTE Television Special Award; candidate. He hands independent DOK Leipzig 2006: MDR Award 47th Kraków Film Festival co-financing Polish Film Institute newspapers to the people in the . for the Best Film from Eastern . 2007: The President of The streets and participates in the Europe; Association of Polish manifestations attacked by the 35 mm, colour, 51 min International Festival of Filmmakers Award militia. Franek and his friends . Human Rights, Paris, France Television broadcasts in Poland, Poland 2006 believe that Belarus will become 2007: Grand Prix Germany, Spain, Croatia, Lithuania, a free country. Latvia, Estonia. co-financing written anddirected by l iaosig 1m84,02-943Warsaw, m ul. Limanowskiego 11 produced by One Day inPeople's Poland editing Film Production Agency, CNCFrance Polish Television –Programme 1, Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk cinematography ARTE GEIE,ADRProductions, e-mail [email protected] sound design music producer Maciej J.Drygas black &white,58min Drygas Production, Poland –France 2005 Paweł Szymański Maciej J.Drygas Maciej Drygas Iwo Klimek constituted anefficient mechanism usedto constantly harass innocent citizens. secret police,total control and monstrous surveillance of society waspossible.Allthis government, namely:thepolice, thehomearmy, privilegedapparatchiks andtireless and numerous cases of hiddenviolence.Thanksto theforces of thecommunist “the economy of constant shortage”, gloomy butfunny examples of propagandist lies for nearlyhalfacentury. We canseethe ridiculoussignsof miseryandinefficience of and likewise metaphorical synthesis of everyday life inaPoland ruledbycommunists materials found inpublicrecords aswell asinprivate archives. Thefilmisarealistic communism). The filmmaker Maciej Drygas presents thereality of thetimes,usingarchival I in thePRL(People’s Republic of Poland, theofficial name of Poland underthe t is27thof September 1962.Onthisday nothing particularyspecialhappened Jeden dzieńwPRL . . . social-economical matters category Houston 2007:Platinum Remi inthe Worldfest Independent FilmFestival, Festival, Tai Pei: Jury's SpecialMention International Documentary Film 46 Awards: Award for theBest Documentary – International Contest: Silver Dragon th Krakow FilmFestival 2006 59 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 60 Profesor. O Leszku Kołakowskim Philosophy Professor. On Leszek Kołakowski History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

director Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

written by Andrzej Franaszek cinematography Rafał Paradowski editing Grażyna Gradoń sound design Robert Brudziński produced by Polish Television, 2nd Programme, ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, phone +48 22 547 80 92, e-mail [email protected], [email protected] producer Agnieszka Traczewska executive producer Studio Filmowe Largo, he portrait of Leszek Kołakowski, an outstanding mobile +48 601 40 85 30, e-mail [email protected] Tphilosopher and historian od ideas, contemporary co-financing Polish Film Institute Polish intellectual. The story of his life – ideological as well as personal until 1968 – the year he left Poland. Kołakowski for colour, 57 min the first time agreed to talk about such a difficult topics as his wartime experience or engagement in Marxist ideology. Poland 2006 Presenting unknown facts from the philosopher’s life unique archive recorings are shown, including operational materials of Communist Secret Service. a single photo after thewar. Theconversation withtheprotagonist isillustrated with archive stock andiconography. documentary hespeaksaboutsomeof thephotos andtells thestories related to them.WilhelmBrasse never made he remembers theeyes -hundreds of thousandseyes filled withdisbelief, fear, pain,hopelessness. Inthe to photograph: prisoners’work, criminal medicalexperiments, portraits of the prisonersfor thefiles.The most of all photographic documentation of thecamp-from itscreation to theevacuation. Hephotographed what they told him written anddirected by sound design music W The Portraitist Rekontrplan, ul.Belwederska 44,00-594Warsaw, phone Agata Steczkowska was sent to Auschwitz concentration campfor refusing to signReichslist. Supervisedby theSS,hecreated ilhelm Brasse, adescendant of theAustrian colonists, famousbefore thewaras aportraitist-photographer, 1 st Programme Marcin Teperek +48 228406322, cinematography executive producer Ireneusz Dobrowolski produced by editing producer fax Ireneusz Dobrowolski +48 228410872 Anna Dobrowolska Jacek Taszakowski Polish Television, Grupa Filmowa Poland 2005 colour, 52’ . . . . Warsaw Motives" 2006:Grand PrixGoldenPhoenix of Australia 2007:Best Documentary FilmAward International FilmFestival "DeReel", Victoria, Prix Festival "HumanityintheWorld" 2007:Grand Stockholm International Documentary Film 46 3 Awards: – National Competition: Grand PrixSilver Lajkonik rd th Warsaw International FilmFestival "Jewish Kraków FilmFestival 2006 Portrecista 61 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 62 Bunt Janion The Rebellious Sage History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Agnieszka Arnold

cinematography Tomasz Malinowski editing Ryszard Krzysztofowicz, Jan Sieczkowski sound design Janusz Wiechowski produced by Polish Television – Film Agency, ul Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, phone +48 22 547 81 67, e-mail [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ocumentary devoted to the most prominent producer Ryszard Urbaniak Dresearcher of literature and romantic culture – professor Maria Janion. Female protagonist shares her colour, 59 min thoughts on the most important questions of the present as Poland 2006 well as notions regarding her own existence. She argues with constantly current mythology of Polish patriotism, inclination for martyrdom and messianic delusion. Professor Maria Janion has established her own, original school of Polish humanities. She has educated at least three generations of modern humanists. tor written anddirected by cinematography cast producer editing Kacper Czyczyło, Roman Kufel, JakubPędziwiatr, Mirek Andrzej Czyczyło phone e-mail Marcin Bartosz, Łukasz Bednarz,Grzegorz Czapiński, The Runaway Śmielak, MaciejIlczuk,JacekSteciuk, Stanisław Stuła ul. Powstańców 15D/502,05-091Warsaw –Ząbki, Digital Beta, colour &black andwhite,16:9,stereo, 56min e-mail phone Jan Mikołaj Mironowicz Małgorzata Walczak [email protected]; Polish Television, 1 +48 227999222, [email protected] +48 225478125,fax42 42, Jacek Januszyk Production costume design ul. Woronicza 17,00-999Warsaw; Marek Tomasz Pawłowski produced by co-financing music executive producer mobile sound design Zoyda ArtProduction, Michał Lorenc Krzysztof Kłoskowski +48 605103553, Polish Film Institute st Jacek Hamela Programme, Zoyda Art Poland 2006 art direc- Until now hehasvisited sixtycountries inallcontinents. Piechowski intheageof seventy hasbecome aglobetrotter. a soldierintheHomeArmy. After thecommunism collapse prison. Communist authoritiesimprisonedhimfor being eighty-year-old whospent after thewarten years in Stalinist commandant’s car. four prisonersescaped takingtheSSarms,uniforms andthe A The story istold byKazimierzPiechowski, an escape from theAuschwitz concentration campwhen fictionalized documentary aboutthemost daring . Uciekinier 47 Awards: Award – National Competiton: Audience th Kraków FilmFestival 2007 63 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 64 Still Alive – film o Krzysztofie Kieślowskim Still Alive – Film about Krzysztof Kieślowski History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

director Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

written by Stanisław Zawiśliński cinematography Andrzej Adamczak editing Grażyna Gradoń on-line editing Marcin Bukojemski sound design Jerzy Wojciech Pluciński produced by Es-Media, Łucka 20/1101, 00-854 Warsaw, phone +48 22 654 17 31; Polish Television – Film Agency, ul. Woronicza 17, 00-999 Warsaw, phone +48 22 547 81 67 producers Sławomir Salamon, film portrait of one of the greatest filmmakers of Jerzy Jakutowicz co-financing Polish Film Institute APolish cinema. People who worked with Krzysztof Kieślowski speak about their relations with the director. “Still colour, 86 min Alive” discusses the phenomenon of the director’s popularity Poland 2006 abroad and confronts it with the reception of his work in Poland. Archive material were used in the documentary: documentation of Kieślowski’s work on the set, his commentaries on his cinema, fragments of documentaries and features. The film was created on the 10th anniversary of Kieślowski’s death. written anddirected by phone/fax cinematography e-mail Such Was OurYouth sound design [email protected], www.studioeverest.pl +48 426767541, produced by editing executive producer Wojciech Pluciński, Tadeusz Bukowski, pl. Zwycięstwa 2dnr2,90-312Łódź, Andrzej Musiał Dorota Wardęszkiewicz, Paweł Deliś Dariusz Kopciński, Paweł Doroszko ul. Woronicza 17,00-999 Warsaw Michał Nekanda-Trepka Polish Television, 2 producer mobile Studio Filmowe Everest, music Mirosław Dembiński +48 601213630, Wiktor Podgórski nd colour, 28min Programme, Poland 2006 as vivid itallhappened yesterday. memories. Although many years have passed,theiraccounts are when hebecame thecamp’s prisoner. Thefilmconsists of their railway wagonfactory. MieczysławŚcieżyńskiwas16 years old was 17years old.Previously hehadbeenforced to work in a earlier spent three years inother camps.Wacław Bryjanowski another kommando. NorbertWidokwas18years oldbuthehad Rosen. After few months hemiraculously escapedandwent to old whenhewasplacedinthefamous stone pitsof Gross placed intheconcentration camp.MarianMarciniak was15years the uprisingin1944.Zenek Cickiwas14years oldwhenhewas concentration campof Gross Rosen duringtheriseandfallof A children displacedfrom Poznan area andWarsaw to the moving documentary aboutthewartrauma of Polish To naszamłodość . Award Programmes Production Company 2006: Educational Filmsand Media Festival "MeninDanger"Łódź Awards: 65 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 66 Powiedz mi, dlaczego? Tell Me Why History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Małgorzata Imielska Awards:

cinematography Tomasz Tupalski th hey met in 1936 in Otwock as high . 46 Kraków Film Festival music Fiodor Korol-Borodziuk editing Ewa Smal Tschool pupils. The fell in love for 2006 – National sound design Łukasz Nowicki, Piotr Żaczek the first time. When the war started, Stella Competition: produced by Film Studio Kalejdoskop, ul. Chełmska 21, and Jurek were in serious danger as they – Audience Award; 00-724 Warszawa, phone +48 22 851 17 79, were both Jews. Jurek has arranged for the – The President of the Association of Polish e-mail [email protected]; falsified gentile papers and joined the Filmmakers Award Polish Television 1st Programme conspiracy. Being brave and cunning he saved himself and helped Stella get out of 8th International Days of producer Wojciech Szczudło . the ghetto. They were secretly married. Documentary Cinema co-financing Polish Film Institute But later Jurek was arrested by the "Crossroads of Europe", Germans and sent to a concentration Lublin 2007: Special colour, 48’ camp. He couldn’t contact Stella. Jurek Mention Poland 2005 managed to survive and started looking . Worldfest Independent for his wife after the war was finished. He Film Festival, Houston learned that Stella had another husband 2007: Bronze Remi in the and left for the USA. After 50 years they category of propagation remember their first love. She lives in the of world-wide peace and USA, he is in Israel. Jurek wants to meet understanding Stella to learn why she left him. editing cinematography To KillHatred – 1 e-mail phone Przemysław Jaworski Bogdan Saganowski st executive producer written anddirected by 00-532 Warsaw, Programme, ul.Woronicza 17,00-999Warsaw, [email protected] +48 225478891, producer e-mail Andrzej Adamczak [email protected] www.kontakt.ant.pl Betacam SP, colour, 4:3,stereo, 23min Mirosław Chojecki,Piotr Weychert Media Kontakt, ul.Wilcza12C, phone sound design produced by +48 226272831-34, fax fax Piotr Morawski music +48 225474242, +48 226226013 Polish Television Bogdan Żmirek, Jarosław Lublin Poland 2006 Zabić wsobienienawiść last periodof PRL. Service colonel who wasthe“guardian” of Kuroń inthe juxtaposed with thestatement of JanLesiak –ex Secret with thecommunist SecurityService. Hisaccount is interview Kuroń shares hisexperience aboutrelations co-founder of theWorkers’ Defence Committee. Inthe one of the leadersof democratic opposition,andthe O recorded shortlybefore hisdeath. JacekKuroń was ne of the last interviews withJacekKuroń . The 8 Festivals: Europe" Documentary Cinema"Crossroads of th International Days of 67 History Lesson: Portraits and Events 68 Dwie szuflady Two Drawers History Lesson: Portraits and Events Portraits Lesson: History

written and directed by Jan Strękowski Awards: cinematography Andrzej Adamczak music Jarosław Lublin . IV Jewish Motifs International Film editing Marek Mirkiewicz sound design Marek Głowiński Festival, Warsaw 2007 – official produced by Media Kontakt, ul. Wilcza 12 C, selection 00-532 Warsaw, phone +48 22 627 28 31, e-mail [email protected], [email protected] rofesor Michał Głowiński, an outstanding literature Ptheorist and researcher, after PRL collapsed he revealed producer Mirosław Chojecki himsalf also as an author of publications taking down communist newspeak. A documentation for his books he has gathered in the Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, mono, 55 min drawer for 25 years, since the middle of 60s. Even longer, in the Poland 2006 second drawer, waited for publication the wartime events that fell on Głowiński’s childhood: ghetto, hiding on the Aryan side. After 50 years he wrote it down and published in book “Black Seasons”. Two totalitariansm: hitlerism and communism, and two drawers: real one in which he was gathering notes regarding his life in PRL, and the drawer of remembrance in which he was hiding the memories of the scarriest moments in his life. These two drawers compose two main plots of the film picturing the man and the world which profesor Głowiński wrote down in his books. Polish FilmInstitute Documentaries by Financing of 69 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 70

POLISH FILM INSTITUTE

he Polish Film Institute was set up to encourage more The primary objective of the Polish Film Institute is to assist Tviewers to watch Polish films in addition to restoring the the production of the highest possible number of films, not prestige of our national cinema throughout the world. In 2006 only those representing a high artistic value but also to those the Institute allocated 78 million PLN to finance 702 projects which may appeal to both Polish and foreign audiences; the in the field of cinema. Among them are 44 feature films Institute allocates 70% of its resources to this purpose. The (including 21 international co-productions), 86 documentary Polish Film Institute also grants special privileges to assist and 16 animated productions. Funds allocated for 2007 – debutants and to filmmakers willing to produce their second

Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish 80,5 million PLN. movie. A separate priority within the Operational Programmes is devoted to artists who are commencing their film career. The Polish Film Institute commenced functioning in September 2005, its establishment on the basis of the cine- matography law introduced a modern system of support for national film industry; which has successfully operated in other European countries for many years. A significant feature of the system is its comprehensiveness; which is facilitating every phase of movie creation, and its subsequent promotion and distribution in Poland as well as abroad. Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/23 The Polish Film Institute co-finances Polish film ventures; from 00-071 Warszawa the project conception, through development and production, tel. +48 22 42 10 518 to promotion and distribution and wider dissemination of film fax +48 22 42 10 241 culture, thus improving cinema infrastructure and elevating [email protected] the professional skills of film crews. www.pisf.pl ) for documentary films,themaximumsubsidy cannot a) Documentary film: for fulllengthdocumentary andlow budget films(over 70 c) for fulllengthdocumentary filmsqualifiedasdifficult, b) for fulllengthdocumentary films(over 70minutes), a) Full lengthdocumentary film: 3. Subsidizing documentary filmproduction 2. 1. the allocation of the Fictionalized documentary willbesubsidized within Funds allocated for 2007–4.5millionPLN Documentary filmproduction Condition for subsidy: Qualifying project types: documentary filmproduction. The objective of thepriorityisto support PLN; exceed 50%of thetotal budget orthesumof 400000 the total budget orthesum of 500000PLN; cinemas, themaximumsubsidycannot exceed 70% of minutes), primarilyintended for publicscreening in the total budget orthesumof 800000PLN; minutes), themaximumsubsidycannot exceed 70%of primarily intended for publicscreening incinemas(over 70 millionPLN; or thesumof 2 maximum subsidycannot exceed 50%of thetotal budget primarily intended for publicscreening incinemas,the Priority II . with thebroadcaster shouldguarantee that the producer broadcaster. Thestatement concerning distribution of rights to theapplication the statement of agreement withthe are oneof the sources of funding,theproducer shouldattach co-producer, orfundsobtained from televisionbroadcaster isa In thecaseof filmprojects for whichthetelevision Polish co-producer withinthetotal production budget. only applyto thetotal amount of financialparticipation bythe category. For international co-productions, theselimitswill the appropriate percentage subsidylimitsfor any given film basic quota, thetotal amount of PFIfundingmust comply with In allcasesof increased subsidy, following theadditionto the addition. exception of low budget filmswhichare excluded from this further35%,withthe the subsidymay beincreased bya subsidy quotas. Inthecaseof international co-productions, however theamount cannot exceed 50%of theavailable Institute may increase fundingbeyond thelimitsgiven above; expert guidance,theGeneral Director of thePolish Film In certaincaseswhenjustified andafter following additional for documentary andlow budget films,themaximum c) for documentary filmsqualifiedasdifficult,themaximum b) sum of 150000PLN; subsidy cannot exceed 50%of thetotal budget orthe sum of 250000PLN; subsidy cannot exceed 70%of thetotal budget orthe 71 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 72

retains material rights proportionate to the PFI subsidy and his f) producer’s and director’s achievements to date including own contribution. The application should include the value of artistic and economic results of their latest films; rights to multiple film transmission by the broadcaster: the audience frequency at cinemas, sale and rent of amount in money, in percentage or as the difference between referenced DVD/video cassettes (if refers to), number of the producer and broadcaster’s percentage revenue share in TV transmissions, sale abroad; diverse exploitation fields. The contract with the broadcaster g) participation at Polish and international festivals and should describe income division from the sublicense (when the festival awards; broadcaster is film co-producer), including the value of rights h) exploitation fields for the film, confirmed by letters of and shares retained by the producer. intent; i) in the case of the second film, the assessment of the Moreover, projects that apply for aid in the form of guarantee debut film; or refund loans will be given priority. j) number if debutants involved in the production; k) level and form of the aid applied for. 4. Beneficiaries: Film producers 6. Conditions of accounting:

Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish An applicant is obliged to count subsidies according to 5. Selection criteria: conditions defined in the contract and to submit the following While selecting the projects the following criteria will be taken documents: into consideration: a) key stage reports on progress with regard to the schedul a) correctness of the application; artistic, educational, of subsidy stage payment; humanistic and ethical values including novelty, exploring b) final report; new thematic areas and current social problems; depth of c) financial account for the task. presented phenomena and making synthesis and general conclusions, dramatic construction precision; 7. Others: b) significance for national culture and enhancement of A producer is obliged to present the film for the PFI approval. national tradition as well as Polish language including A producer must place information concerning the PFI subsidy reviving Polish cultural achievements, dealing with and the PFI logotype on each film copy. When the producer’s important historical subjects, strengthening national logo is placed in trailers or other audiovisual advertisements, identity and promoting patriotic ideas, presenting regional similar placement of the PFI logo is also entailed. richness and diversity; c) enrichment of European cultural diversity; When the film is released on VHS, DVD carrier or made d) anticipated results of the venture including audience or available through VoD or Internet, each carrier and file should participants diversity; display information on the PFI subsidy (PFI logo) as well as PFI e) economical and financial conditions for completion of the logo on the DVD and VHS cover. undertaking including contribution of non-public and international funds to the venture budget and anticipated economic result of the venture; Index of directors Horn, Magnusvon Franczak, Radka Nekanda-Trepka, Michał Łoziński, Paweł Łoziński, Marcel Krawczyk, Marcin Janos Krauze, Antoni Kowalczyk, Magda Koszałka, Marcin Komasa, Jan Kolberger, Julia Kasperski, Wojciech Kasior, Krzysztof Cuske Maciej Ciszewski, Cezary Arnold, Agnieszka Arnesen, Magnus Adamek, Maciej Grunberg Sławomir Górska, Monika Gabryjelska, Renata Morawski, Piotr Miklaszewski Krzysztof Mańkowski, Andrzej Malmqvist, Jennifer Linkowski, Grzegorz Lewandowski, Rafael Leniec, Adam Latałło, Marcin Lankosz, Borys Imielska Małgorzata Drygas, MaciejJ. Dobrowolski Ireneusz Dembiński, Mirosław Dammas, Jacob Bławut, Jacek 14 39, 50 29 57 37 48 23 27 12, 31,45 28 10 32 6 15 9 62 24 36 19 53 21 67 26 59 7 46 25 18 38 56 66 65 58 52 61 54 Wolski, Tomasz Wagner, Jan Szumowska, Małgorzata Szołajski, Konrad Strękowski, Jan Stasik, Piotr Skalski, Rafał Sauter, Marcin Popko, Paweł Pięta, Ewa Pawłowski, Marek Tomasz Pawluczuk, Monika Paladino, Thierry Z ˇ elakeviciute, Vita Titkow, Andrzej Rogalski, Michał Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Maria 46 30 34, 43 44 11 41, 47 68 17 13 35, 40 8 20 16 49 22 63 55, 60,64 73 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 74 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 52 Percent, The/52procent 10miesięcy 13 Years and10Months /13lat i Moskwa x Moscow /7 7 x oferty matrymonialne 4 proposals /4 ohn oB crdO czego tusiębać Nothing To BeScared Of/ A Existence, The/Istnienie Eagle Pharmacy/Apteka podOrłem By theRiver /Przyrzece Burning Man/Płonącyfacet Beyond TheWall /Po tamtej stronie esno eauin / Lekcja białoruskiego Lesson of Belarusian,A Joy of Writing/Radość pisania Janek / Got It?/Maszjuż to? Gdański Railway Station /Dworzec Gdański Index of EnglishTitles Cupboard /Kredens Cu... Coo’s Egg/Ku... ku...kułcze jajo Cripple_38 /Kaleka_38 Constellations /Konstelacje życie Children of Solidarność/Piosenka i Cat Ladies/Kociary At theDatcha /Nadziałce All Day Together /Całydzieńrazem Above Pavements /Ponad chodnikami First Day, The/Pierwszydzień My BabyIsanAngel/Mojedziecko jest aniołem Music Lesson, The/Lekcja muzyki Models /Modelki Kurc / Kurc How It’s Done/Jakto sięrobi Hospital /Klinika History of One’s Conscience /Historia pewnego sumienia God-Given Gift/Wolność jest darem Boga Freedom Isa Flow, The/Spływ chuda nabal... Fat to Bed,theSlimto theBall...,The/Gruba dołóżka, 18 19 13 17 20 16 14 53 37 36 12 43 10 46 44 35 57 9 48 47 54 8 6 38 45 34 11 55 52 22 58 7 21 15 56 Two Drawers /Dwieszuflady Travelling Cinema/Kinoobjazdowe sobienienawiść To KillHatred /Zabić w Tell MeWhy /Powiedz mi,dlaczego Taking Care / Pod opieką Tactility /Przez dotyk Warrior, The/Wojownik n a nPol’ oad/JdndińwPRL One Day inPeople’s Poland /Jedendzieńw On theSkyEarth/Naniebienaziemi drodze On theRoad /W Runaway, The/Uciekinier Rendez-vous /Rendez-vous Rebellious Sage,The/Bunt Janion Radek / srFinl et mećzludzką twarzą User FriendlyDeath /Śmierćz Symbiosis /Symbioza Such Was OurYouth /To naszamłodość Suburban Train /Elektryczka Krzysztofie Kieślowskim – filmo Still Alive –FilmaboutKrzysztof Kieślowski /Still Alive Stiepan /Stiepan Silesia Strips /Śląskiinteres sklepie Shopkeeper, The/W Seeds, The/Nasiona Portraitist, The/Portrecista O Leszku Kołakowskim Philosophy Professor. OnLeszek Kołakowski /Profesor. 24 27 29 32 23 30 26 28 63 60 25 68 49 61 40 50 62 66 41 64 67 39 65 59 31 Index of Polish Titles 52 procent /52Percent, The 10miesięcy/13Years and10Months 13 lat i Moscow x Moskwa/7 7 x proposals 4 oferty matrymonialne /4 The Gruba dołóżka, chudanabal.../Fat to Bed,theSlim to theBall..., Bunt Janion/Rebellious Sage,The Moje dziecko jest aniołem/MyBabyIsanAngel Modelki /Models Masz jużto? /Got It? Kurc / Kurc Ku... ku...kułcze jajo/Cu...Coo’s Egg Kredens /Cupboard Konstelacje /Constellations Kociary /Cat Ladies Klinika /Hospital Kino objazdowe /Travelling Cinema Kaleka_38 /Cripple_38 Istnienie /Existence, The Dworzec Gdański/Railway Station Dwie szuflady/Two Drawers Nasiona /Seeds,The Na niebienaziemi/OntheSkyEarth Na działce/At theDatcha Historia pewnego sumienia/History of One’s Conscience Elektryczka /SuburbanTrain Cały dzieńrazem /AllDay Together Apteka podOrłem/EaglePharmacy A czego tusiębać/Nothing To BeScared Of ee ze PRL/OneDay inPeople’s Poland Jeden dzieńw Janek / Jak to sięrobi /How It’s Done Lekcja muzyki/MusicLesson, The Lekcja białoruskiego/Lesson of Belarusian,A 13 19 18 17 20 53 37 16 10 26 12 43 9 44 68 35 50 48 62 41 6 38 45 11 54 55 39 7 21 22 58 59 56 To naszamłodość/SuchWas Our Youth onś etdrmBg reo saGod-Given Gift Wolność jest darem Boga/Freedom Isa Wojownik /Warrior, The W sklepie/Shopkeeper, The W drodze /OntheRoad Symbioza /Symbiosis – FilmaboutKrzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztofie Kieślowskim /Still Alive Still Alive –filmo Stiepan /Stiepan Spływ /Flow, The Przez dotyk /Tactility Przy rzece /BytheRiver On Leszek Kołakowski Leszku Kołakowskim /PhilosophyProfesor. Professor. O Powiedz mi,dlaczego /Tell MeWhy Portrecista /Portraitist, The Ponad chodnikami /Above Pavements Pod opieką /Taking Care Po tamtej stronie /Beyond TheWall Płonący facet /BurningMan życie /Children of Solidarność Piosenka i Pierwszy dzień/First Day, The Uciekinier /Runaway, The ludzką twarzą/UserFriendlyDeath Śmierć z Śląski interes /SilesiaStrips ai sobienienawiść/To KillHatred Zabić w Rendez-vous /Rendez-vous Radość pisania/Joy of Writing Radek / 27 14 24 28 29 60 32 23 30 36 61 40 46 63 47 49 25 64 57 66 8 34 65 52 67 31 15 75 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 76 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish

editors Magda Sendecka, Kinga Gałuszka

translation Agnieszka Kamrowska

photography Andrzej Adamczak, Michał Białożej, Jacek Piotr Bławut, Cezary Ciszewski, Jacek Drosio, Yori Fabian, Jakub Giza, Sławomir Grunberg, Jacek Januszyk, Zbyszek Jarosz, Rafał Jerzak, Krzysztof Kasior, Karina Kleszczewska, Jacek Knopp, Jan Komasa, Monika Kotecka, Borys Lankosz, Marcin Latałło, Szymon Lenkowski, Kacper Lisowski, Radek Ładczuk, Tomasz Malinowski, Kate McCullough, Andrzej Musiał, Henryk Nagrodzki, Piotr Niemyjski, Adam Nocoń, Tomasz Nowak, Thierry Paladino, Rafał Paradowski, Jacek Petrycki, Piotr Rosołowski, Marcin Sauter, Wojciech Staroń, Piotr Stasik, Maciej Szafnicki, Józef Szymura, Michał Ślusarczyk, Jacek Taszakowski, Wojciech Todorow, K. Trajner, Tomasz Tupalski, Tomasz Wolski

cover photograph Szymon Lenkowski

logo design for the Polish Film Institute Darek Komorek

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