Polish Documentaries 2006-2007
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Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 1 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 2 Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish 3 ocumentary film has equal importance to feature Dproduction in being an integral part of Polish cinema tradition, thus one of the priorities of the Polish Film Institute is to further encourage the production of documentary films and in 2007, the Institute will allocate 4.5 million PLN to this media genre. Nowadays, documentary cinema largely belongs to the domain of television where it readily reaches a mass network audience. The Polish Film Institute however, is convinced of universal appeal of factual film and puts a particular emphasis on supporting documentary films which are primarily intended for cinema release. We wish to restore Polish documentaries to a place in cinema repertoires that they occupied in former years, with their power to move, to disturb and above all to give a constructive and universal testimony to present times. Polish Documentaries 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish With great pleasure we offer you this catalogue of selected Polish documentary film from the years 2006-2007. Many of them have garnered awards at international festivals while others are just beginning their public showing, but they all undoubtedly share a common feature; they depict man amidst his surrounding world, in an astute, thorough and wise manner. Agnieszka Odorowicz General Director Polish Film Institute 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. 5 Life, Death, and Other 2006/2007 Documentaries Polish Oddments 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). Konstelacje 9 Constellations Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life, written and directed by Marcin Latałło Festivals: cinematography Marcin Latałło, Sławomir Bergański, . Off Cinema, Poznań; Jędrzej Niestrój music Antoni Łazarkiewicz "Man in Danger", Łódź; . th editing Jaromir Dziewic, Marcin Latałło . 47 Kraków Film Festival 2007 sound design Marcin Latałło, Andrzej Kowal, Denis Streichardt produced by Eureka Media, ul. Smulikowskiego 13/10, 00-384 Warsaw, phone +48 22 828 48 10, fax +48 22 829 56 73, he method of family arrangements (constellations) e-mail [email protected], www.eurekamedia.info Tby Bert Hellinger is an ultra-short therapy with the producer Krzysztof Kopczyński participation of audience. Hellinger’s method is considered co-financing Polish Film Institute the most important discovery within the field of psychotherapy for last hundred years, different than the usual humbug. Betacam SP, colour, 4:3, stereo, 52 min During the film we meet some on the participants of Poland 2006 Hellinger’s workshops – German and Polish, later we accompany them in the arrangement. 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 Ku... ku... kułcze jajo 11 Cu... Cu... Coo's Egg Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life, directed by Paweł Popko Awards: written by Aleksandra Maślanka 13th International Independent Film . nd cinematography Wojciech Todorow, Tomasz Sobański Festival "Publicism 2006": 2 Prize; music Michał Litwiniec editing Marek Żemojta racjan - handicapped Bartoszki Film Festival, Tarnobrzeg . nd sound design Marek Łacny produced by Media Brigade, 18 year-old abandoned 2006: 2 Prize; G th ul. Pirenejska 9/7, 50-574 Wrocław, by his mother, along with his . 39 Józef Milka International Amateur Film Festival "Pol-8", Polanica Zdrój phone +48 71 799 14 51, fax +48 71 799 14 50, brother lands up in town’s 2006, 1st Prize; e-mail [email protected] doss-house. Their mother sold their apartment and left to Polish Award of Independent Film for Polish Television – 1st Programme . Germany to live with her new "Offskar 2007" for the Best producer Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz partner. Gracjan’s openness Documentary; and joie do vivre win him the Betacam SP, colour, 16:9, stereo, 23 min favour of miserable shelter’s Festivals: Poland 2006 inhabitants. Yet Gracjan’s adaptation to new conditions . 47th Kraków Film Festival 2007 is difficult and there is nothing – National Competition – official to foreshadow solving selection problems of this young man forlorn by his family and ineffective State’s institutions. 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. Gruba do łóżka, chuda na bal... 13 The Fat to Bed, the Slim to the Ball... Life, Death, and Other Oddments Death, Life, written and directed by Konrad Szołajski Festivals: music Dariusz Żebrowski editing Hanna Kłoskowska . Media Festival "Man in Danger", Łódź sound design Marcin Ejsmunt produced by Polish Television, 2007: official selection; 1st Programme, ul.