New Polish Feature Films 2009

New Polish Feature Films 2009 1 Introduction

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

With great pleasure we present you the latest catalogue of recent Polish film productions to be seen in cinemas in 2009. Last year’s Polish Film Festival in Gdynia generated great optimism, we are deeply convinced now that the Polish films are becoming increasingly better in every aspect, thanks to their diversity, originality, and excellent production workmanship. Some of them tell universal stories. I deeply believe that the film is the artistic domain and part of our national heritage which best represents abroad. I am also convinced that the Polish film industry, with its potential and capacity, is still lacking its due recognition and appreciation by the international film community. The Polish Film Institute hopes to change this in 2009.

Agnieszka Odorowicz Director, Polish Film Institute

The landmark changes in the Polish film industry which have occurred following the establishment of the Polish Film Institute in 2006, are entwined with the fate of my second film. The film “Tricks” was submitted to the first Institute’s session which inaugurated the modern system of supporting film production. This gave me an unprecedented opportunity to observe these changes, or even participate in them on a number of occasions. In my opinion, some extraordinary films created in that period, especially those with uncompromising artistic values and with apparent personal imprints, decide about the strength of the present Polish cinema. The list comprises of both the films by young filmmakers, e.g. “33 Scenes from Life” by Małgorzata Szumowska, as well as the old-school master directors, e.g. “Four Nights with Anna” by Jerzy Skolimowski. Representing the Polish cinema abroad gives reasons for pride, so I feel particularly privileged and happy about “Tricks” being selected as a Polish entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Andrzej Jakimowski director

We cherish a long-established and distinguished tradition; Polish Film School of the 50s, and the art cinema of 70s and 80s are the trademarks of the Polish cinema. In the recent decades this historic perspective has dominated our perception and thoughts of the cinema, today however we witness its reassessment. The current changes are particularly marked with the documentary films with which young filmmakers win audiences and reap laurels all over the world yet again. I do believe that we enter the period of the first significant successes also in the feature film category. The youngest generation of directors has just set out to make their feature-length debuts. We will learn very soon how their passion and sensitivity will outline new horizons of the Polish cinema. I do personally believe that some of them will reach the peaks of artistic success. Certainly, a major role in this achievement will be played by the Polish Film Institute the position of which as a patron of young art cannot be overestimated.

Michał Kwieciński producer and director

New Polish Feature Films 2009 3 Film Associations & Organisations

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Department of State Patronage Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Departament Mecenatu Państwa Poland, 00-071 , Krakowskie Przedmieście 15/17

phone +48 22 421 05 12 e-mail [email protected]

National Film Archive Filmoteka Narodowa Poland, 02-595 Warsaw, Puławska 61

phone +48 22 845 50 74 fax +48 22 646 53 73 e-mail [email protected] www.fn.org.pl

The Association of Polish Filmmakers Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich Poland, 00-068 Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 7

phone +48 22 556 54 40, +48 22 845 51 32 fax +48 22 845 39 08 e-mail [email protected] www.sfp.org.pl

National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers Krajowa Izba Producentów Audiowizualnych Poland, 00-724 Warsaw, Chełmska 21, bld. 28 C

phone +48 22 840 59 01 www.kipa.pl

Telewizja Polska – Film Agency Telewizja Polska – Agencja Filmowa Poland, 00-999 Warsaw, Woronicza 17

phone +48 22 547 81 67, +48 22 547 67 32 fax +48 22 547 42 25 www.tvp.pl

Media Desk Poland Media Desk Polska Poland, 00-724 Warsaw, Chełmska 19/21, apt. 229

phone/fax +48 22 851 10 74 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] www.mediadeskpoland.eu

4 New Polish Feature Films 2009 The Polish Film Institute was established and launched its activities in September 2005; with its creation a new cutting edge system of endorsing the national cinematography has been introduced in Poland.

One of the most important features of this system is its comprehensiveness, which means providing support at all stages of the film production, and then promoting the film among potential audiences not only in Poland but also abroad.

The Polish Film Institute co-finances the productions undertaken by the Polish film industry at various stages which include project development, production, promotion and distribution and finally disseminating the cinema culture and fostering professional development of filmmakers.

Furthermore, one of the most important tasks for the Institute is to promote the Polish cinema abroad. In 2008 Polish films were presented at more than 260 international and Polish film festivals, including the most prominent ones in Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Venice, Locarno, Toronto, Tokio, Pusan. They have received over 70 international awards. The Institute supported these films financially, but more importantly, promoted them by organizing film shows, concerts, conferences and meetings with film makers and actors.

After establishment of the Polish Film Institute, the international participation in the Polish film productions has increased ten times. In 2008 Polish Film Institute has supported over 150 Polish and international productions (features, documentaries, animation) with the amount of over 20 M EUR, including the films produced by Lars von Tier, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Jerzy Skolimowski and .

The Polish Film Institute has branded the Polish cinema with a legible trademark.

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej Polish Film Institute

Director Agnieszka Odorowicz

adress Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/23, 00-071 Warsaw, Poland phone [+48 22] 42 10 518 fax [+48 22] 42 10 241 e-mail [email protected] website www.pisf.pl

New Polish Feature Films 2009 5 Film Festivals in Poland (selected)

34 th Polish Film Festival 34. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych Gdynia, September 14-19, 2009

contact Organizational Office Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa Armii Krajowej 24 81-372 Gdynia, Poland phone +48 58 621 15 09 fax +48 58 621 15 83 e-mail [email protected] www.festiwalgdynia.pl

6th Planete Doc Review World's Festival of Feature Long Documentary Films 6. Festiwal Światowego Filmu Dokumentalnego Warsaw, May 8-17, 2009

contact Against Gravity Widok 5/7/9 00-023 Warsaw, Poland phone +48 22 828 10 70 e-mail [email protected] www.docreview.pl

49 th Krakow Film Festival 49. Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy Krakow, May 29-June 4, 2009

contact office Morawskiego 5, apt. 434, 30-102 Krakow, Poland phone/fax +48 12 294 69 45 e-mail [email protected] www.kff.com.pl

28 th Festival of Film Debuts “The Young and Cinema” 28. Koszaliński Festiwal Debiutów Filmowych “Młodzi i Film” Koszalin, June 16-20, 2009

contact programme office Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich Krakowskie Przedmieście 7 00-068 Warsaw, Poland phone +48 22 556 54 55, +48 22 556 54 57 fax +48 22 845 39 08 e-mail [email protected]

festival office Centrum Kultury 105 in Koszalin e-mail [email protected] www.mif.org.pl

6 New Polish Feature Films 2009 film festivals

38 th International Film Festival – Lubuskie Film Summer 38. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy – Lubuskie Lato Filmowe Łagów, June 21-28, 2009

contact Klub Kultury Filmowej Kazimierza Wielkiego 21 65-047 Zielona Góra, Poland phone/fax +48 68 325 59 84, +48 68 452 97 62 e-mail [email protected] www.llf.pl

9th Era New Horizons International Film Festival 9. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy Era Nowe Horyzonty Wrocław, July 23 – August 2, 2009

contact Era New Horizons IFF c/o Gutek Film Zamenhofa 1 00-153 Warsaw, Poland phone +48 22 536 92 00, fax +48 22 831 06 63 e-mail [email protected] press office e-mail [email protected] www.eranowehoryzonty.pl

25 th Warsaw Film Festival 25. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy October 9-18, 2009 entry deadline: June 15, 2009 Warsaw Competition 1-2 Competition Free Spirit Documentary Competition Short Competition

contact Warsaw Film Foundation p.o. box 816 PL-00-950 Warsaw 1, Poland phone/fax +48 22 621 46 47, +48 22 621 62 68 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.wff.pl

5th Cent East Market Warsaw October, 14-18, 2009 www.centeast.eu

17 th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage 17. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Autorów Zdjęć Filmowych Camerimage Łódź, November 28 – December 5, 2009

contact Fundacja TUMULT Rynek Nowomiejski 28 87-100 Toruń, Poland phone +48 56 621 00 19 fax +48 56 652 21 97 e-mail [email protected], [email protected] www.camerimage.pl

New Polish Feature Films 2009 7 Film Schools in Poland (selected)

The National Film Television & Theatre School Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa Telewizyjna i Teatralna Poland, 90-323 Łódź, Targowa 61/63

phone +48 42 634 58 20 fax +48 42 674 81 39 e-mail [email protected] www.filmschool.lodz.pl

University of Silesia The Radio & Television Department of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s name Uniwersytet Śląski, Wydział Radia i Telewizji im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego Poland, 40-955 Katowice, Bytkowska 1 B

phone +48 32 258 24 28, +48 32 258 70 11, +48 32 258 70 70 fax +48 32 258 24 28 www.us.edu.pl

Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy Poland, 00-724 Warsaw, Chełmska 21, bld. 24

phone +48 22 851 10 56, +48 22 851 10 67 phone/fax +48 22 851 10 57 e-mail [email protected] www.wajdaschool.pl

Warsaw Film School School of Art under the patronage of Minister of Culture Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa Policealna Szkoła Artystyczna pod patronatem Ministra Kultury Poland, 02-662 Warsaw, Świeradowska 43

phone/fax +48 22 543 55 99 mobile +48 691 490 171 e-mail [email protected] www.szkolafilmowa.pl

8 New Polish Feature Films 2009 The most important international film awards for Polish films and filmmakers in year 2008

Feature

Epilogue at Nurnberg / Epilog norymberski Directed by Jerzy Antczak !41 st WorldFest – Houston Independent International Film Festival, Houston, USA – Platinum Award (April 2008)

I'Am / Jestem Directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska !3rd International Children's TV and Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan – Grand Prix in category Best Feature Film for Children (April 2008) !2nd Andriej Tarkowski International Film Festival "Zerkalo", Ivanovo, Russia – Best Director Award (June 2008)

Immensity of Justice / Bezmiar sprawiedliwości Directed by Wiesław Saniewski !41 st WorldFest – Houston Independent International Film Festival, Houston, USA – Special Jury REMI Award (April 2008) !3rd Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF), Batumi, Georgia – Best Actor Award for Jan Frycz (October 2008)

Katyń Directed by !80 th Annual Academy Awards Oscar – nomination in Best Foreign Language Film category (January 2008) !The Washington DC International Film Festival, USA – Audience Award (April 2008) !Denver International Film Festival – Audience Award (November 2008) !19 th Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia – Golden Dragon Audience Award (November 2008) !European Film Academy – Prix d'Excellence Magdalena Biedrzycka for Costume Design (December 2008)

Let's go to the Movies Tomorrow / Jutro idziemy do kina Directed by Michał Kwieciński !Shanghai Television Festival – Golden Magnolia (June 2008) !Festival De la Fiction TV, La Rochelle – Best European Film Award (September 2008) !Seoul Drama Festival – Seoul Drama Award for Best Cinematography (October 2008) !Prix Europa, Berlin – Best Television Fiction Programme of the Year 2008 (October 2008) !International Festival of War Films – Best Cinematography Award (October 2008) !International TV Festival Bar, Montenegro – Best Direction Award (October 2008)

The Magic Tree / Magiczne drzewo (one part of tv series) Directed by Andrzej Maleszka Prix Jeunesse International, Muenchen, – Grand Prix (June 2008)

Saviour's Square / Plac Zbawiciela Directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof Krauze 19 th Trieste International Film Festival, North – Trieste First Prize (January 2008)

Scratch / Rysa Directed by Michał Rosa !18 th FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany – Special Prize for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution for the Script (November 2008)

Time to Die / Pora umierać Directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska !19 th Trieste International Film Festival, North Italy – Public Prize and the Extraordinary Performance by Leading Actress, Danuta Szaflarska (January 2008) !10 th Wisconsin Film Festival, USA – Steep & Brew Audience Award for Best Narrative Film (April 2008) !San Francisco International Film Festival – Holter Audience Award (May 2008)

New Polish Feature Films 2009 9 The most important international film awards for Polish films and filmmakers in year 2008

Tricks / Sztuczki Directed by Andrzej Jakimowski !20 th Premiers Plans Festival D'Angers, – Special Jury Prize, Audience Award (January 2008) !25 th Miami International Film Festival, USA – Miami Knight Grand Jury Prize for the Best Foreign Film (March 2008) !7th Chatenay – Malabry Film Festival, Paris – Grand Jury Prize (April 2008) !5th Neisse Filmfestival in Zittau, Germany – Grand Jury Prize (May 2008) !11 th Open Film Festival Golden Brig, Odessa, – Grand Jury Prize (June 2008)

Tulpan Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy !18 th FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany – Special Prize for Best Director and Special Mention Jury of Interfilm und Signis (November 2008) !Un Certain Regard – Cannes IFF – Grand Prix (May 2008) !Karlovy Vary IFF 2008, East of the West Competition – Grand Prix (July 2008) !Tokio IFF 2008 – Grand Prix (October 2008) !London IFF 2008 – Sutherland Trophy (October 2008) !Festival of East European Cinema Cottbus – Best Director Award (November 2008)

Shorts

A Few Simple Words / Kilka prostych słów Directed by Anna Kazejak-Dawid !CineFest International Festival of Young Filmmakers, Miskolc, Hungary – Women in Picture Special Award (September 2008)

Aria Diva Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska !12 th Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films, Egypt – Best Short Film (October 2008)

Journey / Podróż Directed by Dariusz Glazer !CineFest International Festival of Young Filmmakers, Miskolc, Hungary – Special Jury Prize (September 2008)

Porno Directed by Jan Wagner !19 th Trieste International Film Festival, Italy – Distinction Award in Short Films Category (January 2008)

What It's Like To Be My Mother / Jak to jest być moją matką Directed by Norah McGettigan !8th GoEast, Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden, Germany – Second Prize in the Fiction Section of Student Competition (April 2008) !8th International School Meeting, San Sebastian International Film Festival – Second Award (September 2008)

Individual Awards

Janusz Kamiński – 80 th Annual Academy Awards Oscar – nomination in Best Cinematography category for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (January 2008) Andrzej Wajda – Life Achievement Honorary Award – Seville European Film Festival (November 2008)

10 New Polish Feature Films 2009 Feature Films

New Polish Feature Films 2009 11 feature films 33 Scenes from Life 33 sceny z życia

written & directed by MAŁGORZATA SZUMOWSKA director of photography MICHAŁ ENGLERT music by PAWEŁ MyKIETyN production design by ANNA NIEMIRA costume design by JULIA JARżA, KATARZyNA LEWIńSKA editing by JACEK DROSIO sound by ANDRZEJ CECOTA, MICHAŁ DOMINOWSKI casting MAŁGORZATA ADAMSKA production manager JANUSZ TURKOWICZ cast JULIA JENTSCH (JULIA), ANDRZEJ HUDZIAK (JUREK), MAŁGORZATA HAJEWSKA-KRZySZTOFIK (BARBARA), MACIEJ STUHR (PIOTR), PETER GANTZLER (ADRIAN), IZA KUNA (KAŚKA), RAFAŁ MAćKOWIAK (TOMEK), ROMAN GANCARCZyK (KRZySIEK) produced by PANDORA FILM, EBERTPLATZ 21, D-50668 KöLN, PHONE +49 (0) 221 97 33 20, WWW.PANDORAFILM.COM & FILM STUDIO STI, ŚNIADECKICH 10, 00-656 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 547 66 28, FAx +48 22 547 42 37, WWW.STI.COM.PL co-produced by SHOT SZUMOWSKI, NARBUTTA 27/4, 02-536 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 848 88 12 executive producer MIROSŁAW WARCHOŁ producer RAIMOND GOEBEL (PANDORA FILM) co-producers TERESA DWORZECKA (STI), MAŁGORZATA SZUMOWSKA (SHOT SZUMOWSKI), MIKAEL OLSEN (ZENTROPA), MEINOLF ZURHORST (ZDF/ARTE) co-financing FILMSTIFTUNG NRW; MEDIA DEVELOPMENT; POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by KINO ŚWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-04, FAx +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL (POLAND); REAL FICTION (GERMANy) world sales TRUST FILM, FILMByEN 12, DK 2650 HVIDOVRE (DENMARK), PHONE +45 36 868 788, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm from HDV, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Stereo Digital, 100' GERMANY – POLAND 2008 h c o ł W a n n A : y b o t o h p

AWARDS (selected) : !MFF Locarno 2008 – Silver Leopard – Special Prize of The Jury 30-plus-year-old Julia seems to have it all; she has loving parents-artists, !33 rd Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2008 – the award for a talented husband – , and she herself is a successful, directing, cinematography, internationally-recognized photographer. Soon the doctors are to music, and for the best diagnose her mother with cancer and the family will have to face the supporting actress (Małgorzata threat of approaching death. Julia will also suffer a professional setback, Hajewska-Krzysztofik) and the Journalists' Award and her marriage will face a crisis... MAłGORZATA SZUMOWSKA Born in 1973. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Laureate of many awards for her school etudes and documentaries. Nominated to the European Film Award in the European Discovery category for her films: “Happy Man” and “Stranger” which were presented and awarded at numerous international film festivals. Since 2001, a member of the European Film Academy. Feature films 2000: Happy Man (Szczęśliwy człowiek); 2005: Stranger (Ono / Leben in mir); Father [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (Ojciec [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2008: 33 Scenes from Life (33 sceny z życia)

photo by: Anna Włoch 12 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films 0_1_0 0_1_0

directed by PIOTR ŁAZARKIEWICZ written by KRZySZTOF BIZIO, PIOTR ŁAZARKIEWICZ BASED ON THE DRAMA By KRZySZTOF BIZIO director of photography WOJCIECH TODOROW music by ANTONI ŁAZARKIEWICZ production design by KATARZyNA SOBAńSKA costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO editing by DANIEL SOKOŁOWSKI sound by JACEK HAMELA, LESZEK FREUND production manager SyLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ cast ANNA MARIA BUCZEK (ANNA), MAŁGORZATA BUCZKOWSKA (LENA), WOJCIECH BRZEZIńSKI (MACIEK), MARTA CHODOROWSKA (MARTA), MARCIN KęSZyCKI (GUARD), JULIA KIJOWSKA (JULIA), REDBAD KLIJNSTRA (ŁUKA), PIOTR LIGIENZA (TOMEK), RAFAŁ MAćKOWIAK (FILIP), RAFAŁ MOHR (JACEK), MARIA PESZEK (ILONA), MAGDALENA POPŁAWSKA (MARIA), MARIA SEWERyN (KASIA), DARIUSZ TOCZEK (PIOTR), TOMASZ TyNDyK (SEBASTIAN), JACEK BUNSCH (NEWSAGENT), LENA JAWORSKA (KASIA'S DAUGHTER), WIESŁAW KOMASA (RADIO PRESENTER), PIOTR MICHALSKI (DEALER), PAULINA PRZEŚLUGA (WERONIKA), DARIUSZ SIASTACZ (SCRAP- METAL COLLECTOR I), GRZEGORZ WOLF (SCRAP-METAL COLLECTOR II) produced by SKORPION ART, CHEŁMSKA 21, APT. 612, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 11 04, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MEDIA BRIGADE, KARKONOSKA 10 APT. 026, 53-015 WROCŁAW, PHONE +48 71 79 91 451, PHONE/FAx +48 71 79 91 450, E-MAIL [email protected]; TV POLSAT producer PAWEŁ RAKOWSKI executive producers SyLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ AND MARCIN KUREK (MEDIA BRIGADE) co-producers SyLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ, MARCIN KUREK, JAROSŁAW SANDER (TV POLSAT) co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAx +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales SKORPION ART 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 87' POLAND 2008 i k s ń i s o S w a ł s o r a J : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – The Polish Filmmakers A seaside city. It seems like yet another ordinary day, but the local radio Association Award station broadcasts a hurricane warning. Seven couples, seven different life stories. What they all share is an accident which they witnessed. This sudden break in the weather uncovers their hidden emotions, discloses dramas and secretes...

PIOTR łAZARKIEWICZ (1954-2008) Film and theatre director, scriptwriter and producer. Graduated from the Polish philology at the University of Wrocław, and directing from the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Filmography (selected features) 1987: I Love Cinema (Kocham kino); 1990: In the Middle of Europe (W środku Europy, tv); 1991: Departure (Odjazd, with Magdalena Łazarkiewicz); 1993: A Time for Witches (Pora na czarownice); 1995: Departure (Odjazd, tv series); 2001: Only Heaven (Samo niebo, tv series); 2008: 0_1_0

photo by: Jarosław Sosiński New Polish Feature Films 2009 13 feature films All That I Love Wszystko, co kocham

written & directed by JACEK BORCUCH director of photography MICHAŁ ENGLERT music by DANIEL BLOOM production design by ELWIRA PLUTA costume design by MAGDALENA MACIEJEWSKA editing by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by ZOFIA GOŁęBIOWSKA production manager ANNA WyDRA cast MATEUSZ KOŚCIUKIEWICZ (JANEK), JAKUB GIERSZAŁ (KAZIK), MATEUSZ BANASIUK (STASZEK), OLGA FRyCZ (BASIA), IGOR OBŁOZA (DEVIL), ANDRZEJ CHyRA (JANEK'S FATHER), ANNA RADWAN (JANEK'S MOTHER), MAREK KALITA (SOKOŁOWSKI), KATARZyNA HERMAN (SOKOŁOWSKA) produced by PRASA I FILM, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 851 10 37, +48 601 215 925, E-MAIL [email protected] producer JAN DWORAK associate producer KAMILA POLIT co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA; CANAL PLUS POLSKA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 100' POLAND 2009 o k z s u ł G a n n A : y b o t o h p

The Spring of 1981. Poland experiences a wave of industrial unrest. The communist government drafts a plan how to destroy the Solidarity Trade Union. In a small sea-side town, four eighteen years old boys form a punk-rock band. Janek, a son of a navy captain, becomes the band's leader. The boys do not only share the passion of music; they are also infatuated with a beautifully mature wife of a political officer, Mrs Sokołowska who is Janek's neighbour, and with their school girl friend Basia who is a daughter of a Trade Union member. On 13th of December 1981, politics brutally enters into the boys' care-free lives. Officer Sokołowski become a military commissioner who exercises supreme power in this small town.

JACEK BORCUCH Born in 1970. Actor, scriptwriter and musician. Studied philosophy at the Warsaw University and acting at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw. Graduated from the undergraduate vocal and acting studies in Gdynia. Filmography (as director) 1999: Kallafiorr; 2004: Tulips (Tulipany); 2009: All That I Love (Wszystko, co kocham)

photo by: Anna Głuszko 14 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films At the ZOO Funio, szefunio i reszta

directed by JAMES CROWLEy written by MARIANNA ROWIńSKA, JAMES CROWLEy, KAROLINA SZyMCZyK-MAJCHRZAK director of photography JAN HOLOUBEK music by JAN KOMAR production design by EWA SKOCZKOWSKA costume design by MAGDALENA JAROSZ editing by TyMEK WISKIRSKI sound by MARCIN MATLAK, PRZEMySŁAW KRZEMIńSKI casting by PIOTR BARTUSZEK production manager MIKOŁAJ POKROMSKI cast PIOTR ADAMCZyK (ADAM PIOTRCZyK), ANNA CIEŚLAK (PATRyCJA), EWA KASPRZyK (HEADMISTRESS), ANNA PRZyByLSKA (PIOTRCZyK AGENT), SZyMON BOBROWSKI, IWONA DRóżDź, AGNIESZKA WAGNER, JOANNA PIERZAK, CEZARy KOSIńSKI, ZOFIA CZERWIńSKA, PATRICIA KAZADI, AGNIESZKA WIELGOSZ, ARTUR PONTEK, RAFAŁ RUTKOWSKI, HENRyK BŁAżEJCZyK produced by OZUMI FILMS, MOKOTOWSKA 46 A, APT. 28, 00-543 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 628 80 30, FAx +48 22 628 56 27, [email protected] WWW.OZUMIFILMS.COM co-produced by APERTO FILMS, CHOCIMSKA 35/1, 00-791 WARSAW, [email protected]; TVN co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer MARIANNA ROWIńSKA (OZUMI FILMS) co-producers DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI (TVN); PIOTR ADAMCZyK (APERTO FILMS) distributed by ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAx +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour, Dolby SR, ca 90' POLAND 2009 a k s w o k z c a K a r d n a s k e l A : y b o t o h p

Crazy family comedy. Adam Piotrczyk, who plays “the villains” in B-list Hollywood films, considers quitting the business. After fight with his girlfriend he decides to change his life. When he meets his new neighbor, a beautiful teacher Patrycja, he introduces himself as an aspiring actor, who unfortunately resembles the famous Piotrczyk. Patrycja asks him to help her with a school theatre play. Adam finally gets a chance to show how he really is. But our characters plan is to be foiled by the villain school headmistress... JAMES CROWLEY Born in 1969, in Texas. Author of a script and director of two feature films: “The Journeyman” and “Slappy the Clown”. “At the Zoo” is his third feature film.

photo by: Aleksandra Kaczkowska New Polish Feature Films 2009 15 feature films The Bait Balladyna

directed by DARIUSZ ZAWIŚLAK written by DARIUSZ ZAWIŚLAK based on JULIUSZ SŁOWACKI DRAMA “BALLADyNA” director of photography KONRAD SPyRA music by CHRIS RAFAEL production design by MARTA DąBROWSKA, SyLWIA KOCHANIEC, DARIUSZ ZAWIŚLAK costume design by MAŁGORZATA BURSZTyNOWICZ editing by KAROL IWAN, JACEK MULARSKI sound by KAROL IWAN production managers LISA BRyANT, AGNIESZKA WIŚNIEWSKA cast FAyE DUNAWAy (DR ASH), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (BALLy), MIROSŁAW BAKA (KIRK), RAFAŁ CIESZyNSKI (CHRIS), SŁAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI (RIBB), STEFAN FRIEDMANN (KEy MASTER), WŁADySŁAW KOWALSKI (FATHER) produced by ADyTON INTERNATIONAL, WITTIGA 5/16, 03-188 WARSAW, POLAND, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ADyTON.EU producer DARIUSZ ZAWIŚLAK co-produced By ALINA SZPAK executive producers AGATA RZEPKA, DARIUSZ ZAWIŚLAK co-financing by MEDIA PLUS distributed by ADyTON INTERNATIONAL world sales ADyTON INTERNATIONAL, WITTIGA 5/16, 03-188 WARSAW, POLAND, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ADyTON.EU color, 90' POLAND – USA 2009 i k c e i w a r o M n i c r a M : y b o t o h p

The film was produced on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest Polish poets and dramatists Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849). Prime time political suspense drama. A star NYPD detective is investigating the death of a young girl. Following the crime trail he finds new victims. As the bodies start to pile up, so does the list of possible suspects. This “Who Done It” starts to look like a “Who Didn't Do It”.

DARIUSZ ZAWIŚLAK Born in 1972. Studied film production at the Łódź Film School and at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw. After a career of directing plays and short films, Zawislak became private film distributor. At the beginning of his professional career he managed several cinemas in Warsaw and the first Eastern European drive-in cinema. Organized and created the International Fantasy Film Festival. Independent producer and director. Filmography (as director) 2000: A Very Christmas Story (Świąteczna przygoda); 2008: The Bait (Balladyna)

photo by: Paweł Olejniczak 16 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Before the Twilight Jeszcze nie wieczór

directed by JACEK BŁAWUT written by JACEK BŁAWUT, STANISŁAW JóZEFOWICZ, JACEK PIOTR BŁAWUT director of photography WOJCIECH STAROń music by TOMASZ STROyNOWSKI production design by JACEK TUREWICZ costume design by JUSTyNA PyTKO editing by JACEK BŁAWUT & JAROSŁAW KAMIńSKI PSM sound by TOMASZ WIECZOREK production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast JAN NOWICKI (JERZy), BEATA TySZKIEWICZ (RóżA), LECH GWIT (HENRyK), NINA ANDRyCZ (HERSELF), IRENA KWIATKOWSKA (HERSELF), ROMAN KŁOSOWSKI (NOSTRADAMUS), DANUTA SZAFLARSKA (BARBARA), FABIAN KIEBICZ (FRED), STEFAN BURCZyK (SODOLSKI), ZOFIA WILCZyńSKA (DOROTA), EWA KRASNODęBSKA (MARILyN), TERESA SZMIGIELóWNA (TERESA), ZOFIA PERCZyńSKA (MATyLDA), BOżENA MROWIńSKA (RENATA), WIEńCZySŁAW GLIńSKI (PARAMOUR), KS. KAZIMIERZ ORZECHOWSKI (PRIEST), WITOLD GRUCA (CHOREOGRAPHER), WITOLD SKARUCH (JOHN), BOHDAN WRóBLEWSKI (TyKA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (MAŁGORZATA), ROBERT JURCZyGA (CZAREK), ANTONI PAWLICKI (STUDENT), MAREK SITARSKI (GARDNER STEFAN), MARIA BIAŁKOWSKA (ZOSIA) produced by FILM STUDIO RABARBAR, BABICKIEGO 4, APT. 69B, 94-056 ŁóDź, PHONE/FAx +48 42 252 19 77, +48 660 746 996, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy; TOyA STUDIOS (ŁóDź TELEVISION) executive produced by FILM STUDIO RABARBAR producer ANNA BŁAWUT-MAZURKIEWICZ co-producer WITOLD KRAWCZyK co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, 16:9, colour, Dolby Stereo, 100' POLAND 2008 r j t u w a ł B k e c a J : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – Silver Lions and the At the Veteran Actors' Home, an worldly-wise actor and two young people award for the best actor (Jan arrive. They encourage the pensioners, who are bored with the trivialities Nowicki); Golden Kangaroo Australian Film Distributors of everyday life, to stage “Faust” by Goethe. award

JACEK BłAWUT Born in 1950. Documentary film-maker and director of photography. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Lecturer at the film schools in Berlin and Hannower, and at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. He has produced several dozen documentaries, incl. “The Abnormal” (Nienormalni); “your Native Country” (Kraj urodzenia); Born Dead; “Rat in the Crown” (Szczur w koronie); “The Warrior” (Wojownik). Laureate of numerous prizes; member of the European Film Academy. “Before the Twilight” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Jacek Bławut jr New Polish Feature Films 2009 17 feature films Belladonna Belladonna

written & directed by ANNIKA GLAC director of photography MARCUS STRUZINA production design by MAREK BURGEMAJSTER costume design by MAŁGORZATA AJZELT sound by PIOTR BIELAWSKI cast TOD MACDONALD (LUKE), KATE KENDALL (KATHERINE), KATIE JEAN HARDING (AMELIA), PAWEŁ SMAGAŁA (PAWEŁ), DARyL PELLIZZER (JAN), KATARZyNA MAZUREK (JADWIGA), HANNES BERGER (HUGH), INDIANA AVENT (SANDy), JOHN L. JACOBS (FATHER NEVILLE), ANNE CORDINER (MRS JONES), KATHRyN TOHILL (MONIqUE) produced by GLASS KINGDOM (); E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by DA VINCI (POLAND), BERNARDyńSKA 22/12, 02-904 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 858 90 87, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BELLADONNATHEMOVIE.COM producers ANNIKA GLAC, MARCUS STRUZINA co-producer MAŁGORZATA CORVALAN co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by ARCLIGHT FILMS, WWW.ARCLIGHTFILMS.COM world sales ARCLIGHT FILMS, WWW.ARCLIGHTFILMS.COM HD/35 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 93' AUSTRALIA – POLAND 2008 a d j o m a Ż a j a M : y b o t o h p

A love-story in which events takes place both in the XV century Poland and contemporary Australia. Shortly before getting married with Katharine, Luke undergoes a hypnosis session in order to learn the cause of his tormenting fears. His subconsciousness leads him into the strange and disturbing world dating centuries back, where he sees fires and witches...

ANNIKA GLAC Born in Poland. As a child emigrated to Australia. Graduated from directing at the Rusden College. Starred in a number of short films. “Belladonna” is her feature film debut.

photo by: Maja Żamojda 18 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Born of the Sea Miasto z morza

wirtten & directed by ANDRZEJ KOTKOWSKI, based on THE FIRST VOLUME OF “TAK TRZyMAć” – THE NOVEL By STANISŁAWA FLESZAROWA- MUSKAT director of photography ADAM BAJERSKI music TBA production design by JACEK OSADOWSKI costume design by ANNA JAGNA JANICKA editing by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by BARBARA DOMARADZKA production manager MARIUSZ MIELCZAREK cast JAKUB STRZELECKI (KRZySZTOF GRABIEń), JULIA PIETRUCHA (ŁUCKA KONKA), PAWEŁ DOMAGAŁA (WOŁODIA JAZOWIECKI), MAŁGORZATA FOREMNIAK (MRS HELENA), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (AUGUSTyN KONKA), OLGIERD ŁUKASZEWICZ (ENGINEER WENDA), PIOTR POLK (LEBRAC), ZDZISŁAW WARDEJN (JAZOWIECKI), STANISŁAW MICHALSKI (SECONDARy SCHOOL DIRECTOR), KRZySZTOF JANCZAR (LOCAL POLICE CHIEF) produced by PROFILM FILM AGENCy, AL. NIEPODLEGŁOŚCI 809 A, 81-810 SOPOT (POLAND), PHONE +48 58 524 73 72, FAx +48 58 524 73 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PROFILM.COM.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy, WORONICZA 17, 00-999 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 547 81 67, FAx +48 22 547 66 69, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; URZąD MIASTA GDyNI producer KRZySZTOF BAŁAJEWICZ distribution 35MM, ERAZMA CIOŁKA 30, 01-432 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 837 91 44 WWW.35MM.COM.PL world sales 35MM HD / Betacam Digital, 16:9, colour, Ch 1/2 – Dolby Pro Logic, Ch 3/4 Dolby Digital 5.1, ca 100', tv mini-series 3 x 45' POLAND 2009 k a s r o K h c e i c j o W : y b o t o h p

In the period of 1923-1926, just 5 years after Poland regained its independence, thanks to the efforts of the Polish Government, engineers and workers, impressive investments were completed. Within the period of three years, a new town and harbour in Gdynia was built. This is a tale about work, friendship and love, about hopes and failures. The main character, Krzysztof Grabień, arrives from inside the country together with his friend Wołodia Jazowiecki, to participate in the construction of the Gdynia harbour. Here he meets a Kashubian girl, Łucka Konka... ANDRZEJ KOTKOWSKI Born in 1940. Director, scriptwriter and producer. Graduated from the law at the Jagiellonian University and from the production at the Łódź Film School. Director and scriptwriter for numerous television series. Lecturer at the Film and Television Academy in Warsaw. Filmography (selected) 1980: Olympics 40 (Olimpiada 40); 1982: quiet years (Spokojne lata), 1984: Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles (W starym dworku, czyli niepodległość trójkątów); 1988: Citizen Piszczyk (Obywatel Piszczyk)

photo by: Wojciech Korsak New Polish Feature Films 2009 19 feature films Case Unknown Enen

directed by FELIKS FALK written by FELIKS FALK in cooperation with AGNIESZKA HOLLAND director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by BARTŁOMIEJ GLINIAK production design by TERESA GRUBER costume design by MAŁGORZATA OBŁOZA editing by KRZySZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by SEBASTIAN BRAńSKI, TOMASZ DUKSZTA casting TERESA WIOLETTA BUHL production manager PAWEŁ MANTORSKI cast BORyS SZyC (KONSTANTy), GRZEGORZ WOLF (PAWEŁ PŁOCKI), GRZEGORZ KWIECIEń (ROBERT), MAGDALENA WALACH (RENATA), ANNA WyKA (JULKA), ELżBIETA KARKOSZKA (KONSTANTy'S MOTHER), EWA ZIęTEK (RENATA'S MOTHER), KRZySZTOF STROIńSKI (AMBROZIAK), MARIAN OPANIA (PROFESSOR DęBICKI), ALEKSANDER MIKOŁAJCZAK (KAńSKI – HEAD OF THE WARD), KRZySZTOF MACHOWSKI (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BOREń), NINA CZERKIES (LUDMIŁA), MAŁGORZATA ZąBKOWSKA (WOMAN), ARTUR DZIURMAN (DR. JULSKI), GABRIELA CZyżEWSKA (NURSE), JACEK LENARTOWICZ (PATIENT), ANDRZEJ MROWIEC (JERKE), STANISŁAW PENKSyK (PROSECUTOR MąKA) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 50 67, E-MAIL [email protected] producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by MONOLITH FILMS world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Digital, 100' POLAND 2009 n a m l l e W f o t z s y z r K : y b o t o h p

Konstanty, a doctor on a psychiatric ward, while sorting the medical files, discovers that the file of one patient is missing. The patient is in non-reactive state. Despite the hospital management objections, the doctor continues treating the patient and tries to recover his memory and identity. In the meantime, he involves in the private investigation, to discover who admitted the patient on the psychiatric ward and why his files disappeared.

FELIKS FALK Born in 1941. Film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright. Graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw and Łódź Film School. Laureate of numerous film awards for “The Collector” (Komornik). Łódź Film School lecturer. Member of the European Film Academy. Feature films (selected) 1975: At the Height of Summer (W środku lata); 1977: Top Dog (Wodzirej); 1979: Chance (Szansa); 1981: And All That Jazz (Był jazz); 1984: The Idol (Idol); 1986: Hero of the year (Bohater roku); 1989: Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland (Kapitał, czyli jak zrobić pieniądze w Polsce); 1991: Game Is Over (Koniec gry); 1994: Summer of Love (Lato miłości); 1995: Far from the Other (Daleko od siebie); 2005: The Collector (Komornik); 2009: Case Unknown (Enen)

photo by: Krzysztof Wellman 20 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Cheluskin 2 Czeluskin 2

directed by MICHAŁ BULIK written by JAROSŁAW GRZęDOWICZ, JOSH CAMPBELL director of photography MACIEJ MAJCHRZAK music by TBA production & costume design b y MICHAIL ALExEyEV editing by MARCIN KONARZEWSKI PSM sound by MARIUSZ BIELECKI casting PIOTR BARTUSZEK production manager JANUSZ B. CZECH cast PIOTR ADAMCZyK (ADAM NOWAK), ROMUALD MAKARENKO, ALEKSANDR GLINSKIy, yAROSLAV VORONTSOW, ANATOLI KONDyUBOV, ANDREy NEKRASOV, ALEKSEy ZARUBIN produced by OZUMI FILMS, MOKOTOWSKA 46 A, APT. 28, 00-543 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 628 80 30, FAx +48 22 628 56 27, [email protected] WWW.OZUMIFILMS.COM co-produced by TVN; APERTO FILMS, CHOCIMSKA 35/1, 00-791 WARSAW, [email protected] executive producer MIKOŁAJ POKROMSKI producer MARIANNA ROWIńSKA (OZUMI FILMS) co-producers DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI (TVN), PIOTR ADAMCZyK (APERTO FILMS) distribution TBC world sales OPEN Super 16 mm / 35 mm, colour, Dolby SR, ca 90' POLAND 2009 s m l i F i m u z O : y b o t o h p

Russia. A journalist, Adam Nowak comes to Cheluskin military base to do a photo coverage for a newspaper. Soon he realizes that something wrong is going on there. One day, when the soldiers are off to patrol, Adam is slipping out of the base and goes to the village, which is closed for the visitors. He doesn't reach the place as he walks into the hole in the ground and discovers wide-spreaded system of the underground corridors. He also meets a mysterious, beautiful woman...

MICHAł BULIK Author of over 200 adverts. Laureate of a Grand Prix Kodak's Advert Competition. Nominated for a young directors award in Cannes. Worked all over the world, in Brasil, Republic of , , Italy, Czech and Ukraine. Horror film “Cheluskin 2” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Ozumi Films New Polish Feature Films 2009 21 feature films Contact High Contact High

directed by MICHAEL GLAWOGGER written by MICHAEL OSTROWSKI, MICHAEL GLAWOGGER director of photography WOLFGANG THALER music by VARIOUS production design by DON MARTIN SUPERSETS, RENATE MARTIN AND ANDREAS DONHAUSER costume design by MARTINA LIST editing by MONIKA WILLI, CHRISTOPH BRUNNER sound by PAUL OBERLE production managers JANUSZ B. CZECH, SABINE SCHENK cast MICHAEL OSTROWSKI (MAx DURST), RAIMUND WALLISCH, GEORG FRIEDRICH, DETLEV BUCK, HILDE DALIK, PIA HERZEGGER, ŁUKASZ SIMLAT, IWONA DRóżDź, VICTOR VARNADO, JEREMy STRONG produced by LOTUS FILM, JOHNSTRASSE 83, 1150 VIENNA (AUSTRIA), PHONE +43 1 786 33 87, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by BOJE BUCK, IRIS PRODUCTIONS, OZUMI FILMS (POLAND) executive producer PETER WIRTHENSOHN co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; öSTERREICHISCHES FILMINSTITUT; ORF (FILM/FERNSEH-ABKOMMEN); FILMFONDS WIEN; FILMFöRDERUNGSANSTALT; FONSPA; MEDIENBOARD BERLIN- BRANDENBURG; DEUTSCHER FILMFöRDERFONDS; CINESTyRIA producer ERICH LACKNER (LOTUS-FILM) co-producers MARIANNA ROWIńSKA (OZUMI FILMS), CLAUS BOJE (BOJE BUCK), NICOLAS STEIL (IRIS PRODUCTIONS) world sales THE MATCH FACTORy, BALTHASARSTR. 79-81, 50670 COLOGNE (GERMANy), PHONE +49 221 539 709, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.THE-MATCH-FACTORy.COM 35 mm, colour, Dolby SR AUSTRIA – POLAND – GERMANY – LUxEMBOURG 2009 s m l i F i m u z O : y b o t o h p

Hans and Max are working hard in the fast-food industry. Schorsch, a small time crook could be happy only to watch motor racing. Which would also Mao do, if she didn't have to baby-sit her friend's daughter. Harry would like to have some fun too. But Wojtyła's bag foils everyone's plans. Travelling through the polish night, noticing the dogs, pigs and the... swordfish, they are surprised when the bus conductor shouts “Next stop Drogomysel!”.

MICHAEL GLAWOGGER Born in 1959 in Austria. Director, writer, cinematographer. Graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute and Vienna Film Academy. Worked in Vienna, Bangkok and Znojmo. His documentary film “Working Man Death” received numerous awards and was nominated for an European Film Award, in the category Best European Documentary. His film “Slumming” was nominated for the Award at Berlinale 2006.

photo by: Łukasz Niewiadomski 22 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films The Corrupted Skorumpowani

directed by JAROSŁAW żAMOJDA written by JACEK SAMOJŁOWICZ, KRZySZTOF WęGLARZ director of photography WALDEMAR SZMIDT music by PIOTR SALABER production design by RAFAŁ WALTENBERGER costume design by ANNA OSTAPIńSKA editing by KRZySZTOF WOźNIAK sound by PAWEŁ ŁUCZyC-WyHOWSKI production manager ANDRZEJ STACHECKI cast OLIVIER GRUNER (MONTENEGRO), MAx RyAN (SERGEy), JAN ENGLERT (WITOLD BURZyńSKI), JERZy TRELA (CyGARO), BEATA ŚCIBAKóWNA (AGNIESZKA BURZyńSKA), KRZySZTOF WAKULIńSKI (APOSTLE), PAWEŁ BURCZyK (RAZOR), WENANTy NOSUL (PASZA), ARTUR ŁODyGA (MAKS), MARIUSZ PUJSZO (WEJNER), OLGA BOŁąDź (PATRyCJA BURZyńSKA), DARIUSZ BAJKOWSKI (PAWEŁ), MACIEJ GRUBSKI (JANEK), ROBERT żOŁęDZIEWSKI (LOWA) produced by FILM MEDIA, MICKIEWICZA 63, 01-625 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 424 16 24, FAx +48 22 833 44 96, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by POLSAT TV producer JACEK SAMOJŁOWICZ co-producer JAROSŁAW SANDER distributed by FORUM FILM POLAND, WOŁOSKA 12, 02-675 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 456 65 12, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales FILM MEDIA, MICKIEWICZA 63, 01-625 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 424 16 24, FAx +48 22 833 44 96, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 115' POLAND 2008 a k c i n a w I a t a z r o g ł a M : y b o t o h p

Some Russian gangsters arrive to Poland to recover a batch of drugs seized by the police. They stay in a night club owned by one of the mafia bosses. Here, a son of an influential businessman is killed accidentally. The investigation comes to a standstill, therefore the sister of the murdered man gets a job in the club in order to find the killers on her own. She finds some evidence of the crime, but has to run away from the gangsters. She is assisted by a police commissionaire...

JAROSłAW ŻAMOJDA Born in 1960. Cameraman, director and scriptwriter. Graduated from directing at the Łódź Film School. Cameraman of the films by Krzysztof Zannussi. His directing debut “Fast Lane”, was one of the most popular Polish films. He also directs TV series. Filmography (as director) 1995: Fast Lane (Młode wilki); 1997: Fast Lane 1/2 (Młode wilki 1/2); 2000: Six Days of an Ostrich (Sześć dni strusia); 2004: Rh+; 2008: The Corrupted (Skorumpowani)

photo by: Małgorzata Iwanicka New Polish Feature Films 2009 23 feature films Dark House Dom zły

directed by WOJCIECH SMARZOWSKI written by WOJCIECH SMARZOWSKI, ŁUKASZ KOŚMICKI director of photography KRZySZTOF PTAK PSC music by MIKOŁAJ TRZASKA production design by MAREK ZAWIERUCHA costume design by KATARZyNA LEWIńSKA editing by PAWEŁ LASKOWSKI PSM sound by LESZEK FREUND, JACEK HAMELA production manager PAWEŁ BAREńSKI cast ARKADIUSZ JAKUBIK (ŚRODOń), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (DZIABAS), KINGA PREIS (DZIABAS WIFE), BARTŁOMIEJ TOPA (MRóZ), KATARZyNA CyNKE (LISOWSKA), ROMAN GANCARCZyK (TOMALA), ERyK LUBOS (PETRyCKI), LECH DyBLIK (ZAJDEL), ROBERT WABICH (LISOWSKI), KRZySZTOF CZECZOT (BANAŚ) produced by FILM IT, WOŁODyJOWSKIEGO 42 APT. 1, 02-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 852 23 24, +48 22 853 86 68, FAx +48 22 852 15 16, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMIT.COM.PL co-produced by SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA executive producer DARIUSZ PIETRyKOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers ANNA IWASZKIEWICZ , DARIUSZ PIETRyKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ POŁEć co-producer PIOTR REISCH distributed by SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA, TyNIECKA 38 A, 02-621 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 854 03 37, +48 22 646 20 36, FAx +48 22 848 45 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SPI.PL world sales FILM IT; SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA HD/35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 100' POLAND 2009 r o t k i W f o t z s y z r K : y b o t o h p

One autumn night in 1978 Edward Środoń finds himself on Mr and Ms Dziabas farm in the remote parts of Bieszczady Mountains. The bottle of home-made moonshine breaks the ice, and the initial distrust is replaced with friendship and the plans of small-business cooperation. But then the passion and desire appears... One Winter day, just after the State of War is introduced in Poland, lieutenant Mróz of Militia, who investigates a murder case from 4 years ago is doing run-through with participation of the main suspect Środoń... WOJCIECH SMARZOWSKI Born in 1963. Director and screenwriter. Graduated from cinematography at the Łódź Film School. Documentary films, TV clips, and adverts director. TV series director. Laureate of numerous awards at Polish and foreign festivals for his debut film “The Wedding” (Wesele). Feature films 1998: The Auricle (Małżowina, tv); 2004: The Wedding (Wesele); 2009: Dark House (Dom zły)

photo by: Krzysztof Wiktor 24 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Don't Lie, Darling Nie kłam, kochanie

directed by PIOTR WEREŚNIAK written by ILONA ŁEPKOWSKA director of photography JAROSŁAW żAMOJDA PSC music by MACIEJ ZIELIńSKI production design by KATARZyNA BOCZEK costume design by ELżBIETA RADKE editing by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by MAREK WRONKO production manager TERESA RyŁKO-SZyMAńSKA cast MARTA żMUDA TRZEBIATOWSKA (ANIA), PIOTR ADAMCZyK (MARCIN), BEATA TySZKIEWICZ (AUNT NELA), MAGDALENA SCHEJBAL (MAGDA, ANIA'S FRIEND), GRAżyNA SZAPOŁOWSKA (MARCIN'S MOTHER), SŁAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI (MARCIN'S FATHER), ŁUKASZ SIMLAT (ANIA'S BOSS), TOMASZ KAROLAK (PAWEŁ), RAFAŁ CIESZyńSKI (ADAM) produced by MTL MAx FILM, KAZIMIERZOWSKA 3, 02-589 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 565 23 25; +48 22 565 23 11, E-MAIL [email protected]; TVN (TELEVISION) producers TADEUSZ LAMPKA, ILONA ŁEPKOWSKA, DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI, ROBERT WIECZOREK, ARTUR KOWALEWSKI distributed by INTERFILM, GRAżyNy 15 LOK. 107, 02-548 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 440 82 86, FAx +48 22 440 82 88; ITI CINEMA, PHONE +48 22 440 82 90 world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital SR, 105' POLAND 2008 m l i f x a M L T M / n a m l l e W f o t z s y z r K : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Diamond Ticket – the award of the Polish Cinemas Association Marcin, a bon vivant from Kraków, gradually runs into financial straits. The only chance to return to the previous life style is the wealth of his aunt Neli who is willing to transfer all her property to her nephew and... his wife, hence the soon an appropriate candidate is found the better.

PIOTR WEREŚNIAK Born in 1969. Scriptwriter, film and TV director. Graduated from the cultural studies at the University of Wrocław and from the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Author of over 300 screenplays for advertising spots, as well as for radio and press advertisements. His screenplay for “Before winter comes” was awarded the grand prize at the Polish national “New Screenplay” competition. Laureate of the Hartley- Merrill prize for the “Station” screenplay (1999). Feature films – selected (as director) 2000: In Love (Zakochani); 2001: Station (Stacja); 2003: Let's Have a Grandson (Zróbmy sobie wnuka), 2008: Don't Lie, Darling (Nie kłam, kochanie)

photo by: Krzysztof Wellman / MTL Maxfilm New Polish Feature Films 2009 25 feature films Drowsiness Senność

directed by MAGDALENA PIEKORZ written by WOJCIECH KUCZOK director of photography MARCIN KOSZAŁKA music by ADRIAN KONARSKI production design by KATARZyNA SOBAńSKA costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO editing by WOJCIECH MRóWCZyńSKI PSM sound by MICHAŁ żARNECKI production manager TERESA PASZKIEWICZ cast RAFAŁ MAćKOWIAK (ADAM), KRZySZTOF ZAWADZKI (ROBERT), MAŁGORZATA KOżUCHOWSKA (RóżA), MICHAŁ żEBROWSKI (RóżA'S HUSBAND), JOANNA PIERZAK (ROBERT'S WIFE), DOROTA POMyKAŁA (MOTHER), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (FATHER), ANNA TOMASZEWSKA (MOTHER-IN-LAW), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (FATHER- IN-LAW), KRZySZTOF KOLBERGER (PSyCHIATRIST), BARTOSZ OBUCHOWICZ (DARLING) produced by FILM STUDIO TOR, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 53 03, PHONE/FAx +48 22 845 50 45, E-MAIL [email protected] producer KRZySZTOF ZANUSSI executive producer JANUSZ WąCHAŁA (TOR) co-produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 840 18 86, E-MAIL [email protected] co-producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; SILESIAN FILM FUND distributed by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, +48 22 839 07 53, FAx +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.VISION.PL world sales FILM STUDIO TOR 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 105' POLAND 2008 a k s ń i o t S a t a g A : y b o t o h p

AWARD !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – Golden Claqueur – Radio A story about people in the sate of emotional lethargy. Gdansk Award Róża is an actress, but she cannot work because she suffers from narcolepsy. She suspects her husband of infidelity but she is afraid to face this challenge. A young doctor, Adam, is torn between remaining loyal to his parents and selecting his own life path. Robert, a well-known writer, is facing a difficult challenge... A sheer coincidence makes the life paths of our heroes cross and the fate gives them a chance to liberate themselves from the emotional lethargy.

MAGDALENA PIEKORZ Director, and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia (1999); lecturer at this University. Director of a number of documentaries awarded at film festivals. Her feature debut “The Welts” (Pręgi) received e.g. Grand Prix – Golden Lions at the 29 th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 2004. Feature films 2004: The Welts (Pręgi), 2008: Drowsiness (Senność)

photo by: YodlowskiArt-Mayo 26 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Expecting Love Mała wielka miłość

written & directed by ŁUKASZ KARWOWSKI director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by PIOTR KOMOROWSKI production design by JOANNA MACHA costume design by AGNIESZKA WERNER-SZyRLE editing by JAROSŁAW BARZAN PSM, MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by BARBARA DOMARADZKA, PIOTR DOMARADZKI, MICHAŁ żARNECKI production manager TERESA PASZKIEWICZ cast JOSHUA LEONARD (IAN EVERSON), AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (JOANNA MALCZyK), MICHAEL DUNN (STEVE), MARCIN BOSAK (MARCEL), MIKOŁAJ GRABOWSKI (JOANNA'S FATHER), AGNIESZKA PILASZEWSKA (JOANNA'S MOTHER), ROBERT FORSTER (PATTEN), ŁUKASZ SIMLAT (ZBySZEK), LIZ TORRES (JUANITA), ANNA GUZIK (MARIANNA) produced by GRUPA FILMOWA, WOŁODyJOWSKIEGO 42/1, 02-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 852 78 11, FAx +48 22 852 15 16, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy, TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA, EBH POLSKA, TOyA executive produced by GRUPA FILMOWA producers ANNA IWASZKIEWICZ , DARIUSZ PIETRyKOWSKI, FELIKS PASTUSIAK co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by FILM IT, WOŁODyJOWSKIEGO 42/1, PHONE +48 22 852 23 24, E-MAIL [email protected]; ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAx +48 22 453 36 48, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales GRUPA FILMOWA, WOŁODyJOWSKIEGO 42/1, 02-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 884 78 11, E-MAIL [email protected]; TELEWIZJA POLSKA, WORONICZA 17, PHONE +48 22 547 61 39, FAx +48 22 547 78 68, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 109' POLAND 2008 a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Silver Ticket 2008 – the award of the Polish Cinemas He – Ian, a successful lawyer from Los Angeles. She – Joanna, a student of Association ethnography from Warsaw. They meet in Los Angeles where Joanna works during her holidays. After her return to Poland, it turns out that they are going to have a baby. Ian flies to Poland, and the summer romance turns into love. Unfortunately, the situation gets complicated...

łUKASZ KARWOWSKI Born in 1965. Director, scriptwriter and producer. Studied at the National Film and Television School in London. Graduated from directing at the Łódź Film School. Directed numerous advertising spots. Laureate of numerous awards for “Novembre” – his feature film debut. Filmography 1992: Novembre (Listopad); 2006: South By North (Południe – północ); 2008: Expecting Love (Mała wielka miłość)

photo by: Robert Pałka New Polish Feature Films 2009 27 feature films Flying Cyprian Lietajuci Cyprian / Latający Cyprian

written & directed by MARIANA ČENGEL-SOLČANSKá cinematographers RAMUNAS GREICIUS, STEFAN BUCKA music by VACAT production design by JAN NOVOTNy costume design by IVANA STRUHAROVA editing by ONDREy AZOR sound VACAT casting WITOLD HOLTZ production manager OLGA DETARyOVA cast MARKO IGONDA (JASEK/CyPRIAN), PAWEŁ MAŁASZyńSKI (MARTIN), ALEKSANDR DOMOGAROV (VALENT), (BISHOP), LUKáš LATIňáK (TOMAS), RAFAŁ FUDALEJ (MICHAL), JERZy NOWAK (BERNARD), MIROSŁAW ZBROJEWICZ (INN OWNER), KAROLINA KOMINEK-SKURATOWICZ (BARBORA), BARTOSZ FIRLET (ANDREJ) produced by MAGIC SEVEN SLOVAKIA, STEFANIKOVA 19, 811 05 BRATISLAVA (SLOVAKIA), PHONE +421 2 32 409 660, WWW.MAGICSEVEN.SK; PLEOGRAF, PUŁAWSKA 67/14, 02-595 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 646 21 89, FAx +48 22 845 51 77, WWW.PLEOGRAF.PL producers EDUARD CENGEL, JACEK LIPSKI, ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI executive producers KRISTINA PRUźINCOVA (SK), AGNIESZKA KURZyDŁO (PL) co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 100' POLAND – SLOVAKIA 2009 o ł d y z r u K a k z s e i n g A : y b o t o h p

The story takes place at the turn of the 17 th and 18 th centuries, in Pieniny Mountains. Heavily wounded Cyprian arrives to the red monastery. Former rebel and bandit is recovering trying to find consolation in the prayers, he is looking for the truth and forgiveness. He makes friends with, 17-years-old Michal, who was abandoned by his mother and was brought up in the monastery. One night, at the gate to the monastery, Cyprian finds a dying man. The man does not survive, and in his bundle Cyprian finds an old book with the projects of the mysterious flying machine... MARIANA ČENGEL-SOLČANSKá Born in 1978. Graduated from the Department of Culture and Political Studies at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; the film and television directing at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava (the class of Martin šulík). Directed several student etudes. Her latest middle-length film “Abel's Black Dog”, was premiered at IFF Bratislava 2006. “Flying Cyprian” is her feature film debut.

photo by: Agnieszka Kurzydło 28 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films The Forest Las

directed, written, production design by PIOTR DUMAŁA director of photography ADAM SIKORA music by PAWEŁ SZyMAńSKI costume design by DOROTA KOŁODyńSKA editing by KATARZyNA MACIEJKO-KOWALCZyK , BEATA LISZEWSKA sound by JACEK HAMELA production managers BOżENA KRAKóWKA, DOROTA ROZOWSKA cast STANISŁAW BRUDNy (FATHER), MARIUSZ BONASZEWSKI (SON) produced by EUREKA MEDIA, SMULIKOWSKIEGO 13 APT. 10, 00-384 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 828 48 10, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.EUREKAMEDIA.INFO co-produced by ANDERSA STREET ART AND MEDIA, ANDERSA 13/37, 00-157 WARSAW, PHONE +48 603 353 748, E-MAIL [email protected] producer KRZySZTOF KOPCZyńSKI co-producer BOżENA KRAKóWKA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; CHIMNEy POT; IF SILESIA; LABORATORIUM distributed by EUREKA MEDIA world sales EUREKA MEDIA, SMULIKOWSKIEGO 13 APT. 10, 00-384 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 828 48 10, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.EUREKAMEDIA.INFO HD/35 mm, black & white, Dolby Digital, 75' POLAND 2009 a k c e l O a t a z r o g ł a M : y b o t o h p

An experimental plot including some animation elements. A history of the father and son relationship, filled with dark symbols. This is a feature film debut of Piotr Dumała, one of the most talented creators of the world animation.

PIOTR DUMAłA Born in 1956. Director of animated films, scriptwriter, production designer and animator. Author of film posters, illustrations, essays and short stories. Lecturer at numerous film schools in Poland and abroad; awarded several dozen prizes at various international film festivals. Filmography (animation) 1981: Lycantrophy (Lykantropia); 1983: Black Riding Hood (Czarny kapturek); 1984: Flying Hair (Latające włosy); 1985: Gentle Spirit (Łagodna); 1986: Nervous Life of the Outer Space (Nerwowe życie kosmosu); 1987: Walls (Ściany); 1988: Freedom of the Leg (Wolność nogi); 1991: Franz Kafka; 1992-93: Nervous Life (Nerwowe życie; tv mini-series); 2000: Crime and Punishment (Zbrodnia i kara); 2009: The Forest (Las)

photo by: Maciek Albrecht New Polish Feature Films 2009 29 feature films Four Nights with Anna Cztery noce z Anną

directed by JERZy SKOLIMOWSKI written by EWA PIASKOWSKA, JERZy SKOLIMOWSKI director of photography ADAM SIKORA music by MICHAŁ LORENC production design by MAREK ZAWIERUCHA costume design by JOANNA KACZyńSKA editing by CEZARy GRZESIUK editing concept ANDRZEJ KOSTENKO sound by FEDERIC DE RAVIGNAN, PHILIPPE LAULIAC, GéRARD ROUSSEAU production managers ANDRZEJ STEMPOWSKI, ANNE MATTATIA cast KINGA PREIS (ANNA), ARTUR STERANKO (LEON OKRASA), JERZy FEDOROWICZ (HOSPITAL DIRECTOR), REDBAD KLIJNSTRA (JUDGE), JAKUB SNOCHOWSKI (POLICEMAN), MAŁGORZATA BUCZKOWSKA (ANN'S FRIEND), MARCIN JęDRZEJEWSKI (PRISONER), BARBARA KOŁODZIEJSKA, ANNA LENARTOWICZ, URSZULA BARTOS-GęSIKOWSKA (CASHIER) produced by SKOPIA FILM, GóRCZEWSKA 15/31, 01-186 WARSAW (POLAND), E-MAIL [email protected]; ALMA FILMS (FRANCE) producers JERZy SKOLIMOWSKI, PAULO BRANCO executive producer EWA PIASKOWSKA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by (IN POLAND) GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAx +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected]; (IN FRANCE) LES FILMS DU LOSANGE, +33 1 444 38 710 world sales ELLE DRIVER, 66 RUE MIROMESNIL, 75008 PARIS, PHONE +33 1 564 36 735, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Stereo SR, 101' POLAND – FRANCE 2008 m l i F a i p o k S : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Tokio IFF 2008 – Jury Special Award Leon, a worker at a medical waste incinerating plant, is helplessly in love !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia with Anna, a nurse from a local hospital. His introvert behaviour and 2008 – Honorary Award for production design and sound; psychopathic physiognomy make him a suspect for the police. His only Award of the Foreign Organizers fault is being in love; love which is weird, unusual, and existing within the sphere of unfulfilled dreams.

JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI Born in 1938. Director, scriptwriter, actor, painter, poet, and dramatist. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Since 1967, directed numerous films in , England, Italy and in Hollywood. Starred in numerous films in Poland and abroad. Author of theatre dramas; published a few volumes of his poems. Laureate of numerous awards at Polish and international film festivals (e.g. in Berlin, Cannes and Venice). Feature films (selected) 1964: Identification Marks: None (Rysopis); 1965: Walkover (Walkower); 1966: Barrier (Bariera); 1967/1981: Hands Up! (Ręce do gory); 1967: Le Départ; 1970: The Adventures of Gerard; 1971: Deep End; 1972: King, queen, Knave; 1978: The Shout; 1982: Moonlighting; 1984: Success is the Best Revenge; 1986: The Lightship; 1989: Torrents of Spring; 1991: 30 Door Key (Ferdydurke); 2008: Four Nights with Anna (Cztery noce z Anną)

photo by: Skopia Film 30 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Full Moon Od pełni do pełni

directed by TOMASZ SZAFRAńSKI written by TOMASZ SZAFRAńSKI, AGATA HARRISON, JAROSŁAW BANASZEK director of photography ARTUR żURAWSKI music by ADAM SZTABA production design by RAFAŁ WALTENBERGER costume design by IWONA REGE editing by MARCIN LITEWKA PSM sound by JAKUB LENARCZyK, MARCIN MATLAK production manager MONIKA PAćKOWSKA cast ANDRZEJ NEJMAN (OSKAR), KATARZyNA GLINKA (LENKA), JERZy BOńCZAK (UNCLE FILIP), MONIKA KWIATKOWSKA (IWONA), GRZEGORZ WOJDON (SŁOWIK), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (KAMIńSKI), ROBERT CZECHOWSKI (MARIAN), TOMASZ SADOWSKI (PUNK) produced by SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA, TyNIECKA 38 A, 02-621 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 854, 03 37, FAx +48 22 848 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SPI.PL co-produced by RMG, GRABISZyńSKA 163, 53-439 WROCŁAW, PHONE/FAx +48 71 364 30 94, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.RMGFx.COM executive producer PAWEŁ PEWNy producers PIOTR REISCH, PAWEŁ PEWNy distributed by SPI world sales SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA, TyNIECKA 38 A, 02-621 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 854, 03 37, FAx +48 22 848 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SPI.PL 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital 5.1, 110' POLAND 2009 a k p o n o K z s u i r a M : y b o t o h p

A puckish comedy about a fairy, which pretends to believe in magic; skirt-chaser who pretends to trust fairy; illusionist, who pretends to be someone different and a woman in love, who believes that true love can be found after the reincarnation.

TOMASZ SZAFRAńSKI Director and screenwriter. Graduated from Radio and Television Department at the Silesian University in Katowice. TV series and short films director “The End of War” (Koniec wojny), “Road to Happiness” (Droga do szczęścia), “Devil” (Diabeł), which were awarded at numerous film festivals. Double laureate of Hartley-Merrill Prize (Polish Edition). Translator of the cinematography handbook: “The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques” by Joseph V. Mascelli. “Full Moon” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Tomasz Nowak New Polish Feature Films 2009 31 feature films General Generał

written & directed by ANNA JADOWSKA directors of photography MAREK GAJCZAK & ROBERT HALASTRA music by CONTEMPORARy NOISE qUINTET, ROBERT CIODyK costume design by JOLANTA ŁAGOWSKA editing by ROBERT CIODyK PSM production manager ROBERT KOMANIECKI cast KRZySZTOF PIECZyńSKI (GENERAL WŁADySŁAW SIKORSKI), KAMILLA BAAR (ZOFIA LEŚNIOWSKA), TOMASZ SOBCZAK (JAN GRALEWSKI), MARIETA żUKOWSKA (ALICJA IWAńSKA), TOMASZ BORKOWSKI (1ST LT. LUDWIK ŁUBIEńSKI), ŁUKASZ SIMLAT (ZyGMUNT BIAŁy), MARCIN BOSAK (2ND LT. JóZEF PONIKIEWSKI), PAWEŁ CIOŁKOSZ (ADAM KUŁAKOWSKI), WOJCIECH GDyNIA (BLACKy), MICHAŁ GRZyBOWSKI (MAKSyMILIAN), MIROSŁAW HANISZEWSKI (EDWARD PRCHAL), PIOTR MIAZGA (MJR. HERRING), JERZy GRAŁEK (MASON MACFARLANE GIBRALTAR GOVERNOR), IRENEUSZ CZOP (PERRy), MACIEJ MARCZEWSKI (KING), PIOTR NOWAK (EDI), MARCIN TyROL (TOM), PRZEMySŁAW BLUSZCZ (CAPT. RóżyCKI) produced by TVN, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by ITI GROUP, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAx +48 22 453 36 48 world sales ITI GROUP 35 mm / HD, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Sourraund 5:1, 86’ POLAND 2009 z c i w o p i l i F n i c r a M : y b o t o h p

The backstage of the grand politics of the Second World War. The last days of General Sikorski’s life, shortly before the tragic crash in Gibraltar. General, together with his daughter Zofia, and team of his closest associates, stays at the palace of the Gibraltar Governor, Mason Macfarlane who is to convince Sikorski to give away the documents proving the murder of Polish Army officers in Katyń. When General refuses firmly to do so, the plan of his assassination is approved. Until now, the death of General Sikorski is widely discussed. The film is based on the research conducted by Dariusz Baliszewski according to which the Gibraltar tragedy was just a mystification, and General Sikorski was murdered.

ANNA JADOWSKA Born in 1973. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Polish philology at the , and from directing at the Łódź Film School. Directed a number of acclaimed and awarded feature films, e.g. “Touch me” (Dotknij mnie, together with Ewa Stankiewicz) and “It’s Me Now” (Teraz ja). Her script “Out of love” was awarded the main prize in the Polish edition of the Hartley-Merrill competition.

photo by: Marcin Filipowicz 32 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films General Nil Generał Nil

directed by written by RySZARD BUGAJSKI, KRZySZTOF ŁUKASZEWICZ director of photography PIOTR ŚLISKOWSKI music by SHANE HARVEy production design by ANIKO KISS costume design by MAŁGORZATA ZACHARSKA, ANDRZEJ SZENAJCH editing by EWA ROMANOWSKA-RóżEWICZ PSM sound by ALEKSANDER MUSIAŁOWSKI, WOJCIECH ŚLUSARZ production manager TADEUSZ DREWNO cast OLGIERD ŁUKASZEWICZ (GEN. FIELDORF), ALICJA JACHIEWICZ (ALICJA FIELDORF), MAGDALENA EMILIANOWICZ (KRySTyNA FIELDORF), ANNA CIEŚLAK (MARIA FIELDORF), ZBIGNIEW STRyJ (STEFAN BAJER), JACEK ROZENEK (COLONEL JóZEF RóżAńSKI), KRZySZTOF FRANIECZEK (LIEUT. KAZIMIERZ GóRSKI), MACIEJ MIKOŁAJCZyK (WIESIEK), STEFAN SZMIDT (GEN. TADEUSZ “BóR” KOMOROWSKI), NELA BIERNACKA (ZOSIA FIELDORF), MARIA MAMONA (HELENA BŁOCISZEWSKA), MACIEJ RADEL (MICHAŁ), MACIEJ KOZŁOWSKI (TADEUSZ GRZMIELEWSKI), LESZEK LICHOTA (“KLEMM”), TOMASZ DEDEK (GEN. STANISŁAW TATAR), WENANTy NOSUL (BIERUT), ARTUR DZIURMAN (LIEUT. JóZEF CZAPLICKI), VADIM AFANASSIEV (LIEUT. SIEMION DAWyDOW), JAKUB ULEWICZ (BIERUT'S SECRETARy), KATARZyNA HERMAN (JUDGE MARIA GUROWSKA) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL; TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; FILM FOUNDATION OF THE HOME ARMy co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; CAPITAL CITy OF WARSAW; MINISTRy OF NATIONAL DEFENCE REPUBLIC OF POLAND producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producers MARIUSZ ŁUKOMSKI, DOMINIqUE LESAGE, FRANçOIS-ARNAUD REMAEL, TADEUSZ FILIPKOWSKI, ANNA JAKUBOWSKA distributed by MONOLITH FILMS world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 120' POLAND 2009 l p . u z a r b o a k y r b a f / z c i w e i k t s o G a t r a M : y b o t o h p

The action of the film takes place between 1947 and 1953, and reconstructs the last years of general August Emil Fieldorf's life (pseudonym “Nil”), a legendary commander in chief of Armia Krajowa Kedyw, who was falsely accused and sentenced to death by the communist regime. The film shows his return from the prisoners-of-war camp in the USSR, arrest, interrogation, and finally the period shortly before the verdict and his execution.

RYSZARD BUGAJSKI Born in 1943. Film and theatre director, screenwriter, essayist, plays translator. Graduated from philosophy at Warsaw University and from Łódź Film School. In 1981 directed “Interrogation”, a famous film which received numerous awards following the 1989 political turnover in Poland. For making this film, he was dismissed from work in the film studio on disciplinary grounds by the communist authorities and forced to emigrate. In 1990, received Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her main role in “Interrogation”. Feature films (selected) 1979: A Woman and a Woman (Kobieta i kobieta); 1982: Interrogation (Przesłuchanie); 1995: Players (Gracze); 2005: What Happened to Our Solidarity? [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (Co się stało z naszą solidarnością [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2009: General Nil (Generał Nil) photo by: Marta Gostkiewicz / fabryka obrazu.pl New Polish Feature Films 2009 33 feature films God's Little Village U Pana Boga za miedzą

written & directed by JACEK BROMSKI director of photography RySZARD LENCZEWSKI PSC music by HENRI SEROKA production design by MAGDA WIDELSKA-WŁADyKA costume design by MAŁGORZATA OBŁOZA editing by WOJCIECH MRóWCZyńSKI PSM sound by JAN FREDA production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast KRZySZTOF DZIERMA (PRIEST), ANDRZEJ BEyA-ZABORSKI (POLICE CHIEF), MIECZySŁAW FIODOROW (MAyOR), AGNIESZKA KOTLARSKA (MARINA CHMIEL), GRZEGORZ HEROMIńSKI (STAŚ NIEMOTKO), KATARZyNA ŚMIECHOWICZ (LUDMIŁA), WOJCIECH SOLARZ (MARIAN CIELęCKI), AGATA KRySKA (LUŚKA), EMILIAN KAMIńSKI (JERZy BOCIAN), MAŁGORZATA SADOWSKA (STUZIKOWA), ELIZA KRASICKA (JADZIA) produced by FILM STUDIO OKO, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 845 55 81, +48 22 845 91 61; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFOKO.COM.PL co-produced by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, FAx +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected]; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] producer TADEUSZ CHMIELEWSKI co-producers WŁODZIMIERZ OTULAK, WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, FAx +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour 1:1,85, Dolby Surround, 110' POLAND 2009 l a Ż z s a k u Ł : y b o t o h p

A sequel to two comedies: “As Snug as a Bug in a Rug” and “God's Little Garden”. A mayor election is approaching in the small town Królowy Most. Meanwhile, Marina, an attractive instructor, arrives to town in order to train the local police in computer use. At the same time an American arrives in a white convertible... In the town power struggle nobody remains impartial, and no holds barred... Will the parish priest manage to restore peace? If so, what will be the price? JACEK BROMSKI Born in 1946, in Wrocław. Director, scriptwriter, and producer. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Polish philology at the University of Warsaw, and directing at Łódź Film School. Co-founder and literary head of the ZEBRA Film Studio; the deputy chairman of AIDAA and the member of the AGICOA Board. The Chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Laureate of numerous awards at national and international film festivals. Feature filmography 1980: Alice (Alicja); 1983: Funeral Ceremony (Ceremonia pogrzebowa, tv); 1986: Kill me, Cop (Zabij mnie, glino); 1988: The Art of Loving (Sztuka kochania); 1990: Polish Cuisine (Kuchnia polska); 1992: 1968, A Happy New year (1968, Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku); 1996: Children and Fish (Dzieci i ryby); 1998: As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (U Pana Boga za piecem); 2000: It's Me, the Thief (To ja, złodziej); 2002: Nikos Dyzma's Carieer (Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy); 2005: The Lovers of the year of the Tiger (Kochankowie Roku Tygrysa); Do you Know What? [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (I wie pan co? [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2007: God's Little Garden (U Pana Boga w ogródku); 2009: God's Little Village (U Pana Boga za miedzą)

34 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Golden Mean Złoty środek

directed by OLAF LUBASZENKO written by JERZy KOLASA director of photography MARIUSZ PALEJ music by JAN BORySEWICZ production design by MARCELINA POCZąTEK-KUNIKOWSKA costume design by TOMASZ JACyKóW editing by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, JACEK KUŚMIERCZyK production manager ZOFIA WIECZOREK cast ANNA PRZyByLSKA (MIRKA), SZyMON BOBROWSKI, IZABELA KUNA (ULA), EDyTA OLSZóWKA (MARTA), TAMARA ARCIUCH (WIKTORIA), KRZySZTOF KOWALEWSKI (MINISTER KWIATKOWSKI), PAWEŁ WILCZAK (BOGUMIŁ, MAKE-UP ARTIST), EDWARD LINDE-LUBASZENKO, CEZARy PAZURA, ROBERT GONERA produced by WyDAWNICTWO JAWA SP. Z O.O., CHAŁUBIńSKIEGO 8, 00-613 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 830 06.98, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.JAWAMEDIA.COM co-produced by FORUM FILM POLAND executive producer ZOFIA WIECZOREK producers JANUSZ IWANOWSKI- PINEIRO, SŁAWOMIR SALAMON co-producer WALDEMAR ZUBEK distributed by FORUM FILM POLAND, WOŁOSKA 12, 02-675 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 456 65 55, FAx +48 22 456 65 35, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales WyDAWNICTWO JAWA SP. Z O.O 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Stereo Digital SR, ca 100’ POLAND 2009 m l i F m u r o F / i k s w o k z c y D j e i c a M : y b o t o h p

Mirka grew up in the poor Warsaw Praga neighborhood. Despite that she managed to graduate from a prestigious department of law. It seems that she forgot about her roots. Thanks to her education, however, she may turn out to be the last chance for the dwellers of an old Praga tenants house. To help the people close to her, Mirka, using her personal charm, inborn cunning and tricks of Hollywood descent, will risk to do the craziest thing in her present career...

OLAF LUBASZENKO Born in 1968. Studied sociology at the Warsaw University and at the Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw. Actor, director, producer. Starred in the films of: Kieślowski, Wajda, Barański, Pasikowski, Machulski. TV series director. Filmography (as director) 1997: Making the Sting (Sztos); 2000: Boys Don't Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą); 2001: The Dawn of Coyote (Poranek kojota); 2002: E=mc 2; 2009: Golden Mean (Złoty środek)

photo by: Maciej Dyczkowski / Forum Film New Polish Feature Films 2009 35 feature films Happy Afonia Afonia i pszczoły

directed by JAN JAKUB KOLSKI written by JAN JAKUB KOLSKI director of photography KRZySZTOF PTAK PSC music by DARIUSZ GóRNIOK production design by MICHAŁ HRISULIDIS costume design by BARBARA SIKORSKA-BOUFFAŁ editing by WITOLD CHOMIńSKI sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager ANDRZEJ STACHECKI cast GRAżyNA BŁęCKA-KOLSKA (AFONIA), MARIUSZ SANITERNIK (RAFAŁ), ANDREy BILANOV (RUSSIAN) produced by ARGOMEDIA PRODUCTION LAMBROS ZIOTAS, WySTAWOWA 1, 51-618 WROCŁAW, PHONE +48 602 263 525 co-produced by ODRA-FILM; STUDIO FILMOWE WROCŁAW co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer LAMBROS ZIOTAS co-producers WITOLD CHOMIńSKI, ANDRZEJ BIAŁAS distributed by BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73 APT. 79, 00-718 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAx +48 22 887 17 28; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales ARGOMEDIA PRODUCTION LAMBROS ZIOTAS, WySTAWOWA 1, 51-618 WROCŁAW, PHONE +48 602 263 525, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, 5:1, 110' POLAND 2009 k e d n o G a n n A : y b o t o h p

Year 1953. At a small, closed station somewhere in the West of Poland, where Afonia and paralysed Rafał are recovering from the war trauma, a Russian man, a former sports champion, arrives. He wants to discover the secrets of Rafał, a former wrestler, which are hidden in his sketches. Afonia falls madly in love with the stranger...

JAN JAKUB KOLSKI Born in 1956. Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, writer. Graduated from cinematography at the Łódź Film School. Laureate of numerous film awards in Poland and abroad. Member of the European Film Academy. Feature films (selected) 1990: Burial of a Potato (Pogrzeb kartofla); 1992: Pograbek; 1993: Magneto [in:] Autrement; Johnnie Waterman (Jańcio Wodnik); 1994: Miraculous Place (Cudowne miejsce); 1995: Playing from the Plate (Grający z talerza); The Commanders Sword (Szabla od Komendanta); 1998: History of Cinema in Popielawy (Historia kina w Popielawach); 2000: Far from the Window (Daleko od okna); 2003: Pornography (Pornografia); 2006: Jasminum; 2008: Happy Afonia (Afonia i pszczoły)

photo by: Anna Gondek 36 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Headhunter Polish title tbc

directed by WOJCIECH PACyNA written by IWONA SIEMIENIUK, PAWEŁ MOSSAKOWSKI based on the screenplay of JERZy NIEMCZUK “HEADHUNTER” director of photography JEREMIASZ PROKOPOWICZ music by MARCIN MACUK production design by KATARZyNA SOBAńSKA costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO editing by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound by PIOTR DOMARADZKI production manager MAGDALENA NALEPA cast ANNA DERESZOWSKA (AMA), EDyTA OLSZóWKA (EDyTA), JAN WIECZORKOWSKI (MAREK), ANNA ROMANTOWSKA (NINA), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (RAFAŁ), KRZySZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (CAR-PARK KEEPER) produced by FILMCONTRACT LTD., CHEŁMSKA 21, APT. 106, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 65 91, +48 22 840 22 78, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMCONTRACT.PL co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA SA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers HENRyK ROMANOWSKI, DARIUSZ SIDOR co-producers DOMINIqUE LESAGE, FRANçOIS REMAEL, TOMASZ KARCZEWSKI distributed by KINO ŚWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-04, FAx +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 100' POLAND 2009 i k s l a k S z s u e t a M : y b o t o h p

A successful headhunter wants to have a child before it will be too late. She decides to look for the right partner.

WOJCIECH PACYNA Born in 1958. Graduated from WGIK in Moscow. Worked as an assistant director for: Stanisław Różewicz, Wojciech Wójcik, Władysław Pasikowski and Filip Bajon. Directed several stage and TV theatres, recently has been involved in directing several TV series. “Headhunter” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Mateusz Skalski New Polish Feature Films 2009 37 feature films How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weight? Ile waży koń trojański?

written & directed by JULIUSZ MACHULSKI director of photography WITOLD ADAMEK PSC music by JACEK KRóLIK production design by JOANNA MACHA costume design by EWA MACHULSKA editing by JAROSŁAW PIETRASZEK PSM sound by MAREK WRONKO production managers PAWEŁ BAREńSKI, EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast ILONA OSTROWSKA (ZOSIA), MACIEJ MARCZEWSKI (JAKUB), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (DAREK, ZOSIA'S FIRST HUSBAND), DANUTA SZAFLARSKA (GRAND-MOTHER), MAJA OSTASZEWSKA (LIDKA, JAKUB'S FIRST WIFE), KATARZyNA KWIATKOWSKA (MARTA), SyLWIA DZIOREK (FLORKA), JAN MONCZKA (RECEPTIONIST), KRZySZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI, ZDZISŁAW RyCHTER produced by FILM STUDIO ZEBRA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 54 84, FAx +48 22 845 65 88, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ZEBRAFILM.PL co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL; TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] producer JULIUSZ MACHULSKI executive producer WOJCIECH DANOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales FS ZEBRA 35 mm, colour, 118' POLAND 2008 l e h c j a P a t a n e R : y b o t o h p

The New Year's Eve in 1999. 40-year-old Zosia is a happy wife and mother. Her second marriage with Jakub is very successful, and her daughter from the first marriage adores her step-father. But Zosia bears some grudge against her fate for not getting to know Jakub 13 years earlier. Sometimes on the New Year's Eve peoples dreams come true. Zosia wakes up... in May of 1987. However, this travel in time does not only lead to nice consequences. At Zosia's side, her first husband is asleep, her daughter has not been born yet, and Poland is engulfed by communism. What shall be done so that everything turns out well? JULIUSZ MACHULSKI Born in 1955. Director, scriptwriter and producer. Graduated from directing at the Łódź Film School. Studied at Cal-Arts in California, was a lecturer at the Hunter College in New york. Laureate of numerous festival awards; directed some of Polish cult comedies. Co-founder and artistic director of the ZEBRA Film Studio. Feature films (selected) 1981: Va Banque (Vabank); 1983: Sexmission (Seksmisja); 1985: Va Banque II (Vabank II, czyli riposta); 1987: King Size (Kingsajz); 1989: Déja vu; 1991: V.I.P.; 1992: Squadron (Szwadron); 1995: Girl Guide; 1997: Kiler; 1999: Two Kilers (Kiler-ów 2-óch); 2001: Money Is Not Everything (Pieniądze to nie wszystko); 2002: Blockbuster (Superprodukcja); 2004: Vinci; 2008: How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weight? (Ile waży koń trojański?)

photo by: Renata Pajchel 38 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films How To Live? Jak żyć?

written & directed by SZyMON JAKUBOWSKI director of photography PAWEŁ DyLLUS production design by JUSTyNA KRZEPKOWSKA costume design by ALEKSANDRA STASZKO editing by WOJCIECH SŁOTA sound by KRZySZTOF STASIAK production manager MAGDA JAKUBOWSKA cast KRZySZTOF OGŁOZA (KUBA), ANNA CIEŚLAK (EWA), ERyK LUBOS (MARCIN), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (THUG), KRZySZTOF GLOBISZ (UNCLE ZBySZEK), MIECZySŁAW GRąBKA (UNCLE JóZEK), ANDRZEJ FRANCZyK (UNCLE TOMEK), MAGDALENA WALACH (SCHOOL OF BIRTH INSTRUCTOR), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (MARCIN'S FRIEND) produced by CENTRALA, PHONE/FAx +48 42 636 42 06, +48 697 99 16 39; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.CENTRALAFILM.PL co-produced by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 07-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, E-MAIL [email protected] producer AGNIESZKA JANOWSKA co-producers WŁODZIMIERZ OTULAK, WALDEMAR PIąTKOWSKI executive produced by CENTRALA, PHONE/FAx +48 42 636 42 06, +48 697 99 16 39 co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 07-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales CENTRALA; VISION FILM 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 92' POLAND 2008 n y d u a G ł e w a P : y b o t o h p

Kuba is an average young man, who isn't keen on living an adult life. He works in a bar, and doesn't like planning at all. But life likes to surprise. When Ewa tells him that they are going to have a baby, Kuba decides to make the grade. But how to grow up fast? Kuba doesn't want to loose time and asks his three uncles for advice. The advices seem to be reasonable, and the successful outcome close. Is it really?

SZYMON JAKUBOWSKI Born in 1978. Graduated from the film studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and directing at the Radio and TV Department at Silesian University in Katowice. Director of the student etudes: “Contractions” (Skurcze, 2004) and “And you?” (A ty?, 2004). For “And you?” awarded at numerous film festivals. Producer of the advertisements. “How To Live?” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Paweł Gaudyn New Polish Feature Films 2009 39 feature films Howling Wolf Ranch Ranczo Wilkowyje

directed by WOJCIECH ADAMCZyK written by ROBERT BRUTTER, JERZy NIEMCZUK director of photography WŁODZIMIERZ GŁODEK PSC music by KRZESIMIR DęBSKI, RADZIMIR DęBSKI production design by JANUSZ SOSNOWSKI costume design by ELżBIETA RADKE editing by MAREK KRóL PSM sound by LECH BRAńSKI, GRZEGORZ LINDEMANN production manager PAWEŁ MANTORSKI cast ILONA OSTROWSKA (LUCy WILSKA), CEZARy żAK (MAyOR OF THE VILLAGE AND PRIEST – MAyOR'S BROTHER), PAWEŁ KRóLIKOWSKI (KUSy), ARTUR BARCIŚ (CZEREPACH), DOROTA CHOTECKA (WIęCŁAWSKA), RADOSŁAW PAZURA (LOUIS), FRANCISZEK PIECZKA (STACHO JAPyCZ), PIOTR PRęGOWSKI (PATRyK PIETREK), SyLWESTER MACIEJEWSKI (SOLEJUK), GRZEGORZ WOŚ (EMANUEL), MARTA LIPIńSKA (PRIEST'S HOUSEKEEPR), GRZEGORZ WONS (WIęCŁAWSKI), ARKADIUSZ NADER (POLICEMAN), BOGDAN KALUS (HADZIUK), MARTA CHODOROWSKA (MAyOR'S DAUGHTER), VIOLETTA ARLAK (MAyOR'S WIFE), MAGDALENA WALIGóRSKA (BARMAID), DANUTA BORSUK (BRIDE'S MOTHER) produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy, WORONICZA 17, 00-999 WARSAW; STUDIO A, BIAŁy KAMIEń 5, 02-593 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 622 24 44-47, E-MAIL [email protected]; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 00 30-39, FAx +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected] executive produced by STUDIO A producers MACIEJ STRZEMBOSZ, DOROTA MICHALAK-KURZEWSKA, TOMASZ KURZEWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by FORUM FILM POLAND, WOŁOSKA 12, 02-675 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 456 65 55, FAx +48 22 456 65 35, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 94' POLAND 2008 n a m l l e W f o t z s y z r K : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Silver Ticket 2008 – Polish Cinemas Association Award The title ranch is an old manor house situated in a Podlasie village and inherited by Lucy – a young American woman of Polish origin. She came to Poland to settle down on the ranch. She gets emotionally involved with Kusy, a painter and dry alcoholic, but the situation becomes complicated with the arrival from America of her ex-husband... Amusing twists and turns of odd characters from the Polish country-side. WOJCIECH ADAMCZYK Born in 1959. Actor, theatre and television director. Graduated from acting and directing at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Directed numerous drama plays and received several awards for his professional achievements. Co-directed a number of popular TV series. Lecturer and associate dean at the Directing Department of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. “Howling Wolf Ranch” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Krzysztof Wellman 40 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films I Am yours Jestem twój

directed by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK written by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK based on the play by JUDITH THOMPSON director of photography SZyMON LENKOWSKI production design by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK costume design by MAGDA MOSKWA editing by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK sound by RADOSŁAW OCHNIO production manager BARBARA GRZEGORZEK cast MAŁGORZATA BUCZKOWSKA (MARTA), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (ALICJA), DOROTA KOLAK (IRENA, ARTUR'S MOTHER), MARIUSZ OSTROWSKI (ARTUR), IRENEUSZ CZOP (JACEK, MARTA'S HUSBAND) produced by KRAKATAU, KAMIńSKIEGO 29/12, 90-219 ŁóDź, PHONE/FAx +48 42 678 85 36, +48 600 377 728, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KRAKATAU.PL co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; URZąD MIASTA ŁODZI producers BARBARA GRZEGORZEK, MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby SR, 120' POLAND 2009 a g e i b a R t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

Marta, a 30-year-old doctor looses control over her own life. She pushes away her loving husband. One day she meets by chance Artur a young criminal, who deeply falls in love with her. Accidental sex, unwanted pregnancy, which Marta wants to get rid of. Artur, with his mother help, wants to save the child. Alicja, Marta's sister, tries to help Marta in the harsh life situation, despite that her own life is in mess. The secrets, masks, hidden obsessions, are about to blow up...

MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK Born in 1962. Graduated from directing at the Łódź Film School and fine arts at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Film and theatre director, the lecturer at the Łódź Film School, stage and graphic designer, co-owner of Krakatau film production company. Laureate of numerous awards at film and theatre festivals in Poland and abroad. Feature films 1986: Krakatau (short), 1987: Robak (short), 1990: Goliathus Goliathus (tv), 1993: Conversation with a Cupboard Man (Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy), 1999: The queen of Angels (Królowa aniołów), 2009: I Am yours (Jestem twój)

photo by: Barbara Grzegorzek New Polish Feature Films 2009 41 feature films It's Not What you Think, Honey To nie tak jak myślisz, kotku

written & directed by SŁAWOMIR KRyńSKI director of photography WALDEMAR SZMIDT music by MACIEJ ZIELIńSKI production design by WOJCIECH żOGAŁA costume design by IWONA PERLIńSKA editing by ZBIGNIEW NICIńSKI PSM sound by MICHAŁ KOSTERKIEWICZ, KRZySZTOF WISMONT, TOyA STUDIOS production manager PIOTR ŚNIEG cast JAN FRyCZ (FILIP), KATARZyNA FIGURA (MARIA), JACEK BORUSIńSKI (BAZyL), TOMASZ KOT (BOGUŚ), MICHAŁ BAJOR (żMIJEWSKI), MAŁGORZATA BUCZKOWSKA (DOMINIKA), IGOR PRZEGRODZKI (GASZyńSKI), JERZy SCHEJBAL (WILLIAMSON), MAŁGORZATA KOCIK (JANE), PAULINA MIELECH (żMIJEWSKA), SŁAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI (HOTEL MANAGER) produced by FIGARO FILM PRODUCTION, żURAWIA 26/1, 00-515 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; VANARCO, CANAL+ POLSKA, KINO ŚWIAT producer KAZIMIERZ ROZWAŁKA co-producers TOMASZ KARCZEWSKI, MARCIN PIASECKI, DARIUSZ WANDEL, DOMINIqUE LESAGE, FRANçOIS-ARNAUD REMAEL, MAGDALENA KUBICKA, MONIKA PIERŚCIńSKA, PAWEŁ MOSSAKOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by KINO ŚWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-04, FAx +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales FIGARO FILM, żURAWIA 26/1, 00-515 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, colour, 95' POLAND 2008 t r A s o t o F / a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Platinum Ticket – Polish Cinemas Association Award A farce. Filip Morawski, a handsome, rich neurosurgeon, decides to combine business with pleasure, and takes Dominika, a young, beautiful nurse, to a scientific symposium. Unfortunately, these romantic plans can be foiled by his wife who incautiously chooses the same hotel for her weekend love trip...

SłAWOMIR KRYńSKI Born in 1952. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Laureate of numerous awards for his film “The Book of Great Wishes” (Księga wielkich życzeń). Lecturer at the Łódź Film School. Filmography 1985: żaglowiec; 1991: A Child of Luck (Dziecko szczęścia); 1997: The Book of Great Wishes (Księga wielkich życzeń); 2001: Love Letters (Listy miłosne); 2005-2007: Codzienna 2 m. 3 (tv series); 2008: It's Not What you Think, Honey (To nie tak jak myślisz, kotku)

photo by: Robert Pałka / FotosArt 42 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films The Karamazovs Karamazovi / Bracia Karamazow

directed & written by PETR ZELENKA director of photography ALExANDER SURKALA music by JAN A. P. KACZMAREK production design by BARBARA OSTAPOWICZ costume design by MARTIN CHOCHOLUSEK editing by VLADIMIR BARAK sound by MICHAL HOLUBEC production managers JAN KACZMARSKI, BARBORA KINKALOVA cast IVAN TROJAN (ELDER KARAMAZOW), LENKA KROBATOVA (GRUSZEńKA), DAVID NOVOTNy (MITIA), MARTIN MySICKA (ALOSZA), MICHAELA BADINKOVA (KATIA), IGOR CHMELA (IWAN), RADEK HOLUB (SMIERDIAKOW), ROMAN LUKNAR (DIRECTOR), PAVEL SIMCIK (HOSPODSKy), MAREK MATEJKA (COMMISSAR), ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ (HALL TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR), MAŁGORZATA GAŁKOWSKA (WIFE OF THE HALL TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR) produced by WARSAW PACT FILM PRODUCTION, PHONE +48 500 196 533, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WARSAWPACT.PL; PRVNI VEREJNOPRAVNI co-produced by CESKA TELEVIZE executive produced by WARSAW PACT FILM PRODUCTION producers KAROLINA OCHAB, KASIA ADAMIK, ROMAN WIKIEŁ, CESTIMIR KOPECKy co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; EURIMAGES distributed by (IN POLAND) GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAx +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales JOHN RILEy, PHONE +420 606 659 725, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,66, colour, Dolby Stereo Digital, 119' POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC 2008 i k s l a k S z s u e t a M : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Karlovy Vary IFF 2008 – Honorary Mention and A Prague-based theatre group Dejvickie Divadlo arrives in to take FIPRESCI Award part in a theatre festival with its production of “The Karamazovs” by !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia Dostoyevsky. This very meaningful drama text gains yet another in-depth 2008 – Don Kichot – Polish Association of the Film dimension within the space of the Nowa Huta steel works which is regarded Discussion Clubs Award as a symbol of the “communist new world” where there is no place for God. A rehearsal is witnessed by a worker from the steel works who realizes that the words of the play are directed at him. The questions voiced out by the actors are also his...

PETR ZELENKA Born in 1967. Czech director, screenwriter and actor. Studied screenwriting at FAMU in Prague. Awarded at Czech and international festivals (incl. Rotterdam, Thessaloniki, Karlovy Vary, Mannheim and Bergamo). Filmography (as director) 1996: Mnaga – Happy End; 1997: Button-Pushers (Knoflikári); 2000: Powers (short); 2002: year of the Devil (Rok dabla); 2005: Wrong Side Up (Pribehy obycejneho silenstvi); 2008: The Karamazovs (Karamazovi / Bracia Karamazow)

photo by: Mateusz Skalski New Polish Feature Films 2009 43 feature films Ladies Lejdis

directed by TOMASZ KONECKI written by ANDRZEJ SARAMONOWICZ, ANNA ANDRyCHOWICZ-SŁOWIK, MAŁGORZATA SARAMONOWICZ, EWA SIENKIEWICZ, HANNA WęSIERSKA director of photography TOMASZ MADEJSKI music by HADRIAN FILIP TABęCKI production design by PRZEMySŁAW KOWALSKI set decoration by TERESA GRUBER costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO editing by JAROSŁAW BARZAN PSM sound by WIESŁAW ZNyK, JACEK HAMELA production managers ROBERT FELUCH, WIESŁAW ŁySAKOWSKI cast EDyTA OLSZóWKA (ŁUCJA, TEACHER), ANNA DERESZOWSKA (KORBA, PROOFREADER), IZA KUNA (GOŚKA, LAWyER), MAGDALENA RóżCZKA (MONIA, MILLIONAIRE), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (MAREK, ŁUCJA'S FIANCéE), PIOTR ADAMCZyK (ARTUR, GOŚKA'S HUSBAND), RAFAŁ KRóLIKOWSKI (TOMEK, MONIA'S HUSBAND), TOMASZ KOT (ISTVAN, EURO-MP FROM HUNGARy), TOMASZ KAROLAK (WOJTEK, ORTHOPEDIST), BORyS SZyC (BŁAżEJ, MAREK'S BROTHER), WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI (ERWIN, GRAPHIC DESIGNER), DANUTA STENKA (MONIA'S MOTHER), JAN ENGLERT (KORBA'S FATHER) produced by VAN WORDEN, SULKIEWICZA 5 APT. 18, 00-758 WARSAW PHONE/FAx +48 22 841 57 12, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.LEJDIS.PL executive producer IWONA OGONOWSKA-KONECKA producer ANDRZEJ SARAMONOWICZ distributed by ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAx +48 22 543 36 48; E-MAIL [email protected] world sales VAN WORDEN 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital Ex, 136' POLAND 2008 n e d r o W n a V / a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !The Golden Duck 2008 – “Film” magazine award for the A comedy about life twists and turns. Four women try to get along with their best film of the season, best crazy lives but the results are never like they planned. They know each screenplay, and best actor (Piotr Adamczyk) other since childhood. They went to the same school, played in the same !Diamond Ticket – Polish playground, and were flatmates for many years, living in one of the Cinemas Association Award for Warsaw tenant houses. Nowadays, their friendship helps them to survive breaking the Box-Office record every-day struggle. TOMASZ KONECKI Born in 1962. Director and scriptwriter, with a PhD in physics. Producer of various original TV programmes, entertainment shows, video clips and short feature films. Feature films 2000: Some Like It Cold (Pół serio); 2003: Body (Ciało, co-director with Andrzej Saramonowicz); 2005-2006: Tango with Angel (Tango z Aniołem, tv-series); 2007: Testosterone (Testosteron co-director with Andrzej Saramonowicz); 2008: Ladies (Lejdis); 2009: The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend (Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny)

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directed by MICHAŁ ROGALSKI written by MICHAŁ ROGALSKI, KRZySZTOF RAK director of photography KARINA KLESZCZEWSKA production design by MAGDALENA WIDELSKA-WŁADyKA costume design by MAGDALENA KOMAR production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast JAN MACHULSKI (GRANDFATHER), MARIAN KOCINIAK (KOTEK), WITOLD SKARUCH (ROTOR), LECH ORDON (CZUJNy), WOJCIECH SIEMION (ALOWIEC), BARBARA KRAFFTóWNA (GOGA), ALINA JANOWSKA (COL. DOWGIRD), PIOTR FRONCZEWSKI (BARRISTER SZARO), MAŁGORZATA POTOCKA (DAUGHTER-IN-LAW), MAREK KALITA (SON), WOJCIECH KALARUS (COMMISSIONAIR MAJCHROWSKI), JANUSZ CHABIOR (MENAGO), PIOTR NOWAK (GANGSTER KORDIAN), ANTONI PAWLICKI (MALINOWSKI) produced by FILM STUDIO ZEBRA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 54 84, FAx +48 22 845 65 88, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ZEBRAFILM.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected]; NON STOP FILM producer JULIUSZ MACHULSKI executive producer WOJCIECH DANOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 21/23, 00-071 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI 35 mm, colour POLAND 2009 i k s l a k S z s u e t a M : y b o t o h p

A young man looses his job in a club run by an influential gangster. When he demands being paid his last salary, he is heavily beaten up. He reports it to the police. The investigation is assigned to a officer who has mafia connections. The grandfather of the beaten man happens to come to Warsaw to meet with his friends from the . Together with his former comrades, he decides to take revenge on the offenders.

MICHAł ROGALSKI Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Laureate of the Silver Lajkonik Award and the City of Kraków Students' Jury Award at the Kraków Film Festival (2002) for his graduation documentary: “Life story film – Paweł and Anna”. “The Last Action” (Ostatnia akcja) is his feature film debut.

photo by: Kalina Alabrudzińska New Polish Feature Films 2009 45 feature films The Lesser of Two Evils Mniejsze zło

directed by JANUSZ MORGENSTERN written by JANUSZ MORGENSTERN, JANUSZ ANDERMAN based on the novel by JANUSZ ANDERMAN “CAŁy CZAS” director of photography ANDRZEJ RAMLAU PSC music by MICHAŁ LORENC production design by ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI costume design by MAGDALENA BIEDRZyCKA editing by ELżBIETA KURKOWSKA PSM sound by ANDRZEJ BOHDANOWICZ production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast LESŁAW żUREK (KAMIL), JANUSZ GAJOS (KAMIL'S FATHER), (PATIENT), ANNA ROMANTOWSKA (KAMIL'S MOTHER), MAGDALENA CIELECKA (ACTRESS), TAMARA ARCIUCH (DOCTOR), OLAF LUBASZENKO (CIVILIAN), BORyS SZyC (MARECZEK), EDyTA OLSZóWKA (ESSAyIST), GRZEGORZ WOJDON (VOLUNTEER), ZDZISŁAW RyCHTER (FISHERMAN), MAREK KOSSAKOWSKI (STUDENT), KRZySZTOF KOWALEWSKI, ZOFIA CZERWIńSKA, KRZySZTOF KOLBERGER, ANDRZEJ ZABORSKI, DANIEL OLBRyCHSKI, WIKTOR ZBOROWSKI, WŁADySŁAW KOWALSKI, WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI produced by FILM STUDIO PERSPEKTyWA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 84 80-82, PHONE/FAx +48 22 845 54 94, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOPERSPEKTyWA.PL co-produced by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, +48 22 839 07 53, FAx +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.VISION.PL; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer JANUSZ MORGENSTERN executive producer DOROTA OSTROWSKA-ORLIńSKA co-producers WŁODZIMIERZ OTULAK, WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS distributed by VISION FILM world sales VISION FILM 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour POLAND 2009 n a m l e W f o t z s y z r K : y b o t o h p

Year 1980. Kamil, a student of Polish philology, publishes an experimental poem in a prestigious periodical. The world around is engulfed with the Solidarity revolution; the reality requires everyone to make straight forward choices about which side of the barricade one stands. The stance of a rebellious oppositionists writer is very tempting, but maintain this position one has to... write. Meanwhile, the creative inspiration abandons our hero; he does not do his best at his studies either. In order to avoid being conscripted, Kamil is taken to a psychiatric hospital for observation. There, he comes across a manuscript of an excellent novel which was left behind by an oversensitive room-mate who committed a suicide. Nobody but Kamil knows about the existence of the masterpiece...

JANUSZ MORGENSTERN Born in 1922. Director, scriptwriter and film producer. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. One of the most prominent Polish directors; awarded numerous prizes for his artistic achievements. Director of television series (mini-series). Artistic director of the PERSPEKTyWA Film Studio. Filmography (selected) 1960: See you Tomorrow (Do widzenia, do jutra); 1962: Opening Tomorrow (Jutro premiera); 1963: Adam's Two Ribs (Dwa żebra Adama); 1964: Back to Life Again (życie raz jeszcze); 1965: And All Will Be quiet (Potem nastąpi cisza); 1967: Jowita; 1972: To Kill This Love (Trzeba zabić tę miłość); 1980: Smaller Sky (Mniejsze niebo); 1986: Legend of the White Horse; 2000: yellow Scarf (żółty szalik, tv): 2009: The Lesser of Two Evils (Mniejsze zło)

photo by: Krzysztof Welman 46 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Limo Driver Limousine

directed by JEROME DASSIER written by JEROME DASSIER director of photography BILL BUTLER music by ŁUKASZ TARGOSZ production design by ROBERT CZESAK costume design by ADA WESOŁOWSKA editing by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by JOANNA NAPIERALSKA casting by PIOTR BARTUSZEK production manager JANUSZ B. CZECH cast AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (ANIA), PIOTR ADAMCZyK (ATTORNEy), CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT (DEVEREAUx), ANDREI CHADOV (SASHA), ADAM FERENCy (ANIA'S FATHER), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (MODRAK), MAGDALENA MIELCARZ (KATARZyNA), ANNA PRZyByLSKA (JULIA), LESŁAW żUREK (PAWEL) produced by OZUMI FILMS, MOKOTOWSKA 46 A, APT. 28, 00-543 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 628 80 30, FAx +48 22 628 56 27, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.OZUMIFILMS.COM; MCSI GROUP, CyBULSKIEGO 3, 00-725 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 559 98 99, FAx +48 22 559 98 88, [email protected] WWW.MCSI.PL co-produced by APERTO FILMS, CHOCIMSKA 35/1, 00-791 WARSAW, [email protected]; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers MARIANNA ROWIńSKA (OZUMI FILMS), KONRAD WOJTERKOWSKI, KLAUDIA KUBIAK (MCSI GROUP) co-producers PIOTR ADAMCZyK, DARIUSZ MIŁEK (APERTO FILMS), WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS (WFDIF) distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour, Dolby SR, ca 84' POLAND 2009 i k s m o d a i w e i N z s a k u Ł : y b o t o h p

Ania is a limo driver for the rich businessmen. She works day and night shifts in turns with her father, seven days a week. She hates this job and hopes one day she could quit. One winter night Ania drives a French businessman. While waiting for him at the empty parking lot, she notices a young man lying by the litter bin. The man tells her that he is a male prostitute and has just hurt one of his clients...

JEROME DASSIER French screenwriter and film director. Since few years living and working in Poland. Second director of “Agents Secrets” by Frederic Schoendoerffer and “Warsaw Dark” by Christopher Doyle. Author of scripts: “La Mule” by Jean-Pierre Roux, “Wrong Number” by Denis Amar, “Human Bomb” by Patrick Poubel, “L home Du Futur” by Jacques Malaterre. “Limousine” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Łukasz Niewiadomski New Polish Feature Films 2009 47 feature films Little Moscow Mała Moskwa

written & directed by WALDEMAR KRZySTEK director of photography TOMASZ DOBROWOLSKI PSC music by ZBIGNIEW KARNECKI production design by TADEUSZ KOSAREWICZ costume design by MAŁGORZATA ZACHARSKA editing by MAREK “MULNy” MULICA sound by WACŁAW PILKOWSKI production manager MAŁGORZATA JURCZAK cast SVETLANA KHODCHENKOVA (VIERA / VIERA'S DAUGHTER), LESŁAW żUREK (MICHAŁ), DMITRI ULyANOV (JURA), JURIJ ICKOV (PROPAGANDA OFFICER), ALEKSEI GORBUNOV (COMRADE), ARTyOM TKACHENKO (SAJAT), ELENA LESZCZyńSKA (NANE), PRZEMySŁAW BLUSZCZ (BALA), HENRyK NIEBUDEK (PRIEST), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (WOLNIEWICZ) produced by SKORPION ART, CHEŁMSKA 21 APT. 612, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 841 61 71, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by BANANA SPLIT POLSKA, WIELICKA 40, 02-657 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 852 24 94, FAx +48 22 852 24 90, E-MAIL [email protected]; TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy, WORONICZA 17, 00-999 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 547 81 67, +48 22 547 42 25, E-MAIL [email protected] producer PAWEŁ RAKOWSKI executive producer MAŁGORZATA JURCZAK co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MARSHAL OFFICE OF LOWER SILESIA distributed by SyRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARySIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70; FAx +48 22 885 41 00, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales SKORPION ART, PHONE +48 22 841 61 71, E-MAIL [email protected]; TELEWIZJA POLSKA SA, PHONE +48 22 547 61 39, FAx +48 22 547 75 83, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital Ex, 114' POLAND 2008 i k s l o w o r b o D ł a h c i M : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – The Golden Lions; best “Little Moscow” was the name given to Legnica where a garrison of the actress award, TVP Programme Soviet Red Army had been located since 1945. In the 1960s of the XX Committee Prize, TVP Chairman Prize century, every other inhabitant of Legnica was Russian. This is a true story about a forbidden love between a married Russian woman and a young officer of the Polish People's Republic Army.

WALDEMAR KRZYSTEK Born in 1953. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Polish philology at the University of Wrocław and directing at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Director and scriptwriter of numerous feature films, TV films and series; producer of documentaries and TV plays for the TV Theatre. Laureate of numerous awards at film festivals in Poland and abroad. Feature filmography 1984: Propinquity (Powinowactwo, tv); 1987: Suspended (W zawieszeniu); 1989: The Last Ferry (Ostatni prom); 1992: Dismissed from Life (Zwolnieni z życia); 1994: Polish Death (Polska śmierć); 2000: Sales (Nie ma zmiłuj); 2008: Little Moscow (Mała Moskwa)

photo by: Michał Dobrowolski 48 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Love & Dance Kochaj i tańcz

directed by BRUCE PARRAMORE written by MACIEJ KOWALEWSKI director of photography BARTOSZ PROKOPOWICZ PSC music by ŁUKASZ TARGOSZ choreography JAROSŁAW STANIEK production design by KATARZyNA BOCZEK costume design by AGATA CULAK, JULITA KIRyLUK editing by MARCIN “KOT” BASTKOWSKI PSM sound by MONIKA KRZANOWSKA production manager ŁUKASZ ROGALSKI cast IZABELLA MIKO (HANIA), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (WOJTEK), WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI (SŁAWEK), RAFAŁ KRóLIKOWSKI (REMIGIUSZ), KATARZyNA HERMAN (MONIKA), JACEK KOMAN (JAN KETTLER), KATARZyNA FIGURA (BASIA), KRZySZTOF GLOBISZ (KRZySZTOF), MARIUSZ SŁUPIńSKI (TOMEK), DOMINIKA KUźNIAK (KASIA), JAKUB WESOŁOWSKI (PLATON), WOJCIECH SOLARZ (KUBA), PAWEŁ TOMASZEWSKI (MARCIN), ANNA BOSAK (SyLWIA), MACIEJ KOZŁOWSKI (TAxI-DRIVER), OLIWIER JANIAK produced by TVN, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 856 60 60, FAx +48 22 856 66 66, +48 22 856 67 66, FAx +48 22 856 67 92, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.TVN.PL executive producers DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI, IZABELA ŁOPUCH co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers ANETA CEBULA-HICKINBOTHAM, DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI, IZABELA ŁOPUCH distributed by ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAx +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales ITI CINEMA 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital 5.1 POLAND 2009 u z a r b O a k y r b a F / c i w t i L r t o i P : y b o t o h p

A story about the necessity to follow a heart to find happiness. Sensible Hania, a beginner journalist, meets Wojtek, a fan of street dance, dreaming of a career on Broadway. Thanks to him she starts to discover that heading for stabilization she may overlook something important. In a passionate dance all the secrets and long-hidden cravings start to be revealed...

BRUCE PARRAMORE Director, screenwriter, painter, storyboarder and comics writer. Born in 1961, Switzerland. Lived in: , Lebanon, USA, , Switzerland, France and . Graduated and lecturer of the Commercial Art School of Westerdahls in Oslo, Norway. Artistic Director of FCB Publics and Mc Cann Ericsson. Producer and filmmaker of numerous advertising films, music clips and short films. Laureate of many awards for shorts and adverts. Directed also in theatres. “Love & Dance” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Piotr Litwic / Fabryka Obrazu New Polish Feature Films 2009 49 feature films Love on the Catwalk Miłość na wybiegu

directed by KRZySZTOF LANG written by ANITA NAWROCKA, PAWEŁ TRZEŚNIOWSKI director of photography MICHAŁ ENGLERT production design by ARKADIUSZ KOŚMIDER costume design by ANNA MęCZyńSKA, KATARZyNA GAJEWSKA editing by RAFAŁ LISTOPAD PSM sound by PIOTR DOMARADZKI production manager TERESA PASZKIEWICZ cast KAROLINA GORCZyCA (JULIA), MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (KACPER), URSZULA GRABOWSKA (MARLENA), BARBARA BRyLSKA (MARTA), TOMASZ KAROLAK (MR. KRUPNICKI), ANNA GUZIK (BARBARA), IZA KUNA (ILONA), MAŁGORZATA PRITULAK (MOTHER), MAREK LITEWKA (FATHER), ENRIqUE ALCIDES (ANTONIO), OLGA FRyCZ (WERONIKA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (ZUZA), MARTA DąBROWSKA (SABINA) produced by AGENCJA MEDIA PLUS, NARBUTTA 40/1, 02-541 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; KINO ŚWIAT; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO (WARSAW); ACTIVUM FIRMA DORADCZO-INWESTyCyJNA executive produced by AGENCJA MEDIA PLUS producers LESZEK ANDRZEJ WySZyńSKI, CEZARy KRUK co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by KINO ŚWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-04, FAx +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales OPEN 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 100' POLAND 2009 a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

“Love on the Catwalk” is a light, contemporary romantic comedy, which is set in the Warsaw world of fashion and glossy magazines. This is a first Polish feature film which shows behind-the-scenes of this world. It is a story about a beautiful, shy country girl who achieves both success and finds great love.

KRZYSZTOF LANG Born in 1950. Director. Graduated from the Chemistry Department of the University of Warsaw, and the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Director of numerous popular TV series. Filmography (selected) 1984: Draw (Remis, tv); 1991: Paper Marriage (Papierowe małżeństwo); 1995: Provocateur (Prowokator); 2000: quiet Zone (Strefa ciszy); 2009: Love on the Catwalk (Miłość na wybiegu)

photo by: Robert Pałka 50 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Made in Poland Made in Poland

directed by PRZEMySŁAW WOJCIESZEK written by PRZEMySŁAW WOJCIESZEK director of photography JOLANTA DyLEWSKA PSC music by TBA production design by NATALIA KABANOW costume design by JOANNA PITURA editing by DANIEL ZIOŁA sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI production managers RAFAŁ WIDAJEWICZ, DOMINIK CZEPUŁKOWSKI cast PIOTR WAWER JR (BOGUŚ), PRZEMySŁAW BLUSZCZ (PRIEST EDMUND), JANUSZ CHABIOR (WIKTOR), GRZEGORZ SOWA (EMIL), WIESŁAW CICHy (FAZI), ERyK LUBOS (ZENEK), HALINA RASIAKóWNA (MARIANNA), DARIUSZ MAJCHRZAK (TOMASZEK), MONIKA FRONCZEK (SHOPGIRL) produced by SKORPION ART, CHEŁMSKA 21, APT. 612, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 11 04, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by GRUPPA RAFAŁ WIDAJEWICZ, KAMPINOSKA 11, 53-133 WROCŁAW, PHONE +48 71 793 58 59, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.GRUPPA.PL executive produced by GRUPPA RAFAŁ WIDAJEWICZ co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer PAWEŁ RAKOWSKI co-producer RAFAŁ WIDAJEWICZ distributed by AP MAÑANA, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 97, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MANANA.PL world sales SKORPION ART, CHEŁMSKA 21, APT. 612, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 11 04, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND 2009 z s e l F a n z c i f a r g o t o F a j c n e g A / a ł a p S z r o g e z r G : y b o t o h p

The story of an angry ex-choir boy Bogus, who tattoos himself “fuck off” on the forehead and, handing a metal bar, starts off to incite the revolution in his neighborhood.

PRZEMYSłAW WOJCIESZEK Born in 1974. Director and screenwriter. Laureate of numerous awards for: “Louder Than Bombs”, “Down the Colourful Hill” and “The Perfect Afternoon”. Feature films 1999: Kill Them All (Zabij ich wszystkich), 2001: Louder Than Bombs (Głośniej od bomb); 2004: Down the Colourful Hill (W dół kolorowym wzgórzem); 2005: The Perfect Afternoon (Doskonałe popołudnie); 2009: Made in Poland

photo by: Grzegorz Spała / Agencja Fotograficzna Flesz New Polish Feature Films 2009 51 feature films The Magic Tree Magiczne drzewo

written & directed by ANDRZEJ MALESZKA director of photography MIKOŁAJ ŁEBKOWSKI music by KRZESIMIR DęBSKI production design by ELWIRA PLUTA costume design by EWA KRAUZE editing by BARTOSZ KARCZyńSKI sound by MARIUSZ BIELECKI production manager MAGDA GENSLER cast AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (MOTHER), ANDRZEJ CHyRA (FATHER), HANNA ŚLESZyńSKA (AUNT), MAJA TOMAWSKA (TOSIA), FILIP FABIŚ (FILIP), ADAM SZCZEGóŁA (KUKI), JOANNA ZIęTARSKA (LITTLE AUNT), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (DEAF-MUTE COOK), ANNA GUZIK (CONDUCTRESS), ERyK LUBOS (ACOUSTIC TECHNICIAN), MICHAŁ PIELA (DRIVER) produced by LUNAPARK STUDIO, PHONE +48 22 323 67 05, E-MAIL [email protected]; TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales LUNAPARK STUDIO, PHONE +48 22 323 67 05, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND 2009 i k s ń i c z r T z s u i r a M : y b o t o h p

A storm knocked down a giant, magic oak. People did not know its strength and made of it hundreds of wooden items; each item has preserved a piece of this magical power. Two children, who ran away from their much-hated aunt to their mother who works in Belgium, found a chair made of the magic wood; the chair has the ability to act as a living creature and fulfil the wishes of everyone who sits on it...

ANDRZEJ MALESZKA Born in 1955. Director and scriptwriter. The winner of the International Emmy Award in the category: Children & young People for the series “The Magic Tree”, as well as of numerous awards at film festivals (incl. Chicago, New york, Munich, Cairo etc.). Filmography (selected) 1992: Mom – Nothing (Mama – nic, tv); 1993: Jacob (Jakub, tv); Jack (Jacek, tv); 1995: Machine of Changes (Maszyna zmian); 1997: The Hunting (Polowanie, tv); 1998: Hundred Minutes of Holidays (Sto minut wakacji); 2000: End of the World at the Novaks (Koniec świata u Nowaków); 2003-06: The Magic Tree (Magiczne drzewo, tv series); 2009: The Magic Tree (Magiczne drzewo)

photo by: Natalia Chojna PISF 52 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Mall Girls Galerianki

directed & written by KATARZyNA ROSŁANIEC director of photography WITOLD STOK music by KRZySZTOF KOZŁOWSKI, MARCIN MATUSZEWSKI (DUżE PE) production design by MARIAN ZAWALIńSKI set decorator BEATA KARAŚ costume design by MAŁGORZATA OBŁOZA editing by WOJCIECH MRóWCZyńSKI PSM sound by ANDRZEJ żABICKI casting by MAREK PALKA production manager ANNA WOJDAT cast ANNA KARCZMARCZyK (ALICJA), DAGMARA KRASOWSKA (DAGMARA), DOMINIKA GWIT (KAJA), MAGDALENA CIURZyńSKA (JULIA), IZA KUNA (ALICJA'S MOTHER), ARTUR BARCIŚ (ALICJA'S FATHER), EWA KOLASIńSKA (TEACHER), IZABELA DąBROWSKA (JULIA'S MOTHER), FRANEK PRZyByLSKI (MICHAŁ), SZyMON KUŚMIDER (ZBySZEK), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (DOCTOR), ZUZANNA MADEJSKA (PAULINA), PAWEŁ MARCZUK (KURZEPA), EWA RąCZy (NURSE), TOMASZ ZARóD (JULIA'S FATHER), KRZySZTOF SZEKALSKI (PE TEACHER), MARCIN MATUSZEWSKI (MOBILE PHONES DEALER), CEZARy KAźMIERSKI (BOy FROM THE DISCO CLUB) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 50 67, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by FILM STUDIO OKO, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 845 55 81, +48 22 845 91 61; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFOKO.COM.PL co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producer TADEUSZ CHMIELEWSKI distributed by OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, Cinemascope, Dolby SR, ca 70' POLAND 2009 k a l o P a n n A : y b o t o h p

14-year-old Alicja joins the new class in the school mid-term. She feels lonely in the new environment. One day a class mate asks her to hang out in the new shopping mall, where one can do window- shopping for expensive cosmetics, eat the ice-creams for lunch, listen to the music, stare at elegant people and... meet the potential “sponsors”. Thanks to them all this shiny brand new things one can have...

KATARZYNA ROSłANIEC Born in 1980. Graduated from economy at the Gdańsk University, film directing at the Warsaw Film School and feature film course at the Wajda Film School. The participant of the Script Laboratory program for young screenwriters. “Mall Girls” is her feature film debut.

photo by: Anna Polak New Polish Feature Films 2009 53 feature films Manna Manna

written & directed by HUBERT GOTKOWSKI director of photography ANDRZEJ WOLF music by FILIP KUNCEWICZ requisites MARCIN ŚLIWIńSKI costume design by MAGDA WęGLEWSKA editing by HUBERT GOTKOWSKI sound by ZOFIA KUCHARSKA-KOWALIK production manager MARTA KAPCZyńSKA cast MARCIN KABAJ (MARCIN), FILIP ROJEK (PIOTREK), NATALIA SZyGUŁA (MONIKA) produced by PAISA FILMS, BOKSERSKA 1, 02-682 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 853 17 10, FAx +48 22 853 17 14, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PAISAFILMS.PL executive producer HENRyK PARNOWSKI producers MACIEJ ŚLESICKI, JOLANTA ROJEK distribution PAISA FILMS world sales OPEN HD / 35 mm, colour, 78' POLAND 2008 z c i w e i k c i c r a M p i l i F : y b o t o h p

Marcin and Piotr wake up in a forest clearing inside a mysterious car. They do not know each other and are unaware of how they got here. But some bizarre things happen in the forest; strange red cards start falling down from the sky... An autoironic portrait of the young generation, the so-called “Nothing Generation”. A film directed in the convention of a surrealistic comedy.

HUBERT GOTKOWSKI Born in 1981. IT engineer and independent filmmaker at the DNN Film Group. “Manna” is his professional debut, a remake of the off film made in 2006 which has become a hit of the independent film festivals.

photo by: Filip Marcickiewicz 54 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Midnight Talks Rozmowy nocą

directed by MACIEJ żAK written by KAROLINA SZyMCZyK-MAJCHRZAK director of photography MICHAŁ ENGLERT music by PIOTR MIKOŁAJCZAK production design by JOANNA MACHA, TOMASZ STASIńSKI costume design by AGATA CULAK editing by JAROSŁAW PIETRASZEK PSM sound by DARIUSZ STANEK production manager PAWEŁ BAREńSKI cast MAGDALENA RóżCZKA (MATyLDA), MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (BARTEK), WERONIKA KSIążKIEWICZ (WERONKA), JOANNA żóŁKOWSKA (BARTEK'S MOTHER), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (KAROLINA), MICHAŁ PIELA (MISIEK), ARKADIUSZ JAKUBIK (SExOHOLIC), STANISŁAW BRUDNy (MR ROMAN), MAGDALENA PAWŁOWICZ (GIRL IN A GREEN KIMONO), SAMBOR CZARNOTA (MAx) produced by SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA, TyNIECKA 38A, 02-621 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 646 20 36, +48 22 854 03 37, FAx +48 22 848 45 70, E-MAIL [email protected]; 50/50 FILMS; POLSAT TV co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers AGATA JANICKA, MARCIN JAWORSKI, PIOTR REISCH distributed by SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA world sales SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Ditigal, 94' POLAND 2008 m o c . u z a r b O a k y r b a F / k a z c a p y z r k S a k i n o M : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Silver Ticket 2008 – Polish Cinemas Association Award Two singles in a big city are on the look-out for their second halves. A light- hearted story, filled with optimism, about people who are meant for each other but who always tend to pass by each other in search of happiness.

MACIEJ ŻAK Born in 1962. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Radio and Television Department at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Feature films (selected) 2003-2005: What Men Fear or Sex and the Smaller City (Czego się boją faceci, czyli seks w mniejszym mieście, tv series); 2004: The Bench (Ławeczka); 2008: Midnight Talks (Rozmowy nocą)

photo by: Monika Skrzypaczak / FabrykaObrazu.com New Polish Feature Films 2009 55 feature films The Mill and the Cross Młyn i krzyż

directed & produced by LECH MAJEWSKI written by MICHAEL FRANCIS GIBSON, LECH MAJEWSKI director of photography LECH MAJEWSKI, ADAM SIKORA production design by KATARZyNA SOBAńSKA costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO editing by ELIOT EMS, NORBERT RUDZIK sound by LECH MAJEWSKI, ZBIGNIEW MALECKI production managers GOSIA DOMIN, PIOTR LEDWIG cast RUTGER HAUER (PETER BRUEGEL), MICHAEL yORK (JONGHELINCK), CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (MARIA), JOANNA LITWIN (MARIJKEN, BRUEGEL'S WIFE), DOROTA LIS (SASKIA JONGHELINCK), EMILIA CZARTORySKA (MARIA BETANIA) production company ANGELUS SILESIUS, KORFANTEGO 66/8, 40-160 KATOWICE, PHONE +48 502 025 106, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy; SILESIA FILM; ARKANA STUDIO; SUPRA FILM; ODEON FILM STUDIO; 24MEDIA FILM AGENCy; BOKOMOTIV co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE co-producers DOROTA ROSZKOWSKA, FREDDy OLSSON producer LECH MAJEWSKI distributed by OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour, Dolby Digital POLAND – SWEDEN 2009 i k s w e j a M h c e L : y b o t o h p

The film attempts at presenting an up-to-date decoding of the Peter Bruegel's painting “The Procession to Calvary”. The action takes place in Flanders of 1564, under the Spanish oppression, when Bruegel was painting his masterpiece. The film shows the lives of several people, out of the hundreds, who were immortalized on the canvas. The suffering of Christ is entwined with the suffering of Flanders under the political and religious Spanish oppression. The passion theme blends with the historical realities. LECH MAJEWSKI Born in 1953. Film, theatre and opera director, film producer, poet, prose writer, painter. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Member of American Guild of Directors and European Film Academy. Laureate of numerous international film awards. Filmography (as director) 1980: The Knight (Rycerz); 1986: Flight of the Spruce Goose (Lot świerkowej gęsi); 1988: Prisoner of Rio (Więzień Rio); 1992: The Gospel According to Harry (Ewangelia według Harry'ego); 1997: Room of Roe Deers (Pokój saren); 1999: Wojaczek; 2001: Angelus; 2004: The Garden of Earthly Delights (Ogród rozkoszy ziemskich; 2007: Glass Lips (Szklane usta); 2009: The Mill and the Cross (Młyn i krzyż)

photo by: Lech Majewski 56 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Miracle Seller Handlarz cudów

directed by BOLESŁAW PAWICA, JAROSŁAW SZODA written by MITKO PANOV based on the works of GRZEGORZ ŁOSZEWSKI director of photography JAROSŁAW SZODA PSC music by TBC production design by JOANNA KACZyńSKA costume design by ANNA ENGLERT editing by KRZySZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by MATEUSZ ADAMCZyK production manager ANNA WINNICKA cast BORyS SZyC (STEFAN), SOFIA MIETIELICA (URIKA), ROMAN GOLCZUK (HASIM), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (DR JAWORSKA), MARIUSZ BENOIT (ZBySIEK) produced by FABRyKA SPóŁKA REALIZATORóW FILMOWyCH SP. Z O.O., 01-005 WARSAW, NOWOLIPIE 16/57, PHONE +48 22 838 22 33, MOBILE +48 603 59 80 25, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MIRACLESELLER.COM WWW.HANDLARZCUDOW.PL WWW.FABRyKA.INFO co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA (POLAND); PERFORMANCE MARKETING GROUP SA (POLAND), REPUBLIKEN AB, FILM AND VäST (SWEDEN) co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers JAROSŁAW SZODA, BOLESŁAW PAWICA co-producers FREDRIK ZANDER, TOMAS ESKILSSON, SŁAWOMIR JóźWIK distribution TBC world sales FABRyKA SPóŁKA REALIZATORóW FILMOWyCH SP. Z O.O. 35 mm/HD, 1:1,85/1:2,35, colour, Dolby SR, 110' POLAND – SWEDEN 2009 i k s w e j a P b u k a J : y b o t o h p

The path to discovering one's self leads through others. A story of friendship and acceptance that transgresses cultural, social and religious barriers. Stefan, a recovering alcoholic and a pilgrim to Lourdes, helps a pair of children from a Caucasian country to get illegally into France in order to be reunited with their father. BOLESłAW PAWICA Born in 1961. Director. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Directed numerous documentaries, TV theatre plays and musicals; director and producer of various live TV shows; co-author and co-producer (in co-operation with Jarosław Szoda) of several music clips. In 1987 directed for TVP a feature TV film – “Tramwajada”. “Miracle Seller” is his feature film debut.

JAROSłAW SZODA Born in 1962. Cameraman, producer, and director. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Cameraman of a numerous feature films, documentaries, TV Theatre plays, and music clips. The film “With Raised Hands” (Z podniesionymi rękami) directed by Mitko Panov, and the camerawork by Szoda was awarded the Golden Palms in Cannes. For his camerawork in “All that Really Matters” (Wszystko co najważniejsze) directed by Robert Gliński, he was awarded Golden Lions at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Participated in the EAVE European programme, and afterwards has been appointed a Polish representative at EAVE. “Miracle Seller” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Jakub Pajewski New Polish Feature Films 2009 57 feature films Mr Kuka's Advice Lekcje pana Kuki / Herrn Kukas Empfehlungen

directed by DARIUSZ GAJEWSKI written by DARIUSZ GAJEWSKI, ROLAND GUGGANIG, RADEK KNAPP based on the novel by RADEK KNAPP director of photography WOJCIECH SZEPEL music by MICHAŁ LITWINIEC, TOMASZ SIKORA, PAWEŁ CZEPUŁKOWSKI, GUNTER PRETZEL, ALBERT WIEDER JR. production design by NIKOLAI RITTER, KATARZyNA FILIMONIUK costume design by MONIKA BUTTINGER, DOMINIKA GEBEL editing by JAROSŁAW BARZAN PSM sound by BETTINA MAZARKINI production managers WERNFRIED NATTERN-KONRADI, JANUSZ B. CZECH cast ŁUKASZ GARLICKI (WALDEMAR), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (MR KUKA), ANNA PRZyByLSKA (ALA), MIROSŁAW ZBROJEWICZ (ARNOLD), TOMASZ KAROLAK (MIREK), AUGUST DIEHL (LOTHAR), BRANKO SAMAROVSKI (BERNSTEIN), NADIA CAMERON BLAKEy (IRINA), ŁUKASZ SIMLAT (HUSTLER), KRISTA STADLER (MRS SIMACEK) produced by PRISMA FILM (AUSTRIA); OPUS FILM (POLAND), ŁąKOWA 29, 90-554 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 00, FAx +48 42 634 55 49, +48 508 000 293, WWW.OPUSFILM.COM co-financing by POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers EWA PUSZCZyńSKA, HEINZ STUSSAK executive producers PIOTR DZIęCIOŁ, MATHIAS FORBERG co-producer THOMAS FELDKIRCHER distributed by (IN POLAND) FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 21/23, 00-071 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales by ATLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM GMBH, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 94' AUSTRIA – POLAND 2008 t o j a P / k e b u k a J ł e w a P : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !“The East and the West: Classics and Avant-Garde”, 20-plus-year-old Waldemar decides to go on holiday abroad to do some Orenburg, Russia, 2008 – Best sightseeing, and to find a seasonal job. He turns to Mr Kuka, an expert on Actor Award for łukasz Garlicki the West, for advice. Following his suggestion, Waldemar decides to go to Vienna. Equipped with some precious pieces of advice from his mentor, he sets out on a journey. But many surprises are awaiting him...

DARIUSZ GAJEWSKI Born in 1964. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Producer of numerous documentaries, and plays for the TV Theatre and Polish Radio Theatre. His feature film debut “Warsaw” was awarded a number of prizes at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Feature films 2002: AlaRm; 2003: Warsaw (Warszawa); 2008: Mr Kuka's Advice (Lekcje pana Kuki)

photo by: Paweł Jakubek / Pajot 58 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films My Flesh My Blood Moja krew

directed by MARCIN WRONA written by MARCIN WRONA, GRAżyNA TRELA, MAREK PRUCHNIEWSKI director of photography PAWEŁ FLIS music by MARCIN MACUK production design by ANNA WUNDERLICH costume design by OLA STASZKO editing by JAROSŁAW KAMIńSKI PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, TOMASZ SIKORA production manager ANNA PACHNICKA cast ERyK LUBOS (IGOR), LUU DE Ly, WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI, KRZySZTOF KOLBERGER, MONIKA OBARA, JOANNA POKOJSKA, ROMA GąSIOROWSKA, MAREK PIOTROWSKI produced by OPUS FILM, ŁąKOWA 29, 90-554 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 00, WWW.OPUSFILM.COM co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers ŁUKASZ DZIęCIOŁ, PIOTR DZIęCIOŁ distribution OPEN world sales OPUS FILM 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital Surround Ex, 90' POLAND 2009 s a f a r T r e d n a s k e l A : y b o t o h p

Igor, a professional boxer, has to finish his boxing career following a lost fight. Feeling broken-down and abandoned, he tries to find consolation in night-life enjoyments. Gradually, a thought start to evolve in his mind to leave “something” after him in life; this “something” is a child. But he does not feel at his best in relationships with women. At last he meets a Vietnamese woman, a trader at a local open-air market, who agrees to give birth to his child in exchange for a Polish citizenship.

MARCIN WRONA Born in 1973. Film, TV and theatre director, scriptwriter. Graduated from the Film Studies Department at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the directing studies at the Radio and TV Department at the University of Silesia, Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam (2005). Directing lecturer at the Radio and TV Department of the University of Silesia. Laureate of numerous awards at international film festivals for his feature etude “Magnet Man” (Człowiek magnes, 2001). Laureate of the third prize at the Hartley-Merrill competition (2007) for the script of “My Flesh My Blood” (working title: “Tamagotchi”).

New Polish Feature Films 2009 59 feature films Not Now Tolko nie siejczas / Tylko nie teraz

directed by VALERI PENDRAKOVSKy written by yURI ROGOZIN director of photography GRIGORI yABLOCHNIKOV production design by VLADIMIR ARKHIPOV costume design by VIERA SKOPINOVA, PAWEŁ GRABARCZyK production managers SVIETLANA CZUJKO (RUSSIA), JAN KACZMARSKI (POLAND) cast MAGDALENA LAMPARSKA (ELKA), ALEKSANDR DOMOGAROV JR. (ALEKSANDR), DANIEL OLBRyCHSKI (ELKA'S UNCLE), JACEK BELER (KRZySZTOF), yEGOR KHARLAMOV (IWAN), VyACHESLAV SHALEVICH (OLD ALEKSANDR), ANTONI DMOCHOWSKI (BOy) produced by KINOKOMPANIA PROCENTR (RUSSIA); EUROPEJSKA AGENCJA REKLAMOWA PIOTR SKULSKI (POLAND), CIOŁKA 30, 01-432 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 877 44 52, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.EAR.COM.PL executive produced by EUROPEJSKA AGENCJA REKLAMOWA producers VALERI PENDRAKOVSKy, PIOTR SKULSKI distributed by OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour, Dolby Digital RUSSIA – POLAND 2009 R A E / r t n e c o r P a i n a p m o k o n i K : y b o t o h p

1953. Small city in Poland. A Russian soldier, stationed in a local army barracks, falls in love with a Polish girl.

VALERI PENDRAKOVSKY Born in 1951 in Georgia. Director, scriptwriter, producer. Filmography (selected) 1990: Suicide; 1992: Very Faithful Wife; 1994: I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody; 2001: Dva tovarishcha; 2007: A Full Breath (Polnoye dykhaniye)

60 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films The Offsiders Boisko bezdomnych

directed by KASIA ADAMIK written by PRZEMySŁAW NOWAKOWSKI script based on the concept story by AGNIESZKA HOLLAND, KASIA ADAMIK director of photography JACEK PETRyCKI PSC music by ANTONI ŁAZARKIEWICZ production design by KATARZyNA SOBAńSKA costume design by MAGDALENA RUTKIEWICZ, KATARZyNA LEWIńSKA editing by MICHAŁ CZARNECKI sound by JACEK HAMELA, LESZEK FREUND production manager ANDRZEJ BESZTAK cast MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (JACEK MRóZ), ERyK LUBOS (“TURKISH”), DMITRIJ PIERSIN (MITRO), MAREK KALITA (“MINISTER”), BARTŁOMIEJ TOPA (“MINER”), JACEK PONIEDZIAŁEK (“PRIEST”), JOANNA GRUDZIńSKA (SEWKA), RAFAŁ FUDALEJ (ALEK), MACIEJ NOWAK (“JERK”), KRZySZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (STASZEK), DARIUSZ TOCZEK (MUNDEK), MARIA SEWERyN (EWA), PIOTR JAGIELSKI (STASZEK'S SON), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (SPORT JOURNALIST), WITOLD DęBICKI (SPORT ACTIVIST), ALEKSANDER MIKOŁAJCZAK (SPORT ACTIVIST) produced by TOR FILM PRODUCTION, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 50 45, +48 22 845 53 03, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.TOR.COM.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO (WARSAW); NON STOP FILM SERVICE producers KRZySZTOF ZANUSSI, AGNIESZKA HOLLAND executive producer JANUSZ WąCHAŁA co-producers WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS, ZBIGNIEW KULA, MAREK SKŁADANOWSKI, KASIA ADAMIK co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAx +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales MATCH FACTORy (TBC) Super 16 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby digital SR, 126' POLAND 2008 a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !33 rd Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2008 – award for the costume design, for the best supporting actor (Eryk Lubos), and the Silver Screen Audience Award “The Offsiders” is the story of a man who becomes homeless through various !Polish Film Festival, Chicago twists of fate, but will find fulfillment in creating and coaching a football 2008 – the Audience Award team made of his fellow misfits. His team of homeless men will go all the !International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography way to winning the World Street Football Championship which shall Camerimage, łódź 2008 – the change their lives for ever. Grand Prize in the Polish Film Category (Jacek Petrycki) KASIA ADAMIK Born in 1972. Director and storyboard artist. Studied at the Art High School (Paris), and at the Institute St. Luc (Brussels). Her first feature film “Bark!” was nominated for the Best Feature Film of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and was presented at numerous domestic and international film festivals. Filmography (as director) 2002: Bark!; 2005: Pitbull (tv mini-series, co-director); 2007: The Team (Ekipa, tv mini-series, co-director); 2008: The Offsiders (Boisko bezdomnych); 2009: The True Story of Janosik (Prawdziwa historia Janosika)

photo by: Robert Pałka New Polish Feature Films 2009 61 feature films The Old Man and the Dog Stary człowiek i pies

directed by WITOLD LESZCZyńSKI , ANDRZEJ KOSTENKO written by WITOLD LESZCZyńSKI director of photography ZBIGNIEW WICHŁACZ PSC music by JERZy SATANOWSKI costume design by MAŁGORZATA AJZELT set decoration by EWA TARNOWSKA editing by MAREK KRóL PSM sound by PIOTR KNOP production manager TADEUSZ DREWNO cast JERZy GRAŁEK (ROBERT), EWA DAŁKOWSKA (EWA), DOROTA IGNATJEW (KASIA), MARZENA TRyBAŁA (GRAżyNA), KRZySZTOF WAKULIńSKI (MAREK) produced by FILM STUDIO PERSPEKTyWA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 854 54 94, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 840 18 86, E-MAIL [email protected] executive produced by FILM STUDIO PERSPEKTyWA producer JANUSZ MORGENSTERN co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ŁóDź distributed by KINO ŚWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-05, FAx +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales KINO ŚWIAT 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby SR, 80' POLAND 2008 i k s r a k e i P . G : y b o t o h p

60-year-old Robert, a former film maker, is a lonely man who has been through a lot. As a result of his alcohol addiction, his marriage fell apart and he lost contact with the film industry. A dog, who was saved by Robert some years ago, is his only friend now. One day Robert receives a phone call from his former wife who is awaiting a liver transplant. This event drags Robert out of the loneliness coma... WITOLD LESZCZYńSKI (1933-2007) ANDRZEJ KOSTENKO Born in Director, scriptwriter and cameraman. 1936. Cameraman and director. Laureate of numerous awards at film Graduated from the Łódź Film School. festivals, e.g. for “Matthew's Days”, Co-scriptwriter and photography co- “Ko-no-piel-ka” and “Axiliad”. producer for Jerzy Skolimowski's films. Filmography Scriptwriter and director of numerous 1967: Matthew's Days (żywot Mateusza), TV series. Director of feature films, 1972: Personal Search (Rewizja osobista); e.g. “Face to Face” (Sam na sam), 1977: Recollections (Rekolekcje); 1981: “Joseph Conrad” (Kapitan Conrad, tv), Ko-no-piel-ka (Konopielka); 1985: Axilliad “Success” (Sukces). (Siekierezada); 1993: Colossus (Kolos); Following a tragic death of Witold 2001: Requiem; 2008: The Old Man and Leszczyński, he undertook completing the Dog (Stary człowiek i pies) “The Old Man and the Dog”.

photo by: SF Perspektywa photo by: SF Perspektywa 62 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Operation “Danube” working title Operacja „Dunaj”

directed by JACEK GŁOMB written by JACEK KONDRACKI, ROBERT URBAńSKI director of photography JACEK PETRyCKI PSC music by BARTOSZ STRABURZyńSKI production design by MAŁGORZATA BULANDA, MAREK WARSZEWSKI, MILAN BýČEK costume design by MAŁGORZATA BULANDA editing by JIřI BROžEK sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager MICHAŁ SZCZERBIC cast EVA HALUBOVA (ANDREA), JIřI MENZEL (OSKAR), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (GRążEL), MACIEJ STUHR (FLORIAN), PRZEMySŁAW BLUSZCZ (ROMEK), JAROSLAV DUSEK (GUSTAV), BOLESLAV POLIVKA (JIřI), BOGDAN GRZESZCZAK (EDEK), JOANNA GONSCHOREK (MAJOR GRążLOWA), MACIEJ NAWROCKI (JASIU) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by IN FILM PRAHA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producer RUDOLF BIERMANN distributed by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77 FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales OPEN POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC 2008 a ż r o k S b u k a J : y b o t o h p

August 1968. A unit of the Polish People's Republic Army is sent on a “brotherly help mission” to Czechoslovakia. As a result of the tank unit sluggishness, the tank “Ladybird” sets off as a last one and just after crossing the border goes missing. Major Grążlowa, accompanied by her jealous husband, gets on a motorbike and starts a chase in order to avoid being punished for the disorder in her unit. But at the same time, she wants to catch and humiliate her lover, Romek, who shortly before the invasion, turned her down... JACEK GłOMB Born in 1964. Theatre director, journalist and director of the Helena Modrzejewska Theatre in Legnica. Graduated from the History Department at the Jagiellonian University and the theatre drama directing at the State Theatre Academy in Kraków. Laureate of numerous awards for his drama productions. “Operation 'Danube'” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Jakub Skorża New Polish Feature Films 2009 63 feature films The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny

directed by TOMASZ KONECKI written by ANDRZEJ SARAMONOWICZ director of photography TOMASZ MADEJSKI music by WOJCIECH LEMAńSKI production design by KATARZyNA FILIMONIUK costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO set decorator ALICJA OLAK editing by JAROSŁAW BARZAN PSM sound by WIESŁAW ZNyK production manager WIESŁAW ŁySAKOWSKI cast MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (KOSTEK), MAGDALENA BOCZARSKA (LUNA), IZA KUNA (KLARA ROJEK), DANUTA STENKA (TERESA/MARIA), KRZySZTOF GLOBISZ (PROFESSOR KATZóWNA), TOMASZ KAROLAK (NORBERT PLESICA), BRONISŁAW WROCŁAWSKI (FATHER LEON), MAGDALENA RóżCZKA (KASIA), DANIEL OLBRyCHSKI (DOCTOR GEBAUER), MARIA SEWERyN (INGA WAWRAS), RAFAŁ RUTKOWSKI (FATHER KAJETAN), TOMASZ KOT (PORN MOVIE ACTOR), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (SZyMON MRóWKA), ANNA GRyCEWICZ (ANNA MRóWKA), EWELINA PASZKE (MP), ADAM KRAWCZUK (SENATOR), KINGA PREIS (PLESICOWA), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (MILENA BAMBRyŚ), ANDRZEJ BLUMENFELD (MILENA'S FATHER), MATEUSZ JANICKI (SExy PHD STUDENT), MACIEJ KOZŁOWSKI (ANTONI CHMURSKI), KUBA WOJEWóDZKI (KUBA WOJEWóDZKI) produced by VAN WORDEN, SULKIEWICZA 5 APT. 18, 00-758 WARSAW PHONE/FAx +48 22 841 57 12, +48 22 851 46 48, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.VANWORDEN.PL WWW.IDEALNyFACET.PL executive producer IWONA OGONOWSKA-KONECKA producer ANDRZEJ SARAMONOWICZ distributed by (IN POLAND) ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAx +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales VAN WORDEN, SULKIEWICZA 5 APT. 18, 00-758 WARSAW PHONE/FAx +48 22 841 57 12, +48 22 851 46 48, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital Ex, 128' POLAND 2009 n e d r o W n a V / t r A s o t o F a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

When Kostek meets Luna, he has no doubts that this beautiful blonde, with a mysterious look in her eyes, is his “second orange half”. However, both differ so much that it seem impossible they will ever be together. She is a former special forces service woman, and at present Krav Maga Israeli martial art instructor; he is a composer of church music. She is fascinated with feminist movements; he was born and brought up in an ultra catholic family. She has just split with a married TV journalist, Norbert Plesica, following their romance of many years', and is now involved with Klara Rojek, a leader of the Polish feminists; following the fiasco of his engagement with Kasia, a director of sound, he has plunged into loneliness. She is a friend to a man who has become the Polish Woman of the Year; he entrusts his secretes to a mysterious doctor Gebauer who is involved in medical drugs testing. The fate will muddle their lives in such a crazy way that the impossible shall become possible.

TOMASZ KONECKI Born in 1962. Director and co-director of the greatest Polish comedy hits of this decade, e.g. “Testosterone” and “Ladies”. Graduated from physics department but devoted his talent and passion to filmmaking. Feature filmography 2000: Some Like It Cold (Pół serio); 2003: Body (Ciało, co-director with Andrzej Saramonowicz); 2005-2006: Tango with Angel (Tango z Aniołem, tv-series); 2007: Testosterone (co-director with Andrzej Saramonowicz); 2008: Ladies (Lejdis); 2009: The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend (Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny)

photo by: Robert Pałka FotosArt / Van Worden 64 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Phenomenon Fenomen

written & directed by TADEUSZ PARADOWICZ director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI PSC music by ČECHOMOR production design by TADEUSZ PARADOWICZ costume design by AGATA UCHMAN, OLGA TURCZAK editing by MAREK WLEZIEń PSM sound by NIKODEM WOŁK-ŁANIEWSKI production manager KRZySZTOF WIECH cast EWA HORNICH (AGNIESZKA), ALESSANDRO BERTOLUCCI (ARCHAEOLOGIST), RAFAŁ CIESZyńSKI (CZAREK), ŁUKASZ NOWICKI (SCREENWRITER), MICHAŁ RATyńSKI (DIRECTOR), GRZEGORZ SKURSKI (SOUND ENGINEER), JACEK ŁUCZAK (STAGE DESIGNER), JANUSZ ONUFROWICZ (JACEK), LECH DyBLIK (HOMELESS), ELżBIETA OKUPSKA (MOTHER-IN-LAW), JAN NOWICKI (OLIGARCH), MONIKA DRyL (OLIWIA), ANNA OBERC (JADźKA), EWA KRASNODęBSKA (AURELIA), RySZARD BARyCZ (JóZEF), PRZEMySŁAW CyPRyAńSKI (“SOFT” ACTOR), MIECZySŁAW HRyNIEWICZ (AGENT), IZABELA TROJANOWSKA (DRESSER), KRZySZTOF IBISZ (CAMERA-MAN), KRZySZTOF ARTUR JANCZAR (PRIEST) produced by STUDIO N-ART, LOTNIKóW 1, 02-668 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 853 65 43-44; E-MAIL [email protected] executive producer ANDRZEJ STEMPOWSKI, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour, 110' POLAND 2009 i k s w o k z c y D j e i c a M : y b o t o h p

Agnieszka, a soap-opera celebrity, who at the young age seems to have it all, gets to know that she has only few months left to live. At the casting in Płock, she meets Alessandro, an Italian archaeologist and falls in love with him. Being aware of her situation she fights the feeling. A multithreaded story about love and sense of life.

TADEUSZ PARADOWICZ Born in 1956. Graduated from acting at the Łódź Film School. Starred in numerous films and TV series i.e. “The Investigators” (Oficerowie), “The Witcher” (Wiedźmin), “Borderland in Fire” (Pogranicze w ogniu). Managing Director of advertising agency and Studio N-Art production house. “Phenomenon” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Maciej Dyczkowski New Polish Feature Films 2009 65 feature films The Photograph Zdjęcie

written & directed by MACIEJ ADAMEK director of photography TOMASZ MICHAŁOWSKI music by ANDRZEJ IZDEBSKI production design by JOANNA BIAŁOUSZ-MILCZAREK costume design by MAGDALENA KOWALSKA editing by SŁAWOMIR GOźDZIK sound by FRANCISZEK KOZŁOWSKI production manager JAKUB KOSMA cast MACIEJ ŁAGODZIńSKI (ADAM), KAROLINA GORCZyCA (EWA), ANTONI PAWLICKI (PRZEMEK), ANDRZEJ CHyRA (ADAM'S FATHER), STANISŁAWA CELIńSKA (ADAM'S GRANDMOTHER), ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA (ADAM'S MOTHER), WŁADySŁAW KOWALSKI (KAZIMIERZ), KRZySZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (ROMAN), BEATA KAWKA (ZOFIA) produced by KONCEPT MEDIA RADEK STyS, KRASINSKIEGO 42/17, 01-779 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] (POLAND); BUSSE & HALBERSCHMIDT FILMPRODUKTION (GERMANy), INFORG STUDIO (HUNGARy) co-produced by MASTERSHOT.PL; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING executive producer RADEK STyS co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, NRW, MMK producer RADEK STyS co-producers MARCELO BUSSE, MARKUS HALBERSCHMIDT, BARTOSZ MALINA, ANDRAS MUHI, KATARZyNA ŚLESICKA, PAWEŁ WITECKI distribution TBC world sales TBC 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND – GERMANY – HUNGARY 2009 i k s ń i l d e R r t o i P : y b o t o h p

16-years-old Adam finds a hidden photo. At the photograph his pregnant mother is embracing a stranger. This arouses the suspicions: is this his real father? Adam flees from home to find out. “The Photograph” is about a very peculiar moment in every teenager's life: first love, friendships, alcohol, sexuality awakening and identity search.

MACIEJ ADAMEK Born in 1968. Director and scriptwriter. Recognized documentary director. Graduated from the Polish philology at University in Gdańsk and directing at the Łódź Film School. Author of seven awarded in Poland and abroad documentaries. Since 2001 Member of an European Film Academy. Laureate of Hartley-Merrill, Polish Edition 1 st Prize for “The Photograph” script. “The Photograph” is his feature film debut.

66 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Piggies Świnki

directed by ROBERT GLIńSKI written by JOANNA DIDIK, ROBERT GLIńSKI director of photography PETRO ALEKSOWSKI music by CORNELIUS RENZ production design by STEFAN HAUCK costume design by AGATA CULAK editing by KRZySZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by FLORIAN MARqUARDT production managers INGA KRUK, RENé FROTSCHER cast FILIP GARBACZ (TOMEK), ANNA KULEJ (MARTA), DANIEL FURMANIAK (CIEMNy), ROLF HOPPE (WEBER), DOROTA WIERZBICKA (MOTHER), BOGDAN KOCA (FATHER), KATARZyNA PySZyńSKA (AGATA), TOMASZ TyNDyK (BORyS), HEIKO RAULIN (MAx), WOLFGANG BOOS (FIRST CLIENT) produced by WIDARK FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LTD., FRANCISZKAńSKA 12/19, 00-214 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE/FAx +48 22 635 04 15, MOBILE +48 501 781 340, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WIDARK.COM; 42FILM GMBH, GEISTSTRASSE 49, 06108 HALLE (GERMANy), E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.42FILM.DE co-produced by MEGA TV; PIRAMIDA FILM; SUT LEIPZIG; CUT FILM co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFöRDERUNG producer WITOLD IWASZKIEWICZ co-producers EIKE GORECZKA, THOMAS JESCHNER, MARIO SCHNEIDER distributed by BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73 APT. 79, 00-718 WARSAW (IN POLAND), PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAx +48 22 887 17 28; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales OPEN 35 mm / HDTV, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 100' POLAND – GERMANY 2009 z c i w e i k t s o G a t r a M : y b o t o h p

“Piggies” are teenage prostitutes from a small town on the Polish western border who sell cheaply their bodies for electronic gadgets, cosmetics, clothes etc. 16-years-old Tom, who lives close to the border, learns one day that his school mate offers his services to German paedophiles. In order to meet the whims of his girlfriend, Tom becomes a star of night-time jaunts to Germany.

ROBERT GLIńSKI Born in 1952. Director, scriptwriter, and academic teacher. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Laureate of numerous awards at Polish and international film festivals. Since 2002, a lecturer at the Directing Department of Łódź Film School, since September 2008, its rector. Feature films (selected) 1983: Sunday Pranks (Niedzielne igraszki); 1985: Poisonous Plants (Rośliny trujące); 1988: Swan Song (Łabędzi śpiew); 1992: All That Really Matters (Wszystko, co najważniejsze); 1997: Love Me and Do Whatever you Want (Kochaj i rób co chcesz); 2001: Hi, Tereska (Cześć, Tereska); 2005: The Call of the Toad (Wróżby kumaka); 2007: Benek; 2009: Piggies (Świnki)

photo by: Piotr Bujnowicz New Polish Feature Films 2009 67 feature films Pixels Piksele

written & directed by JACEK LUSIńSKI cinematographers PIOTR PIESIAK, PIOTR ŚLISKOWSKI, JAN HOLOUBEK, WITOLD PŁóCIENNIK music by PAWEŁ LUCEWICZ, ŁUKASZ MySZKOWSKI production design by MARTA BOŁTOWICZ costume design by RAFAŁ KOWALSKI editing by JAROSŁAW BARZAN PSM sound by LECH BRAńSKI, KACPER HABISIAK, MARCIN KASIńSKI production manager KATARZyNA JANUS cast ANNA CIEŚLAK (REPORTER), OLGA BOŁąDź (GRANDDAUGHTER), ZOFIA MERLE (SUICIDER'S WIFE), DOROTA STALIńSKA (JAPANESE TRANSLATOR), MARIA KLEJDySZ (GRANDMOTHER), ADAM FERENCy (POLICEMAN), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (GRAVEDIGGER), MARIAN OPANIA (SUICIDER), EDWARD LINDE-LUBASZENKO (SLEEPING DOCTOR), BARTŁOMIEJ TOPA (POLICEMAN), KAyAH (STAR), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (STAR), MIESZKO BARAGLIK (FILIP, TUMBLER), PAWEŁ FERENS (SLIPPERy), BARTŁOMIEJ NOWOSIELSKI (NURSE), PAWEŁ MOSSAKOWSKI (POLICEMAN), DARIUSZ TOCZEK (NURSE) produced by TANDEM TAREN TO PIOTR MIKLASZEWSKI, WOJCIECH MARyAńSKI, KLARySEWSKA 18, 02-924 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 885 74 05; FAx +48 22 651 60 62, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.TANDEMTARENTO.PL co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; MOJOTRIBE; FELINI; SPECTATOR; FILM ILUMINATION; THE CHIMNEy POT producers PIOTR MIKLASZEWSKI, WOJCIECH MARyAńSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; CANAL+ POLSKA distributed by ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 199, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 36 02, FAx +48 22 543 36 04; E-MAIL [email protected] world sales TANDEM TAREN-TO (OPEN) 35 mm, colour, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital; 95' POLAND 2009 y n ż o ł e z r P z s u i g i m e R : y b o t o h p

Absurd, puckish comedy about contemporary Poland. The protagonists of “Pixels” happen to find themselves in non-everyday situations, which force them to act the way they never did before.

JACEK LUSIńSKI Born in 1969. Director of TV commercials. Graduated from cinematography and TV production at the Łódź Film School. “Pixels” are his feature film debut.

photo by: Remigiusz Przełożny 68 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films The Plan Plan

written & directed by SŁAWEK PSTRONG director of photography PAWEŁ DyLLUS music by JAROSŁAW JANUSZEWICZ production design by ALICJA KAźMIERCZAK, JAKUB OSSENDOWSKI, PAWEŁ PILARZ costume design by JUSTyNA KRZEPKOWSKA editing by PIOTR ZMyŚLONy sound by KRZySZTOF SUCHODOLSKI production managers ANNA ZAJąCZKOWSKA, AGATA SZyMAńSKA cast EDWARD CZAJA (GERARD), WALDEMAR KACZOROWSKI (ROMAN), ADAM GŁADySZEK (BOGDAN), PAWEŁ BIGAJ (JUREK), ROMAN MICHNIEWICZ (MARIAN) produced by PSTRONG PRODUCTION, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by SILESIA FILM; ALTERNATIVE STUDIO producers OLA KUŁAKOWSKA, SŁAWEK PSTRONG co-producers PAWEŁ DyLLUS, JAROSŁAW JANUSZEWICZ executive producer OLA KUŁAKOWSKA distribution OPEN world sales OPEN HD, 16:9, colour, 65' POLAND 2009 i k s w o k a ł u K n a d g o B : y b o t o h p

Nowa Huta is a housing estate – district built in the 60s outside Kraków as the first Polish socrealistic town. After some years, a group of retired people meets with their school mates at their school anniversary celebrations. While being together, their juvenile energy and fantasy wake up. They decide to help their depressed friend and organize a hypermarket raid. The film cast consists entirely of unprofessional actors.

SłAWEK PSTRONG Born in 1975. Graduate from the Radio and TV Department at the University of Silesia in Katowice. “The Plan” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Bogdan Kułakowski New Polish Feature Films 2009 69 feature films Popieluszko Popiełuszko

written & directed by RAFAŁ WIECZyńSKI director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI PSC music by PAWEŁ SyDOR production design by ANDRZEJ KOWALCZyK costume design by ALICJA HORNOSTAJ set decorator MAGDALENA WIDELSKA-WŁADyKA editing by CEZARy GRZESIUK sound by MARIA CHILARECKA production manager JóZEF JAROSZ cast ADAM WORONOWICZ (FATHER JERZy POPIEŁUSZKO), MAREK FRąCKOWIAK (FATHER TEOFIL BOGUCKI), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (IRENEUSZ), RADOSŁAW PAZURA (PIOTR), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (EWA), MAJA KOMOROWSKA (MAJA), MARTA LIPIńSKA (JANINA), WŁADySŁAW KOWALSKI (PROFESSOR OF PHySICS), JAN ENGLERT (PROFESSOR), KRZySZTOF KOLBERGER (FATHER CHANCELLOR) produced by FOCUS PRODUCERS CO. LTD., PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 845 49 94, PHONE/FAx +48 22 646 95 65, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] co-produced by IF MAx FILM producer JULITA ŚWIERCZ-WIECZyńSKA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE MAZOVIA VOIVODSHIP distributed by KINO ŚWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01, FAx +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales FOCUS PRODUCERS CO. LTD. 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 150' POLAND 2009 . o . o z . p S s r e c u d o r P s u c o F : y b o t o h p

An epic story about the life and martyrdom of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, the hero of the Solidarity era, who was murdered by the communist secret police.

RAFAł WIECZYńSKI Born in 1968. Actor, director and scriptwriter. Author of numerous documentary and television productions. Scholarship holder of the Nipkow Programme in Berlin. For his debut feature film, he was awarded prizes at numerous international film festivals. Feature films 1992: Really Short Film... (Naprawdę krótki film o miłości, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniu); 2009: Popieluszko (Popiełuszko)

photo by: Focus Producers Sp. z o.o. 70 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Project Baby Projekt dziecko

written & directed by ADAM DOBRZyCKI director of photography ANDRZEJ SZULKOWSKI music TBA production design by ELWIRA PLUTA editing by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound TBA production manager MAŁGORZATA JURCZAK cast DOMINIKA OSTAŁOWSKA (ANNA), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (PIOTR), EWA ZIęTEK (MOTHER), TOMASZ KAROLAK (ROBERT), MICHAŁ KOTERSKI (MISIEK), CEZARy KOSIńSKI (MARIAN), MARCIN SZTABIńSKI (MAREK) produced by SKORPION ART, CHEŁMSKA 21 APT. 612, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 841 61 71, E-MAIL [email protected] producer PAWEŁ RAKOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,66, colour, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND 2009 t r A s o t o F a k ł a P t r e b o R / t r A n o i p r o k S : y b o t o h p

A story of a middle-age married couple who just needs a child to be fully happy. Since Piotr is infertile, Anna starts to look for a sperm donor. All the men asked for this unusual favour have some special reasons to do it. Robert is a gay, so this unique chance to have a child is tempting. Marek, who as an admirer of temperamental Renata many times has been turned down by her, sees it as a specific opportunity for emotional salvation. Marian is set on a military mission to , and wants to leave something behind him... ADAM DOBRZYCKI Born in 1973. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Directing Department at the New york Film Academy and from various scriptwriting, directing and film production courses at the New york School for Social Research. “Project Baby” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Skorpion Art / Robert Pałka FotosArt New Polish Feature Films 2009 71 feature films Public Depravity Zgorszenie publiczne

directed by MACIEJ PRyKOWSKI written by ADRIAN KATROSHI director of photography PAWEŁ DyLLUS production design by JAKUB OSSENDOWSKI costume design by AGNIESZKA KOCHAńCZyK editing by EWA SMAL PSM cast MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (ERICH), DOROTA POMyKAŁA (LUCA), KRZySZTOF CZECZOT (ROMANEK), ELżBIETA ROMANOWSKA (MOTyLEK) produced by PAISA FILMS, BOKSERSKA 1, 02-682 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 853 17 10-13, FAx +48 22 853 17 14, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PAISAFILMS.PL WWW.ZGORSZENIE.PAISAFILMS.PL co-produced by IF SILESIA-FILM executive producer MACIEJ WOJTULEWICZ co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; ŚLąSKI FUNDUSZ FILMOWy (IF SILESIA-FILM) producers MACIEJ ŚLESICKI, JOLANTA ROJEK distributed NOT yET REVEALED world sales NOT yET REVEALED 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour POLAND 2009 a ł u g y Z a t o r o D : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !The Award of the SPI International Polska for the best A crazy, dynamic comedy taking place on a Silesian housing estate whose comedy screenplay in the Polish inhabitants live in their small own world, slightly detached from the edition of the Hartley-Merrill 2005 competition reality. Their peace is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious, scandalizing man wearing a pink dressing gown... This leads to a series of comic and romantic events which will match some lonely-hearts.

MACIEJ PRYKOWSKI Graduated from Film and Television Department at the London University of Surrey and from the scriptwriting at the Łódź Film School. Student of the Warsaw Film School. “Public Depravity” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Dorota Zyguła 72 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Recruited Love Zwerbowana miłość

directed by TADEUSZ KRóL art supervisor JULIUSZ MACHULSKI written by TADEUSZ KRóL, PAWEŁ SZLACHETKO director of photography TOMASZ AUGUSTyNEK music by PAWEŁ LUCEWICZ production design by ANDRZEJ RAFAŁ WALTENBERGER, MARIA DUFFEK costume design by AGNIESZKA WERNER-SZyRLE editing by ALEKSANDER STEFAńSKI sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI, TOMASZ SIKORA production manager SyLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ cast ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (ANDRZEJ), JOANNA PIERZAK (ANNA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (ELWIRA), KRZySZTOF STROIńSKI (SIEJKA), MARIA SEWERyN (HELENKA), LESZEK PISKORZ (SULIMOWICZ), WIESŁAW CICHy (JASTRZęBSKI), DOROTA LANDOWSKA (ANDRZEJ'S WIFE), ADAM WORONOWICZ (DOCTOR 1), ARKADIUSZ DETMER (DOCTOR 4) produced by MEDIABRIGADE, KARKONOSKA 10 APT. 026, 53-015 WROCŁAW, PHONE +48 71 79 91 451, PHONE/FAx +48 71 79 91 450, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by HERMETIC GARAGE executive producer MEDIABRIGADE co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, CANAL+ producers SyLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ, MARCIN KUREK co-producers JULIUSZ MACHULSKI, TOMASZ SIKORA distributed by BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73 APT. 79, 00-718 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAx +48 22 887 17 28; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales by MEDIABRIGADE 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND 2009 a k c y z s y r b o D a i l a t a N : y b o t o h p

Turn of 1988/1989. Andrzej, who recruited Anna, works for the Ministry of Home Affairs. Both pretend to be in love, manipulating emotionally each other. The situation, however, begins to get out of control...

TADEUSZ KRóL Born in 1963. Director, screenwriter. Graduated from Polish philology at the University of Łódź, studied in the Łódź Film School and and the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Directs in theatre and TV Theatre. Author of awarded documentaries and short films. Adverts and video clips director. “Recruited Love” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Natalia Dobryszycka New Polish Feature Films 2009 73 feature films The Reliable System Niezawodny system

written & directed by IZABELA SZyLKO director of photography WOJCIECH STAROń music by GRZEGORZ TURNAU production design by MARIAN ZAWALIńSKI costume design by MAŁGORZATA OBŁOZA editing by EWA SMAL PSM sound by ANDRZEJ żABICKI casting MAREK PALKA production manager ANNA WOJDAT cast ALINA JANOWSKA (MARIA), WOJCIECH SIEMION (LEON), SZyMON BOBROWSKI (JULIAN), KATARZyNA CyNKE (yOUNG MARIA), PIOTR FRONCZEWSKI (MARIA'S FATHER), WŁADySŁAW KOWALSKI (ANTIqUE DEALER), SŁAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI (ALBIN GąSIOREK), EWA KWIATKOWSKA (LUSIA'S MOTHER), LUDWIKA NAJBAUER (LUSIA), KSAWERy SZLENKIER (WITOLD), ANNA MAJCHER (GąSIORKOWA) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 18 86, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 21/23, 00-071 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby SR, 78' POLAND 2008 k y z c j a ł o k i M a t a z r o g ł a M : y b o t o h p

Maria, an elderly woman, tries to rectify mistake from the past and get back a priceless diamond necklace. She designs a reliable system which will guarantee her a win at the casino. Her undertakings cannot pass unnoticed to a young gambler who decides to win Maria's trust and to work her system out.

IZABELA SZYLKO A director, scriptwriter and producer. Graduated from the journalism studies at the Warsaw University. Awarded a scholarship at the Media Production Services in London. Reporter and author of documentaries for Polish Television. Since 2001, an independent producer. Produced i.e. series of documentaries for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). “The Reliable System” is her feature film debut.

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written & directed by GIACOMO BATTIATO director of photography IGOR LUTHER music by ENNIO MORRICONE production design by MARTIN KUREL costume design by DOMINIKA GEBEL, FABIO PERRONE editing by DIANE LOGAN sound by PIERRE CHOUKROUN production managers ANDRé BOUVARD, JANUSZ B. CZECH cast BENOîT MAGIMEL (JACqUES CALVEZ), KAROLINA GRUSZKA (KLARA GóRSKI), HIPPOLyTE GIRARDOT (LHERBIER), HRISTO SHOPOV (MOMCILO DRAGANOVIC), KEN DUKEN (ENGLISH OFFICER), EMINA MUFTIČ (HEDIBA), DIMITRIJE ILIC (RATKO MLADIČ), CLAUDIO PUGLISI (JAN NOWAK), NEVENA ROSULJAš (AMINA), HECTOR TENORIO (MIGUEL DE LA JARA) produced by BREAKOUT FILMS (FRANCE); APERTO FILMS, CHOCIMSKA 35/1, 00-791 WARSAW, [email protected]; TVN, FILMMASTER, SIRENA FILM, CANAL+ producer GEORGES CAMPANA (BREAKOUT FILMS) co-producers PIOTR ADAMCZyK AND DARIUSZ MIŁEK (APERTO FILMS), DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI, IZABELA ŁOPUCH, ARTUR KOWALEWSKI (TVN) distributed by OPEN world sales BREAKOUT FILMS Super 16 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 91' FRANCE – POLAND – ITALY 2008 s m l i F t u o k a e r B : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Rome IFF 2008 – Golden Statue of Marcus Aurelius A French policeman gives up his job in Marseille and begins his co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague. He is sent to Bosnia with the task to conduct investigation in the case of thousands people who went missing in July of 1995 in the Srebrenica area. Under the Resolution 819, Srebrenica was remaining then under the UN protection. In the country still engulfed in war, the policeman finds evidence of mass graves with civilian victims. A young, Polish forensic doctor, Klara Górski, is a member of the exhumation team... The film is based on a true story.

GIACOMO BATTIATO Born in 1943. Italian film and TV director. Filmography (selected films) 2005: Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (Karol: Człowiek, który został papieżem, tv); 2006: Karol. The Pope, the Man (Karol. Papież, który pozostał człowiekiem); 2008: Resolution 819 (Rezolucja 819)

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directed by GERWAZy REGUŁA written by GERWAZy REGUŁA, MARTA PLUCIńSKA director of photography JEREMIASZ PROKOPOWICZ artistic supervisors JACEK BROMSKI, WITOLD SOBOCIńSKI music by GERARD LEBIK production design by EWA TARNOWSKA costume design by MAŁGORZATA AJZELT editing by ŁUKASZ SZWARC-BRONIKOWSKI PSM sound by PIOTR BIELAWSKI production manager PAWEŁ PLUCIńSKI cast ILONA OSTROWSKA (ELA), PRZEMySŁAW SADOWSKI (MIREK), ALEKSANDRA WOźNIAK (KASIA), KRZySZTOF GLOBISZ (MARKET'S MANAGER), ANDRZEJ GAŁŁA (DIRECTOR OF A SLAUGHTER HOUSE), KRZySZTOF STELMASZyK (MIREK'S FATHER), BOżENA ADAMEK (ELA' MOTHER), TERESA SAWICKA (MIREK'S MOTHER), PRZEMySŁAW ŁABA (DAMIAN) produced by FEDERICO FILM, WASZyNGTONA 30/36 APT. 50, 03-910 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 406 39 93, MOBILE +48 602 133 993, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FEDERICOFILM.COM co-produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 50 67, +48 22 840 18 86, E-MAIL [email protected] producer MARTA PLUCIńSKA co-producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour, 1:1,78, Dolby Digital, 95' POLAND 2008 i k s ń y z c l i W t s e n r E : y b o t o h p

Thirty-plus-year-old Ela, a mother of a few-year-old boy, lives in a God-forsaken countryside – a small mountain town. Not to give in to the dominant, surrounding sense of apathy, she takes matters into her own hands and challenges bravely all adversities.

GERWAZY REGUłA Born in 1969. Director and scriptwriter. Studied directing in the Netherlands. Producer of numerous TV programmes, documentaries and advertising spots. Awarded the Third Prize at the Polish edition of the Hartley-Merrill competition for his screenplay “Krasnal” (2001). Filmography 2003: Los Fellows (Los Chłopacos); 2008: Road to Paradise (Droga do Raju)

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directed by JAN KIDAWA-BŁOńSKI written by MACIEJ KARPIńSKI, JAN KIDAWA-BŁOńSKI director of photography PIOTR WOJTOWICZ PSC music by TBA production design by JOANNA BIAŁOUSZ costume design by EWA KRAUZE editing by CEZARy GRZESIUK sound by WIESŁAW ZNyK production manager PAWEŁ MANTORSKI cast (ADAM WARCZEWSKI), MAGDA BOCZARSKA (KAMILA), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (ROMAN ROżEK), JAN FRyCZ (COL. WASIAK), GRAżyNA SZAPOŁOWSKA (ROMA), JACEK BRACIAK (SECRET SERVICE OFFICER PSEUD. ”PRIEST”), IZABELLA OLSZEWSKA (ADAM'S MOTHER), KRZySZTOF GLOBISZ (WRITER), JERZy KAMAS (CHAIRMAN), WŁADySŁAW KOWALSKI (ACTOR) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL; TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA SA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS distributed by MONOLITH FILMS world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour POLAND 2009 n a m l l e W f o t z s y z r K : y b o t o h p

A film inspired by a true story of a writer Paweł Jasienica, set in Poland in late 60s. against the background of student riots and anti-semitic campaign of 1968. To find a way to compromise a dissident intellectual the Communist Secret Police officer plants his own girlfriend as a lover of his target. The bizarre love triangle develops taking unexpected turns under the tragic end.

JAN KIDAWA-BłOńSKI Born in 1953. Director, screenwriter, producer. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Laureate of numerous festival awards. Chairman of Gambit Production (features, documentaries, adverts, TV programs). Feature films (selected) 1984: Three Feet Above the Ground (Trzy stopy nad ziemią); 1988: Men's Business (Męskie sprawy); 1992: Diary in a Marble (Pamiętnik znaleziony w garbie); 1996: Virus (Wirus); 2005: Destined for Blues (Skazany na bluesa); 2009: Rosebud (Różyczka)

photo by: Krzysztof Wellman New Polish Feature Films 2009 77 feature films Scratch Rysa

written & directed by MICHAŁ ROSA director of photography MARCIN KOSZAŁKA music by STANISŁAW RADWAN production & costume design by JAGNA JANICKA editing by KRZySZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by PIOTR DOMARADZKI production manager DARIUSZ SIDOR cast JADWIGA JANKOWSKA-CIEŚLAK (JOANNA), KRZySZTOF STROIńSKI (JAN), MIROSŁAWA MARCHELUK (NASTKA), TERESA MARCZEWSKA (HANKA), EWA TELEGA (BEATA), RySZARD FILIPSKI (MARCZAK), JERZy NOWAK (LEON), KINGA PREIS (ZOSIA), JERZy SCHEJBAL (JACEK), STANISŁAW RADWAN (IWO), ALICJA BIENICEWICZ (MRS OLGA), DAMIAN HRyNIEWICZ (SALESMAN), JAKUB BOHOSIEWICZ (DOCTOR) produced by FILMCONTRACT, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 22 78, FAx +48 22 841 65 91, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy; DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO (WARSAW) producers HENRyK ROMANOWSKI, DARIUSZ SIDOR co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 21/23, 00-071 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales M-APPEAL 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 89' POLAND 2008 a m a r t S n a i t s a b e S : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Venice Film Festival 2008 – official selection ! rd 33 Polish Film Festival Gdynia Contemporary, university town of Cracow. Joanna and Jan are middle aged, 2008 – Award for the best script and Honorary Distinction for loving married couple. One day Joanna receives a note from some Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak and obliging soul informing her about an alleged wicked deed committed by Krzysztof Stroiński her husband in the past. The allegations gradually cast a shadow over ! Festival of East European their relationship. Cinema Cottbus 2008 – Award for the Artistic Merits MICHAł ROSA Born in 1963. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from architecture at the Silesian University of Technology and the television directing at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Laureate of numerous awards in Poland and abroad (e.g. in Cottbus, Gdynia, Karlovy Vary, and New york). Co-director of TV series. Since the mid 90s, a lecturer at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Filmography 1993: Hectic Thursday (Gorący czwartek, tv); 1997: Farba; 2001: Silence (Cisza); 2006: What the Sun Has Seen (Co słonko widziało); 2008: Scratch (Rysa)

photo by: Sebastian Strama 78 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Second Life Drugie życie / Auguri

directed by MIGUEL GAUDÊNCIO director of photography ACáCIO DE ALMEIDA music by BERNARDO SASSETTI cast PIOTR ADAMCZyK (NICOLAS), LúCIA MONIZ, LUIS FIGO, NICOLAU BREyNER, LILIANA SANTOS (RAqUEL), CLáUDIA VIEIRA, RICARDO PEREIRA, JOSé WALLENSTEIN, PAULO PIRES (PEPE), PEPE RAPAZOTE, SOFIA GRILO, RUy DE CARVALHO (GUIDO), PEDRO LIMA, FáTIMA LOPES (MARTA), RITA ANDRADE, RUTE MIRANDA, SANDRA CóIAS (LIZA), JOSé CARLOS MALATO, PAULO ROCHA, TIAGO RODRIGUES, SéRGIO GRILO, NELSON DUARTE, LUIS FILIPE BORGES produced by UTOPIA FILMES producer ALExANDRE VALENTE co-produced by APERTO FILMS, CHOCIMSKA 35/1, 00-791 WARSAW, [email protected] co-producers PIOTR ADAMCZyK, DARIUSZ MIŁEK 35 mm, colour PORTUGAL – POLAND 2009 s e m l i F a i p o t U : y b o t o h p

Nicolas, a film producer, throws a party to celebrate his 40th birthday. Under the appearances of simple fun, there are hidden some deep human desires. Suddenly, during the party, the main character dies and becomes one of the narrators of the story, coming back to the incidents which happened 10 years ago, and determined his further life. How to recognize the moment, in which we decide if our future will be torment and full of disappointments or just fortunate?

MIGUEL GAUDÊNCI O Born in 1971, Mozambique. Portuguese director. By the age of 30 directed more than 200 music videos. Winner of the SOL TV Music Video Award for the Best Music Video of the year 2000. From 2001 advertising director, created memorable advertisements for i.e. Mercedes, Coca-Cola, McDonalds and Maxmen Magazine. In 2004 relocated to Poland and is working for the advertising agencies in Europe and beyond. Worked in Poland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Romania, Morocco, Egypt and .

photo by: Beata Jastrzębska New Polish Feature Films 2009 79 feature films Sex Change Zamiana

directed by KONRAD AKSINOWICZ written by CEZARy HARASIMOWICZ director of photography WOJTEK ZIELIńSKI music by MARCIN MIROWSKI production design by ROBERT DąBROWSKI costume design by MALWINA WęDZIKOWSKA editing by CHRIS BLUNDEN sound by BŁAżEJ KAFARSKI production manager JOANNA STRZELECKA cast PIOTR GąSSOWSKI (PRESIDENT) GRAżyNA WOLSZCZAK (FIRST LADy), TADEUSZ SZyMKóW (MAJ. JęDRUŚ), JOANNA LISZOWSKA (KAMILA), MALWINA BUS (PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER), KRZySZTOF TyNIEC, CEZARy HARASIMOWICZ, GRAżyNA SZAPOŁOWSKA, BEATA TySZKIEWICZ, HANNA ŚLESZyńSKA, EDyTA HERBUŚ, KRySTyNA PODLEWSKA produced by MOUSTACHE FILM, SŁONECZNA 21, 00-789 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 849 82 18, WWW.MOUSTACHEFILM.COM WWW.MOUSTACHEFILM.BLOGSPOT.COM; ZMENA S.R.O. (CZECH) producers KONRAD STEFANIAK (POLAND), RUDOLF BIERMANN (CZECH), MIHAI PREDESCU (MEDIAPRO PICTURES – ROMANIA) distributed by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MEDIA PRO DISTRIBUTION 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Surround Ex, 100' POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC – ROMANIA 2009 w e r C e h c a t s u o M / a d o g o P k e t r a B : y b o t o h p

Mr. President, an alpha-male macho, who doesn't like gays, but tends to love women. First Lady, mousy woman, who spends her evenings alone, counting down her days of fading youth, and succeeding lovers of her husband. One night Mr. President goes to bed with his assistant, and something becomes to change...

KONRAD AKSINOWICZ Born in 1978. Short films, video clips, advertisements, TV programs director. “Sex Change” is his feature film debut.

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directed by xAWERy żUŁAWSKI based on the novel by DOROTA MASŁOWSKA director of photography MARIAN PROKOP production design by JOANNA KACZyńSKA set decoration by MARTA SKAJNOWSKA costume design by ANNA ENGLERT stylization by PAWEŁ KALETA editing by KRZySZTOF RACZyńSKI sound by JAROSŁAW BAJDOWSKI production managers PAWEŁ ZIEMBACZEWSKI, KAROLINA SAMOJŁOWICZ cast BORyS SZyC (SILNy), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (MAGDA), MARIA STRZELECKA (ANGELA), MICHAŁ CZERNECKI (LEWy), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (NATASZA), ANNA PRUS (ALA), MAGDALENA CZERWIńSKA (ARLETA) AND SPECIAL GUEST DOROTA MASŁOWSKA (AUTHOR OF NOVEL THE FILM IS BASED ON) produced by FILM MEDIA, MICKIEWICZA 63, 01-625 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 424 16 24, FAx +48 22 833 44 96 E-MAIL [email protected] co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer JACEK SAMOJŁOWICZ co-producer ANDRZEJ SZAJNA executive producer BOżENA KRAKóWKA world sales FILM MEDIA, E-MAIL [email protected] 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 109' POLAND 2009 a b m e r o P k e c a J : y b o t o h p

This is an adaptation of a famous novel which depicts a surrealistic mentality of the contemporary , the mentality which was influenced by the communism. Poland is looked at through the eyes of an 18-years-old female writer. The character she has created using her imagination is a man without any past or future, a man who lives only within the present defined by the writer. The only thing the man knows about himself is the fact that he was abandoned by his beloved woman, Magda. Not only is he searching for his lost love but also his own identity... xAWERY ŻUłAWSKI Born in 1971. Director, scriptwriter. Graduated from directing at the Łódź Film School. His debut film “Chaos” – was awarded for the best debut at Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (2006) and Grand Prix at Festival of Film Debuts “The young and Cinema” in Koszalin (2007).

photo by: Jacek Poremba New Polish Feature Films 2009 81 feature films Splinters Drzazgi

directed by MACIEJ PIEPRZyCA written by MACIEJ PIEPRZyCA, BARTOSZ KUROWSKI director of photography MAREK TRASKOWSKI music by GRZEGORZ DAROń production design by JERZy TALIK costume design by MONIKA JAGODZIńSKA editing by LESZEK STARZyńSKI PSM sound by ROBERT CZyżEWICZ, MICHAŁ MUZyKA production managers ADAM ŁUKASZEK, MAJA ZUPOK cast ANTONI PAWLICKI (ROBERT), KAROLINA PIECHOTA (MARTA), MARCIN HyCNAR (BARTEK), KRZySZTOF OGŁOZA (SEBASTIAN), MICHAŁ PIECZATOWSKI (KARTOFEL), MARCIN ŁUCZAK (BOBAS), AGNIESZKA JUDyCKA (DOROTA) produced by AKSON STUDIO, STęPIńSKA 22/30, 00-799 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 30, FAx +48 22 841 77 82, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy, WORONICZA 17, 00-999 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 547 81 67, FAx +48 22 547 66 69, E-MAIL [email protected]; CANAL+ POLSKA producer MICHAŁ KWIECIńSKI executive producers KATARZyNA FUKACZ-CEBULA, MAŁGORZATA FOGEL-GABRyŚ co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 21/23, 00-071 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Stereo A-type, 100' POLAND 2008 m o c . u z a r b O a k y r b a F / z c i w o n j u B r t o i P : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – award for the debut and A few days from the lives of young people, i.e. Bartek, Marta and Robert, who editing; the Mayor of Gdynia live in one of the Silesian cities. They all differ from one another in all Award for the best actor/actress debut (Karolina Piechota) possible aspects – economic status, education or aspirations. Their lives seem to be stable and predictable, but when their life paths cross one another during one apparently ordinary weekend, each and every one of them will experience something that will change the way they think about themselves and their future.

MACIEJ PIEPRZYCA Born in 1964. Graduated from scriptwriting at the Łódź Film School and directing from the Radio and Television Department at the University of Silesia. Produced numerous documentaries and television feature-films awarded at film festivals (i.e. “Inferno”, 2001 and “Barbórka”, 2005). Awarded the Second Prize at the Polish edition of the Hartley- Merrill competition for his screenplay “Splinters” (2001). “Splinters” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Piotr Bujnowicz / FabrykaObrazu.com 82 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Spring 1941 Wiosna 1941

directed by URI BARBASH written by MOTTI LERNER director of photography RySZARD LENCZEWSKI PSC original music by MISHA SEGAL production design by WOJCIECH żOGAŁA costume design by MAŁGORZATA ZACHARSKA editing by TOVA ASHER sound by MIROSŁAW MAKOWSKI make-up MARCIN RODAK production manager JACEK GAWRySZCZAK cast JOSEPH FIENNES (ARTUR), NEVE MACINTOSH (yOUNG CLARA), CLARE HIGGINS (OLD CLARA), KELLy HARRISON (yOUNG EMILIA), MARIA PAKULNIS (OLD EMILIA), SINEAD MATTHEWS (TANyA), ŁUKASZ SIMLAT (WŁADEK), MIROSŁAW BAKA (STEFAN) produced by OPUS FILM, ŁąKOWA 29, 90-554 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 26, FAx +48 42 634 55 49, WWW.OPUSFILM.COM; PRAxIS FILMS, 3 HABARZEL ST., RAMAT HACHAyAL, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, PHONE +972 77 700 41 20, FAx +972 77 700 41 27, WWW.PRAxISFILMS.CO.IL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy producers PIOTR DZIęCIOŁ, EWA PUSZCZyńSKA, EVIATAR DOTAN, RAMI DAMRI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; RABINOVITCH FUND distribution OPEN word sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, 124' ISRAEL – POLAND 2008 h s a b r a B a m e T : y b o t o h p

The story takes place in the 1970-ties, XX century. Clara, a famous pianist, after many years comes back to Poland, to play a concert. The horrifying Holocaust memories are slowly coming back, when she and her husband were hiding themselves in the house of one Polish peasant.

URI BARBASH Israeli director and scriptwriter. Directed dozen feature films and couple of tv series. Filmography (selected) 1982: Ot Kain; Gabi Ben yakar; 1984: Me'Ahorei Hasoragim; 1991: Z'man Emet, 1992: Lelakek Tatut; 2006: Melah Ha'arets

photo by: Tema Barbash New Polish Feature Films 2009 83 feature films Starting It Anew Jeszcze raz

directed by MARIUSZ MALEC written by ERWIN WENCEL based on the idea by ILONA ŁEPKOWSKA AND ERWIN WENCEL director of photography DAMIAN PIETRASIK music by GREENSKI production design by JACEK TUREWICZ costume design by DOROTA ROqUEPLO editing by KRZySZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by ADAM WILK, JACEK KUŚMIERCZyK production manager ZOFIA WIECZOREK cast DANUTA STENKA (ANNA), JAN FRyCZ (MICHAŁ), ANNA ANTONOWICZ (KASIA), PRZEMySŁAW CyPRyAńSKI (PAWEŁ), KINGA PREIS (GRAżyNA), MARIA GóRALCZyK (JOLKA), ALICJA DąBROWSKA (ZUZA), PIOTR GRABOWSKI (MALICKI), TOMASZ KAROLAK (WAITER), BARTOSZ OBUCHOWICZ (KRZySIEK), MIKOŁAJ KRAWCZyK (TOMEK), JOANNA JęDRyKA (TOMEK'S MOTHER), LECH MACKIEWICZ (TADEUSZ) produced by WyDAWNICTWO JAWA – OFFICE: HOżA 39/36, 00-681 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 830 06 98, 830 14 60, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.JAWAMEDIA.COM; MONOLITH FILMS producers JANUSZ IWANOWSKI, MARIUSZ ŁUKOMSKI, WALDEMAR ZUBEK distributed by MONOLITH FILMS world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL 35 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 97' POLAND 2008 i k s w o k z c y D j e i c a M : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Platinum Ticket 2008 – Polish Cinemas Association Award Love ventures of mother and daughter. Anna is an energetic, attractive forty- year-old with a great sense of humor. Her daughter Kasia doesn't like parties, eats healthy food and practices yoga. They plan to make a holiday trip together yet finally they change plans and spend holidays separately. They both meet interesting men...

MARIUSZ MALEC Born in 1968. Graduated from film direction at the Radio and TV Department of Silesian University in Katowice. Author of many documentaries awarded at film festivals. Directed a few music videos. His feature film debut “The Cart Man” was awarded at the Pyongyang Film Festival. Feature films 2000: The Cart Man (Człowiek wózków); 2000-2007: L as in Love (M jak miłość, tv series); 2005: For Good and for Bad (Na dobre i na złe, tv series); 2007: Starting It Anew (Jeszcze raz)

84 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Sweet Rush

directed by ANDRZEJ WAJDA written by ANDRZEJ WAJDA director of photography PAWEŁ EDELMAN PSC music by TBA production design by MAGDALENA DIPONT set decoration by WIESŁAWA CHOJKOWSKA costume design by MAGDALENA BIEDRZyCKA editing by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager EWA BRODZKA cast KRySTyNA JANDA (MARTA), JADWIGA JANKOWSKA- CIEŚLAK (FEMALE FRIEND), JAN ENGLERT (DOCTOR), PAWEŁ SZAJDA (BOGUŚ), JULIA PIETRUCHA (HALINKA), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (HOUSEKEEPER) produced by AKSON STUDIO, STęPIńSKA 22/30, 00-739 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 34, FAx +48 22 840 77 82, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by AGENCJA MEDIA PLUS producer MICHAŁ KWIECIńSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution TBA world sales TBA 35 mm, colour POLAND 2009 m o c . u z a r b O a k y r b a F / z c i w o n j u B r t o i P : y b o t o h p

A story about making a film. An old director starts shooting the film about the life story of an aging woman, who spends her lonely life by the side of her husband, a workaholic doctor. A meeting with a young man makes Marta relive her second youth and feel a woman again. A story taking place in 1950 is intertwined with some contemporary scenes showing the dilemmas of the filmmakers, and the meeting of the actress playing Marta with an intriguing stranger. The story based on two novels: “Tatarak” by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and “Sudden call” by Sandor Marai. ANDRZEJ WAJDA Born in 1926. An eminent Polish, film and theatre director. Between 1972-1983, head of the x Film Studio. Prize-winner of Oscar, Cesar, Felix, Golden Lions and Berliner Golden Bear awards, as well some other awards for his long-life professional achievements and his various films (incl. Golden Palm at IFF Cannes for “”). Laureate of numerous awards in Poland and abroad for his achievements in theatre productions. The knight of Japanese, French, German and Polish orders; the holder of honorary doctorates awarded by numerous universities. Member of American Film Academy, European Film Academy, and French Academy of Arts. Founder of the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art in Kraków (financed from the award received in Kyoto in 1987). Founder and lecturer of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing established in 2002, in Warsaw. Filmography (selected films) 1956: Canal (Kanał); 1958: Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament); 1960: (Niewinni czarodzieje); 1965: The Ashes (Popioły); 1968: (Wszystko na sprzedaż); 1970: Landscape After the Battle (Krajobraz po bitwie); (Brzezina); 1971: (Piłat i inni); 1972: The Wedding (Wesele); 1974: Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana); 1976: (Człowiek z marmuru); 1978: Rough Treatment (Bez znieczulenia); 1979: The (Maids from Wilko) Panny z Wilka; 1981: Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza); 1982: Danton; 1986: Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (Kronika wypadków miłosnych); 1988: The Possessed (Biesy); 1990: Korczak; 1994: (Nastazja); 1999: Mr Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania (Pan Tadeusz); 2002: The Revenge (Zemsta); 2007: Katyn; 2009: Tatarak

photo by: Piotr Bujnowicz / FabrykaObrazu.com New Polish Feature Films 2009 85 feature films Three Minutes: 21:37 Trzy minuty: 21.37

written & directed & by MACIEJ ŚLESICKI director of photography ANDRZEJ RAMLAU PSC music TBC production design by MARIAN ZAWALIńSKI costume design by AGNIESZKA WERNER-SZyRLE editing by KRZySZTOF PALUCHOWSKI sound by ADAM WILK production manager KRZySZTOF ŁOJAN cast BOGUSŁAW LINDA (PAINTER), KRZySZTOF STROIńSKI (DIRECTOR), MODEST RUCIńSKI (yOUNG MAN), LIDIA SADOWA (GIRL), PIOTR ADAMCZyK (JOBLESS), PAWEŁ KRóLIKOWSKI (FATHER), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (CON MAN), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (JOBLESS' WIFE), AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (TEACHER), MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (BODyGUARD), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (GANGSTER), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (SOUND ENGINEER) produced by PAISA FILMS, BOKSERSKA 1, 02-682 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 853 17 10-13, FAx +48 22 853 17 14, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PAISAFILMS.PL WWW.TRZyMINUTy.PAISAFILMS.PL co-produced by EBH POLSKA, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 851 10 84, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.EBH.CC; CENTRUM MyŚLI JANA PAWŁA II, FOKSAL 11, 00-372 WARSAW, PHONE + 48 22 826 42 21, FAx +48 22 826 42 23, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.CENTRUMJP2.PL co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers JOLANTA ROJEK, MACIEJ ŚLESICKI distribution NOT yET REVEALED world sales NOT yET REVEALED 35 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND 2009 t r A s o t o F / a k ł a P t r e b o R : y b o t o h p

The first part of the film trilogy, i.e. “21:37”, “21:38”, “21:42”, which tells about choices and chances. On 2 nd of April 2005, at 21:37, Pope John Paul II died. Can the death of the Pope, who was loved by the Poles so much, change their lives? The answer to this question is not easy. But among urban hubbub, darkness and dirt, a spark of hope appears. Among the characters appearing in the film, there is a director who suffers a deep professional crisis, a police woman who is used as bait to catch a serial killer, a male nurse looking after a terminally ill girl who does not want to live anymore, and a genius IT student who creates computer viruses.

MACIEJ ŚLESICKI Born in 1966. Director, scriptwriter and producer. Graduated from the Radio and TV Department at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Laureate of numerous awards for his films “Dad”, “Sara” and “Show”. Director and writer of a number of popular TV series. Chairman of the Paisa Films production studio. Feature filmography (selected) 1995: Dad (Tato); 1997: Sara; 2003: Show; 2009: Three Minutes (Trzy minuty)

photo by: Robert Pałka / FotosArt 86 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Tibi Et Igni Dla Ciebie i Ognia

written & directed by MATEUSZ JEMIOŁ, TOMASZ ZASADA director of photography TOMASZ ZASADA music by MICHAŁ WASILEWSKI production design by TOMASZ ZASADA, MATEUSZ JEMIOŁ editing by MATEUSZ JEMIOŁ sound by TOMASZ ZASADA co-operation TOMASZ SPECJAŁ, LESZEK SPECJAŁ, BARTŁOMIEJ KUSZ cast MICHAŁ CHOŁKA, MAREK RICHTER, MAŁGORZATA REGENT, ŁUKASZ JAKUBOWSKI, WOJCIECH TREMISZEWSKI, KAROLINA ADAMSKA, MAŁGORZATA TALARCZyK, KRZySZTOF WOJCIECHOWSKI, MARCIN TAFEJKO-POWAŁOWSKI, LESZEK CZERWIńSKI, ANDRZEJ ŚLEDź, KRZySZTOF KUJAWSKI, ULA KOWALSKA, KRZySZTOF MATUSZEWSKI produced by FILM STUDIO KALINA, MOBILE +48 506 225 027, WWW.WFKALINA.PL producer MATEUSZ JEMIOŁ, E-MAIL [email protected] distributed by EPELPOL DISTRIBUTION, SCHROEGERA 28, 01-822 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 835 10 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.EPELPOL.PL world sales OPEN HD, colour, Dolby Stereo A-type, 127' POLAND 2008 a n i l a K o i d u t S m l i F : y b o t o h p

Adam is a young, extremely ambitious investigative journalist working for a local newspaper. One day he receives by post a letter without a sender's name, and with a mysterious inscription “Tibi et Igni” (for you and fire). The letter contains three pictures of his fiancée Ann. As she claims, the pictures were taken in place where she has never been before. Adam starts his own private investigation which leads to the discovery of a dreadful truth...

MATEUSZ JEMIOł TOMEK ZASADA Born in 1984. Born in 1983. Student of IT at the Gdańsk Graduated from the IT Department at University of Technology. the Gdańsk University of Technology.

Together they established the KALINA Film Studio and produced several independent film productions. “Tibi Et Igni” is their feature film debut which was accepted for a regular cinema distribution.

photo by: Film Studio Kalina New Polish Feature Films 2009 87 feature films The Time of Darkness Pora mroku

directed by GRZEGORZ KUCZERISZKA written by DOMINIK W. RETTINGER director of photography GRZEGORZ KUCZERISZKA PSC music by ADAM BURZyńSKI production design by MONIKA SAJKO-GRADOWSKA costume design by PAWEŁ GRABARCZyK editing by JACEK TARASIUK sound by NIKODEM WOŁK-ŁANIEWSKI production manager JAN KACZMARSKI cast NATALIA RyBICKA (KAROLINA), PAWEŁ TOMASZEWSKI (ZOLO), JAKUB WESOŁOWSKI (MICHAŁ), JAN WIECZORKOWSKI (ADAM), JAKUB STRZELECKI (RAFFI), KAROLINA GORCZyCA (JOANNA), KATARZyNA MACIąG (MAJKA), RySZARD RONCZEWSKI (VON KIRCHOF), STANISŁAWA ŁOPUSZAńSKA (GERTRUDA), EWA KOLASIńSKA (DR HELLER), KAMIL KULDA (RAMBO), MARCIN JUCHNIEWICZ (BUDRUK), BARTOSZ żUKOWSKI (THORN), ROMUALD ANDRZEJ KŁOS (HENI), MICHAŁ KOWALSKI (MALE NURSE), CEZARy KUSSyK (HORST), MARCIN ARTECKI (KRUTAS), ANDRZEJ GAŁŁA (COMMANDING OFFICER), ADAM SZCZySZCZAJ (PAUL) produced by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, FAx +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.VISION.PL producers WŁODZIMIERZ OTULAK, WALDEMAR PIąTKOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by VISION FILM, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.VISION.PL world sales VISION FILM 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital Ex 6.1, 95' POLAND 2008 i k s l a k S z s u e t a M : y b o t o h p

A horror story. Four friends set out on an expedition to abandoned factory located in the Lower Silesia where one participant's brother has disappeared the previous year. At the same time, a group of “troublesome youths” from a detention centre are admitted as volunteers to the near-by psychiatric hospital. All of them will soon become witnesses, or even participants, to horrifying experiments conducted at the factory.

GRZEGORZ KUCZERISZKA Born in 1962. Cameraman. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Director of photography in several feature films and TV serials. “The Time of Darkness” is his feature film debut.

photo by: Andrzej Szarliński 88 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Tomorrow Will Be Better Jutro będzie lepiej

directed by DOROTA KęDZIERZAWSKA written by DOROTA KęDZIERZAWSKA director of photography ARTHUR REINHART PSC music VACAT production design by ARTHUR REINHART costume design by KATARZyNA MORAWSKA editing by DOROTA KęDZIERZAWSKA, ARTHUR REINHART sound VACAT cast OLEG RyBA (PIETIA), EVGENIy RyBA (WASKA), AKHMED SARDALOV (LIAPA), STANISŁAW SOJKA (POLICEMAN), ALEKSANDRA BILEWICZ (BRIDE), ZyGMUNT GORODOWIENKO (OLD MAN), KINGA WALENKIEWICZ (LALA), ANTONI ŁANCZKOWSKI (BORDER GUARD), STANISŁAW ZAWADZKI (DRIVER), ANGELIKA KOZIC (GIRL WITH BREAD), IZABELA WILCZEWSKA (MISTRESS), MICHAŁ MALEC (LOVER) produced by KID FILM ARTHUR REINHART, ORZECHOWSKIEGO 19, 04-824 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 615 72 23, +48 501 751 201 co-produced by PIONIWA FILM; THE CHIMNEy POT; NON STOP FILM SERVICE; FILM ILUMINATION executive produced by KID FILM co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer ARTHUR REINHART co-producer TAKASHI NIWA distribution OPEN world sales KID FILM ARTHUR REINHART, ORZECHOWSKIEGO 19, 04-824 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 615 72 23, +48 501 751 201 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital POLAND – 2009 m l i F d i K : y b o t o h p

Three Russian boys living at the train station are setting off into the world, crossing the borders, real and arbitrary ones. Child naivety and roguishness, they are looking for a magic place where the dreams come true. Those simple ones. They are looking for different life, better world. Unusual journey of three young characters, little-grand heroes in our strange times.

DOROTA KęDZIERZAWSKA Born in Łódź. Director, screenwriter. Studied culture studies at Łódź University and directing in Moscow (WGIK). Graduated from film direction at the Łódź Film School. Laureate of numerous film awards at Polish and foreign festivals. Feature films 1988: The End of the World (Koniec świata, tv); 1991: The Devils, the Devils (Diabły, diabły); 1994: The Crows (Wrony, tv); 1998: Nothing (Nic); 2005: I Am (Jestem); 2007: Time to Die (Pora umierać); 2009: Tomorrow Will Be Better (Jutro będzie lepiej)

photo by: Kid Film New Polish Feature Films 2009 89 feature films The True Story of Janosik Prawdziwa historia Janosika / Pravdiva historia o Janosikovi

directed by AGNIESZKA HOLLAND, KASIA ADAMIK written by EVA BORUšOVIČOVA director of photography MARTIN šTRBA music by ZyGMUNT KONIECZNy production design by FRANTIšEK LIPTAK, MAREK ZAWIERUCHA costume design by ANITA HROššOVA, MAGDALENA TESŁAWSKA make-up ANITA HROššOVA, LILIANA GAŁąZKA editing by MICHAŁ CZARNECKI sound by KRZySZTOF JASTRZąB production manager PAWEŁ BAREńSKI cast VáCLAV JIRáČEK (JANOSIK), MICHAŁ żEBROWSKI (HUNCAGA), IVAN MARTINKA (TOMASZ UHORCZIK), SARAH ZOE CANNER (BARBARA), MARCIN CZARNIK (PIWOWARCZyK), BORyS LANKOSZ (WAWRZEK), RICHARD KRAJCO (CHLIASTAKOW), DANUTA SZAFLARSKA (JANOSIK'S GRANDMOTHER), MAJA OSTASZEWSKA (MARKETA), KATARZyNA HERMAN (ZUZANNA), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (SZIPOSZ), KRZySZTOF STROIńSKI (LANI), KOREL DOBRy (SWIMMER), ADRIAN JASTRABAN (BIERNAT) produced by APPLE FILM PRODUCTION, BAGATELA 10/12, 00-585 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 84 40-43, FAx +48 22 851 84 44, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.APPLEFILM.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA SA – FILM AGENCy (POLAND); EUROFILM STUDIO (HUNGARy), IN-FILM (CZECH REPUBLIC) supported by POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers DARIUSZ JABŁOńSKI, VIOLETTA KAMIńSKA, IZABELA WóJCIK, RUDOLF BIERMANN distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, colour POLAND – SLOVAKIA – CZECH REPUBLIC – HUNGARY 2009 i k s w o k a M n i c r a M : y b o t o h p

The story of Janosik, a legendary “Central European Robin Hood”, based on a real XVIII century documents and a romantic legend, operating with a very subjective, original lyricism. The hero is tragic and at the same time very contemporary. He could be an American boy, influenced by communing with cruelty of the war, who comes back from Iraq to the city ghetto and becomes a leader of a gang.

AGNIESZKA HOLLAND KASIA ADAMIK Born in 1948. Born in 1972. Director Film and theatre director, scriptwriter (i.e. of and storyboard artist. Studied at the Art Andrzej Wajda's films). Works in Poland, High School (Paris), and at the Institute St France, Germany, USA. Laureate of festivals Luc (Brussels). Her first feature film “Bark!” in: Cannes, Gdynia, Viareggio. was nominated for the Best Feature Film of Filmography (selected) the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and 1978: Provincial Actors (Aktorzy traveled to many domestic and prowincjonalni); 1980: Fever (Gorączka); international film festivals. 1981: A Woman Alone (Kobieta samotna, tv); Filmography (as director) 1990: Europe Europe; 1991: Olivier, Olivier; 2002: Bark!; 2005: Pitbull (tv mini-series, 1993: The Secret Garden; 1997: Washington co-director); 2007: The Team (Ekipa, tv mini- Square; 2001: Golden Dreams; 2005: series, co-director); 2008: The Offsiders Copying Beethoven; 2009: The True Story of (Boisko bezdomnych); 2009: The True Story Janosik (Prawdziwa historia Janosika) of Janosik (Prawdziwa historia Janosika)

photo by: Marcin Makowski 90 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Tulpan

directed by SERGEI DVORTSEVOy written by SERGEI DVORTSEVOy, GENNADI OSTROVSKy director of photography JOLANTA DyLEWSKA PSC production design by ROGER MARTIN costume design by GAZIZA KORSHIyEVA editing by PETAR MARKOVIC, SERGEI DVORTSEVOy sound by OLIVIER DANDRE, MARTIN LONEK, STEPAN MULLER, ILyA BISEROV production managers JACEK DąBROWSKI-UDZIELA, BOHDAN GRACZyK cast ASKHAT KUCHINCHIREKOV (BULAT), TULEPBERGEN BAISAKALOV (BONEy M), SAMAL ESLyAMOVA (SAMAL), ONDASyN BESIKBASOV (ONDAS), BEREKE TURGANBAyEV (BEKE), NURZHIGIT ZHAPABAyEV (NUKA), MAHABBAT TURGANBAyEVA (MAHA), BALZHAN NIyAZBAyEVA (TULPAN), AMANGELDI NURZHABAyEV (TULPAN'S FATHER), TAZHyBAN KALyKULOVA (TULPAN'S MOTHER), ZHAPPAS DZHAILAUBAEV (FOREMAN), ESENTAI TULENDIEW (FARRIER) produced by PANDORA FILM – OFFICE KöLN: BALTHASARSTR. 79-81, 50670 KöLN (GERMANy), PHONE +49 221 97 33 20, FAx +49 221 97 33 29 co-produced by FILMCONTRACT LTD., CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 22 78 W. 467, FAx +48 22 841 65 91, E-MAIL [email protected]; COBRA FILM AG, PALLAS FILM GMBH; PRODUCER'S COMPANy SLOVO; KAZ ExPORT CINEMA producers KARL BAUMGARTNER, RAIMOND GOEBEL co-producer HENRyK ROMANOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by AGAINST GRAVITy, WIDOK 5/7/9, APT. 410, 00-023 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 828 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.DOCREVIEW.PL world sales THE MATCH FACTORy, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.THE-MATCH-FACTORy.COM 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 100' GERMANY – POLAND – – RUSSIA – SWITZERLAND 2008 z s a m o R f e z ó J : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !”Un Certain Regard” Cannes IFF 2008 – Grand Prix Bułat has completed his service at the Russian navy and returns to the Kazakh !Karlovy Vary IFF 2008, “East of steppes. He stays at his sister's who has been married to a local the West” competition – Grand Prix shepherd. Bułat also dreams about having his own herd, but first he has !Tokio IFF 2008 – Grand Prix to marry, which is not so simple. He is quite keen on Tulpan, but the girl !London IFF 2008 – “Sutherland rejects his affections. The dreams about his own home and romantic Trophy” ideas about having the herd are confronted with the cruel reality: !Festival of East European Cinema Cottbus – Best Director drought and starvation... Award

SERGEI DVORTSEVOY Born in 1962 in Kazakhstan. Director, scriptwriter, editor, sound manager and producer. Outstanding documentary filmmaker. Filmography 1996: Paradise (Szczastie, doc.); 1998: Bread Day (Chlebnyj den, doc.); 1999: Highway (doc.); 2004: In the Dark (W temnote, doc.); 2008: Tulpan

photo by: Filmcontract Ltd. New Polish Feature Films 2009 91 feature films Unmoved Mover Nieruchomy poruszyciel

written, directed, production design & editing by ŁUKASZ BARCZyK director of photography KARINA KLESZCZEWSKA music by HANNA KULENTy costume design by JOANNA KACZyńSKA production manager IZABELA KURCZEWSKA cast JAN FRyCZ (“GENERAL”), MARIETA żUKOWSKA (TERESA), ANDRZEJ CHyRA (PEKSA), SZyMON MySŁAKOWSKI (ROBERT), KATARZyNA GNIEWKOWSKA (ELżBIETA, “GENERAL'S” WIFE) produced by WyTWóRNIA FILMóW FABULARNyCH BŁySKAWICA ŁUKASZ BARCZyK, PHONE +48 502 591 874, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by VISION FILM; TOyA STUDIOS; THE CHIMNEy POT co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer ŁUKASZ BARCZyK co-producer KARINA KLESZCZEWSKA distributed by VISION FILM, RyDyGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, +48 22 839 07 53, FAx +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.VISION.PL world sales OPEN 35 mm, Cinemascope, Dolby Digital, 90' POLAND 2008 k a z c l O d i w a D : y b o t o h p

A small town in the southern Poland. The space in which the film pictures are created is the main characters' imagination: the man with a pseudonym “General” who is a factory director, and Teresa, his subordinate who evokes in General his most wild instincts and desires, the crave for reign and possessing her. What is this power that conditions their acts?

łUKASZ BARCZYK Born in 1974. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Director of theatre dramas. Laureate of numerous awards at festivals in Poland and abroad. Filmography 1999: I'm Looking at you, Mary (Patrzę na ciebie, Marysiu); 2003: Changes (Przemiany); 2008: Unmoved Mover (Nieruchomy poruszyciel)

photo by: Dawid Olczak 92 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films A Warm Heart Serce na dłoni

directed by KRZySZTOF ZANUSSI written by KRZySZTOF ZANUSSI based on the concept story by ANDRZEJ MULARCZyK director of photography ADAM BAJERSKI music by production design by JOANNA MACHA costume design by EWA HELMAN- SZCZERBIC editing by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA production manager MICHAŁ SZCZERBIC, ALEx TALAJEW cast BOHDAN STUPKA (KONSTANTy), SZyMON BOBROWSKI (ANGELO), MAREK KUDEŁKO (STEFAN), KRZySZTOF KOWALEWSKI (SURGEON), BORyS SZyC (LAWyER), MACIEJ ZAKOŚCIELNy (SECRETARy), STANISŁAWA CELIńSKA (Ex-WIFE), MARTA żMUDA- TRZEBIATOWSKA (MAŁGORZATA), TOMASZ SAPRyK (DOCTOR), NINA ANDRyCZ (MOTHER), AGNIESZKA DyGANT (PSyCHIATRIST), WOJCIECH MANN (PARTNER), DOROTA “DODA” RABCZEWSKA (SINGER) produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAx +48 22 840 18 86, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] co-produced by SOTA CINEMA GROUP; FILM STUDIO TOR; MONOLITH FILMS producer WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS executive producer EVGENIy PUGACHOV co-producers OLEG KOCHAN, KRZySZTOF ZANUSSI, MARIUSZ ŁUKOMSKI, JANUSZ WąCHAŁA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77-78, +48 22 851 11 01, FAx +48 22 841 47 40, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales MONOLITH FILMS 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 95' POLAND – UKRAINE 2008 a ż r o k S b u k a J : y b o t o h p

AWARDS: !Rome IFF 2008 – Jury Award – Silver Marcus Aurelius for the Having experienced the sense of life's misfortune, Stefan, a young man, tries to commit best actor (Bohdan Stupka) a suicide. Konstanty, a millionaire, is looking for a donor for a heart transplant. They both meet accidentally at hospital. Konstanty tries to keep up Stefan's suicidal intentions in order to save his own life. All these attempts are mediated by Konstanty's assistant, Angelo who is a man with a soul of a fallen angel... KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI Director, scriptwriter, and film producer. Laureate of numerous awards in Poland and abroad for his films and long-life professional achievements; received a number of honorary doctorate degrees of various universities, and a Knight of numerous orders (in Poland, Italy, and France). Professor at film academies, e.g. in Łódź, National Film School in , the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Directed plays in various theatres (e.g. in Milan, Palermo, Bonn, Kraków, Bremen and Basel). Chairman of the European Federation of Audiovisual Producers (FERA); consultant to the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church in Vatican; former chairman of EUROVISION; member of the European Film Academy. Director of the TOR Film Studio. Feature filmography (selected) 1969: The Structure of Crystal (Struktura kryształu); 1971: Family Life (życie rodzinne); 1973: Illumination (Iluminacja); The quarterly Balance (Bilans kwartalny); 1976: Camouflage (Barwy ochronne); 1978: Spiral (Spirala); 1980: Constancy (Constans); 1981: From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II (Z dalekiego kraju); 1984: The year of the quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego słońca); 1985: Paradigma (Paradygmat); 1988: Wherever you Are... (Gdzieśkolwiek jest, jeśliś jest...); 1989: Inventory (Stan posiadania); 1990: Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (życie za życie); 1992: The Silent Touch (Dotknięcie ręki); 1996: In Full Gallop (Cwał); 1997: Our God's Brother (Brat naszego Boga); 2000: Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową); 2005: Persona non grata; 2007: Black Sun (Il sole nero); 2008: A Warm Heart (Serce na dłoni)

photo by: SF Tor New Polish Feature Films 2009 93 feature films Warsaw Dark Warsaw Dark

directed by CHRISTOPHER DOyLE written by MACIEJ PISAREK directors of photography CHRISTOPHER DOyLE, RAIN KATHy LI music by LECH ROWIńSKI, ADAM WALICKI / LE.AD production design by ROBERT CZESAK costume design by ADA WESOŁOWSKA editing by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by PAWEŁ ŁUCZyC-WyHOWSKI casting PIOTR BARTUSZEK production manager JANUSZ B. CZECH cast JAN FRyCZ (ERNEST), ANNA PRZyByLSKA (OJKA), ADAM FERENCy (GROTTGER), VIOLA ARLAK (GROTTGER'S WIFE), ŁUKASZ SIMLAT (PAUL), LESŁAW żUREK (GEORGE), JERZy BOńCZAK (LEWy), JACEK PONIEDZIAŁEK (REMIK), ZBIGNIEW ŚWIDERSKI (MISIEK) produced by OZUMI FILMS, MOKOTOWSKA 46A APT. 28, 00-543 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 628 80 30, WWW.OZUMIFILMS.COM producer MARIANNA ROWIńSKA, MOBILE +48 606 516 363, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS, DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO (WARSAW) co-producers MARIUSZ ŁUKOMSKI, WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS, PIOTR WOźNIAK STARAK, WŁODZIMIERZ WRóBLEWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by MONOLITH PLUS, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77-78, FAx +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITHPLUS.PL world sales OPEN 35 mm, 1:1,85, Dolby Digital SR, 82' POLAND 2009 i k s m o d a i w e i N z s a k u Ł : y b o t o h p

Night time, Warsaw. A restaurant by the river. Ojka, a beautiful call girl runs out into the car park. She is followed by a well-known politician. He does not know that Ojka is just a bait, and he will be dead in a few minutes... A political thriller with a love plot.

CHRISTOPHER DOYLE Born in 1952. Australian cameraman. Awarded for his films at numerous film festivals (incl. Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Venice, and Berlin). Director and scriptwriter, producer of advertising spots, video clips, photographer. Filmography (as director) 1999: Away with Words (San tiao ren); 2006: Paris, I Love you (Paris, je t'aime, segment Porte de Choisy); 2008: Warsaw Dark

photo by: Guy Ferrandis 94 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films Whisky & Milk Whisky z mlekiem

directed by ALEKSANDR MIKHAILOV written by WŁODZIMIERZ MOROZOW, ALEKSANDER AGASZIN director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI PSC music by DMITRIJ SMIRNOW, WOJTEK GOGOLEWSKI production design by MICHAŁ SULKIEWICZ costume design by HANNA ćWIKŁO editing by EWA RóżEWICZ PSM sound by SEBASTIAN BRAńSKI production manager JERZy RUTOWICZ cast NATALIA CHACHŁOWA, FARHA MACHMUDOW, RADOSŁAW PAZURA, KRySTyNA TKACZ, JADWIGA JANKOWSKA-CIEŚLAK, HENRyK TALAR, EWA SZyKULSKA, RENATA DANCEWICZ, KRZySZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI produced by FILM STUDIO CZOŁóWKA, LOTNIKóW 1, 00-976 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 543 03 31, +48 22 54 30 330, FAx +48 22 543 03 33, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.CZOLOWKA.COM.PL; FILM STUDIO “12A” 101990 MOSCOW, CHRISTOPRUDNy BLVD., 12A, PHONE +7 95 924 2995, +7 95 916 93 81, FAx +7 95 234 28 81, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers ALEKSANDR MIKHAJLOV, JANUSZ CHODNIKIEWICZ distributed by FILM STUDIO CZOŁóWKA, LOTNIKóW 1, 00-976 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 543 03 31, +48 22 54 30 330, FAx +48 22 543 03 33, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.CZOLOWKA.COM.PL world sales STUDIO “12A”; FILM STUDIO CZOŁóWKA HD / 35 mm POLAND – RUSSIA 2009 a k w ó ł o z C o i d u t S m l i F : y b o t o h p

A story of some love. Are love and life always dependent on a blind chance? And maybe on the fate? The film deals with a problem of loneliness of an individual among the people and little sensitivity of the society towards the disadvantaged individuals.

ALEKSANDR VITALYEVICH MIKHAILOV Director, scriptwriter, producer. In 1989 founded “12 A” film studio, and works there as an artistic director. In “12 A” film studio several dozen films were produced, some of them directed by Mikhailov, which were awarded at numerous international film festivals. Author of several scripts. Recognized as a best Russian director in 1995. Member of a Russian Academy of the Film Art.

New Polish Feature Films 2009 95 feature films Within the Whirlwind Wichry Kołymy

directed by MARLEEN GORRIS written by NANCy LARSON, WOJCIECH GAJEWICZ director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by WŁODEK PAWLIK production design by EWA SKOCZKOWSKA costume design by JAGNA JANICKA, KATARZyNA LEWIńSKA editing by EWIN RyCKAERT sound by HENRI MORELLE production manager ANDRZEJ BESZTAK cast EMILy WATSON (EUGENIA GINZBURG), IAN HART (BEyLIN), ULRICH TUKUR (DR ANTON WALTER), BENJAMIN SADLER (PAWEŁ), JIMMy yUILL (SIDOROW), PEARCE qUIGLEy (PROFESSOR JELWOW), AGATA BUZEK (LENA), MARIA SEWERyN (CHIEF OFFICER ZIMMERMAN), BEATA FUDALEJ (OLGA), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (GUARD NABOB), KRZySZTOF GLOBISZ (TyMOSZKIN), ŁUKASZ GARLICKI (GUARD PIOTR), LECH DyBLIK (GUARD JEGOR) produced by TATFILM (GERMANy); yETI FILMS, NIEMCEWICZA 7/9 APT. 135, 02-022 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 823 99 17, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.yETIFILMS.COM; SAGA FILM (BELGIUM) co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCy producers CHRISTINE RUPPERT, PIOTR MULARUK, HUBERT TOINT executive producers VINCENT MACHERAS, MAGDALENA NAPIERACZ, SŁAWOMIR JóźWIK co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; FILMSTIFTUNG NRW; EURIMAGES; ARD DEGETO; WDR/ARTE; MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITy; DEUTSCHER FILMFöRDERFONDS distribution OPEN world sales TELEPOOL, WWW.TELEPOOL.DE 35 mm, colour, 117 min GERMANY – POLAND – BELGIUM 2009 i k c i n e i S r u t r A : y b o t o h p

1937. Delicate and sensitive Russian literature teacher gets into the cogs of Stalin's terror. After an investigation which took several years, pursuant to a verdict based on absurd accusations, deprived of everything she loved and what gave her life meaning, she is sent to Kolyma where is subjected to unbelievable pressure threatening human and female dignity. In Kolyma she meets the love of her life – a doctor who thanks to his warmth, devotion for the sick, sense of humour, distance and intelligence works real wonders. Filming of Eugenia Ginsburg's diaries. MARLEEN GORRIS Born in 1948. Dutch director and screenwriter. Laureate of several dozen film awards. First woman to win an Oscar for the Best Foreign Film (“Antonia”). Filmography (selected) 1982: De Stilte rond Christine M.; 1984: Gebroken spiegels; 1990: The Last Island; 1995: Antonia; 1997: Mrs. Dalloway; 2000: The Luzhin Defence; 2003: Carolina; 2007: Heaven and Earth; 2009: Within the Whirlwind (Wichry Kołymy)

photo by: Artur Sienicki 96 New Polish Feature Films 2009 feature films you Will Not Know Nie będziesz wiedział

written & directed by EWA STANKIEWICZ director of photography PIOTR NIEMyJSKI production design by MICHAŁ HRISULIDIS costume design by MAŁGORZATA WODZyńSKA editing by BARTOSZ PIETRAS PSM. sound by MICHAŁ żARNECKI production managers AGNIESZKA JANOWSKA, JACEK NAGŁOWSKI cast AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (JOANNA), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (ŁUKASZ), GRAżyNA BARSZCZEWSKA (JOANNA'S MOTHER), DANIEL OLBRyCHSKI (JUPITER) produced by CENTRALA, PHONE +48 697 991 639, FAx +48 89 512 93 18, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.CENTRALAFILM.PL co-produced by FILMKOMBINAT NORDOST GMBH, PHONE +49 351 47 96 04 52; +49 177 235 95 03, FAx +49 351 495 20 65, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMKOMBINAT.DE; ZDF/ARTE (GERMANy), TVP SA (POLAND), ODRA FILM (POLAND) co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE executive producer CENTRALA producers AGNIESZKA JANOWSKA, JACEK NAGŁOWSKI co-producers JENS KOERNER (FILMKOMBINAT), CLAUDIA TRONNIER (ZDF/ARTE), SŁAWOMIR JóźWIK (TVP), AGNIESZKA ODOROWICZ (PISF), RAFAŁ BUBICKI (ODRA FILM) distributed by GUTEK FILM (IN POLAND), ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAx +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales M-APPEAL 35 mm, 1:1,85, colour, Dolby Digital, 110' POLAND – GERMANY 2009 a w o S z s o t r a B : y b o t o h p

A story about two people who in the result of dramatic experiences, descend to the sphere hidden under the surface of everyday life. They immerse into the world of emotions, instincts and deepest desires. The fortune favors the protagonists, but they seem to fight against their happiness. Chance entwines with fate. A film about regaining the belief in love.

EWA STANKIEWIC Z Screenwriter, director. Graduated from Polish philology at the University of Wrocław, the directing at Łódź Film School and EKRAN workshop. Radio and TV journalist, author of film reports and documentaries. Laureate of awards for “Three Buddies” (Trzech kumpli) full-length documentary (2008, together with Anna Ferens) and “Touch Me” (Dotknij mnie) independent feature (2003, together with Anna Jadowska) as well as for radio plays. “you Will Not Know” is her feature film debut.

photo by: Bartosz Sowa New Polish Feature Films 2009 97 feature films Zero Zero

written & directed by PAWEŁ BOROWSKI director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by ADAM “BURZA” BURZyńSKI production design by WOJCIECH żOGAŁA costume design by ANNA IMIELA-SZCZEŚNIAK editing by MAGDALENA MIKOŁAJCZyK PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, MAREK WRONKO, LESZEK FREUND production manager JACEK GAWRySZCZAK cast ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ, ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ, SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ, MARIAN DZIęDZIEL, KAMILLA BAAR, RAFAŁ MOHR, ALEKSANDRA POPŁAWSKA, JOANNA BOGACKA, GABRIELA MUSKAŁA, CEZARy KOSIńSKI, BOGUSŁAW KOCA, ZBIGNIEW KONOPKA, MAGDALENA POPŁAWSKA, MARIA MAJ, MICHAŁ żURAWSKI, PRZEMySŁAW BLUSZCZ, ROMA GąSIOROWSKA, MICHAŁ TARKOWSKI, JANUSZ CHABIOR, SŁAWOMIR ROKITA, BOGUSŁAWA SZUBERT, DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK, WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI produced by OPUS FILM, ŁąKOWA 29, 90-554 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 00, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.OPUSFILM.COM co-produced by DOCUMENTARy AND FEATURE FILM STUDIO, CHEŁMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected]; PLATIGE IMAGE; PAWEŁ BOROWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers PIOTR DZIęCIOŁ, ŁUKASZ DZIęCIOŁ distribution OPEN world sales OPEN 35 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 110' POLAND 2009 i k c i n e i S r u t r A : y b o t o h p

A big, modern city. 24 hours glued together from the life scraps of Broad-shouldered Businessman, Scruffy Porker, Some Jerk, Skinny Newsboy, Sweaty Taxi Driver, Petite Blond, Elegant Doc, and others. Sometimes their fates intertwine naturally, but at times, it is simply accidental. We are lead down deep into the history of love, hate, betrayal, sex, violence, and other filth.

PAWEł BOROWSKI – BORO Born in 1973. Graduated with distinction from the painting and animation department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Since 1997, worked in advertising as a creative director, and produced over 30 advertising and promotional spots. Presented his works e.g. in the Contemporary Arts Centre and in Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. His short films “Love Gamestation” (animation) and “I love you” (Kocham cię) have been presented and awarded at numerous film festivals in Poland (Gdynia, Kraków) and abroad (New york, Tribeca FF; Ottawa, Canada; Berlin IFF – Panorama; Brisbane, Australia; Triest, Italy). “Zero” is his feature film debut.

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New Polish Feature Films 2009 99 shorts Alien VI Obcy VI

directed by BORyS LANKOSZ written by MAGDALENA BART cinematography BARTEK CIERLICA, MICHAŁ SOBOCIńSKI music by MIKOŁAJ TRZASKA production design by ROBERT MANOWSKI costume design by ELżBIETA WySOCKA set decorator MATEUSZ WOLFRAM sound by JAROSŁAW BAJDOWSKI editing by LESZEK MOLSKI production manager SyLWIA RAJDASZKA cast WOJCIECH KLATA, GRAżyNA JUCHNIEWICZ, MARIA GARBOWSKA, ZOFIA PERCZyńSKA, JOACHIM LAMżA, KAROLINA DRyZNER, JACEK OPOLSKI, PIOTR DąBROWSKI, ANDRZEJ KORKUS, TADEUSZ GROCHOWSKI produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS, STUDIO “MŁODZI I FILM” IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61,

02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA

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+48 22 841 08 72, E-MAIL [email protected] producer IRENEUSZ DOBROWOLSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS; GRUPA FILMOWA REKONTRPLAN Digital Beta, 16:9, colour, 30' POLAND 2008

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Anna's Little Lies Wszystkie małe kłamstwa Anny

written & directed by KRZySZTOF BIZIO cinematography WOJCIECH TODOROW music by PIOTR KLIMEK production design & costume by MAŁGORZATA FUDALA set decorator WIESŁAWA HOŁyńSKA make-up ALINA JANERKA editing by DANIEL ZIOŁA sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI production manager SyLWIA KUCHARSKA cast DOROTA CHRULSKA (ANNA), ANNA SROKA (ADA), GRZEGORZ FALKOWSKI (TOMASZ), NATALIA DZIUBAK (SMALL ANNA), EWELINA KOZINA (ANNA'S DAUGHTER), ANNA JANUSZEWSKA (ANNA'S MOTHER), GRZEGORZ MUDZIK (ANNA'S FATHER) produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO “MŁODZI I FILM” IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive produced by MEDIA BRIGADE, KARKONOSKA 10 APT. 026, 53-015 WROCŁAW, PHONE +48 71 79 91 451, PHONE/FAx +48 71 79 91 450, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS HD, colour, ca 30' POLAND 2009

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100 New Polish Feature Films 2009 shorts Aria Diva Aria diva

directed by AGNIESZKA SMOCZyńSKA written by ROBERT BOLESTO, AGNIESZKA SMOCZyńSKA based upon the story by OLGA TOKARCZUK director of PHOTOGRAPHy PRZEMySŁAW KAMIńSKI production design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ-MAJKA costume design by KATARZyNA LEWIńSKA, MARTA OSTROWICZ, MARIUSZ PRZyByLSKI sound by TOMASZ WIECZOREK, MICHAŁ ROBACZEWSKI editing by WOJCIECH JAGIEŁŁO production manager ANNA WyDRA cast KATARZyNA FIGURA (JOANNA), GABRIELA MUSKAŁA (BASIA), SŁAWOMIR GRZyMKOWSKI (BASIA'S HUSBAND), ALAN KOZŁOWSKI AND OLIVIER KOZŁOWSKI (BASIA'S SONS) produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO “MŁODZI I FILM” IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL co-produced & executive produced by ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING, CHEŁMSKA 21, BLD. 24, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 56, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.WAJDASCHOOL.PL; TVP KULTURA executive producer KATARZyNA ŚLESICKA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING HD, 16:9, colour, 30' POLAND 2007

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Everything Wszystko

directed by GILLES RENARD written by GILLES RENARD based on the novel by JAROSŁAW SOKóŁ director of photography WOJCIECH STAROń music by CHRISTOPHE VOISE production design by AGATA PRZyByŁ costume design by MARTA OSTROWICZ sound by MICHAŁ DOMINOWSKI, MIKOŁAJ KACZMARCZyK editing by CEZARy KOWALCZUK production managers JAKUB KOSMA, PIOTR TWARDOWSKI cast MARIAN OPANIA, KATARZyNA KOŁECZEK, LECH DyBLIK, DARIUSZ TOCZEK, MARIUSZ LESZCZyńSKI, GILLES RENARD produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH

FILMMAKERS, STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected],

WWW.SFP.ORG.PL co-produced by FILM STUDIO INDEKS PHONE +48 42 634 58 25 executive producers ZDZISŁAW KUCZyńSKI AND ROBERT GLIńSKI (FILM STUDIO INDEKS) co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS; FILM STUDIO INDEKS Digital Beta, 16:9, 25' POLAND 2008

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New Polish Feature Films 2009 101 shorts I'm Here – Where Are you? Przyjechałam – gdzie jesteś?

written & directed by EWA BANASZKIEWICZ cinematography BERNADETA PASSEN production manager MARTA KRóL produced by ASSOCIATION OF

POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS 35 mm, colour, 30' POLAND 2009

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Kids and Fish Have No Voice Dzieci i ryby głosu nie mają

written & directed by MIRON WOJDyŁO cinematography MARCIN NADOLNy music by KONSTANTy USENKO production design by DARIUSZ LESIAK, MAREK NADOLNy editing by BOGUSŁAWA FURGA sound by MARIA KANTOROWICZ, SŁAWEK WALCZyK, WITOLD ŁATKOWSKI production manager PATRyCJA RADKOWIAK cast BASIA LAUKS (MOTHER), ROMAN KRAJKA (GRANDFATHER), CZAREK GAWRySIAK (JAREK), DAREK PRZyByŁ (PRZEMEK)

produced by PWSFTVIT, TARGOWA 61/63, 90-323 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 58 20, FAx +48 42 674 81 39, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMSCHOOL.LODZ.PL co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE Beta, colour, 16:9, 33' POLAND 2008

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c family. Unfortunately, r a

M this is not always the : y b

o case, and then t o h p children suffer. But one of the Polish proverb says: “Kids and fish have no voice”. AWARDS: !33rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – An Honorary Award at the “Young Polish Cinema” Competition

102 New Polish Feature Films 2009 shorts The Loneliness of the Short-Order Cook Samotność kucharza szybkich zamówień

written & directed by MARCEL SAWICKI director of photography MONIKA WOźNIAK music by OSCAR SANTOS, MICHAEL GERALD BAUER production design by SWAN MOON costume design by MARIA KONIECZNA editing by CEZARy KOWALCZUK sound by MICKEy MCMULLEN production manager MARCIN OLESZCZyK cast SHIN OKUDA, SHINICHIRU SHIMZU, BRIAN AZOKA, ALPHA TAKAHASHI, FANNy VELIZ, PHIL LENKOWSKy

produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS STUDIO “MŁODZI I FILM”, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71,

E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL co-produced by OPUS FILM, ŁąKOWA 29, 90-554 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 26,

FAx +48 42 634 55 49, WWW.OPUSFILM.COM; TVP KULTURA executive producer OPUS FILM co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers JACEK LIPSKI, ŁUKASZ DZIęCIOŁ world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS; OPUS FILM Digital Beta, 16:9, colour, 24' POLAND 2008

Young Japanese works as a n o

o cook in Japanese jazz- M n

a club in Los Angeles. It w S

: is just a temporary job y b o t while he is waiting for o h p his visa. He fells in love with Mexican girl who doesn't speak English. He discovers the other side of the city – without beaches, palms and expensive cars. AWARDS: !Santiago International Short Film Festival (Chile) 2008 – Grand Prix !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2008 – Audience Award Long Live the Funeral! Niech żyje pogrzeb!!!

directed by DAREK BŁASZCZyK written by DAREK BŁASZCZyK, PAWEŁ SKŁADANEK cinematography JAN HOLOUBEK production design by ROBERT DąBROWSKI costume design by MAGDA WęGLEWSKA make-up IWONA KAJSZCZAK Fx LUNAPARK STUDIO, WARSAW Fx consultant BRUCE JURGENS sound by WOJTEK ADAMIAK, ADAM POTęGA production manager MAJA ZIELONy cast ARTUR DZIURMAN (ROMAN), MAGDALENA WOźNIAK (IWONA), PRZEMySŁAW BLUSZCZ (MANIEK), RAFAŁ RUTKOWSKI (ANDRZEJ), JOANNA SZyMCZyK-SIENKIEWICZ (MARTA/MARIA), JAN UPLEGGER (HANS), UTE GERLACH (HANS MOTHER), CHRISTOFF MORTAGNE (TORO), SUZANNA VON NATHUSIUS (ANNE), MAJA TAWREL (SOPHIE) produced by FOLLOW ME FILM PRODUCTION, POSTęPU 12, 02-676 WARSAW, MOBILE +48 694 41 69 66, +48 519 54 35 03 producer KAMA JANCZyK world sales FOLLOW ME FILM PRODUCTION 35 mm, colour, 52’ POLAND 2009

Tragicomedy. The death of n o i

t Marta Rose, becomes c u d

o a reason for renewal r P m

l of the family relations i F e between its Polish and M w o l German members. l o F

: That leads to the y b o t conflicts and o h p surprising findings.

New Polish Feature Films 2009 103 shorts The Lost Time Stracony czas

written & directed by ROMy STęPNIEWSKA cinematography MAREK JANUSZEWICZ music by SŁAWOMIR ADAMKO production design by PIOTR JAKUBEK costume design by DAGMARA ROSA editing by JAN MIRONOWICZ PSM sound by ANDRZEJ JANKOWSKI production manager KAMA GACKOWSKA cast MAŁGORZATA LEWIńSKA (ANNA), ANNA KóZKA (EWA), TOMASZ KAMMEL (JULIAN), SŁAWOMIR GRZyMKOWSKI (JERZy), MONIKA RATAJCZAK (PRESENTER), ADAM MOLAK (GRZESIEK), AMELIA GUZIUK (LITTLE EWA), DAGMARA ROSA (KAROLINA), KATARZyNA SZUBA (MOTHER) produced by

AROMER SC, STOŁECZNA 250, 05-074 JóZEFIN, PHONE/FAx +48 22 783 66 10, E-MAIL [email protected] executive producer MICHAŁ ZABŁOCKI world sales OPEN colour, 20' POLAND 2009

A simple story about an c e i universal problem n a d

G – the lack of ł a f a

R understanding : y b between adolescent o t o h

p children and their parents. The plot revolves around the confession of a desperate mother whose daughter had run away from home and were missing for many years.

Luxury Luksus

directed & editing by JAROSŁAW SZTANDERA written by JAROSŁAW SZTANDERA, TOMASZ OLEJARCZyK cinematography RADOSŁAW ŁADCZUK production design by ALEKSANDRA MARCZEWSKA costume design by MONIKA SUROWIEC, JOANNA TALEJKO sound by TOMASZ WIECZOREK cast PIOTR SOKOŁOWSKI (LUxURy), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (POPERS), MICHAŁ WŁODARCZyK (LITTLE), DOROTA CHOTECKA (TWINS' MOTHER), JANUSZ RyBCZyńSKI (TWINS' FATHER), PAWEŁ SZCZESNy (PHOTOGRAPHER), ANTONINA AND MILENA ŁAZARKIEWICZ (TWINS) produced by

PWSFTVIT, TARGOWA 61/63, 90-323 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 58 20, FAx +48 42 674 81 39, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMSCHOOL.LODZ.PL co-financing TELEWIZJA POLSKA; POLISH FILM INSTITUTE DV, HD, 16:9, colour, 38' POLAND 2008

“Luxury” is the main c r a character's nick-name. w z S

a 17-year-old boy who n y z r became “too old” for a t a K

, his client and pimp of i k s w many years, Popers, a o b y z r 40-year-old paedophile. G m a Luxury is dumped at d AWARDS: A , k the same railway !An Award at the “By the Boat a z c n station, from which he on the Vistula River” Film a r F

a Review, Warsaw 2008

k was picked up by d a !The Best Feature Film at the R

: Popers many years y b Festival of Film Debuts “The o

t ago. The boy does not o Young and Cinema” Koszalin h p have any place to go, 2008 besides he does not !33 rd Polish Film Festival Gdynia know any other way to 2008 – Grand Prix at the “Young live apart from child Polish Cinema” Competition prostitution...

104 New Polish Feature Films 2009 shorts Merry Christmas Wesołych Świąt

written & directed by TOMASZ JURKIEWICZ cinematography by TOMASZ WOźNICZKA music by SEBASTIAN STEć production design & costume by ANNA ZABDyRSKA editing by ZBIGNIEW NICIńSKI PSM sound by ZOFIA KUCHARSKA-KOWALIK production managers TOMASZ KOZERA, ALEKSANDRA ŚWIERK, JOANNA SZyMAńSKA cast ANITA PODDęBNIAK (MS. KRySIA), JASON NWOGA (MAK), JAN JANGA-TOMASZEWSKI (MANAGER), JAROSŁAW CZUDOWSKI (BARTEK), ANNA KŁOS-KLESZCZEWSKA (SECRETARy), ANDRZEJ SKUPIńSKI (MR. ANDRZEJ), KRZySZTOF KUCZAK (MR. MACIEK), JAN PIERZCHAŁA (MR. JANUSZ), KAZIMIERZ SZUSZCZEWICZ (MR. KAZEK), JOHN MCMASTER (EU COMISSIONER), JOHN MARSHALL (COMISSIONER ASSISTANT), ANDREA MARTIN (COMISSIONER SECRETARy) produced by GRUPA NIEFORMALNA KINOFLO, WWW.KINOFLO.ORG producer JOANNA SZyMAńSKA distributed by APPETITE PRODUCTION world sales APPETITE PRODUCTION, WWW.APPETITEPRODUCTION.COM HD, colour, 30' POLAND 2009

On a gloomy day just z c i before Christmas Afro- w e l g

y American Mak comes r G a

n knocking on the doors y t s u

J of a small, provincial : y b community centre. o t o h

p Welcomed with honors he soon finds out what “traditional polish hospitality” is. The community awaits EU inspection to arrive so is the warm welcome just a pure courtesy?

My New Life Moja nowa droga

written & directed by BARBARA BIAŁOWąS cinematography BARTOSZ PIOTROWSKI production design by JAN WIERZEJSKI costume design by EMILIA SKOWROńSKA editing by DAWID SKRZyPEK sound by MAJA PROCHOWICZ-RATyńSKA production manager AGATA SZyMAńSKA cast ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (ALINA), MICHAŁ SITARSKI (PIOTR), DOROTA POMyKAŁA (GRAżyNA), WOJCIECH WySOCKI (ADAM), MACIEJ DAMIęCKI (STEFAN), MAGDALENA KUTA (ANNA), GRZEGORZ PALKOWSKI (MAURyCy), MARIUSZ ZANIEWSKI (NICE GENTLEMAN) produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH

FILMMAKERS – STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive produced by FILM STUDIO TPS ADAM SOKOŁOWSKI co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE colour, ca 30' POLAND 2009

The engagement ceremony n a of Piotr and Alina m l l i

W becomes an occasion n a l

A for a tragicomic : y b

o confrontation between t o h p two generations: the present-day 30-year- olds and their parents still reliving the era of the former communist Poland. Alina and Piotr have to decide what really matters in their lives and how their “new path” shall look like.

New Polish Feature Films 2009 105 shorts Non-Stop Colour Non-stop kolor

written, directed and music by MARIA SADOWSKA cinematography JEREMI PROKOPOWICZ production design by MARTA SKAJNOWSKA costume design by LUKRECJA NAGABCZyńSKA make-up ANETA BRZOZOWSKA editing by KRZySZTOF RACZyńSKI sound by MATEUSZ ADAMCZyK, WOJCIECH BLASZCZyK production manager JAN KWIECIńSKI cast ANITA JANCIA-PROKOPOWICZ (MUSE), JAN WIECZORKOWSKI (MAJKEL), TOMASZ BORKOWSKI (CyRyL), ERyK LUBOS (BOLD), PAWEŁ DOMAGAŁA (yOUNG), DOROTA DELąG (MONIA), KARINA KUNKIEWICZ (LUKRECJA), ANNA PIRóG (OLGA), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (MUSE'S MOTHER) produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA,

PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA executive

produced by FILM STUDIO CZOŁóWKA, LOTNIKóW 1, 00-976 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 54 30 301, +48 22 54 30 330, FAx +48 22 54 30 333,

E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] executive producer JANUSZ CHODNIKIEWICZ co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS Digital Beta, 16:9, colour, Dolby Stereo SR, 36' POLAND 2008

“Muse”, a 30-year-old girl a k

s wakes up one morning w o

h in a park. She does not c o r

G know how she got a r d

n there, where her car is a s k

e and where her keys to l A :

y flat are. She starts a b o t

o journey across Warsaw h p in search of the keys, but also the truth about what she was doing the previous night... The Warsaw clubbing generation, the generation without any need for revolution or culture, loving music and unstopping partying. On Credit Na kredyt

written & directed by PRZEMySŁAW NOWAKOWSKI director of photography REMIGIUSZ LEWANDOWSKI production design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ- MAJKA costume design by LUKRECJA NAGABCZyńSKA editing by BARTOSZ PIETRAS PSM, MIŁOSZ HERMANOWICZ sound by MICHAŁ ROBACZEWSKI production manager ALEKSANDRA WOJTASZEK cast ŁUKASZ GARLICKI, MAGDALENA POPŁAWSKA, MAGDALENA GóRSKA, KAROLINA GORCZyCA, SŁAWOMIR GRZyWKOWSKI produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61,

02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected],WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive

produced by ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING, CHEŁMSKA 21, BLD. 24, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 56,

E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WAJDASCHOOL.PL producer KATARZyNA ŚLESICKA co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS colour, ca 30' POLAND 2009

A contemporary version of a k e medieval legend about z s a t j lovers who could not o

W meet as a result of a a r d

n curse. Agnieszka and a s k

e Lucek have been l A ,

c “cursed” with an u D apartment mortgage. n e y

u The need to pay it forces g

N them to work longer b u k

a hours. They stop to see J : y each other, since their b o t

o working hours overlap. h p They come across an idea of recording and sending each other video messages. With the time passing by, Lucek sinks dangerously in the created world and loses touch with Agnieszka. Then he meets Wera...

106 New Polish Feature Films 2009 shorts Sleep-walkers Lunatycy

written & directed by MACIEJ STERŁO-ORLICKI cinematography TOMASZ MADEJSKI production design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ-MAJKA costume design by MARTA OSTROWICZ editing by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by ZOFIA GOŁęBIOWSKA production manager MARTA GOLBA cast EWA DAŁKOWSKA, ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI, MONIKA DRyL, SyLWIA JUSZCZAK, WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI, MICHAŁ żURAWSKI, TOMASZ KOT, ŁUKASZ SIMLAT, DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61,

02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive

produced by ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING, CHEŁMSKA 21, BLD. 24, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 56,

E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WAJDASCHOOL.PL co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING colour, ca 30' POLAND 2009

Wacek, an academic l e i

r teacher, is afraid that b a

G his past collaboration p i l i

F with the state secrete : y b police will be disclosed o t o

h one day. Not being able p to help him, his wife, Grażyna vented all her anger and frustration on the... kitchen rat. Their daughter, Kama, is a person lured by the contemporary world which drags her in and then spits out... A tragicomedy about deceptive hope, false love, helpless rebellion and absurd situations. A Thousand of Forbidden Bushes Tysiąc zakazanych krzaków

directed by PIOTR KIELAR written by xAWERy żUŁAWSKI cinematography by xAWERy żUŁAWSKI, RAFAŁ OKyNE production desing by MAŁGORZATA MIZIELIńSKA costume design by ANNA KRySIAK sound by JAROSŁAW BAJDOWSKI production manager RADOSŁAW ROżNIECKI cast ERyK LUBOS, KATARZyNA CHLEBNy, MAŁGORZATA ZAWADZKA, GRZEGORZ WOJDON, JOACHIM LAMżA produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS,

STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive produced by LIFETIME PRODUCTIONS executive producer PIOTR KIELAR co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS; LIFETIME PRODUCTIONS colour, 39' POLAND 2008

A comedy of errors. Bugi, a f f e

K guitarist, mistakes a - a k ł a marihuana plant for P ł a h his girlfriend; a bad c i M

: police officer confuses y b o t his duty with the “The o h p Bold and the Beautiful” TV series; and a certain non- subtle love affair of a second-rate journalist with an phone-in quiz female presenter is washed away into the Indian Ocean by the tsunami wave...

New Polish Feature Films 2009 107 shorts The Three Handshakes Trzy uściski dłoni

directed by MARCIN LATAŁŁO written by MARCIN LATAŁŁO, JOANNA DIDIK cinematography MICHAŁ SZEWCZUK music by ANTONI ŁAZARKIEWICZ production design by AGATA TROJAK, KAROLINA HAŁATEK costume design by EWA TyMOSZyK cast DOMINIKA BIERNAT (DAGMARA), IZABELLA BUDRyN (BETA), MAGDALENA ŁASKA (KAMA), STANISŁAW DROZDOWSKI (EMIL), DAVID LyNCH (HIMSELF) produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH

FILMMAKERS – STUDIO “MŁODZI I FILM” IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 51 71,

E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive produced by CAMERA OBSCURA, PIOTRKOWSKA 287

APT. 10, 93-004 ŁóDź, PHONE +48 42 682 52 82 co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE 35 mm, colour, ca 30' POLAND 2009

Reportedly, 5 handshakes are i k s

r enough to get in contact with a k e i

P any person anywhere in the z r o

g world; a Vietnamese street e z r

G seller, a policeman in England, : y b

o or even a movie star from t o h

p Hollywood. In this story, only three handshakes are enough. Emil who longs to meet his idol, David Lynch; Dagmara who has just returned to Poland to find a good job; and Beata who dreams about the career of a fashion model in Paris. Do these people have anything else in common, apart from just an accidental encounter?

What the Doctors Say Co mówią lekarze

written & directed by MICHAŁ WNUK director of photography MICHAŁ POPIEL-MACHNICKI production manager MAGDALENA KAMIńSKA cast AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA (DR. EWA WILK), DOMINIKA OSTAŁOWSKA (JOANNA KNAP, MOTHER), TOMASZ BORKOWSKI (DR. GRZEGORZ KURZ), KAROLINA STEFAńSKA (ZOFIA KNAP) produced by ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS – STUDIO IM. ANDRZEJA MUNKA, PUŁAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW,

PHONE +48 22 845 51 71, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFP.ORG.PL; TVP KULTURA co-produced & executive producer by TANDEM

TAREN-TO PIOTR MIKLASZEWSKI, WOJCIECH MARyAńSKI, KLARySEWSKA 18, 02-924 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 885 74 05; FAx +48 22 651 60 62,

E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.TANDEMTARENTO.PL co-financing POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS HD, colour, ca 30' POLAND 2009

“18-years-old, height: 168 j a s

ą cm, weight: 49 kg, no z r t o

P disease or additcions” a t y

d – this is a definition of E : y

b an ideal organ donor. o t o

h Dr Wilk, an p anaesthesiologist, intends to confirm the death of an 18-years- old suicide girl. The girl's mother, being mistrustful towards the doctors, will not give her consent to any routine actions...

108 New Polish Feature Films 2009 BOX OFFICE 2008, 04.01.2008 – 04.12.2008 e s r t n a o t o i D N y u s L r e b s t s P i i s t n r . a e t n m l u l i s O t o i d . e r o i R P A B C D N T

1 LejDis ITI CINEMA PL 41 688 596 2 528 915 160 01.02.2008

2 Nie KŁAM, KOCHANie ITI/INTERFILM PL 22 980 768 1 395 406 156 28.03.2008

3 MAMMA MIA! UIP GB/US/D 18 909 451 1 119 693 112 29.08.2008

4 KUNG FU PANDA UIP US 18 510 206 1 185 331 129 04.07.2008

5 INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL UIP US 15 437 091 916 848 137 23.05.2008

6 ŚWiADeCTWO KINO ŚWIAT PL 13 127 762 995 895 180 17.10.2008

7 QUANTUM OF SOLACE UIP GB/US 12 744 483 715 307 108 07.11.2008

8 CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. PRINCE CASPIAN FORUM FILM GB/US 11 879 021 817 881 188 30.05.2008

9 WALL-E FORUM FILM US 11 107 405 704 175 140 18.07.2008

10 ASTERIX AUX JEUX OLYMPIQUES SPI F/D/ES/ IT/BE 10 185 657 685 390 136 25.01.2008

11 FLY ME TO THE MOON ITI CINEMA BE 9 879 649 578 433 129 10.10.2008

12 jesZCZe RAZ MONOLITH PL 9 302 446 590 958 118 04.01.2008

14 TO Nie TAK jAK MYŚLisZ, KOTKU KINO ŚWIAT PL 9 188 814 522 732 137 14.11.2008

13 THE DARK KNIGHT WARNER US 8 845 335 518 266 80 08.08.2008

15 ENCHANTED FORUM FILM US 8 784 168 595 674 100 18.01.2008

16 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR FORUM FILM US 8 505 962 567 165 105 24.10.2008

17 STEP UP 2 THE STREETS MONOLITH US 7 376 012 498 871 67 29.02.2008

18 HANCOCK UIP US 7 334 063 434 200 89 11.07.2008

19 MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR UIP D/CA/US 7 314 154 435 172 98 01.08.2008

20 NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS FORUM FILM US 6 803 124 415 982 100 04.01.2008

New Polish Feature Films 2009 source: 109 BOx OFFICE 2008, 04.01.2008 – 04.12.2008 POLISH FILMS e s r t n e o a l t o t i D N i u s L T e b s s P i i l s t r . a a e t n m l l c i s O t o i d . e r i o N L T B D A R P

1 LEJDIS LADIES ITI CINEMA 41 688 596 2 528 915 160 01.02.2008

2 NIE KŁAM, KOCHANIE DON'T LIE, DARLING ITI/INTERFILM 22 980 768 1 395 406 156 28.03.2008

3 ŚWIADECTWO TESTIMONY KINO ŚWIAT 13 127 762 995 895 180 17.10.2008

4 JESZCZE RAZ STARTING IT ANEW MONOLITH 9 302 446 590 958 118 04.01.2008

5 TO NIE TAK JAK IT'S NOT WHAT YOU MYŚLISZ, KOTKU THINK, HONEY KINO ŚWIAT 9 188 814 522 732 137 14.11.2008

6 ROZMOWY NOCĄ MIDNIGHT TALKS SPI 5 189 156 320 113 112 15.02.2008

7 RANCZO WILKOWYJE HOWLING WOLF RANCH FORUM FILM 3 764 062 242 350 105 28.12.2007

8 MAŁA WIELKA MIŁOŚĆ EXPECTING LOVE ITI CINEMA 3 714 755 232 525 90 29.02.2008

9 33 SCENY Z ŻYCIA 33 SCENES FROM LIFE KINO ŚWIAT 2 646 226 149 434 51 07.11.2008

10 REZERWAT PRESERVE FILM POLSKI 2 116 267 133 263 61 11.01.2008

110 source: New Polish Feature Films 2009 BOx OFFICE 2008, 04.01.2008 – 04.12.2008 EUROPEAN FILMS e s r t n o a t o i D N y u s L r e b s t s P i i s t n r . a e t n m l u l i s O t o i d . e r o i B N T A C D R P

1 MAMMA MIA! UIP GB/US/D 18 909 451 1 119 693 112 29.08.2008

2 QUANTUM OF SOLACE UIP GB/US 12 744 483 715 307 108 07.11.2008

3 CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. PRINCE CASPIAN FORUM FILM GB/US 11 879 021 817 881 188 30.05.2008

4 ASTERIX AUX JEUX OLYMPIQUES SPI F/D/ES/ IT/BE 10 185 657 685 390 136 25.01.2008

5 FLY ME TO THE MOON ITI CINEMA BE 9 879 649 578 433 129 10.10.2008

6 MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR UIP D/CA/US 7 314 154 435 172 98 01.08.2008

7 URMEL AUS DEM EIS VISION D 3 881 200 261 825 60 08.02.2008

8 DEUX JOURS A PARIS KINO ŚWIAT F/D 3 343 126 199 532 57 30.05.2008

9 [REC] KINO ŚWIAT ES 3 059 309 184 924 60 15.08.2008

10 ATONEMENT UIP GB/F 2 548 566 152 559 49 08.02.2008

New Polish Feature Films 2009 source: 111 BOx OFFICE INFO 1990 – 2008 e s r t n o a t o i D N u s L e b s s P i i s t r . a e e t n m l l l i s O t t o i d . e r i i N T T B D A R P

1 OGNIEM I MIECZEM SYRENA 7 151 354 12.02.1999

2 PAN TADEUSZ VISION 6 168 344 22.10.1999

3 QUO VADIS SYRENA 4 300 351 14.09.2001

4 TITANIC SYRENA 3 513 480 13.02.1998

5 PASSION OF THE CHRIST MONOLITH 3 461 097 05.03.2004

6 SHREK 2 UIP 3 395 226 02.07.2004

7 SHREK THE THIRD UIP 3 352 805 29.06.2007

8 KATYń ITI CINEMA 2 762 250 21.09.2007

9 JURASSIC PARK UIP-ITI 2 735 908 03.09.1993

10 LION KING SYRENA 2 722 830 18.11.1994

11 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING WARNER 2 529 799 15.02.2002

12 LEJDIS ITI CINEMA 2 528 915 01.02.2008

13 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE WARNER 2 518 282 18.01.2002

14 W PUSTYNI I W PUSZCZY VISION 2 227 228 23.03.2001

15 KILER UIP-ITI 2 200 943 17.10.1997

16 LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING WARNER 2 116 441 02.01.2004

17 ZEMSTA VISION 1 976 984 04.10.2002

18 ICE AGE 2 CINEPIX 1 952 138 31.03.2006

19 POPE JOHN PAUL II INTERFILM 1 913 549 03.03.2006

20 STORIA DI CARLO ITI CINEMA 1 881 776 17.06.2005

112 source: New Polish Feature Films 2009 POLISH FILMS IN POLAND 1990 – 2008 e s r t n e o a l t o t i D i u s T e b s i i l s r a a e t m l l c s t o i d e i o N L T A D R

1 OGNIEM I MIECZEM WITH FIRE AND SWORD SYRENA 7 151 354 12.02.1999

2 PAN TADEUSZ PAN TEADEUSZ VISION 6 168 344 22.10.1999

3 QUO VADIS QUO VADIS SYRENA 4 300 351 14.09.2001

4 KATYŃ KATYŃ ITI CINEMA 2 762 250 21.09.2007

5 LEJDIS LAYDEES ITI CINEMA 2 528 915 01.02.2008

6 W PUSTYNI I W PUSZCZY IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS VISION 2 227 228 23.03.2001

7 KILER KILER UIP-ITI 2 200 943 17.10.1997

8 ZEMSTA THE REVANGE VISION 1 976 984 04.10.2002

9 PRZEDWIOŚNIE THE SPRING TO COME SYRENA 1 743 933 02.03.2001

10 TYLKO MNIE KOCHAJ JUST LOVE ME ITI/INTERFILM 1 668 582 20.01.2006

11 NIGDY W ŻYCIU NEVER EVER ITI/INTERFILM 1 624 265 13.02.2004

12 NIE KŁAM, KOCHANIE DON'T LIE, DARLING ITI/INTERFILM 1 395 406 28.03.2008

13 TESTOSTERON TESTOSTERONE ITI CINEMA 1 358 922 02.03.2007

14 PIANISTA THE PIANIST SYRENA 1 252 290 06.09.2002

15 KILERÓW 2-ÓCH TWO KILERS UIP 1 189 098 15.01.1999

16 JA WAM POKAŻĘ! I'LL SHOW YOU! FORUM FILM 1 179 493 10.02.2006

17 DLACZEGO NIE! WHY NOT! INTERFILM 1 152 230 19.01.2007

18 ŚWIADECTWO TESTIMONY KINO ŚWIAT 995 895 17.10.2008

19 ŚWIADEK KORONNY STATE WITNESS ITI CINEMA 959 649 02.02.2007

20 STARA BAŚŃ WHEN THE SUN WAS GOD – AN ANCIENT TALE SYRENA 907 887 19.09.2003

New Polish Feature Films 2009 source: 113 POLAND AND CINEMA 0 8 6 5 4 2 7 3 1 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e Y 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Average ticket price (PLN 13,28 13,94 13,58 13,79 13,95 14,23 14, 39 14,75 16,15

Average ticket price (USD) 3,10 3,40 3,31 3,54 3,82 4,45 4,80 5,88 5,37

Number of admissions (millions) 18,7 26,2 25,9 22,3 33,4 23,3 32 ,0 32,6 31,3

Polish films 3,1 10,5 4,6 2,5 2,9 0,8 5,1 8,1 7,8

In percentage 15,6% 40,0% 17,8% 11,2% 8,7% 3,4% 15 ,9% 24,70% 25,06%

European films 1,3 3,6 4,1 2,1 3,3 5,4 8,1 5,9 7,3

In percentage 7,0% 13,9% 15,8% 9,4% 9,9% 23,2% 25,5% 18,09% 23,47%

US films 13,9 11,6 17,0 17,6 26,9 16,6 17 ,8 17,6 15,7

In percentage 75,4% 44,5% 65,6% 78,9% 80,5% 71,2% 55 ,7% 53,90% 50,08%

Admissions per capita 0,48 0,69 0,69 0,58 0,87 0,60 0, 84 0,86 0,82

Total Box Office (millions PLN) 248,3 365,2 351,6 307,5 465,6 331,6 460 ,6 481,6 505,1

Polish films 38,4 146,7 58,3 33,2 40,8 11,7 75 ,1 115,2 124,8

In percentage 15,6% 40,2% 16,6% 10,8% 8,8% 3,5% 16 ,3% 23,92% 24,70%

European films 18 51,8 56,6 27,7 47,3 72,0 110 ,3 87,6 117,2

In percentage 7,3% 14,2% 16,1% 9,0% 10,2% 21,7% 23,9% 18,19% 23,19%

US films 187,6 160,1 234,3 243,2 373,0 239,8 261 ,6 263,4 256,5

In percentage 76,4% 43,8% 66,6% 79,1% 80,1% 72,3% 56 ,8% 54,69% 50,78%

Total Box Office (millions USD) 57,14 89,07 85,76 78,85 127,6 103,63 153 ,5 191,9 167,8

Number of films released 195 204 190 195 207 224 236 272 260

Polish films 25 29 24 23 12 24 25 25 35

European films 48 61 46 56 60 74 86 106 91

US films 115 110 113 106 117 104 10 2 110 109

114 source: New Polish Feature Films 2009 Polish Film Institute Programmes

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE QUOTA 2009 TOTAL 2008 TOTAL (PLN millions) (PLN millions) (PLN millions)

Project Development Development 3.0

Grants for screenwriters 1.5 4.5 4.2

Film Production Directional debuts 15.0

Production of feature films 35.5

Production of documentary films 6.0

Production of animated films 6.0

Supporting the Polish film industry 4.0

Production of films with high box-office potential 10.0 76.5 68.7

Film Education and Dissemination

of Film Culture 10.0 10.0 6.4

Promotion of Polish Film Abroad 5.0 5.0 2.4

Development of Cinema Infrastructure Development of cinema infrastructure 4.0

and Film Distribution Film distribution and promotion 4.0 8.0 8.5

Vocational Training 4.0 4.0 2.6

Awards and Prizes

(annual awards, script competitions etc.) 1.8 1.8 1.0

TOTAL 109.8 109.8 93.4

New Polish Feature Films 2009 115 Index of Polish titles

33 sceny z życia / 33 Scenes from Life ...... 12 I 0_1_0 / 0_1_0 ...... 13 Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny / Perfect Guy A for My Girlfriend, The ...... 64 Ile waży koń trojański? / How Much Does Afonia i pszczoły / Happy Afonia ...... 36 The Trojan Horse Weight? ...... 38 Aria diva / Aria Diva ...... 101 J

B Jak żyć? / How to Live? ...... 39 Jestem twój / I Am yours ...... 41 Balladyna / Bait, The ...... 16 Jeszcze nie wieczór / Before the Twilight ...... 17 Belladonna / Belladonna ...... 18 Jeszcze raz / Starting It Anew ...... 83 Boisko bezdomnych / Offsiders, The ...... 61 Jutro będzie lepiej / Tomorrow Will Be Better . . . 89 Bracia Karamazow / Karamazovs, The / Karamazovi ...... 43 K

C Kochaj i tańcz / Love & Dance ...... 49

Co mówią lekarze / What the Doctors Say . . . . . 108 L Contact High / Contact High ...... 22 Czeluskin 2 / Cheluskin 2 ...... 21 Las / Forest, The ...... 29 Cztery noce z Anną / Four Nights with Anna . . . . 30 Latający Cyprian / Flying Cyprian ...... 28 Lejdis / Ladies ...... 44 D Lekcje pana Kuki / Mr Kuka's Advice ...... 58 Limousine / Limo Driver ...... 47 Dla Ciebie i Ognia / Tibi Et Igni ...... 87 Luksus / Luxury ...... 104 Dom zły / Dark House ...... 24 Lunatycy / Sleep-walkers ...... 107 Droga do Raju / Road to Paradise ...... 76 Drugie życie / Second Life / Auguri ...... 79 M Drzazgi / Splinters ...... 82 Dzieci i ryby głosu nie mają Made in Poland / Made in Poland ...... 51 / Kids and Fish Have No Voice ...... 102 Magiczne drzewo / Magic Tree, The ...... 52 Manna / Manna ...... 54 E Mała Moskwa / Little Moscow ...... 48 Mała wielka miłość / Expecting Love ...... 27 Enen / Case Unknown ...... 20 Miasto z morza / Born of the Sea ...... 19 Miłość na wybiegu / Love on the Catwalk ...... 50 F Młyn i krzyż / Mill and The Cross, The ...... 56 Mniejsze zło / Lesser of Two Evils, The ...... 46 Fenomen / Phenomenon ...... 65 Moja krew / My Flesh, My Blood ...... 59 Funio, szefunio i reszta..., czyli dzieciaki Moja nowa droga / My New Life ...... 105 ratują świat / At the Zoo ...... 15 N G Na kredyt / On credit ...... 106 Galerianki / Mall Girls ...... 53 Nie będziesz wiedział / you Will Not Know . . . . . 97 Generał / General ...... 32 Nie kłam, kochanie / Don't Lie, Darling ...... 25 Generał Nil / General Nil ...... 33 Niech żyje pogrzeb!!! / Long Live the Funeral! . . 103 Nieruchomy poruszyciel / Unmoved Mover . . . . . 92 H Niezawodny system / Reliable System, The . . . . . 74 Non-stop kolor / Non-Stop Colour ...... 106 Handlarz cudów / Miracle Seller ...... 57 Headhunter / Headhunter ...... 37

116 New Polish Feature Films 2009 O W

Obcy VI / Alien VI ...... 100 Warsaw Dark / Warsaw Dark ...... 94 Od pełni do pełni / Full Moon ...... 31 Wesołych Świąt / Merry Christmas ...... 105 Operacja “Dunaj” / Operation “Danube” ...... 63 Whisky z mlekiem / Whisky & Milk ...... 95 Ostatnia akcja / Last Action, The ...... 45 Wichry Kołymy / Within the Whirlwind ...... 96 Wiosna 1941 / Spring 1941 ...... 82 P Wojna polsko-ruska / Snow White and Russian Red ...... 81 Piksele / Pixels ...... 68 Wszystko / Everything, Gilles Renard ...... 101 Plan/ Plan, The ...... 69 Wszystko, co kocham / All That I Love ...... 14 Popiełuszko / Popieluszko ...... 70 Wszystkie małe kłamstwa Anny Pora mroku / Time of Darkness, The ...... 88 / Anna's Little Lies ...... 100 Prawdziwa historia Janosika / True Story of Janosik, The ...... 90 Z Projekt dziecko / Project Child ...... 71 Przyjechałam, gdzie jesteś? / I'm Here – where Zamiana / Sex Change ...... 80 are you? ...... 102 Zdjęcie / Photograph, The ...... 66 Zero / Zero ...... 98 R Zgorszenie publiczne / Public Depravity ...... 72 Złoty środek / Golden Mean ...... 35 Ranczo Wilkowyje / Howling Wolf Ranch ...... 40 Zwerbowana miłość / Recruited Love ...... 73 Rezolucja 819 / Resolution 819 ...... 75 Rozmowy nocą / Midnight Talks ...... 55 Różyczka / Rosebud ...... 77 Rysa / Scratch, Michał Rosa ...... 78

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Samotność kucharza szybkich zamówień / Loneliness of the Short-Order Cook, The . . . . . 103 Senność / Drowsiness, The ...... 26 Serce na dłoni / Warm Heart, A ...... 93 Skorumpowani / Corrupted, The ...... 23 Stary człowiek i pies / Old Man and The Dog, The ...... 62 Stracony czas / Lost Time, The ...... 104 Świnki / Piggies ...... 67

T

Tatarak / Sweet Rush ...... 85 To nie tak jak myślisz, kotku / It's Not What you Think, Honey ...... 42 Trzy minuty: 21.37 / Three Minutes: 21:37 . . . . . 86 Trzy uściski dłoni / Three Handshakes, The . . . . 108 Tulpan / Tulpan ...... 91 Tylko nie teraz / Not Now / Tolko nie siejczas' . . . 60 Tysiąc zakazanych krzaków / Thousand of Forbidden Bushes ...... 107

U

U Pana Boga za miedzą / God's Little Village . . . . 34

New Polish Feature Films 2009 117 Index

A H

Adamczyk, Wojciech ...... 40 Holland, Agnieszka ...... 90 Adamek, Maciej ...... 66 Adamik, Kasia ...... 61, 90 J Aksinowicz, Konrad ...... 80 Jadowska, Anna ...... 32 B Jakubowski, Szymon ...... 39 Jemioł, Mateusz ...... 87 Banaszkiewicz, Ewa ...... 102 Jurkiewicz, Tomasz ...... 105 Barbash, Uri ...... 83 Barczyk, Łukasz ...... 92 K Battiato, Giacomo ...... 75 Białowąs, Barbara ...... 105 Karwowski, Łukasz ...... 27 Bizio, Krzysztof ...... 100 Kędzierzawska, Dorota ...... 89 Błaszczyk, Darek ...... 103 Kidawa-Błoński, Jan ...... 77 Bławut, Jacek ...... 17 Kielar, Piotr ...... 107 Borcuch, Jacek ...... 14 Kolski, Jan Jakub ...... 36 Borowski, Paweł ...... 98 Konecki, Tomasz ...... 44, 64 Bromski, Jacek ...... 34 Kostenko, Andrzej ...... 62 Bugajski, Ryszard ...... 33 Kotkowski, Andrzej ...... 19 Bulik, Michał ...... 21 Król, Tadeusz ...... 73 Kryński, Sławomir ...... 42 C Krzystek, Waldemar ...... 48 Kuczeriszka, Grzegorz ...... 88 Čengel-Solčanska, Mariana ...... 28 Crowley, James ...... 15 L

D Lang, Krzysztof ...... 50 Lankosz, Borys ...... 100 Dassier, Jerome ...... 47 Latałło, Marcin ...... 108 Dobrzycki, Adam ...... 71 Leszczyński, Witold ...... 62 Doyle, Christopher ...... 94 Lubaszenko, Olaf ...... 35 Dumała, Piotr ...... 29 Lusiński, Jacek ...... 68 Dvortsevoy, Sergei ...... 91 ł F Łazarkiewicz, Piotr ...... 13 Falk, Feliks ...... 20 M G Machulski, Juliusz ...... 38 Gajewski, Dariusz ...... 58 Majewski, Lech ...... 56 Gaudencio, Miguel ...... 79 Malec, Mariusz ...... 84 Glac, Annika ...... 18 Maleszka, Andrzej ...... 52 Glawogger, Michael ...... 22 Mikhailov, Aleksandr ...... 95 Gliński, Robert ...... 67 Morgenstern, Janusz ...... 46 Głomb, Jacek ...... 63 Gorris, Marleen ...... 96 N Gotkowski, Hubert ...... 54 Grzegorzek, Mariusz ...... 41 Nowakowski, Przemysław ...... 106

118 New Polish Feature Films 2009 P Z

Pacyna, Wojciech ...... 37 Zanussi, Krzysztof ...... 93 Paradowicz, Tadeusz ...... 65 Zasada, Tomasz ...... 87 Parramore, Bruce ...... 49 Zawiślak, Dariusz ...... 16 Pawica, Bolesław ...... 57 Zelenka, Petr ...... 43 Pendrakovsky, Valeri ...... 60 Piekorz, Magdalena ...... 26 Ż Pieprzyca, Maciej ...... 82 Prykowski, Maciej ...... 72 żak, Maciej ...... 55 Pstrong, Sławomir ...... 69 żamojda, Jarosław ...... 23 żuławski, xawery ...... 81 R

Reguła, Gerwazy ...... 76 Renard, Gilles ...... 101 Rogalski, Michał ...... 45 Rosa, Michał ...... 78 Rosłaniec, Katarzyna ...... 53

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Sadowska, Maria ...... 106 Sawicki, Marcel ...... 103 Skolimowski, Jerzy ...... 30 Smarzowski, Wojciech ...... 24 Smoczyńska, Agnieszka ...... 101 Stankiewicz, Ewa ...... 97 Sterło-Orlicki, Maciej ...... 107 Stępniewska, Romy ...... 104 Szafrański, Tomasz ...... 31 Szoda, Jarosław ...... 57 Sztandera, Jarosław ...... 104 Szumowska, Małgorzata ...... 12 Szylko, Izabela ...... 74

Ś

Ślesicki, Maciej ...... 86

W

Wajda, Andrzej ...... 85 Wereśniak, Piotr ...... 25 Wieczyński, Rafał ...... 70 Wnuk, Michał ...... 108 Wojcieszek, Przemysław ...... 51 Wojdyło, Miron ...... 102 Wrona, Marcin ...... 59

New Polish Feature Films 2009 119 editors Magda Sendecka, Grażyna Ika Tatarska

translation Agencja Tłumacz-Expert

cover photographs Wojciech Krzywkowski / Skopia Film (4 Noce z Anną); Michał Dobrowolski, Wojciech Skrzydlewski / Skorpion Art (Mała Moskwa)

logo design for the Polish Film Institute Darek Komorek

graphic design LAVENTURA

120 New Polish Feature Films 2009