NEW POLISH FILMS 2020 NEW POLISH FILMS 2020 1 DEBUT FEATURE 2 DEBUT DOCUMENTARY MASTERS OF THE PLANET FROM WITHIN 6 ANIMATION JEDYNY GATUNEK W RODZAJU CZŁOWIEKA Z WNĘTRZA 25 YEARS OF INNOCENCE. CLOUDS OF DEATH EVEN MICE BELONG THE CASE OF TOMEK KOMENDA – BOLIMOV 1915 MOSQUITO STATE GIRLS’ TALES IN HEAVEN KOMAR OPOWIEŚCI DZIEWCZĘCE 25 LAT NIEWINNOŚCI. SPRAWA TOMKA KOMENDY OBŁOKI ŚMIERCI – BOLIMÓW 1915 NAWET MYSZY IDĄ DO NIEBA ANATOLIAN LEOPARD IN VOLTA MR. JONES GUCZO – A FILM ABOUT HOME RHYMES OBYWATEL JONES LAMPART Z ANKARY W STANIE WOLTY AUGUST ZAMOYSKI ON THE BIG SCREEN GUCZO – FILM O AUGUŚCIE ZAMOYSKIM BELOVED NEIGHBOURS KULT FILM NUMBERS WIERSZYKI DOMOWE NA EKRANIE BIAŁY POTOK KULT FILM NUMERY HERBERT, A BARBARIAN IN THE GARDEN EASTERN MR. JAN AND 40 GIRLS PARQUET HERBERT, BARBARZYŃCA W OGRODZIE EASTERN PAN JAN I 40 DZIEWCZYN PARKIET I AM MAX EVERYONE HAS A SUMMER NEST PLANET SINGLE 3 JESTEM MAX KAŻDY MA SWOJE LATO DOM PLANETA SINGLI 3 LISOW 901 FISHEYE NO HERO AT ALL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES LISÓW 901 FISHEYE ANTYBOHATER ZAJĘCIA REKREACYJNE LOOKING FOR THE POLISH HURRAH, WE ARE STILL ALIVE! OUR LITTLE POLAND SIMPLE THINGS HURRA, WCIĄŻ ŻYJEMY! NASZA MAŁA POLSKA PROSTE RZECZY SCHINDLER W POSZUKIWANIU POLSKIEGO SCHINDLERA JULIUSZ SAY YES / NO SWEAT JULIUSZ POWIEDZ TAK LUB NIE SWEAT MAREK EDELMAN… AND THERE WAS LOVE IN THE GHETTO THE BLACK MILL LAMB THE PAWNSHOP MAREK EDELMAN… I BYŁA MIŁOŚĆ W GETCIE JAGNIĘ LOMBARD CZARNY MŁYN MY BIG BIBA THE GARDEN LETTERS TO SANTA 4 MOJA WIELKA BIBA LISTY DO M. 4 ZŁOTOKAP ONCE UPON A TIME IN POLAND 3 DEBUT ANIMATION THE LAST MISSION MARYGOROUND JAK BÓG SZUKAŁ KARELA MARYJKI KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN ORZEŁ. 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THE LAST LONER I NEVER CRY CATALONIAN DREAM A CO JEŚLI NIC? OSTATNI SAMOTNIK JAK NAJDALEJ STĄD KATALOŃSKI SEN WIKA! WARNING MAGNESIA ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE WIKA! OSTRZEŻENIE MAGNEZJA UCIECZKA NA SREBRNY GLOB New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl 1 DEBUT FEATURE Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl 25 YEARS OF INNOCENCE. THE CASE OF TOMEK KOMENDA Trailer Poland 2020 / 110’ / Colour 4 25 LAT NIEWINNOŚCI. SPRAWA TOMKA KOMENDY Photo by: Robert Pałka Robert Jan Holoubek Cinematographer, director and screenwriter born on March 4, 1978 in Warsaw. In 2001 FEATURE DEBUT he graduated from the Lodz Film School (cinematography studies). He took his first professional steps alongside such cinematographers as Edward Kłosiński and Witold Sobociński. For many years he worked as a cinematographer on numerous film and television productions. In 2007 he directed his first original film entitled SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW that won Grand Prix at the Młodzi & Film Festival of Debut Films in Koszalin, for the best debut in a documentary film. In 2018, he directed the television series ROJST. 25 YEARS OF INNOCENCE. THE CASE OF TOMEK KOMENDA is his feature directorial debut. Photo by: Robert Pałka Director’s Filmography: Directed by: Jan Holoubek Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute A gripping and heartbreaking crime drama 2007 Słońce i cień (Sunlight and Shadow) Written by: Andrzej Gołda Distribution in Poland: Kino Świat based on real events that shocked Poland. – documentary Photography by: Bartłomiej World Sales: TVN Distribution It is a story about the life of Tomasz 2014 Pocztówki z Republiki Absurdu Kaczmarek (PSC) Komenda – a young man wrongly accused (Vykort från absurditetens republik) Edited by: Rafał Listopad and sentenced to 25 years in prison – mockument Production design by: Maciej Fajst for rape and murder of a teenage girl. 2018 Rojst – TV series Costume design by: Weronika Orlińska The filmmakers make an attempt to find 2018 Odwróceni (Insiders) – TV series, ep. 5–8 Sound by: Przemysław Kamieński answers to all the questions that are still Production manager: Krzysztof Łojan bothering public opinion: how could this Cast: Piotr Trojan, Agata Kulesza, happen and why did an innocent man have Jan Frycz, Andrzej Konopka, to wait 18 years in the cell for justice? Magdalena Różczka, Dariusz Chojnacki Producers: Anna Waśniewska-Gill Produced by: TVN S.A. Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl ANATOLIAN LEOPARD Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Poland 2021/ 100’ / Colour 5 LAMPART Z ANKARY Emre Kayiş Born in 1984, a Turkish screenwriter and director. In 2014, he graduated from FEATURE DEBUT London Film School, where he directed his short THE TRANSLATOR. The film was screened at 200 festivals around the world including Sarajevo, Premiers Plans Angers, Palm Springs IFF, and won 16 prizes as well as nomination for the best short film for the 28th European Film Awards. Sundance Lab and Sarajevo Talent Campus alumnus, winner of Jerusalem Film Lab, member of the European Film Academy. Director’s Filmography: 2015 The Translator – short 2014 The Couch – short 2013 Where is my Brother – short Directed by: Emre Kayiş Producers: Olena Yershova, Fikret (48) is the director of the oldest Written by: Emre Kayiş Maria Blicharska, zoo in the country, which is undergoing Photography by: Nick Cooke Monika Sajko-Gradowska, transformation: it will be privatized and an Edited by: Olivia Neergaard-Holm Tanja Georgieva, Jon Hammer amusement park will replace the zoo. The last Production design by: Produced by: TATO FILM, Turkey obstacle to finalize the transaction is the Monika Sajko-Gradowska, Billur Turan Co-produced by: ELEMAG PICTURES oldest resident of the zoo, an Anatolian Costume design by: Monika Biała, Tanja Georgieva-Waldauer – Germany, leopard, which, as a species threatened with Oiku Ersoy ADOMEIT Jon Hammer – Denmark extinction, is legally protected. Fikret is a man Sound by: Michael Kaczmarek Executive Producer: Olena Yershova of habit, silent, introspective, exhausted by life. Production manager: Buke Aksehirli, Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute, Long divorced, he has lost his idealism and Anita Trzyna, Mateusz Gradowski Danish Film Institute, leads a lonely life. On New Year’s Eve, a bit Cast: Ugur Polat, Ipek Turktan, Tansu Biser, Ministry of Culture Turkey tipsy and bored by a discussion with an old Hatice Aslan, Osman Alkas Distribution in Poland: Aurora Films friend about politics, he ends up at the zoo. He World Sales: LUXBOX decides to pay a visit to the leopard. He sits down in front of the old fellow and eventually notices that it is dead. Without thinking too much, he decides to hide the body and pretend the leopard has escaped... Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl BELOVED NEIGHBOURS Poland 2020 / 80’ / Colour 6 BIAŁY POTOK Michał Grzybowski Born in 1979 in Łódź, Poland. Graduated from Polish Film School in Łódź. Director, actor, FEATURE DEBUT sceenwriter. Member of the Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz. Author of the film NON SONO PRONTO awarded at Polish Film Festival in Gdynia and acclaimed worldwide short feature HITLER AT THE OPERA. Director’s Filmography: 2010 Non sono pronto 2012 Death in the theatre 2014 Hitler at the opera Directed by: Michał Grzybowski Produced by: Square Film Studio Ltd. A comedy of errors about the vicissitudes Written by: Michał Grzybowski, Co-produced by: TVP S.A. of two married couples. Michał and Ewa Tomasz Walesiak Executive Producer: Tatiana Matysiak lead a relatively stable life, which is gov- Photography by: Mateusz Skalski Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute erned by their good jobs and Ewa’s second Edited by: Ireneusz Grzyb Distribution in Poland: Open pregnancy. Kasia and Bartek, meanwhile, Production design by: Tomasz Walesiak World Sales: Open are facing severe financial problems. Costume design by: Alicja Antoszczyk Unexpectedly for everyone, in the heat Sound by: Artur Walaszczyk of a quarrel Kasia reveals to her husband Production manager: Maria Leźnicka that she once spent the night with Michał. Cast: Marcin Dorociński, Dobromir In an instant, love and friendship are Dymecki, Agnieszka Dulęba-Kasza, placed in doubt. The intricacies of their Julia Wyszyńska emotional and financial relations, along Producers: Tatiana Matysiak, with their seemingly innocent little lies, Magdalena Borowiec, Daria Zienowicz lead to a spiral of misunderstandings... Back to start New Polish Films 2020 www.en.pisf.pl EASTERN Poland 2019 / 75’ / Colour 7 EASTERN Piotr Adamski Born in 1982, visual artist and film director Piotr Adamski graduated from the Poznań FEATURE DEBUT Academy of Fine Arts and the Wajda School and has created exhibitions both in Poland and abroad. He is a winner of the Samsung Art Master competition and has twice received a Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship. Director’s Filmography: 2016 Otwarcie (Opening) – F (short) 2019 Eastern Directed by: Piotr Adamski Producers: Jacek Bromski, In a dystopian world regulated by an inex- Written by: Piotr Adamski, Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński orable, patriarchal code, the Nowak and Festival’s Premiere: Michał Grochowiak Produced by: Munk Studio Kowalski families have been embroiled 2019 The Youth and Film Festival, Poland Photography by: Bartosz Nalazek – Polish Filmmakers Association, in a vendetta for years.