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New Polish Films 2016 - New Polish Films / Polskie Filmy
New Polish Films 2016
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New Polish Films 2016
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Introduction Magdalena Sroka 4
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#WszystkoGra by Agnieszka Glińska 6
11 Minutes 11 minut by Jerzy Skolimowski 7
Adventurers’ Club Klub Włóczykijów i tajemnica Dziadka
Hieronima by Tomasz Szafrański 8
Afterimages Powidoki by Andrzej Wajda 9
Agnus Dei Niewinne by Anne Fontaine 10
All These Sleepless Nights Wszystkie nieprzespane noce
by Michał Marczak 11
Amok by Katarzyna Adamik 12
Another Day of Life Jeszcze dzień życia
by Damian Nenow, Raúl de la Fuente 13
Ausma Świt by Laila Pakalnina 14
Baby Bump by Kuba Czekaj 15
Bangistan by Karan Anshuman 16
Behind the Blue Door Za niebieskimi drzwiami
by Mariusz Palej 17
Birds Are Singing in Kigali Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali
by Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze 18
Blindness Zaćma by Ryszard Bugajski 19
The Butler Kamerdyner by Filip Bajon 20
Career Girl Słaba płeć? by Krzysztof Lang 21
Clair – Obscur by Yeşim Ustaoğlu 22
Convoy Konwój by Maciej Żak 23
Cosmos Kosmos by Marcin Kamiński 24
Day of Chocolate Dzień Czekolady by Jacek Piotr Bławut 25
Demon by Marcin Wrona 26
Dew Rosa by Denijal Hasanovic 27
Dr Charming Kobiety bez wstydu by Witold Orzechowski 28
The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street Excentrycy,
czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy by Janusz Majewski 29
Ederly by Piotr Dumała 30
The Erlprince Królewicz Olch by Kuba Czekaj 31
Forest, 4 am Las, 4 rano by Jan Jakub Kolski 32
Game Count Pokot by Agnieszka Holland 33
Geisha Gejsza by Radosław Markiewicz 34
Git by Kamil Szymański 35
The Happiness of the World Szczęście świata
by Michał Rosa 36
Hel by Katia Priwieziencew Paweł Tarasiewicz 37
The High Frontier Na granicy by Wojciech Kasperski 38
Humble Servants Sługi boże by Mariusz Gawryś 39
I, Olga Hepnarova Ja, Olga Hepnarova
by Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda 40
I’m a Killer Jestem mordercą by Maciej Pieprzyca 41
Into the Spiral W spirali by Konrad Aksinowicz 42
Journals by Wiktoria Szymańska 43
KAMPER by Łukasz Grzegorzek 44
Kantor by Jan Hryniak 45
The Last Family Ostatnia Rodzina by Jan P. Matuszyński 46
Letters to Santa 2 Listy do M. 2 by Maciej Dejczer 47
Love in the City of Gardens Miłość w mieście ogrodów
by Ingmar Villqist Adam Sikora 48
Love Kochaj by Marta Plucińska 49
Loving Vincent Twój Vincent by Dorota Kobiela 50
The Lure Córki Dancingu by Agnieszka Smoczyńska 51
Maria Skłodowska-Curie by Marie Noelle 52
Memories of Summer Wspomnienie lata
by Adam Guziński 53
New World Nowy Świat by Elżbieta Benkowska,
Michał Wawrzecki, Łukasz Ostalski 54
Niewidzialne by Paweł Sala 55
Planet Single Planeta singli by Mitja Okorn 56
Playground Plac zabaw by Bartosz M. Kowalski 57
Raging Rose Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka by Julia Kowalski 58
Satan Said Dance Szatan kazał tańczyć
by Kasia Rosłaniec 59
A Simple Murder Prosta historia o morderstwie
by Arkadiusz Jakubik 60
The Singing Napkin Śpiewający obrusik
by Mariusz Grzegorzek 61
Stars Gwiazdy by Jan Kidawa-Błoński 62
Strange Heaven Obce niebo by Dariusz Gajewski 63
Summer Solstice Letnie przesilenie by Michał Rogalski 64
These Daughters of Mine Moje córki krowy
by Kinga Dębska 65
They Chased Me Through Arizona Arizona w mojej głowie
by Matthias Huser 66
Three Falls of a Saint Trzy upadki świętego
by Jacek Januszyk 67
True Crimes by Alexandros Avranas 68
United States of Love Zjednoczone Stany Miłości
by Tomasz Wasilewski 69
Volhynia Wołyń by Wojtek Smarzowski 70
The Wall Mur by Dariusz Glazer 71
Waves Fale by Grzegorz Zariczny 72
Wild Roses Dzikie róże by Anna Jadowska 73
Women Collection Kolekcja sukienek by Marzena Więcek 74
Young Jacob Mały Jakub by Mariusz Bieliński 75
Zgoda by Maciej Sobieszczański 76
ZUD by Marta Minorowicz 77
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MISCELLANEA 78
Key Addresses 79
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Polish Film Institute
National Film Archive Filmoteka Narodowa
Polish Filmmakers Associations
Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce
Krajowa Izba Producentów Audiowizualnych
Telewizja Polska
Creative Europe Desk Poland
Selected Film Schools 80
Łódź Film School
Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department
University of Silesia in Katowice
Wajda School
Warsaw Film School
Gdynia Film School
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Top Film Festivals in Poland 81
9th PKO Off Camera International Festival of Independent
Cinema 81
13th Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 81
56th Krakow Film Festival 81
9th Animator International Animated Film Festival 81
16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival 81
41st Gdynia Film Festival 82
32nd Warsaw Film Festival 82
12th CentEast Market 82
7th American Film Festival 82
24th Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of
Cinematography 82
23rd Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival 82
34th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film
Festival 82
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BOX OFFICE 2015 83
All Releases 83
Domestic Films 84
European Films 85
US Films 86
Top 20: All Releases 1990-2015 87
Top 20: Domestic Films 1990-2015 88
Distribution Market 89
Poland and Cinema 90
INDEXES 91
Index of Directors 91
Index of English Titles 92
Index of Polish Titles 93
Credits 94
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Allow me to present the latest edition of the Polish Film Institute's New Polish Films catalogue —
a showcase of what is to come in Polish cinema. In this catalogue, we present a selection of feature
films, some of which are sure to screen in competition and in other notable sections at international
film festivals.
2015 was an exceptionally successful year for Polish cinema. Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida received an Oscar,
while several other Polish filmmakers were nominated for this prestigious award. The Berlin International
Film Festival brought the Silver Bear award for Małgorzata Szumowska's Body/Ciało and an award
for The Performer by Maciej Sobieszczański and Łukasz Ronduda.
Today, I would like you to join me in opening a new chapter in the history of Polish cinema. The year 2016
begins with Polish films in official selection at Sundance and Berlinale. The year will also bring a number
of great surprises and fascinating discoveries in Polish cinemas. Polish filmmakers are always working
on new projects, many of which are made thanks to the endless efforts of the Polish Film Institute
to make Polish cinema versatile and memorable for audiences in Poland and abroad.
I'm sure the New Polish Films catalogue will assist you in discovering something intriguing, surprising,
and inspiring about Polish cinema. I encourage you to experience Polish cinema in all its diversity
throughout the year.
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Magdalena Sroka
General Director of the Polish Film Institute
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#WszystkoGra
POLAND 2016
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Agnieszka Glińska
COLOUR
directed by Agnieszka Glińska written by Marta Konarzewska, Agnieszka Glińska, Ilona Łepkowska director of photography Paweł Edelman
music arrangements Paweł Lucewicz edited by Jarosław Kamiński PSM production design by Agnieszka Zawadowska costume design by
Magdalena Maciejewska make-up artist Olga Nejbauer choreography by Agustin Egurrola, Weronika Pełczyńska sound by Marek Wronko,
Dreamsound production manager Ewa Jastrzębska cast Eliza Rycembel, Kinga Preis, Stanisława Celińska, Sebastian Fabijański, Antoni Pawlicki,
Krzysztof Stroiński, Bartosz Żuchowski producers Sylwia Wilkos, Klaudiusz Frydrych, Roman Gutek produced by Scorpio Studio, ul. Frascati 4/2,
00-483 Warsaw, Poland, www.scorpio-studio.com co-produced by Edipresse Polska, D35 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in
Poland Vue Movie Distribution, www.vuemovie.pl world sales open
Born in 1968. Stage director, actress.
Served as artistic director of Teatr Studio
in Warsaw from 2012 to 2015. Lecturer at
the Drama Academy in Warsaw from 1999
to 2012, and at the Academy for the
Dramatic Arts in Krakow since 2013.
Author of multiple television plays.
#WszystkoGra marks her feature debut as
a film director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
A story about the search for happiness, love, and joy of life. Zosia tries to change the world through art. Her mother meets someone
special, rather unexpectedly. Her grandmother is hiding a secret from her past. These three women will attempt to save the family
house. They will go through a lot to find out what they truly want. Will they manage to accomplish it? This unusual love story is set
to some of the most beautiful Polish songs in new musical arrangements, with choreography by Agustin Egurrola.
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2016: #WszystkoGra
PHOTO BY ADAM KOZAK / AP GAZETA
Jerzy Skolimowski
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11 minut
POLAND – IRELAND 2015
80 MIN
COLOUR
Director, screenwriter, actor, poet, painter.
Winner of multiple prestigious awards,
including the Golden Bear at the Berlin IFF
(The Departure) and Special Jury Prizes in
Cannes (The Shout), Venice (Lightship),
and Tokyo (Four Nights with Anna). Author
of several books of poetry and stage plays.
Member of the European Film Academy.
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski director of photography Mikołaj Łebkowski music by Paweł Mykietyn edited byAgnieszka Glińska
production design by Joanna Kaczyńska, Wojciech Żogała costume design by Kalina Lach make-up artist Anna Nobel-Nobielska sound by
Radosław Ochnio cast Anna Buczek, Agata Buzek, Paulina Chapko, Andrzej Chyra, Richard Dormer, Piotr Głowacki, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Jan
Nowicki, Dawid Ogrodnik, Łukasz Sikora, Ifi Ude, Mateusz Kościukiewicz producers Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski produced by Skopia Film,
skopiafilm@skopiafilm.com co-produced by Element Pictutes Ltd. (Ireland), Telewizja Polska, Orange Polska, HBO, Fundacja Tumult executive
producer Ewa Piaskowska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board, Eurimages production manager Andrzej Stempowski
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales HanWay Films, www.hanwayfilms.com
FILMOGRAPHY:
AWARDS: //VENICE IFF, 2015: SPECIAL MENTION OF THE YOUTH JURY
//GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL, 2015: SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, BEST
EDITING, BEST MUSIC //LISBON & ESTORIL FILM FESTIVAL, 2015:
“JAEGER-LECOULTRE” AWARD FOR BEST FILM
1964: Rysopis (Identification Marks: None)
1965: Walkower (Walkover)
1966: Bariera (Barrier)
1967: The Departure
1970: Deep End
1970: The Adventures of Gerard
1972: King, Queen, Knave
1981: Ręce do góry (Hands Up)
1982: Moonlighting
1984: Success Is the Best Revenge
1985: The Lightship
1989: Torrents of Spring
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1991: 30 Door Key
2008: Cztery noce z Anną (Four Nights
with Anna)
2010: Essential Killing
2015: 11 minut (11 Minutes)
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1978: The Shout
The same eleven minutes in the lives of various characters, seen through parallel storylines. Before the last second of the eleventh
minute is up, their fates are brought together by an event that will have a huge impact on their lives.
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Tomasz Szafrański
Klub Włóczykijów i tajemnica Dziadka Hieronima
POLAND 2015
94 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Tomasz Szafrański director of photography Michał Grabowski music by Fred Emory Smith edited by Mateusz Budnik
production design by Agata Adamus, Zofia Lubińska costume design by Agnieszka Sobiecka, Emilia Skowrońska make-up artists Zuza Stefańska,
Ewa Nowacka sound by Zbigniew Malecki executive producer Michał Kowalik cast Bogdan Kalus, Kamila Bujalska, Piotr Janusz, Jakub Wróblewski,
Franciszek Dziduch, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Tomasz Karolak producer Małgorzata Domin executive producer Dominika Mandla produced by
Domino Film, ul. Sokolska 63A/4, 40-087 Katowice, Poland, tel. +48 602 772 778, www.dominofilm.pl co-produced by Silesia Film, Nataniel
Productions, Mandla Media, New Wave Film, Lumicon Fx, All, Isyrius, Tomasz Karolak, Film Factory Ltd., Em Studio, Supra Film co-financed by
the Polish Film Institute, the Silesian Film Fund, the City of Gliwice, the Commune of Pułtusk, the National Centre for Culture distribution in
Poland Forum Film, www.forumfilm.pl world sales open
Born in 1977 in Bydgoszcz. Director and
screenwriter for feature films and
television series. Graduated in film
directing from the Radio and Television
Department of the University of Silesia.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2012: Od pełni do pełni (It’s a Perfect
Night for a Suicide)
2015: No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria
Kornel and Maks are spending their holidays in front of a computer monitor, with absolutely no intention of returning to the boring
real world. This changes when their uncle Dionizy, the black sheep of the family, comes to visit. The unpredictable Dionizy takes his
nephews into a world full of unexpected events and extraordinary individuals. They will lead the Adventurers’ Club on a journey
aimed at finding the treasure once buried by their great-grandfather Kornel. Things get complicated when a pair of criminals, Doctor
Kadryll and his sidekick, get wind of the treasure. A race against time ensues, filled with comic errors and surprising plot twists.
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2015: Klub Włóczykijów i tajemnica
Dziadka Hieronima (Adventurers’ Club)
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Andrzej Wajda
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Powidoki
POLAND 2016
One of Poland’s most prominent film directors and
co-founder of the ‘Polish school’ in filmmaking, Andrzej
Wajda holds an honorary degree from several
universities and is a Commander of the National Order
of the Legion of Honour. In 2000, Andrzej Wajda was
the first Polish filmmaker to receive the Lifetime
Achievement Academy Award.
COLOUR
directed by Andrzej Wajda written by Andrzej Mularczyk director of photography Paweł Edelman music by vacat edited by Grażyna Gradoń
production design by Marek Warszewski costume design by Katarzyna Lewińska make-up artists Janusz Kaleja sound by Maria Chilarecka
production manager Paweł Gabryś cast Ewa Brodzka producer Michał Kwieciński produced by Akson Studio, ul. Piękna 44a, Warsaw,
Poland, tel. +48 22 840 68 30, www.akson-studio.pl co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Telewizja Polska, Fundacja
Tumult executive producer Akson Studio co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open
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Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei (Wałęsa. Man Of Hope) /
Tatarak (Sweet Rush) / Katyń (Katyn) / Solidarność,
Solidarność... (Solidarity, Solidarity) / Zemsta (Revenge)
/ Wyrok na Franciszka Kłosa / Pan Tadeusz (Pan
Tadeusz: The Last Foray In Lithuania) / Panna Nikt /
Nastazja / Pierścionek z orłem w koronie / Korczak /
Kronika wypadków miłosnych / Danton / Człowiek
z żelaza (Man Of Iron) / Dyrygent / Panny z Wilka
(The Maids Of Wilko) / Bez znieczulenia (Without
Anaesthesia) / Człowiek z marmuru (Man Of Marble) /
Smuga cienia (The Shadow Line) / Ziemia obiecana
(Land Of Promise) / Wesele (The Wedding) / Pilatus
Und Andere (Pilate And Others) / Brzezina (Birch Wood)
/ Krajobraz po bitwie (Landscape After Battle) /
Polowanie na muchy (Hunting Flies) / Przekładaniec
(Layer Cake) / Wszystko na sprzedaż (Everything For
Sale) / Gates to Paradise / Popioły (Ashes) / L’amour
a vingt ans (Love At Twenty) / Sibirska ledi Magbet
(Siberian Lady Macbeth) / Niewinni czarodzieje
(Innocent Sorcerers) / Lotna (Speed) / Popiół i diament
(Ashes And Diamonds) / Kanał (Canal) / Pokolenie
(Generation)
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FILMOGRAPHY:
A film about Polish artist Władysław Strzemiński, who refused to succumb to socialist realism and suffered
the consequences of his artistic choices. A film about communist power destroying a charismatic and rebellious man.
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Niewinne
FRANCE – POLAND 2015
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Anne Fontaine written by Sabrina B. Carine, Alice Vial based on an original idea by Philippe Maynial adaptation and dialogues by Anne
Fontaine, Pascal Bonitzer director of photography Caroline Champetier edited by Aneth Dutertre production design by Joanna Macha costume
design by Katarzyna Lewińska make-up artist Anna Nobiel-Nobielska sound by Olivier Mouveniz cast Lou De Laage, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza,
Joanna Kulig, Vincent Macaigne producers Eric and Nicolas Altmayer co-producers Eliza Oczkowska, Klaudia Śmieja produced by Mandarin Cinema
co-produced by Aeroplan Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, NC+ distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl
world sales Film Distribution, www.filmdistribution.com
French director and screenwriter. Her first
steps in filmmaking were in front of
the camera, as an actress. Author of such
acclaimed films as Coco Before Chanel,
featuring Audrey Tautou, and Adore, with
performances by Naomi Watts and Robin
Wright. Nominated for the César awards
multiple times; winner of the award for
Best Screenplay at the Venice Film festival.
FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED WORKS):
In a mission to repatriate French nationals in the days following World War Two, the French Red Cross is gathering French citizens
at a local hospital in Poland. One of the hospital staff is a young doctor named Mathilde Beaulieu. One day, a Polish nun from a nearby
convent arrives at the hospital, begging for help for a dying woman; one of the nuns is in labour. The nuns had been victims of a gang
rape by Red Army soldiers. Mathilde wants to seek help, but the Mother Superior is determined to keep the matter a secret in order
to avoid a scandal.
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1993: Les histoires d’amour finissent
mal... en général (Love Affairs Usually
End Badly)
1997: Nettoyage à sec (Dry Cleaning)
2009: Coco Before Chanel
2013: Adore
2014: Gemma Bovery
2015: Niewinne (Agnus Dei)
Michał Marczak
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Wszystkie nieprzespane noce
POLAND – UNITED KINGDOM 2016
Director and cinematographer. Author
of Fuck For Forest (2012), chosen by the
UK’s Dazed & Confused magazine as one
of the "top ten most innovative
documentaries of recent years." Also
directed At the Edge of Russia (2010),
winning the HBO Emerging Artist Award
and Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs and
other accolades at festivals worldwide.
100 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Michał Marczak director of photography Michał Marczak edited by Dorota Wardęszkiewicz sound by Jan Pasemann,
Katarzyna Szczerba production manager Janusz Dąbkiewicz cast Krzysztof Bagiński, Michał Huszcza, Eva Lebuef producers Marta Golba, Michał
Marczak, Julia Nottingham, Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski produced by Endorfina Studio, ul. Kwiatowa 28/10, 02-539 Warsaw
www.endorfinastudio.com, Pulse Film, 17 Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR, United Kingdom, tel. +44 02 074265700, www.pulsefilms.com
co-produced by Telewizja Polska, the Mazovia Film Fund, Moma Films executive producer Marta Golba co-financed by the Polish Film Institute,
Sundance Institute, Britdoc Circle Fund, Filmmaker Fund distribution in Poland open world sales Submarine (USA), HanWay Films
(International) www.hanwayfilms.com
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009: Kobieta poszukiwana –
documentary
2010: Koniec Rosji (At the Edge of
Russia) – documentary
2012: Fuck For Forest – documentary
2016: Wszystkie nieprzespane noce (All
These Sleepless Nights)
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What does it mean to be truly awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep? Kris and his best friend Michal push their experiences
of life and love to a breaking point as they restlessly roam the streets of Warsaw, adrift in the uncertainty and euphoria of youth.
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POLAND – SWEDEN – GERMANY 2016
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Katarzyna Adamik
COLOUR
directed by Katarzyna Adamik written by Richard Karpala director of photography Tomasz Naumiuk edited by Michał Czarnecki production design by
Joanna Macha costume design by Katarzyna Lewińska make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska production managers Dagmara Bagnecka, Janusz B. Czech
cast Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Łukasz Simlat, Marta Nieradkiewicz producers Beata Pisula, Helena Danielsson produced by K&K Selekt,
ul. Pokorna 2/1045, 00-199 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 503 125 325, Brain Academy, Jungfrugatan 30, 114 44 Stockholm, Sweden,
tel. +46 73 342 8 184 co-produced by TVN, Kino Świat, Film&Vest, The Chimney Group – Germany executive producers Dione Film,
Poland and Hepp Film, Sweden co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl
world sales The Match Factory, www.the-match-factory.com
Her debut film was Bark!, a US production
that brought her a nomination for
the Grand Prize at the prestigious
Sundance film festival and an award at
the Warsaw Film Festival. She also directs
premium television series and
commercials.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2002: Bark!
Based on a true story that created a media frenzy in Poland and abroad, turning into one of the world’s most famous trials, written
up by newspapers around the world, including The Guardian, The New Yorker, Time, and Daily Mail. The person of interest was
Krystian Bala, author of a book describing the perfect crime he had allegedly committed. The story was built like a masterful
psychological thriller, with multiple interwoven plots that played on the themes of love, betrayal, and uninhibited ambition. From
the beginning, we find ourselves asking the question of whether or not the author of the book is a killer, or a victim of his own
ambition and an unfortunate coincidence.
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2008: Boisko bezdomnych
(The Offsiders)
2009: Janosik. Prawdziwa historia
(Janosik. The True Story; co-directed with
Agnieszka Holland)
2016: Amok
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Jeszcze dzień życia
POLAND – SPAIN – BELGIUM – GERMANY – HUNGARY 2016
Graduated from the Łódź Film
School. Joined Platige Image
in 2006. Among other projects,
Nenow directed three animated
shorts. His Paths of Hate (2010)
was short-listed for an Academy
Award nomination, received
a Special Distinction at the Annecy
International Animated Film
Festival, and received acclaim
at Comic-Con and at the 2011
SIGGRAPH.
80 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow written by Raúl de la Fuente, Amaia Remirez, David Weber, Niall Johnson artistic director Rafał Wojtunik
directors of photography Gorka Gómez-Andreu, Raúl de la Fuente music by Mikel Salas edited by Raúl de la Fuente production manager Katarzyna
Jarzyna cast (motion capture) Mirosław Haniszewski, Olga Bołądź, Vergil Smith, Jakub Kamieński, Tomasz Ziętek, Rafał Fudalej, Paweł Paczesny,
Wvarwzeky – Wez Kombo - Boutemoumoussa, Julia Adejumo, Łukasz Słaniewski, Kamil Pohl, Błażej Andrzejewski, Krzysztof Durski, Maciej Jóźwik,
Maciej Nenko, Arkadiusz Champel producers Ole Wendorff-Østergaard, Jarek Sawko, Amaia Remírez, Raúl de la Fuente produced by Platige Films,
ul. Raclawicka 99, 02-634 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 844 64 74, www.platigefilms.pl; Kanaki Films, Plaza De La Fuente 3, 31422 Unciti-Navarra,
Spain tel. +34 648 764 852, www.anotherdayoflifefilm.com co-produced by Walking The Dog, Wüste Film GmbH, Animationsfabrik GmbH, Puppetworks
Studios co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, HBO Polska, Next Film, Navarra Government, Basque Government, ICAA, Canal Plus, ETB, TVE, Flanders
Film Fund (VAF) Screen Flanders, TV Canvas, FFHHSH (Film Fund Hamburg), ARTE, Pandora distribution, Eurimages distribution in Poland open
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Raul came up with the original idea
for Another Day of Life. His first
feature film Nomadak Tx was
the most awarded Spanish
documentary film at International
film festivals in 2007. Raul’s latest
documentary Minerita was short-listed for an Academy Award
nomination. He is the founder and
director of Kanaki Films.
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Raúl de la Fuente
The film is based on a book by legendary Polish war reporter Ryszard Kapuściński. It is the story of a reporter, searching for the truth of
war. During his perilous journey across Angola, he is faced with events that force him to reevaluate his approach to his work, and to life in
general. It is the dramatic account of the three months Kapuściński spent in Angola in 1975, in the early days of its decades-long civil war.
The film’s narrative animation helps visualise past events and the surrealistic visions of war. The documentary scenes focus on aspects
that appear to differ from the animated plot, but ultimately share a common denominator and complement the story in a suggestive
and emotional way.
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Laila Pakalnina
Świt
LATVIA – POLAND – ESTONIA 2015
90 MIN
BLACK & WHITE
written and directed by Laila Pakalnina director of photography Wojciech Staroń edited by Kaspar Kallas production design by Jurgis Krasons
costume design by Natalia Czeczott cast Wiktor Zborowski producer Laila Pakalnina co-producers Małgorzata Staroń, Kaspar Kallas produced by
Kompanija Hargla Valtaiku 19, Riga LV1029, Latvia contact laila.pakalnina@inbox.lv co-produced by Staron-Film executive producer Miracle Worker
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, National Film Center of Latvia, Cultural Capital Foundation of Latvia production manager
Sergiej Berdicevskis distribution in Poland New Horizons Association, www.nowehoryzonty.pl world sales open
Graduated from the Moscow Film
Institute (VGIK) Department of Film
Directing in 1991.
Wrote and directed 25 documentaries, five
shorts, and four fiction features. Her films
screened in official selection at
the Cannes IFF, Venice IFF, Berlin IFF,
Locarno IFF, Rome IFF etc. Winner of
multiple film awards.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1998: The Shoe
2006: The Hostage
2012: Pizzas
Ten-year-old Janis is a pioneer, living on a collective farm (kolkhoz) called ‘Dawn’ in what is now Latvia. His father, an opponent of
the kolkhoz system (and Soviet rule in general), plans to burn down the kolkhoz head office. Little Janis betrays his father by turning
him in to the police. The father kills Janis in revenge. Who is good and who is evil in this Soviet parable?
The film is based on a Soviet propaganda story; young pioneer Pavlik Morozov denounced his father to the secret police and was
later murdered by his family in revenge. Morozov’s life was supposed to serve as an inspiration for all the ‘righteous’ citizens of
the Soviet Union.
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2015: Świt (Ausma)
Kuba Czekaj
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TRAILER
POLAND 2015
Graduated in film directing from the Radio
and Television Department of
the University of Silesia in Katowice
(2010), and the Studio Prób programme at
the Wajda School in Warsaw (2011).
Received a scholarship from the Minister
of Culture and National Heritage (2009
and 2011). Winner of the “Talent Trójki”
award of Polish Radio 3, the “Warto”
award of Gazeta Wyborcza, and
the “Gwarancja Kultury” award of TVP
Kultura. Directed the multiple awardwinning shorts Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba
sie bać (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room)
and Twist & Blood. Finalist of the 2015
College Cinema Biennale programme of
the Venice Biennale.
90 MIN
COLOUR/ BLACK & WHITE
written and directed by Kuba Czekaj director of photography Adam Palenta music by Nivea, Jemek, Vienio i Simba, Cipedrapskuad, Gówno, Krem,
Violetta Villas, Das Moon edited by Magdalena Chowańska production design by Katarzyna Śląska costume design by Aleksandra Staszko
make-up artist Olga Nejbauer sound by Radosław Ochnio production manager Małgorzata Wala cast Kacper Olszewski, Agnieszka Podsiadlik,
Caryl Swift, Sebastian Łach, Weronika Wachowska, Andrzej Szeremeta, Halina Rasiakówna, Rafał Maćkowiak, Andrzej Mastalerz, Bogusława
Jantos, Dagmara Krasowska producers Magdalena Kamińska, Agata Szymańska produced by Balapolis, ul. Kruczkowskiego 6c/36,
00-412 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 601 980 737, tel. +48 514 593 757, www.balapolis.com distribution in Poland Vue Movie, www.vuemovie.pl
world sales Film Republic, www.filmrepublic.biz
AWARDS: //LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2015: QUEER GOLDEN LION
SPECIAL MENTION //GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL 2015: SPECIAL
MENTION IN THE VISIONS APART COMPETITION
FILMOGRAPHY:
2015: Baby Bump
PHOTO BY ŁUKASZ BĄK
2015: Królewicz Olch (The Erlprince)
New Polish Films 2016
Mickey is no longer a child. He doesn’t know who he is. He has no friends. He doesn’t understand his mother. He doesn’t like what’s
happening to his body. Reality and imagination blend into one. Events taking place at home and at school grow escalate to extremes.
Mickey has to find an inner strength to put a stop to the inevitable. Where will his encounter with his own maturing body take him?
Growing up is not for kids.
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Bangistan
120 MIN
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Karan Anshuman
COLOUR
PHOTO BY SOUMYAJIT NANDY
directed by Karan Anshuman written by Puneet Krishna, Sumit Purohit, Karan Anshuman director of photography Szymon Lenkowski music by
Ram Sampath edited by Shweta Venkat Matthew production design by Katarzyna Filimoniuk, Amit Ray and Subrata Chakraborty (India)
costume design by Veera Kapoor hair / make-up artists Avan Contractor, Yasmin Rodgers sound by Vivek Sachidanand cast Riteish Deshmukh,
Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Tomasz Karolak, Janusz Chabior, Bilguun Ariunbataar, Andrezj Blumenfeld producers
Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar produced by Excel Entertainment PVT Ltd., 701, Orchid Pride Corner of S. V. Road & Convent Avenue, Santa
Cruz (W), Mumbai 400 054, India, www.excelmovies.com presented by Junglee Pictures Ltd. co-produced by Zorg Werke, Lwowska 6/2,
00-658 Warsaw, Poland, www.zorgwerke.com executive producer Vikesh Bhutani line producers Rupali Vaidya, Magdalena Jaworska
distribution in Poland and world sales open
Director, screenwriter, popular film critic,
new media expert. Before turning to
filmmaking, he studied everything from
computer studies to astronomy to art
history. His first short Elevator Etiquette
premiered at the Digital Talkies festival in
New Delhi, while his later project
Bhaichara was invited to participate in
the Berlinale Shorts Workshop.
Karan is also the author of two innovative
digital projects: he is the creative director
of the Dreamscape Media interactive
agency, and co-founder of upperstall.com,
a website dedicated to Indian films, voted
by TIME magazine to be one of the top
three entertainment websites.
Karan Anshuman has also worked as a
film critic for the Mumbai Mirror.
Bangistan marks his feature debut as a
director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2015: Bangistan
The story of Hafeez and Praveen, two accidental religious extremists who travel from India to Krakow with a suicide mission.
Their plans become complicated when the Polish police, hungry for publicity, get wind of the planned attacks and begin following
the terrorists-to-be. Beautiful pub-owner Rosie and crafty Tamim trying to make an easy buck — these are but a few of the array
of colourful characters who cross paths with the Indian terrorists, making the adventures of Hafeez and Praveen ever more exciting.
A film with a peaceful message; a light-hearted look at intolerance and lack of understanding for our fellow human beings.
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INDIA – POLAND 2015
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TRAILER
Za niebieskimi drzwiami
POLAND 2015
Cinematographer, director. Graduated in
cinematography from the Łódź Film
School. Worked as cinematographer
on multiple documentary films, television
series and television plays. Behind the Blue
Door marks his feature debut.
FILMOGRAPHY:
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Mariusz Palej written by Adam Wojtyszko, Magdalena Nieć, Katarzyna Stachowicz-Gacek director of photography Witold Płóciennik
music by Jacek Mazurkiewicz edited by Urszula Dutka production design by Katarzyna Sobańska-Strzałkowska costume design by Barbara
Sikorska-Bouffał, Julia Bouffał make-up artists Alina Janerka, Czezary Kostrzewski sound by Mariusz Bielecki cast Michał Żebrowski, Ewa
Błaszczyk, Magda Nieć, Teresa Lipowska, Adam Ferency, Dominik Kowalczyk, Sara Ługowska, Oskar Wojciechowski, Jakub Gawarecki
producers Andrzej Papis, Maciej Sowiński produced by TFP, Al. Stanów Zjednoczonych 53, 04-028 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by Telewizja
Polsat, FremantleMedia Polska, Heliograf, AlienFX, AB Film, Dreamsound executive producer Wojciech Stuchlik co-financed by the Polish Film
Institute, Odra Film production manager Renata Marszewska distribution in Poland Mówi Serwis Dystrybucja world sales open
2015: Za niebieskimi drzwiami (Behind the
PHOTO BY ŁUKASZ BERNAS
Blue Door
New Polish Films 2016
The story of eleven-year-old Łukasz whose mother is in a coma as a result of the injuries she suffered in a car accident. The boy goes
to live in foster care at a seaside resort with an aunt he never met. Łukasz misses his mother and finds it difficult to adapt to the new
circumstances. Feeling lonely, he desperately wants to get away from the place where he doesn’t feel at home. He accidentally
discovers that the blue door in the building leads to a fairy tale world; a world that at first appears very friendly but, as Łukasz will
soon learn, is so only up to a certain point.
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Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali
POLAND 2016
120 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze directors of photography Krzysztof Ptak PSC, Józefina Gocman, Wojciech Staroń PSC
edited by Katarzyna Leśniak production design and costume design by Agnieszka Zawadowska, Claudine Murenzi make-up artists Joel Echallier,
Agnieszka Echallier, Joanna Bocheńska sound by Jarosław Bajdowski, Artur Kuczkowski, Zofia Moruś cast Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Witold
Wieliński producer Joanna Kos-Krauze produced by Joanna Kos-Krauze KOSFILM, ul. Paavo Nurmiego 79, 03-289 Warsaw, Poland, tel.
+48 501 257 019 co-produced by Telewizja Polska – Agencja Produkcji Telewizyjnej i Filmowej, the National Centre for Culture,
Odra-Film, Studio A executive producer Joanna Kos-Krauze production manager Aleksandra Bielska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
distribution in Poland and world sales open
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Director and screenwriter. Born in 1972.
Head of the Polish Directors Guild,
member of the Artistic Council of Munk
Studio, member of the European Film
Academy and the Polish Film Academy.
Krzysztof Krauze (1953-2014)
Director and screenwriter. Graduated in
cinematography from the Łódź Film
School. Author of multiple awardwinning short and feature films,
documentaries, and TV movies.
Films directed by Joanna and Krzysztof
Krauze have collectively received over 250
awards.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2004: Mój Nikifor (My Nikifor)
2013: Papusza
2016: Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali (Birds Are
Singing in Kigali)
Poland’s first film about refugees. Beginning in 1994, in the days immediately preceding the beginning of genocide, and ending
in 1997, the film tells the story of a Polish ornithologist researching the decline in the population of vultures in Rwanda. When
the genocide begins, she – somewhat accidentally – saves the life of a young Rwandan girl, the daughter of her Tutsi co-worker.
She brings her to Poland. But after arriving in Poland, the two women are distraught and incapable of leading a normal routine life.
They try desperately to get past their horrific experience. A story about friendship, forgiveness, and the power of nature.
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2006: Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square)
Ryszard Bugajski
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Blindness
Zaćma
POLAND 2016
Born in 1943. Studied philosophy at the University
of Warsaw and film directing at the Łódź Film
School. Translated stage plays, wrote novels and
short stories. Member of Andrzej Wajda’s
Zespół X. In 1982, Bugajski directed Przesłuchanie
(Interrogation), a film based on his own novel.
The film was shelved by the censors and did not
see the light of day until 1989. Forced to emigrate
to Canada in the mid-1980s, where he made his
feature Clearcut, he returned to Poland in
the late 1990s.
110 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Ryszard Bugajski written by Ryszard Bugajski director of photography Arkadiusz Tomiak music by Shane Harvey edited by Milenia
Fiedler production design by Andrzej Haliński costume design by Krzysztof Łoszewski make-up artists Tomasz Matraszek, Anna Gorońska
sound by DREAMSOUND: Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński, Maria Chilarecka production manager Mariusz Mielczarek cast Maria Mamona,
Małgorzata Zajączkowska, Janusz Gajos, Marek Kalita, Bartosz Porczyk, Kazimierz Kaczor, Sławomir Orzechowski, Marcin Troński, Krzysztof
Ogłoza, Barbara Bursztynowicz producer Ryszard Bugajski produced by RB Film, Warsaw, Poland co-produced by Telewizja Polska,
the Mazovia Film Fund, the National Centre for Culture, TMS Diagnostyka co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,
the Polish Film Institute, distribution in Poland Kino Świat www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
1979: Kobieta i kobieta
1980: Zajęcia dydaktyczne (TV series)
1982: Przesłuchanie (Interrogation)
1985-1989: The Twilight Zone (US TV series)
1987: Alfred Hichcock Presents (US TV series)
1988: T and T (US TV series)
1989: The Hitchhiker (US TV series)
1989: E.N.G. (Canadian TV series)
1990: Saying Goodbye (Canadian TV movie)
1991: Clearcut 1995: Gracze
2001: Dzieci Witkacego (documentary series)
2001: W kogo ja się wrodziłem? (TV movie)
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2005: Co się stało z naszą solidarnością?
2005: Tak czy nie (TV series)
2009: Generał Nil (General Nil)
2013: Układ zamknięty (Closed Circuit)
2016: Zaćma (Blindness)
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A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference
to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of
Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During
a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for
her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.
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Filip Bajon
Kamerdyner
POLAND 2017
150 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Filip Bajon written by Mirosław Piepka, Michał S. Pruski, Marek Klat director of photography Łukasz Gutt production design by Zbigniew
Dalecki, Paweł Jarzębski costume design by Małgorzata Braszka, Ewa Krauze make-up artist Ewa Drobiec sound by Mirosław Makowski production
manager Olga Bieniek cast Janusz Gajos, Anna Radwan, Adam Woronowicz, Sławomir Orzechowski, Łukasz Simlat, Daniel Olbrychski, Sebastian
Fabijański, Marianna Zydek, Marcel Sabat, Kamilla Baar producer Olga Bieniek, Mirosław Piepka produced by FILMICON, ul. Nieborowska 18/1,
80-034 Gdańsk, Poland, tel. +48 794 389 337, gosia@filmicon.pl, www.filmicon.pl co-produced by EDA Coffee Edward Łaskawiec, Krzysztof
Pałyska BELL p.p.h.u. Sam 34 Marek Theus Meron co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Pomeranian Voivodship Marshal Office, Business
investment&consulting, BAT distribution in Poland Next Film, www.nextfilm.pl world sales open
Film and stage director, screenwriter.
Graduated in film and television directing
from the Łódź Film School in 1974. Head
of the KADR Film Studio since 2015.
Member of the Board of the Polish
Filmmakers Association. Lecturer at
the Radio and Television Department of
the University of Silesia and the Łódź Film
School. Dean of the directing department
at the Łódź Film School since 2008.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1986: Magnat (The Magnate)
1996: Poznań 56
2001: Przedwiośnie (The Spring to Come)
2005: Solidarność, Solidarność…
(Solidarity, Solidarity…)
2006: Fundacja (The Foundation)
2010: Śluby panieńskie (Maiden Vows)
2015: Panie Dulskie (Damaged)
The story of Prussia’s von Krauss family and the love affair between a young Kashubian man named Mateusz and a German aristocrat
named Marta. The complicated fate of three nations in the old Polish-German region of Kashubia, where the artificial line of the border
drawn at Versailles after the First World War divided not only the land, but also the people: Germans, Kashubians, Poles. The film
spans four decades, depicting the complicated choices forced upon the people who lived here. Prussia’s anti-Polish sentiments were
set against Kashubian patriotism, which led to the 1939 mass murder of thousands of Kashubians and Germans in the forests of
Piaśnica. The historical background is brought together by an emotional bond that manages to thrive in the face of adversity.
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2017: Kamerdyner (The Butler)
Krzysztof Lang
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Career Girl
Słaba płeć?
POLAND 2015
Director and screenwriter, author of
feature, documentary and short films.
Graduated in chemistry from
the University of Warsaw and in film from
the Film & TV Department of
the University of Silesia. Co-owner and
CEO of TFT Studio. His feature debut was
the 1991 film Papierowe małżeństwo.
Directed multiple television stage plays.
Winner of multiple awards for his
documentary films. Directs TV series,
including Fala zbrodni, Wydział zabójstw
and Magda M.
95 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Krzysztof Lang written by Hanna Węsierska, Wojciech Pałys, Katarzyna Gryga based on the novel “Suka” by Katarzyna Gryga director of
photography Michael Coulter music by Rafał Stępień edited by Milenia Fiedler production design by Ewa Skoczkowska costume design by Elżbieta
Radke make-up artist Liliana Gałązka sound by Wojciech Mielimąka production manager Zofia Wieczorek cast Olga Bołądź, Piotr Adamczyk,
Marieta Żukowska, Marcin Korcz, Katarzyna Figura, Piotr Głowacki, Marian Dziędziel, Magdalena Kumorek, Zofia Zborowska, Marek Bukowski,
Kamil Kula, Anna Dereszowska, Janusz Chabior, Robert Gonera, Ewa Gawryluk, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Marta Ścisłowicz,
Bogusław Kudłek, Nick Moran, Davina Reeves-Ciara producer Mariusz Łukomski produced by Monolith Films, Aleja Zjednoczenia 36,
01-830 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 851 10 77, www.monolith.pl creative executive producer Wojciech Pałys distribution in Poland and world sales
Monolith Films, www.monolith.pl
FILMOGRAPHY:
1991: Papierowe małżeństwo (Paper
Marriage)
1995: Prowokator (Provocateur)
2000: Strefa ciszy (Quiet Zone)
2003-2008: Fala zbrodni (TV series)
2009: Miłość na wybiegu (Love on the
Catwalk)
2010: Śniadanie do łóżka (Breakfast in Bed)
2015: Słaba płeć? (Career Girl)
New Polish Films 2016
Zośka is an attractive and educated woman who knows what she wants. She is a career girl, however still far from accomplishing her
goals. Instead of a luxury penthouse, she has a studio and a mortgage. Instead of a prestigious job – she has a terrible boss. Instead of
a happy life – she has to pretend to be someone she’s not. One day Zośka is forced to face the harsh reality. Betrayed, she loses her job,
as well as her reputation. She then wakes up from her plastic corporate dream and decides to take action. But by then she has
become a new Zośka – a strong woman who demands that life give her what she deserves: love, friendship, respect, and a fulfilling
job. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to punish her cheating old boss and catch a real man in the process. And they say women are weak…
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Clair – Obscur
TURKEY – GERMANY – POLAND – FRANCE 2015
100 MIN
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COLOUR
written and directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu director of photography Michael Hammon edited by Agnieszka Glińska PSM production design by Osman
Özcan costume design by Seda Yilmaz, Şenay Citak make-up artist Canel Karadağ music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz cast Funda Eryiğit,
Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Okan Yalabık, Serkan Keskin, Sema Poyraz co-producers Eliza Oczkowska, Klaudia Śmieja (Poland) produced by
Ustaoglu Productions (Turkey), Una Film (Germany), Aeroplan Film (Poland), Slot Machine (France) distribution in Poland and world sales open
Acclaimed European director, recognized
for her films at some of the world’s top
film events (Golden Shell in San
Sebastian for Pandoras Box, Berlinale
awards for Journey to the Sun). One of
the most prominent filmmakers in new
Turkish cinema, alongside Nuri Bilge
Ceylan and Semih Kaplanoglu. Her films
are daring portraits of the contemporary
Turkish family, still often dominated by
men and tradition; they pose
the provocative question of the position
of young women in Turkey today.
The power of her films lies in their
psychological realism and spectacular
aesthetics.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1994: The Track
1999: Journey to the Sun
2003: Waiting for the Clouds
2008: Pandora’s Box
2012: Araf. Somewhere in Between
A shocking psychological drama about the encounter of two Turkish women coming from different worlds. Living in a seemingly
happy marriage, the charismatic Chehnaz is a psychiatrist in a remote seaside town. One day, young Elmas is placed under Chehnaz’s
care in a state of shock, having been forced by her father to marry a distant cousin. Chehnaz begins Elmas’ difficult therapy; she tries
to reach out to the young woman, who by then has been charged with the murder of her husband and tyrant mother-in-law, yet has
no recollection of those fateful events.
The meeting of these two women will change both their lives.
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Konwój
POLAND 2016
Born in 1962 in Katowice. Graduated in film
and television directing from the Radio
and Television Department of
the University of Silesia. His feature debut
was the 2004 film Ławeczka, a screen
adaptation of a stage play by Alexander
Gelman.
COLOUR
written and directed by Maciej Żak director of photography Michał Sobociński music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz cast Janusz Gajos, Robert
Więckiewicz, Łukasz Simlat, Ireneusz Czop, Tomasz Ziętek, Przemysław Bluszcz, Dorota Kolak, Agnieszka Żulewska producer Jacek Rzehak
produced by Profil Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2004: Ławeczka
2008: Rozmowy nocą (Midnight Talk)
2012: Supermarket
PHOTO BY JACEK DRYGAŁA
2016: Konwój (Convoy)
New Polish Films 2016
An inmate is murdered at one of the largest prisons. An investigation ensues. Having been part of the convoy two years earlier,
sergeant Berg is now interrogated as someone who might be implicated in the crime. The convoy, led by sergeant Zawada, was
transporting a pedophile prisoner, dubbed “The Teacher,” accused of murdering two prison guards and their families. The prisoner
had been diagnosed with insanity and moved to a psychiatric hospital. But not everyone accepted this development.
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Kosmos
POLAND 2015
75 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Marcin Kamiński director of photography Wojciech Rytel music by D-bomb, Mikołaj z Radomia edited by Marcin Kamiński
production design by Małgorzata Dąbrowska costume design by Agata Wasilewska make-up artist Agata Wasilewska sound by Szymon Orfin,
Jacek Pająk, Rafał Nowak production managers Michał Kamiński, Marcin Kamiński cast Marcin Kowalczyk, Gabriela Całun, Agnieszka Findysz,
Robert Buczyński producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, www.filmschool.lodz.pl,
tel. +48 42 27 54 690 co-produced by Michał Kamiński, Marcin Kamiński (Michał Marcin Kamiński Attorneys at Law), Piotr Kempa, Adam
Sokołowski (Delord), Paweł Witecki, Michał Jankowski (Mastershot) executive producer: Michał Kamiński distribution in Poland and world sales
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Marcin Kamiński, 34, born in Warsaw.
Studies film directing at the Łódź Film
School. Author of short documentary and
narrative films. Member of the Polish
Filmmakers Association.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2005: Na dnie – short
2007: Odbicia – short
2007: Profiler – short
2008: Złapać oddech – documentary
2008: Mars – documentary short
2009: Za strefą – short
2009: Kocham Cię – short
2009: Kubota – short
2010: Elektromechanika – short
2010: Śmierć Łodzi – documentary
2010: La reveder – short
2010: K – short
2012: Karuzela – documentary
According to scientists, the electromagnetic activity of the Sun is on the rise.
Meanwhile, Ania, Adam and Robson are three friends who set off on a weekend trip to a country estate, away from civilization. They
stop to pick up hitchhiker Maja along the way. Robson invites her to join them for a few days in the woods. Maja accepts. It looks like
it’s going to be a wonderfully blissful time. But when they arrive on site, Adam starts isolating himself from the others. He becomes
dangerous. Their bliss turns into nightmare. And the TV reports continue to deliver unnerving news of the consequences of
the increased activity of the Sun…
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2015: Kosmos (Cosmos)
PHOTO BY ARCHIWUM JACEK P. BŁAWUT.
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INDEX
Dzień Czekolady
POLAND 2016
Graduate of the Wajda School and the Fine
Arts Academy in Wrocław. Screenwriter,
director and cinematographer, working on
feature and documentary films.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2005: Eres z Ałtaju (Eres from Altaj) –
documentary
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Jacek Piotr Bławut written by Jacek Piotr Bławut, Anna Onichimowska director of photography Radosław Ładczuk edited by Katarzyna
Boniecka production design by Jagna Dobesz costume design by Lilit Hayrapetyan, Sandra Kowalska make-up artists Magdalena Kakietek, Tomasz
Matraszek sound by Tomasz Wieczorek, Radosław Ochnio production manager Robert Feluch cast Marek Bukowski, Magdalena Cielecka, Witold
Dębicki, Tomasz Kot, Barbara Kurzaj, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Tomasz Sobczak, Katarzyna Zawadzka, Julia Odzimek, Leo
Stubbs producer Anna Bławut-Mazurkiewicz produced by Aura Films, ul. Pienista 47a/23, 94-109 Łódź, Poland co-produced by Studio Filmowe
Rabarbar, Di Factory, Silesia Film, Kijora Anna Gawlita, executive producer Aura Films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland
Next Film, www.nextfilm.pl world sales open
2006: Cisza (Silent) – short
2010: Babcia (Granny) – documentary
2012: Samotność dźwięku (Loneliness
of Sound)
2013: Szczeniak (A Puppy) – short
AWARDS: // CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2010: KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI
AWARD FOR BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY
PHOTO BY KATARZYNA ŁADCZUK
2016: Dzień czekolady (Day of Chocolate)
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Dawid and Monika are kids; they’re neighbours who quickly become friends. Reluctant at first, Dawid gradually lets the wild Monika
pull him into her world. Monika’s dream is to meet her deceased grandmother who, according to Monika, is a hula dancer living in Hawaii.
Dawid and Monika enter the world of an old clock, inhabited by the likes of the Monday Eater, the Time Jumper, the Witch, and
the waiter. They learn about the mysterious world of magic and fantasies. It’s their way of coping after the loss of their loved ones.
A modern fairy tale about the power of friendship that overcomes sadness and brings happiness.
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Demon
POLAND – ISRAEL 2015
95 MIN
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Marcin Wrona (1973 - 2015)
COLOUR
directed by Marcin Wrona written by Marcin Wrona, Paweł Maślona director of photography Paweł Flis music by Marcin Macuk, Krzysztof
Penderecki edited by Piotr Kmiecik production design by Anna Wunderlich costume design by Aleksandra Staszko make-up artist Agnieszka
Hodowana sound by Tomasz Sikora, Mirosław Makowski cast Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Żulewska, Andrzej Grabowski, Adam Woronowicz, Katarzyna
Gniewkowska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Tomasz Ziętek producer Marcin Wrona co-producers Zbigniew Adamkiewicz, Wojciech Kabarowski, Izabela
Helbin, Katarzyna Wodecka-Stubbs, Marek Rozenbaum, Mariusz Wróbel, Katarzyna Ślesicka, Wojciech Marczewski, Mariusz Włodarski produced by
Magnet Man Film, ul. Walecznych 18/1, 03-916 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Chimney Poland, the Krakow Festival Office,
Transfax Film Productions, Silesia Film, Wajda Studio, Lava Films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Marek Rudnicki
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl international promotion Małgorzata Janczak world sales Reel Suspects, ICM (North America),
www.reelsuspects.com
AWARDS: //FANTASTIC FEST AUSTIN, TEXAS, 2015: BEST
HORROR FEATURE //HAIFA IFF, 2015: THE TOBIAS SZPANCER
AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN "BETWEEN JUDAISM AND ISRAELISM"
COMPETITION //BORDEAUX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 2015:
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE YOUTH JURY //SITGES IFF, 2015: BEST
CINEMATOGRAPHY //COTTBUS IFF, 2015: SPECIAL MENTION
OF THE JURY //"LISTAPAD" MINSK IFF, 2015: BEST SCREENPLAY
Graduated in film studies from the
Jagiellonian University and in film
directing from the Radio and Television
Department of the University of Silesia,
the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film
Directing, and the Binger Film Institute in
Amsterdam. Lectured at the Radio and
Television Department of the University
of Silesia in Katowice.
Winner of multiple awards for his student
film Człowiek magnes (Magnet
Man, 2001) and his feature debut Moja
krew (My Flesh My Blood).
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009: Moja krew (My Flesh My Blood)
2010: Chrzest (The Christening)
Piotr, known to his friends as ‘The Python,’ returns from England to marry the beautiful Żaneta. They plan to settle down in the old
home that was their wedding gift. But their plans get complicated when, the day before the wedding, Piotr finds human remains
buried on the premises. The finding knocks Piotr unconscious, and when he comes to, he realizes that his terrifying discovery has
disappeared. And he cannot remember anything that happened in the previous hours. Meanwhile it’s time for the wedding.
The wedding guests, led by the bride’s brother, start to realize that there is something wrong with the groom.
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2015: Demon
PHOTO BY JACEK DRYGAŁA
Denijal Hasanovic
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Rosa
POLAND – BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA – CROATIA 2015
Born in Bosnia, Denijal Hasanovic is a film
director and screenwriter. He left his home
country because of the war, eventually
moving to Poland where he continued his
film studies. He received his MA in film
directing from the Łódź Film School. His
graduation film The Letter premiered
at the 52nd Berlin IFF. He co-wrote Blodbond
(Thicker than Water) which screened
at the 31st Toronto IFF, and Milchwald,
which screened at the 53rd Berlinale.
He lectures at the Łódź Film School and
is the head of the screenwriting programme
at the Wajda Studio in Warsaw.
110 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Denijal Hasanovic director of photography Bogumił Godfrejów edited by Stefan Stabenow production design by Sanda
Popovac (B&H) costume design by Sanja Dzeba (B&H) make-up artist Snjezana Gorup (Croatia) sound by Predrag Doder (B&H), Bartosz
Putkiewicz cast Andrea Otalvaro Acevedo (Colombia), Andrzej Chyra (Poland), Lana Barić (Croatia), Mirjana Karanović (Serbia) producers
Małgorzata Jurczak, Krzysztof Grędziński co-producers Amra Baksić, Camo (B&H), Irena Markovic (Croatia) produced by Skorpion Arte,
ul. Wspólna 75, 00-687 Warsaw, Poland, Chełmska 19/21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by SCCA/PRO. BA (B&H), Focus Media (Croatia),
Telewizja Polska, Studio Produkcyjne ORKA, Alvernia Studios co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Eurimages production managers
Amira Lekic (B&H), Anna Zajączkowska (Poland) distribution in Poland and world sales Skorpion Arte, www.skorpionarte.pl
FILMOGRAPHY:
2000: Zapach deszczu (The Scent of
2015: Rosa (Dew)
PHOTO BY ADAM LACH © SKORPION ARTE
Rain) – short
2001: List (The Letter) – TV
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Catalina is Colombian and has always dreamed of becoming a writer. But, lacking in self-confidence, she never went for it, instead
following her father’s advice to study law. She has just finished her studies in Paris and now has only one wish: bringing her father
from Colombia to live with her in France. The only problem is that her request for an extension on her residence permit in France
been denied. After consulting her professor, Catalina goes to Sarajevo to research the War Crimes Tribunal. She believes this study
will help her secure a job at her old University in Paris and thus solve her visa problems. When she is denied access to the mission’s
archives, she quickly learns that her plan has failed.
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Witold Orzechowski
Kobiety bez wstydu
POLAND 2016
104 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Witold Orzechowski director of photography Grzegorz Kędzierski music by Piotr Salaber edited by Jarosław Pietraszek
production design by Joanna Białousz costume design by Dominika Gebel make-up artist Marcin Rodak sound by Krzysztof Jastrząb, Karol
Mańkowski production manager Paweł Bareński cast Anna Dereszowska , Joanna Liszowska, Weronika Książkiewicz, Michał Lesień, Ewa Kasprzyk,
Karolina Chapko, Michał Milowicz, Agnieszka Warchulska producer Witold Orzechowski produced by Atlantic Production, ul. Mazowiecka 13,
00-052 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 826 24 12, film@atlanticproduction.com.pl, www.atlanticproduction.com.pl co-produced by Deco Art,
Atlantic Media co-financed by Max Welt distribution in Poland Monolith Films, www.monolith.pl world sales open
Film and television director, screenwriter
(his credits include the Kariera Nikodema
Dyzmy, TV series). Producer of television
talk shows. Graduate of the Łódź Film
School. Awarded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities in the
United States. Member of the Polish
Filmmakers Association.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Handsome playboy Piotr, once a waiter in Vienna, is now a fake therapist running a psychoanalysis practice in Krakow. He cures
women of their insecurities, frustrations, and broken hearts. He is extremely successful; a master manipulator, he is able to forge
intimate relationships with his patients. A satirical look at the world today.
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1974: Droga w świetle księżyca
(Moonlight Road)
1975: Jej powrót (Her Return)
1980: Wyrok śmierci (Death Sentence)
1982: Chłopiec z Wenecji (Boy from
Venice) – documentary
1994: Zamach na Hitlera (Assassination
of Hitler) – documentary
2016: Kobiety bez wstydu (Dr Charming)
Janusz Majewski
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The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street
Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy
POLAND 2015
Born in 1931. Graduated in architecture from
the Krakow Technical University, and in film
directing from the Łódź Film School.
Director and screenwriter, film art scholar.
Author of feature and documentary films,
television films and TV stage plays.
Winner of multiple awards, including at
film festivals in Mannheim, Cork, Panama,
and Sitges.
112 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Janusz Majewski written by Włodzimierz Kowalewski, Janusz Majewski director of photography Adam Bajerski PSC music by Wojciech
Karolak edited by Milenia Fiedler PSM production design by Andrzej Haliński costume design by Elżbieta Radke make-up artists Aneta Brzozowska,
Agnieszka Rębecka sound by Krzysztof Jastrząb, Mateusz Irisik production manager Tadeusz Drewno cast Maciej Stuhr, Natalia Rybicka,
Sonia Bohosiewicz, Anna Dymna, Wojciech Pszoniak, Wiktor Zborowski producer Włodzimierz Niderhaus produced by WFDiF, ul. Chełmska 21,
00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 841 26 83, www.wfdif.pl co-produced by Agora, Telewizja Polska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute,
the Kuyavian Voivodship Marshall Office distribution in Poland Next Film, www.next-film.pl world sales WFDiF
FILMOGRAPHY:
1969: Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię
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(The Criminal Who Stole a Crime)
1970: Lokis, Rękopis profesora Wittembacha
(The Bear) 1973: Zazdrość i medycyna
(Jealousy and Medicine) 1975: Zaklęte rewiry
(Hotel Pacific) 1977: Sprawa Gorgonowej
(The Gorgon Case) 1979: Lekcja martwego
języka (Lesson of a Dead Language)
1982: Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny
(An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwiłł)
1982: Słona róża (Salty Rose)
1985: C.K. Dezerterzy (The Deserters)
1989: Czarny wąwóz (The Black
Gorge) 1998: Złoto dezerterów (Deserters’
Gold) 2005: Po sezonie (After the Season)
2010: Mała matura 1947 (The Rite of
Passage) 2015: Excentrycy czyli
Po słonecznej stronie ulicy (The Eccentrics.
The Sunny Side of the Street)
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AWARDS: //GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL 2015: SILVER LIONS, BEST
SUPPORTING ACTOR (WOJCIECH PSZONIAK)
PHOTO BY MARCIN MAKOWSKI
1966: Sublokator (The Lodger)
The story of a jazzman who returns to Poland from England in the late 1950s. He starts a swing big band with a group of eccentric
musicians. Their star performer is Modesta – together they rise to prominence. The musician quickly falls for the seductive and
mysterious femme fatale. The two start having a passionate love affair. As the king and queen of swing, they set off on a tour of
Poland, and their life starts to resemble a Hollywood picture. The question is – will their feelings prove to be real?
Ederly
POLAND 2015
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Piotr Dumała
BLACK & WHITE
written and directed by Piotr Dumała director of photography Adam Sikora edited by Beata Walentowska production design by Katarzyna Sobańska-Strzałkowska, Marcel Sławiński costume design by Dorota Kołodyńska make-up artist Dorota Seweryńska sound by Jacek Hamela
cast Mariusz Bonaszewski, Aleksandra Popławska, Helena Norowicz, Piotr Skiba, Wiesław Cichy, Aleksandra Górska, Janusz Chabior,
Andrzej Szeremeta, Gabriela Muskała, Piotr Bajor, Jerzy Płażewski producer Bożena Krakówka co-producers Andrzej Jędrzejewski, Marcin Kryjom,
Marek Rolka produced by Andersa Street Art and Media, ul. Andersa 13/37, 00-157 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 603 353 748, bkrakowka@gmail.com
co-produced by Heliograf, D35, Film Factory Ltd co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Anna Urzykowska
distribution & world sales open
Born in 1956. Director of animated and
live action films, illustrator, poster
designer, writer. Lecturer at the Łódź Film
School in Poland; has also taught at
the Konstfack College of Art in Sweden
and at Harvard University in the United
States.
FILMOGRAPHY
ANIMATED FILMS:
Ederly is a city that exists outside the realm of time, where reality intersects with the dream world. It seems that Ederly exists solely
to allow Słow – the film’s main protagonist – to reach it. The city encircles Słow, as new identities are being forced upon him.
Czarny Kapturek (Little Black Ridding
Hood) 1984: Latające włosy (Flying Hair)
1985: Łagodna (Gentle) 1986: Nerwowe
życie kosmosu (Nervous Life of
Cosmos) 1987: Ściany (Walls) 1988:
Wolność nogi (Freedom of Leg) 1991:
Franz Kafka 2000: Zbrodnia i kara (Crime
and Punishment) 2009: Walka, miłość
i praca (Fight, Love and Work) 2010:
Dr Charakter przedstawia (Dr Character
Presents 1) 2011: 8 kwartet smyczkowy
Dymitra Szostakowicza (8 String Quartet
of Dmitri Shostakovich); Dr Charakter
przedstawia 2 (Dr Character
Presents 2) 2012: Kołysanka (Lullaby)
2014: Hipopotamy
FEATURE FILMS:
2009: Las (Forest)
2015: Ederly
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1981: Lykantropia (Lycantrophy) 1983:
Kuba Czekaj
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Królewicz Olch
POLAND 2016
Graduated in film directing from the Radio
and Television Department of
the University of Silesia in Katowice
(2010), and the Studio Prób programme at
the Wajda School in Warsaw (2011).
Received a scholarship from the Minister
of Culture and National Heritage (2009
and 2011). Winner of the “Talent Trójki”
award of Polish Radio 3, the “Warto”
award of Gazeta Wyborcza, and
the “Gwarancja Kultury” award of TVP
Kultura. Directed the multiple awardwinning shorts Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba
sie bać (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room)
and Twist & Blood. Finalist of the 2015
College Cinema Biennale programme of
the Venice Biennale.
100 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Kuba Czekaj director of photography Adam Palenta music by Bartłomiej Gliniak edited by Daniel Gąsiorowski production
design by Anna Wunderlich, Karina Baran costume design by Aleksandra Staszko make-up artist Aleksandra Dutkiewicz sound by Radosław Ochnio
cast Stanisław Cywka, Agnieszka Posiadlik, Sebastian Łach producers Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska, Dariusz Gajewski produced by Munk Studio –
the Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 740, fax +48 22 556 54 69,
studiomunka@sfp.org.pl, www.studiomunka.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Odra-Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production
managers Agata Szymańska, Magdalena Kamińska distribution in Poland and world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2015: Baby Bump
PHOTO BY ŁUKASZ BĄK
2016: Królewicz Olch (The Erlprince)
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The story of a 14-year-old prodigy who goes to university to study physics. He is developing a theory of parallel worlds that are
connected by light, or at least that’s what he initially believes.
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Jan Jakub Kolski
Las, 4 rano
POLAND 2016
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Jan Jakub Kolski written by Jan Jakub Kolski, Krzysztof Majchrzak director of photography Jan Jakub Kolski edited by Konrad Śniady
production design by Paulina Korwin-Kochanowska costume design by Monika Onoszko make-up artist Elżbieta Pyka sound by Katarzyna Szczerba
production managers Agnieszka Janowska, Paweł Kosuń cast Krzysztof Majchrzak, Olga Bołądź, Marysia Blandzi, Grzegorz Stelmaszewski, Michał
Kowalski producer Jan Jakub Kolski produced by Wytwórnia Filmowa Popielawy, Jan Jakub Kolski, Rokiciny 15 co-produced by Centrala, K2,
Audiovisual Technology Centre executive producer Paweł Matysiak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and
world sales open
Acclaimed Polish screenwriter, director,
and cinematographer. His films have
screened and received recognition at
the world’s top festivals, including
Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Moscow, and
Tokyo. Member of the Polish Film
Academy and the European Film
Academy.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1993: Jańcio Wodnik (Johnnie Waterman)
The story of Forst, once a wealthy businessman, now a half-wild forest dweller, Nata, a road-side hooker and victim of gang feuds,
and Jadzia, a stubborn little girl who appears in Forst’s life one day and demands that he take care of her.
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1998: Historia kina w Popielawach
(History of Cinema in Popielawy)
2000: Daleko od okna (Keep Away from
the Window)
2003: Pornografia (Pornography)
2006: Jasminum
2009: Afonia i pszczoły (Afonia and
the Bees)
2010: Wenecja (Venice)
2012: Zabić Bobra (To Kill a Beaver)
2014: Serce Serduszko (The Heart and
the Sweetheart)
2016: Las, 4 Rano (Forest, 4 am)
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Pokot
POLAND – CZECH REPUBLIC – GERMANY – SWEDEN – SLOVAKIA 2016
FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED WORKS):
1978: Aktorzy prowincjonalni (Provincial
Actors)
1980: Gorączka (Fever)
1981: Kobieta samotna (A Woman Alone; TV)
1990: Europe Europe (Europa Europa)
1991: Olivier, Olivier
1993: The Secret Garden
1997: Washington Square
2001: Golden Dreams (short)
2005: Copying Beethoven
2009: Janosik. Prawdziwa historia
(Janosik. The True Story; co-directed with
Kasia Adamik)
2011: W ciemności (In Darkness)
2013: Burning Bush (Gorejący krzew)
2016: Pokot (Game Count)
COLOUR
directed by Agnieszka Holland written by Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland based on a novel by Olga Tokarczuk director of photography
Jolanta Dylewska music by Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz edited by Pavel Hrdlička production design by Joanna Macha costume design by
Katarzyna Lewińska make-up by Janusz Kaleja sound by Andrzej Lewandowski, Thomas Huhn cast Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski,
Borys Szyc, Andrzej Grabowski, Jakub Gierszał, Tomasz Kot producers Krzysztof Zanussi, Janusz Wąchała co-producers nutpodukce s. r. o. (Czech
Republic) Tomas Hruby, Pavla Kubečková; Heimatfilm GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) Johannes Rexin; The Chimney Pot (Sweden) Fredrik Zander
produced by Studio Filmowe TOR, ul. Puławska 61, 02-595 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 845 53 03, www. tor. com. pl co-produced by
nutprodukce s. r. o. (Czech Republic); Heimatfilm GmbH & Co. KG (Germany); The Chimney Pot Sverige AB (Sweden); nutprodukcia s.r.o
(Slovakia) executive producer Janusz Wąchała project development co-financed by the Polish Film Institute (Polish-German Co-Development
Fund) and the EU Media Programme co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Odra-Film, the National Audiovisual Institute, Medienbord Berlin-Brandenburg, the Czech Film Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, Film i Väst, the Slovakian Audiovisual Fund, Eurimages production manager
Andrzej Besztak distribution in Poland and world sales open
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Film and stage director, screenwriter
(wrote scripts for several films by Andrzej
Wajda). Works in Poland, France, Germany,
and the United States. Member of
the European Film Academy. Head of
the Polish Film Academy since 2008.
CA 120 MIN
She used to build bridges in Syria, now she teaches English, reads the stars, and talks to animals. One night, Janina Duszejko finds
the body of her poacher neighbour. The only visible prints around his house are deer tracks. Then other locals begin disappearing in
mysterious circumstances. They all have a shared passion for hunting. As the police searches for the murderers, Duszejko begins an
investigation of her own. Could it be that the hunter has become the prey?
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Radosław Markiewicz
Gejsza
POLAND 2015
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Radosław Markiewicz written by Piotr Owcarz, Radosław Markiewicz director of photography Olaf Malinowski music by Tomasz
Podgórski edited by Norbert Rudzik production design by Iwa Kruczkowska-Król, Marek Kiedroń costume design by Anna Kurpas make-up artist
Anna Warot sound by Zbigniew Malecki production manager Karolina Szlama cast Konrad Eleryk, Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska, Agnieszka
Więdłocha, Marian Dziędziel, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Patryk Laksa producer Piotr Owcarz, piotr@owcarz.eu produced by Media Partner,
ul. Panewnicka 184b, 40-772 Katowice, Poland, www.gejszafilm.pl executive producer 24Media distribution in Poland Alter Ego Pictures,
www.alteregopictures.pl world sales open
Born in 1976. Graduated in film directing
from the Radio and Televlsion
Department of the University of Silesia in
Katowice. His first feature Złom (Scrap)
brought him the Special Jury Prize at
the 2002 Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
and went on to screen internationally. His
feature Raj za daleko (Paradise Too Far)
received the Grand Prize at the 2007 Era
New Horizons festival and the Grand Prize
in the Independent Cinema Competition
at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Later
that year, Markiewicz received the Award
of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodship
for Young Filmmakers.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2002: Złom (Scrap)
2004: Metanoia
2007: Raj za daleko (Paradise Too Far)
Jakub Garda, or “Giant”, is a bouncer at a night club called “Geisha.” The boss of the local mafia offers him some extra work. On one
of his missions, Giant runs into his handicapped brother Patrick, who lives in a refuge for the homeless, cared for by a young therapist
named Maja. Giant is forced to choose between the world of Maja and Patrick and the world of the mafia boss and the beautiful
Velvet, a hooker at the night club who happens to be in love with Giant.
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2015: Gejsza (Geisha)
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Kamil Szymański
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TRAILER
POLAND 2015
Born in Lublin in 1988. Graduated from
the College of Art and Design in Łódź. His
credits include working with the Helena
Modrzejewska Theatre. Participant and
winner of multiple independent film
festivals.
72 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Kamil Szymański director of photography Mikołaj Małecki music by Jacek Mazurkiewicz edited by Amadeusz Andrzejewski,
Cezary Grzesiuk production design by Agnieszka Bąk costume design by Izabela Bułeczka, Ewa Szymańska make-up artists Nikolo Doko Mijadžević,
Aleksandra Wizimirska sound on set Karol Szykowny cast Włodek Matuszak, Akradiusz Detmer, Tomasz Boruszczak, Grzegorz Kowalczyk, Rafał
Dajbor, Maksymilian Bogumił, Artur Smołucha, Justyna Sieniawska, Marian Krawczyk, Paweł Galczak producer Ryszard Szymański produced by
MAD Horse, ul. Rynek 16/9, 59-300 Lublin, Poland, www.madhorse.pl co-produced by Mushchelka, Avantgarde Productions co-financed by
Mushchelka production manager Paweł Wolff, Łukasz Wójcik distribution in Poland Mushchelka, www.mushchelka.com world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009: Szoł Tajm – short
2012: Kołysanka (Lullaby) – short
PHOTO BY SYLWIA ADAMCZYK
2015: Git
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Jakub M. or “The Troublemaker,” the undisputed leader of the Łęczyca prison, is murdered. From the interrogations and paperwork it
appears that the crime was one of revenge by a fellow inmate, Grzegorz R. One week earlier, Jakub M. had given a television interview.
The investigative journalist who interviewed him decides to get to the truth. The interview with the murderer will uncover a shocking
course of events.
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Szczęście świata
POLAND 2016
105 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Michał Rosa director of photography Marcin Koszałka PSC music by Janusz Wojtarowicz and Motion Trio edited by
Krzysztof Szpetmański PSM production design by Tomasz Bartczak, Andrzej Kowalczyk costume design by Barbara Sikorska-Bouffał
make-up artist Alina Janerka sound by Piotr Domaradzki, Barbara Domaradzka production manager Beata Osmelak-Kilian cast Karolina Gruszka,
Dariusz Chojnacki, Agata Kulesza, Krzysztof Stroiński, Mateusz Lickindorf, Dorota Segda, Barbara Lubos, Grzegorz Palkowski, Andrzej Konopka,
Przemysław Bluszcz, Tomasz Borkowski, Marcin Perchuć, Marek Kalita producer Lambros Ziotas produced by Argomedia, ul. Wystawowa 1,
51-618 Wrocław, Poland, tel. +48 71 337 37 38, argomedia@op.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Silesia Film, CeTA Audiovisual Technology
Centre, D 35 co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open
Director and screenwriter. Born in 1963 in
Zabrze. Graduated in architecture from
the Technical University of Silesia and in
film directing from the Radio and
Television Department of the University
of Silesia in Katowice. Lecturer at his alma
mater since the mid-1990s.
PHOTO BY ALEKSANDRA ZIMNY
The Happiness of the World
FILMOGRAPHY:
1991: Gry i zabawy wojskowe
1994: Gorący czwartek
1997: Farba
2001: Cisza (Silence)
The story of an extraordinary building and its residents – a beautiful Jewish girl named Róża and three men (one Polish, one Silesian,
one German) who are mesmerised by her beauty. Set in the summer of 1939, the first part of the film is a look at the lives of Rufin,
Harald and Tomasz, which ends with a fateful wartime night when Róża has to ask the men for help. The second part of the film is
set in the 1950s, when the surviving residents of the building need to face the new social circumstances.
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PHOTO BY ALEKSANDRA ZIMNY
2006: Co słonko widziało (What the Sun
Has Seen)
2008: Rysa (Damage)
2016: Szczęście świata (The Happiness of
the World)
Katia Priwieziencew
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POLAND 2015
Katia was born in Paris. She studied at
the Social Psychology College and
the Warsaw Film School. She has been
working with Amondo Films since 2011.
Paweł Tarasiewicz
93 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Katia Priwieziencew, Paweł Tarasiewicz directors of photography Clemence Thurninger, Joaquin Del Paso, Paweł
Tarasiewicz music by Patryk Zakrocki edited by Katia Priwieziencew, Paweł Tarasiewicz production design by Maja Zaleska, Juliusz Bogdański
costume design by Ewa Gronowska make-up artists Agnieszka Wasilewska, Paula Adryańczyk sound by Jacek Szyba production manager
Tomasz Samul cast Philip Lenkowsky, Marcin Kowalczyk, Małgorzata Krukowska, Katarzyna Paskuda, Andrzej Baranowski producer Paweł
Tarasiewicz produced by Amondo Films ul. ul. Solec 101 m. 16, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland, www.amondofilms.com co-produced by Ba-Ba Studio,
Dreamsound, Lightcraft, PWSFTViT, Szczęsny executive producers Katia Priwieziencew, Clemence Thurninger co-financed by the Polish Film
Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
Paweł was born in Warsaw. He founded
the “Odnowa” association in 2003.
He studied at the Łódź Film School, and
founded Amondo Films in 2010.
FILMOGRAPHY:
PHOTO BY KACHNA BARANIEWICZ
2015: Hel
New Polish Films 2016
As the summer season comes to an end, the Hel peninsula gradually becomes deserted. Jack, an underrated American screenwriter,
comes to Hel to write his new screenplay in solitude. He is staying at a deserted campsite, where the security guard is Kail, a shy
young man with an unusual hobby: testing people with a lie detector. One night Jack sees Kail running his lie detector test on three
young people. The next day, the body of the interrogated young woman is found, her tongue cut off. Encouraged by his friend Mili,
Kail begins an investigation of his own.
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Wojciech Kasperski
Na granicy
POLAND 2016
96 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Wojciech Kasperski director of photography Łukasz Żal music by Bartek Gliniak edited by Tymoteusz Wiskirski production
design by Marek Warszewski costume design by Izabela Izbińska make-up artist Dariusz Krysiak sound by Marcin Kasińki, Kacper Habisiak,
Mateusz Adamczyk cast Marcin Dorociński, Andrzej Chyra, Andrzej Grabowski, Janusz Chabior, Bartosz Bielenia, Kuba Henriksen producer
Marcin Wierzchosławski produced by Metro Films, ul. Macedońska 74, 02-761 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 843 21 72, office@metrofilms.com.pl,
www.metrofilms.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Konrad Wróblewski distribution in Poland Kino Świat,
www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
Film director, screenwriter, producer.
Graduated from the Łódź Film School.
Makes movies in Poland and Russia.
Participated in INPUT conferences,
the Cannes Film Festival (Tous Les
Cinemas du Monde section) and Prix
Europa. His films have received a number
of prizes at international festivals,
including the Golden Hobby-Horse in
Krakow, the Great Silver Nanook in Perm,
and the Grand Sterling Award from
the American Film Institute. Member of
the Polish Film Academy. The High
Frontier is his feature fiction debut.
2006: Nasiona
(The Seeds) – documentary; Miasto
ucieczki (The Refuge City) – short
2009: Otchłań (Chasm) – documentary
2013: Dom na końcu drogi (The Last
House on the Road) – short
2016: Na granicy (The High Frontier)
A father and his two teenage sons travel to a small mountain cabin for a male bonding adventure. When a lost tourist arrives at
the cabin, their male-bonding outing turns into a struggle for survival.
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PHOTO BY MARCIN SZPAK
FILMOGRAPHY:
PHOTO BY B. SADOWSKI
Mariusz Gawryś
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Sługi boże
POLAND 2016
Born in 1957. His 2006 feature
Sztuka masażu (The Art of
Massage) received the award for
Best Directing Debut at the Polish
Film Festival in Gdynia and
the award for Best Screenplay at
the ‘Young and Cinema’ Festival in
Koszalin. Winner of multiple
screenwriting awards. Worked as
assistant, screenwriter, and
consultant on multiple theatrical
and television productions.
Graduated from the Andrzej Wajda
Master School of Film Directing
in 2003.
120 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Mariusz Gawryś written by Mariusz Gawryś, Maciej Strzembosz director of photography Mikołaj Łebkowski music by Bartosz Chajdecki edited by
Milenia Fiedler production design by Janusz Sosnowski costume design by Anna Englert make-up artist Anna Dąbrowska sound by Radosław Ochnio,
Wojciech Mielimąka production manager Marcin Ksobiech cast Bartłomiej Topa, Julia Kijowska ,Małgorzata Foremniak, Henryk Talar, Zbigniew Stryj,
Krzysztof Stelmaszyk, Adam Woronowicz, Andrzej Konopka, Michał Meyer, Monika Dryl producer Maciej Strzembosz produced by Prasa i Film,
ul. Chełmska 21 bud. 4 lok. 53, tel. +48 22 851 10 64, office@pifpartners.pl, www.prasaifilm.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Agora, Odra-Film,
WFDiF, Studio Produkcyjne Orka executive producer Dorota Hawliczek co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Next Film,
www.next-film.pl world sales EastWest Distribution, www.eastwest-distribution.com
FILMOGRAPHY:
PHOTO BY R. PALKA
2006: Sztuka masażu (The Art of
Massage)
2016: Sługi boże (Humble
Servants)
New Polish Films 2016
A young German woman throws herself from the tower of a Wrocław church. The investigation into this mysterious death is led by
experienced and uncompromising detective Warski. To Warski’s dismay, Ana Wittesch – a German policewoman with Polish roots – is also
assigned to the case. What Warski doesn’t know is that Ana is really in Wrocław on another secret investigation. Thanks to his wit and
the nose of a police hound, Warski quickly discovers the truth about Ana. What does the suicide of a German student, Ana Wittesch’s
classified investigation, and the arrival of a Vatican envoy have in common? Before this mystery can be solved, detective Warski and Ana
Wittesch must learn to cooperate and trust one another. Meanwhile, another young woman hurls to the ground from the church tower…
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Tomáš Weinreb
Petr Kazda
Ja, Olga Hepnarova
CZECH REPUBLIC – POLAND – SLOVAKIA 2016
110 MIN
BLACK & WHITE
written and directed by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb director of photography Adam Sikora PSC music by Collegium Musicum – Marian Varga edited by
Vojtêch Frič production design by Alexandr Kozák costume design by Aneta Grňáková make-up artist Alina Janerka sound by Richard Müller, Petr
Kapeller cast Michalina Olszańska, Martin Pechlát, Klara Melíšková, Marika Šoposká, Marta Mazurek, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Zofia Charewicz,
Juraj Nvota, Ondřej Malý, Martin Finger producers Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda, Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marian Urban co-producers
Vojtech Fric, Petr Tichy, Pavel Jech, Filip Marek produced by Black Balance, s.r.o. Lohniského 901/7, Prague 5 152 00, Czech Republic,
blackbalancefilm@gmail.com; Mediabrigade, ul. Karkonoska 10, 53-015 Wrocław, Poland, tel.+48 71 799 14 50, biuro@mediabrigade.pl;
Alef Film&Media Group, Tekovská 7, 821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia, recepcia@webdesign.sk; Frame100r, s.r.o. Vlkova 17, 130 00 Prague,
Czech Republic, tel. +420 230 234 313, info@frame100r.com co-produced by Barrandov Studios (Czech Republic); Spoon (Czech Republic);
Michael Samuelson Lighting (Czech Republic), FAMU – Film & Television Department (Czech Republic); Odra-Film (Poland); Arizona Productions
(France) executive producers Rene Korenar, Agata Walkosz co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production managers Kamila Hlochová,
Grzegorz Turzański, Jakub Špiroch, Martina Urbanová distribution in Poland open world sales Arizona Productions, guillaume@arizonafilms.net
Graduates of the Independent Film
Course in Pisk and the FAMU film school
in Prague, they have made several
student films and documentaries
together. Their short documentary
Everything Is Crap (2009) screened at
multiple film festivals and was broadcast
on Czech television. I, Olga Hepnarova
marks their feature debut.
PHOTO BY SZYMON KURZAWA
I, Olga Hepnarova
FILMOGRAPHY:
Based on a true story, the film tells the story of Olga Hepnarova, a Czech criminal and the last woman in Czechoslovakia to be
executed under capital punishment. On July 10, 1973, 22-year-old Olga drove a truck into a crowd of people at a tram stop in
the centre of Prague. Eight people were killed, eleven were wounded. Hepnarova described her crime as an act of revenge on society.
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PHOTO BY VLADISLAV ŠKACH
2016: Ja, Olga Hepnarova (I, Olga
Hepnarova)
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I’m a Killer
Jestem mordercą
POLAND 2016
Born in Katowice, graduated in journalism
from the University of Silesia in Katowice,
in screenwriting from the Łódź Film
School, and in film and television directing
from the Radio and Television Department
of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
110 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Maciej Pieprzyca director of photography Paweł Dyllus music by Bartosz Chajdecki production design by Joanna Anastazja
Wójcik costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Jolanta Grzelak sound by Mateusz Adamczyk, Sebastian Witkowski sound on set Robert
Czyżewicz production manager Ewa Jastrzębska cast Mirosław Haniszewski, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Piotr Adamczyk, Magdalena Popławska, Piotr
Garlicki, Tomasz Włosok producer Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś, Maria Gołoś produced by RE Studio, ul. Dembego 8b/21, 02-796 Warsaw, Poland,
tel. +48 501 443 686 co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Telewizja Polska, Agora, Monternia.pl co-financed by the Polish Film
Institute distribution in Poland Next Film, www.nextfilm.pl world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
1995: Przez nokaut
1997: Zostanie legenda (“Małe ojczyzny”
series)
1998: Jestem mordercą... – documentary
2008: Drzazgi (Splinters)
2013: Chce się żyć (Life Feels Good)
2016: Jestem mordercą (I’m a Killer)
New Polish Films 2016
A psychological thriller inspired by real events that took place in the early 1970s. Following the fiasco of an earlier investigation,
a young police officer is appointed head of a task force set up to catch a serial killer.
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W spirali
POLAND 2015
70 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Konrad Aksinowicz written by Konrad Aksinowicz, Julita Olszewska director of photography Wojciech Zieliński music by Atanas Valkov
edited by Wojciech Jagiełło, Izabela Pająk production design by Katarzyna Klimek costume design by Weronika Wyrzykowska make-up artists
Ewelina Mróz, Justyna Wróbel sound by Błażej Kafarski production manager Agnieszka Chromicka cast Katarzyna Warnke, Piotr Stramowski,
Tamir Halperin, Antoni Królikowski, Olga Bołądź, Karolina Porcari, Nikodem Kasprowicz, Bartłomiej Kotschendoff producer Agnieszka Chromicka
produced by Chroma Pro Agnieszka Chromicka, ul. Nożownicza 37/3, 50-147 Wrocław, Poland co-produced by Miasto Aniołów Jerzy Kobyliński,
Poznań Film Commission, Oversee Production, Juice, D35, Wojciech Zieliński, AKX Entertainment, Katarzyna Warnke, Piotr Stramowski,
Julita Olszewska distribution in Poland Hagi Film, www.hagi.pl world sales open
Director and screenwriter. Received
a scholarship from the School of Visual
Arts in Sydney. Directed multiple
commercials and music videos. W spirali
(Into the Spiral) marks his second film.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1995: Puzzle – short
1996: Alabama – short
1998: Latawce (Kites) – short
1999: Chuckles the Magnificent – short
2000: Tom and her Helmet – short
A trip to the countryside, intended as a cleansing experience for a couple going through marital troubles, turns into a dangerous
game of wits when they pick up an eccentric hitchhiker named Tamir. Tamir serves as both witness and catalyst to their problems;
this self-proclaimed healer wants to be their guide into enlightenment. Krzysztof and Agnes know they shouldn’t be together, but
they just can’t split. Or they don’t want to. A story of the kind of tormented love that is dangerous and toxic.
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PHOTO BY WOJCIECH ZIELIŃSKI
2003: Black Shoes with the Shining
Buckle – short
2009: Zamiana
2011: UFO w Piekarach – short
2015: W spirali (Into the Spiral)
Wiktoria Szymańska
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POLAND – MEXICO – UNITED KINGDOM 2016
Writer, director with background as
a painter and visual artist. Born in Poland,
grew up in the UK, studied in France, and
now works between Poland, France,
Mexico, and Tanzania.
Her film Themerson and Themerson (2011)
received acclaim around the world as one
of the best documentaries about art. Her
The Man Who Made Angels Fly (2013) won
the IDFA Industry Award and screened at
Karlovy Vary and Hot Docs. She has also
made shorts and video installations about
dance and the female body. Her most
recent short film 7 Sheep had its world
premiere at the 2015 Toronto IFF.
70 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Wiktoria Szymańska director of photography Martin Boege music by Florencia Di Costillo edited by David Torres
production design by Wiktoria Szymańska sound by Pablo Hermandez production manager Agi Gutkowska cast Lidia Kotlowska, Andrzej Bujniewicz,
Ed Lachman, Dulce Rodriquez, Femke Stromer, Małgorzata Szymańska, Ewa Szumilewicz, Maia Szymańska producers Martin Boege,
Wiktoria Szymanska, Martin Beleand produced by Luna W (UK) 5 Burley Close London W1W7BL, victoria.sz@gmail.com co-produced by Teafilms
(Mexico) executive producer Triade Films (France) co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Gdynia Fund distribution in Poland and world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2010: Themerson and Themerson –
documentary
2013: The Man Who Made Angels Fly –
documentary
2014: Women in the Cities – series of
visual poems for Channel4
2015: 7 Sheep – short
2016: Journals – drama-documentary
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There is a place in Mexico where people have discovered that disappearing is not that bad after all. You only truly die when no one
remembers you. Can we connect the life and afterlife through dreams and memories? Seven characters wander between dream and
memory, searching for the ones they lost. Interwoven destinies bring us an intimate and moving answer to this question by fulfilling
their innermost dreams and connecting with the ones they love. What happens to the ones we love after their death? Can we bring
them back? Can we keep them alive through our memories? Or perhaps by placing them in an imaginary afterlife world? In its
various imaginative forms and visions around the world, Journals explores the question of existence and the afterlife. It is about
the parallel life – a life we can dream of, but cannot touch.
KAMPER
POLAND 2016
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COLOUR
directed by Łukasz Grzegorzek written by Krzysztof Umiński, Łukasz Grzegorzek director of photography Weronika Bilska music by Czarny HIFI
edited by Łukasz Grzegorzek production design by Dorota Kulawik costume design by Anna Krysiak make-up artist Anna Buttny sound by Błażej
Kafarski production manager Karina Lempkowska cast Piotr Żurawski, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Sheily Jimenez, Justyna Suwała, Bartłomiej
Świderski, Jacek Braciak producer Natalia Grzegorzek produced by Koskino, ul. Łowicka 19/20, 02574 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 605 764 774,
www.koskino.pl co-produced by Łukasz Grzegorzek, Opus Film, D35, Toya Studios, Głośno, Piotr Gburek Realizacja Światła i Dźwięku
executive producer Karina Lempkowska co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open
Born in 1980. Graduated in law from
the University of Warsaw. Directs promos
for TVN. His work has brought him several
awards at the PromaxBDA Global
Excellence Promotional, Marketing and
Design Awards. KAMPER marks his
feature debut as a director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Kamper is a Peter Pan-esque thirty-year-old with messy dark hair who looks at the world with eyes wide open. He never graduated
from college, but works as the manager of a team of professional video game testers. He likes spending his free time drinking beer
and playing video games with his mates. He has just learned that his wife does not share his idea of marriage. Her betrayal will hurt
Kamper’s self-love, shake up his confidence, and drive him to revenge.
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2016: KAMPER
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Kantor
POLAND 2016/2017
Film director, graduate of the Warsaw
Technical University (architecture) and
the Łódź Film School.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1997: Przystań (The Harbour)
2004: Trzeci (The Third)
2010: Trick
TV series:
120 MIN
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directed by Jan Hryniak written by Łukasz M. Maciejewski, Jan Hryniak director of photography Piotr Śliskowski music by Włodek Pawlik edited by
Cezary Kowalczuk production design by Ryszard Melliwa costume design by Małgorzata Zacharska make-up artist Aneta Brzozowska sound by
Artur Kuczkowski, Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S. production managers Jarosław Jakubiec, Piotr Śnieg cast Borys Szyc, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Paulina
Puślednik, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Mariusz Benoit, Wiktor Zborowski, Jan Frycz, Robert Gonera, Jacek Poniedziałek, Katarzyna
Herman, Redbad Klijnstra, Klara Bielawka producer Anna Drozd produced by Studio Rewers, ul. Koronowska 24 A ,02-905 Warsaw, Poland,
tel. +48 603 563 696, www.studiorewers.pl co-produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Telewizja Polska, the Krakow Festival Office,
Fundacja Tumult, DI Factory executive producer Studio Rewers co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat,
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2014: Czas Honoru – Powstanie (Days of
Honour – Uprising) 12 episodes
2014: Sama Słodycz (Nothing but
Sweetness) episodes: 4-6, 8-10, 12
2016/2017: Kantor
New Polish Films 2016
A film portrait of Tadeusz Kantor, founder of the Cricot 2 theatre, prominent painter, graphic artist, production designer, director and
performance artist, considered to be one of the last great avant-garde artists of the 20th century. This story about the fascinating
life and work of Tadeusz Kantor is set against the backdrop of the most turbulent moments in 20th century history – from his
childhood in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, his school days in Tarnów, his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and his activities
in Krakow’s artistic circles, to his international acclaim.
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Ostatnia Rodzina
POLAND 2016
120 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Jan P. Matuszyński written by Robert Bolesto director of photography Kacper Fertacz edited by Przemysław Chruścielewski production
design by Jagna Janicka costume design by Emilia Czartoryska make-up artists Anna Gorońska, Tomasz Matraszek sound by Jarosław Bajdowski,
Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński production manager Aneta Hickinbotham cast Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna,
Andrzej Chyra, Zofia Perczyńska, Danuta Nagórna, Alicja Karluk, Magdalena Boczarska, Agnieszka Michalska producers Leszek Bodzak, Aneta
Hickinbotham produced by Aurum Film, ul. Niecała 15/U4, 20-080 Lublin, Poland, tel. +48 504 275 800, www.aurumfilm.pl co-produced by
HBO Europe, Lightcraft, the Mazovia Film Fund executive producer Leszek Bodzak co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
Graduated in film directing from
the Radio and Television Department of
the University of Silesia in Katowice.
Author of the acclaimed documentary
Deep Love, which received awards at
the Moscow IFF and the Krakow IFF.
PHOTO BY MATEUSZ SKALSKI
The Last Family
FILMOGRAPHY:
2006: Razem (Together) – short
2007: Myjnia (The Carwash) -short
2008: Wiem, kto to zrobił (I Know Who
Did It) – short
2009: Afterparty – short
2011: Niebo (Heaven) – short
2012: Offline – short
2013: Deep Love – documentary
Spanning a period of 28 years, the film tells the story of the Beksiński family. The main protagonists are: Zdzisław, head of
the family and acclaimed painter; Tomek, Zdzisław’s son, prominent music journalist and film translator, and Zofia – extraordinary
woman, wife, and mother. The story begins in 1977 when Tomek moves out of the family house. His hypersensitive and unnerving
personality gives his mother constant cause for concern. Meanwhile Zdzisław tries to dedicate himself to his art. After Tomek’s
suicide attempt, his parents need to try fighting not only for his son, but also for regaining control of their lives. When Zdzisław signs
a contract with France-based art dealer Piotr Dmochowski and Tomek starts working for the Polish Radio, it seems that the worst of
family troubles are behind them. But a strange series of ill-fated events is yet to come.
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PHOTO BY HUBERT KOMERSKI
2016: Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family)
PHOTO BY MAKUFLY/TVN
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TRAILER
Listy do M. 2
POLAND 2015
Director and screenwriter, author of
the acclaimed 300 mil do nieba (300 Miles
to Heaven). Graduated in Polish studies
from the University of Gdańsk and in film
directing from the Radio and Television
Department of the University of Silesia.
FILMOGRAPHY:
103 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Maciej Dejczer written by Marcin Baczyński, Mariusz Kuczewski director of photography Marian Prokop music by Łukasz Targosz edited by
Jarosław Barzan PSM production design by Joanna Kaczyńska costume design by Maria Bulanda, Robert “Mojo”Adamczyk make-up artist Jolanta
Madejska-Witek sound by Maciej Pawłowski, Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S production manager Przemysław Malec cast Maciej Stuhr, Roma Gąsiorowska,
Agnieszka Dygant, Piotr Adamczyk, Tomasz Karolak, Agnieszka Wagner, Wojciech Malajkat, Magdalena Lamparska, Maciej Zakościelny, Marta
Żmuda-Trzebiatowska, Paweł Małaszyński, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz producers Marta Grela-Gorostiza, Katarzyna Bielecka produced by TVN,
ul. Wiertnicza 166, 02-952, Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 856 60 60, www.tvn.pl executive producer TVN distribution in Poland Kino Świat,
www.kinoswiat.pl world sales TVN, distribution@tvn.pl, www.tvn.pl
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1989: 300 mil do nieba (300 Miles to
Heaven)
1997: Bandyta (Brute)
2001: Pielgrzymi – TV
2004: Walker – short
2005: Najwięcej samobójstw zdarza się
w niedzielę – TV
2015: Listy do M. 2 (Letters to Santa 2)
New Polish Films 2016
Four years after the blockbuster hit Listy do M. (Letters to Santa), the characters of Poland’s most popular comedy of the past 25 years
are back. Listy do M. 2 (Letters to Santa 2) weaves together the stories of regular people and the little miracles that happen to them
on that magical holiday. Little twists of fate force them to slow down their daily bustle for a moment to see if love might just be
the best Christmas gift out there. They discover the power of love, hope, and forgiveness.
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Miłość w mieście ogrodów
POLAND 2015
100 MIN
written and directed by Ingmar Villqist, Adam Sikora director of photography Adam Sikora PSC edited by Aleksandra Gowin production design by
Agata Adamus costume design by Beata Święcicka make-up artist Iwona Trzyna sound by Dreamsound: Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński
cast Ireneusz Czop, Urszula Grabowska, Michał Kościuk, Michalina Olszańska, Aleksandra Popławska, Grażyna Szapołowska, Łukasz Sikora,
Edyta Herbuś, Justyna Święs, Bernard Krawczyk producer Magdalena Nowacka, tel. +48 505 119 896 produced by Magic Production,
biuro@magic-production.com, www.magic-production.com line producer Agata Sikora co-produced by Silesia-Film, Piramida Film,
Studio Filmowe Ladachwila, Dreamsound, Non Stop Film Service co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Spectator,
www.spectator.com.pl world sales open
Playwright, director, art historian. Born
in 1960. Head of various art galleries
and theatres, lecturer at the Academy
of Fine Arts in Krakow and Katowice.
Lecturer at the Radio and Television
Department of the University of Silesia
in Katowice.
Co-director (with Adam Sikora) of two
feature films: Ewa and Miłość w mieście
ogrodów (Love in the City of Gardens).
A story of freedom, love, and the price at which they come. A portrait of several people, each of whom harbours a deep secret.
Political fiction, romance, and a film on social issues. A story of human passions, ambitions, and dreams.
Cinematographer, director, photographer,
painter. Born in 1960. Graduate
of the Łódź Film School.
Worked as DP on films by Lech Majewski,
Piotr Dumała, Jerzy Skolimowski, as well
as documentaries, short features, and
television plays.
Winner of multiple awards for
cinematography, most notably the Silver
Frog at the 2001 Camerimage festival for
Angelus. Author of several photo exhibitions.
Co-director (with Ingmar Villqist) of two
feature films: Ewa and Miłość w mieście
ogrodów (Love in the City of Gardens).
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PHOTO BY PAWEŁ WACH
Adam Sikora
Marta Plucińska
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Love
Kochaj
POLAND 2016
Founder and co-owner of Federico Film.
Member of the Polish Filmmakers
Association and member of the board of
the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber
of Commerce.
FILMOGRAPHY:
85 MIN
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written and directed by Marta Plucińska director of photography Bogumił Godfrejów music by Gerard Lebik edited by Jan Kidawa-Błoński Jr.
production design by Anna Niemira costume design by Magdalena Arłukiewicz make-up artist Patrycja Puławska-Krasicka sound by Piotr Lasota
production manager Maciej Szczygieł casting Nadia Lebik cast Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Olga Bołądź, Roma Gąsiorowska, Aleksandra Popławska,
Magdalena Lamparska, Piotr Machalica, Piotr Polk, Michał Żurawski, Michał Czarnecki, Marcin Kwaśny, Aldona Jankowska
producer Paweł Pluciński produced by Federico Film, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland executive producer Paweł Pluciński
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales Federico Film, www.federicofilm.com
2016: Kochaj (Love)
New Polish Films 2016
An emotionally-packed film, to which every woman will be able to relate and find a side of herself reflected in the picture. True
friendship between women and the search for love – these are the two main themes of this story about four young women in a big
city who all want to be loved, each in her own way.
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Dorota Kobiela
Twój Vincent
POLAND – UNITED KINGDOM 2016
80 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Dorota Kobiela written by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel director of photography Łukasz Żal edited by Justyna
Wierszyńska costume design by Dorota Roqueplo producer Hugh Welchman co-producer Ivan Mactaggart produced by Loving Vincent,
Trzy Lipy 3, 80-172 Gdańsk, Poland, sean@breakthrufilms.pl executive producers Sean Bobbitt, David Parfitt
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Radamco, Breakthru Productions, Flying Machine, BGG Management, Odra-Film, the City of Wrocław,
CETA, LSW Media private inverstors Steven Paul Muench/Sita Saviolo, Jarosław Świgulski, RBF Productions, RBF Productions
production manager Tomasz Wochniak distribution in Poland open world sales CMG Sales, www.cinemamanagementgroup.com
Painter, director, animator; graduate of
the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and
the Warsaw Film School. Worked on films
such as Świteź (Berlinale 2011 Official
Selection) and Splinter (2008, winner of
the Best Animated Movie Award,
Wroclaw). Directed Little Postman,
the world’s first and only painted
animation in 3D and Chopin’s Drawings;
co-directed The Flying Machine, a 3D live
action & animation film.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
The tragic story of the life and death of Vincent van Gogh, one of the world’s most acclaimed painters, as told through his excellent
works. Loving Vincent is the world’s first feature painted animation. It is the story of the life and controversy surrounding the death
of Vincent van Gogh, told by the characters in his portraits. A devised plot allows for the mystery surrounding the death of this artist,
so under-appreciated in his time, to be solved. Was it really suicide?
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2011: Rysunki Chopina (Chopin’s
Drawings)
2011: Mały Listonosz (Little Postman)
2016: Twój Vincent (Loving Vincent)
Agnieszka Smoczyńska
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TRAILER
Córki Dancingu
POLAND 2015
92 MIN
COLOUR
Graduated in film and television directing
from the Radio and Television Department
of the University of Silesia in Katowice and
the Wajda School; also holds a degree in
cultural studies from the University of
Wrocław. Winner of the Minister of Culture
and National Heritage scholarship. Her
short feature films Aria Diva, 3 Love and
Kapelusz received multiple awards at film
festivals in Poland and abroad.
directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska written by Robert Bolesto director of photography Jakub Kijowski PSC songs by “Ballady i Romanse”
Zuzanna Wrońska, Barbara Wrońska edited by Jarosław Kamiński production design by Joanna Macha costume design by Katarzyna Lewińska
make-up artist Janusz Kaleja special effects make-up Tomasz Matraszek sound by Maria Chilarecka, Marcin Lenarczyk production manager Andrzej
Besztak cast Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis, Magdalena Cielecka, Katarzyna Herman, Jakub Gierszał, Marcin Kowalczyk,
Andrzej Konopka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Katarzyna Sawczuk, Iwona Bielska, Roma Gąsiorowska, Zbigniew Buczkowski producer Włodzimierz
Niderhaus produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych co-produced by Platige Image co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
AWARDS: //GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL, 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIRECTING DEBUT (AGNIESZKA SMOCZYŃSKA), AWARD FOR
BEST MAKE-UP (JANUSZ KALEJA, TOMASZ MATRASZEK)
2003: Kapelusz – short
2006: 3 Love – short
2008: Aria Diva – short
2010: Viva Maria! – short
PHOTO BY ROBERT PAŁKA / WFDiF
2015: Córki dancingu (The Lure)
New Polish Films 2016
Teenagers Golden and Silver find themselves in the middle of the world of 1980s Warsaw dance parties, vibrant with music, glittering
with neon lights and sequins. But these are no ordinary girls; they are mermaids, trying to understand what it means to be a woman
in the world they live in. They join a band called Figs & Dates, becoming an instant sensation of the city’s nightlife. In the throes of
love and budding passions, they briefly forget their true nature. But all it takes is one broken heart for the situation to spin out of
control.
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GERMANY – POLAND – FRANCE 2016
100 MIN
(working title)
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Marie Noelle
COLOUR
directed by Marie Noelle written by Marie Noelle, Andrea Stoll director of photography Michał Englert music by Bruno Coulais (France) edited by
Lenka Fillnerova (Belgium) production design by Eduard Krajewski costume design by Florence Scholtes (Belgium), Cristobal Pidre Fernandez
(Belgium) make-up artists Waldemar Pokromski, Mira Wojtczak sound by Philippe Vanendriessche (Belgium) cast Karolina Gruszka, Arieh
Worthalter, Izabela Kuna, Daniel Olbrychski, Charles Berling, Andre Wilms, Samuel Finzi, Sabin Tambrea, Piotr Głowacki, Jan Frycz producer
Mikołaj Pokromski co-producer Marie Noelle (Germany), Brigitte Faure (France) produced by Pokromski Studio, ul. Nowogrodzka 6A/10,
00-513 Warsaw, office@pokromskistudio.pl, tel. +48 22 115 33 73, +48 502 587 387 co-produced by P’Artisan Film (Germany), Sephia (France)
executive producer Ralf Ziemmermann co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Krakow Festival Office, Creative Europe, FFF Bayern, FFA
(Germany), CNC (France) production manager Janusz B. Czech distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
Grew up in France. Studied mathematics
and received an MBA from the European
School of Management, Paris / Oxford /
Berlin. Since 1982, she has been writing
screenplays and books, as well as making
documentary films. In 1995, she made her
feature debut with Ich erzähle mir einen
Mann, which was nominated for the Max
Ophüls Preis and many other prestigious
awards. Founding member of “Treffpunkt
Filmkultur”, aimed at bringing the magic
of film to children and young adults, and
increasing their sensibility to art in
the broad sense of the word.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2008: Die Frau des Anarchisten (Żona
anarchisty)
2012: Ludwig II
The story of an extraordinary woman, forced to leave her homeland and move to France to begin the scientific career that would bring
her global acclaim. In all written texts on Marie Skłodowska-Curie , she would be presented only in terms of her genius. Until recently,
the tragic death of Marie’s husband and her subsequent affair with Paul Langevin were never addressed in public. When Marie’s affair
with her married colleague comes to light following an intrigue by Paul’s betrayed wife, the tabloids launch a ruthless smear
campaign, protesting against Skłodowska-Curie being awarded the second Nobel prize. Skłodowska-Curie, whose humble and
noble life had always been dedicated to her work, is suddenly accused of wrecking a model French family and bringing disgrace to
the name of her beloved husband.
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2016: Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Adam Guziński
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Memories of Summer
Wspomnienie lata
POLAND 2016
Graduated in film directing from the Łódź
Film School. His student film Jakub
received the Cinéfondation Grand Prize at
the Cannes film festival. His Antichrist
screened at over 80 film festivals, winning
multiple awards; to this day, the film is
screening in America as one of six of
the most interesting shorts of the past
decade in the “The World According to
Shorts” series. His feature debut Chłopiec
na galopującym koniu (The Boy on
the Galloping Horse) premiered at
the Cannes film festival and went on to
screen at over 60 key film festivals around
the world.
90 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Adam Guziński director of photography Adam Sikora edited by Maciej Pawliński production design by Grzegorz Piątkowski
costume design by Dorota Roqueplo make-up artist Anna Kieszczyńska sound by Mirosław Makowski production manager Magdalena Malisz cast
Max Jastrzębski, Urszula Grabowska, Robert Więckiewicz, Elżbieta Romanowska, Joanna Niemirska, Jakub Lustyk, Paulina Angielczyk producers
Łukasz Dzięcioł, Piotr Dzięcioł produced by Opus Film, ul. Łąkowa 29, 90-554, Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 634 55 00, www.opusfilm.com
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Telewizja Polska, Silesian Film Fund, distribution in Poland and world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2006: Chłopiec na galopującym koniu
(The Boy on the Galloping Horse)
2016: Wspomnienie lata (Memories of
Summer)
New Polish Films 2016
Summer. Late 1970s. Twelve-year-old Piotrek lives in a small provincial town. At the beginning, we follow the first days of the summer
vacation he is spending with his mother, and observe the very strong bond between them. When his mother is at work, Piotrek likes
to go to the local lake in search of company. It is there that he meets the charismatic Skowron and his gang; together, they engage in
crazy, careless fun at the lake. At the same time, Piotrek’s mother starts going out almost every night, claiming to be meeting with
a female friend. Seeing his mother’s changing behaviour, the boy becomes increasingly worried.
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Nowy Świat
POLAND 2015
84 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski, Michał Wawrzecki written by Monika Dembińska, Elżbieta Benkowska, Maksymilian Nowicki,
Izabela Aleksandrowicz directors of photography Sławomir Witek, Piotr Pawlus, Cezary Stolecki music by Jerzy Rogiewicz edited by Irena Siedlar
production design by Katarzyna Filimoniuk costume design by Ewa Gronowska make-up artist Agnieszka Hodowana sound by Marek Wronko,
Aleksandra Pniak, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński production manager Inga Kruk executive producer Małgorzata Fogel-Gabryś
cast Olga Kavalay-Aksenowa, Julian Świeżewski, Hassan Akkouch, Irena Melcer, Karina Minaeva, Stanislav Boklan producer Jan Kwieciński
produced by AKSON STUDIO, ul. Piękna 44a, 00-672 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 840 68 30, www.aksonstudio.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open
Elżbieta Benkowska
Graduated in film directing from
the Gdynia Film School and in Slavic
studies from the University of Gdańsk.
Her graduation film Olena was the first
Polish film in official selection in
the Short Film Palme d’Or competition at
the 66th Cannes International Film
Festival.
Michał Wawrzecki
Film and stage director, screenwriter,
author of short feature and documentary
films. Graduated in film directing and
producing from the Radio and Television
Department of the University of Silesia in
Katowice, as well as the Krakow
Screenwriting School.
Łukasz Ostalski
Three young characters from Belarus, Ukraine and Afghanistan on their journey in search of a better life and away from evil. Three
people for whom Poland has become the eponymous “New World.” Having left her Belarusian opposition activist husband, Żanna
and her daughter are now staying with Żanna’s sister in Warsaw. She wants to move into a place of her own as soon as possible, and
build a new life with her boyfriend. Her plans are thwarted after her husband is once again arrested. Azzam, an Afghani man working
as a translator for the Polish army, is seen as a traitor by his fellow countrymen. After being evacuated to Poland, he is still unable to
shake off the trauma of war. Vera is a Ukrainian woman who flees to Poland to undergo a sex change operation – a secret she is
keeping from her family. An unexpected visit from her father and young son forces Vera to reevaluate the question of her own identity.
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Graduated in social studies from
the University of Gdańsk. Winner of press
photography competitions. In 2013, he
graduated in film directing from
the Gdynia Film School. His graduation
film Matka (Mother) received multiple
awards at film festivals in Poland and
abroad.
Paweł Sala
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Niewidzialne
POLAND 2016
Film and stage director. Winner of
the “Paszport Polityki” award for his
feature debut.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2010: Matka Teresa od kotów (Mother
100 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Paweł Sala director of photography Arkadiusz Tomiak music by Marcin Krzyżanowski production design by Andrzej Haliński
costume design by Ilona Binarsch make-up artist Anna Dąbrowska production manager Sylwia Rajdaszka cast Natalia Rybicka, Halina Rasiakówna,
Sandra Korzeniak, Paweł Dobek, Aleksandra Popławska, Franciszek Grabski producers Daniel Markowicz, Piotr Galon produced by Lightcraft,
ul. Dominikańska 21A, 02-738 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 604 420 500, www.lightcraft.pl co-produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych
i Dokumentalnych, Skopia Film co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open
Teresa of Cats)
2016: Niewidzialne
New Polish Films 2016
A day in the life of three Seamstresses in a sewing room located in the basement of an old tenement house – a story that is at times
tragic, grotesque, and filled with black humour. Inside the sewing room, they are accompanied by Krojczy, a philosophy major, and
Maria Miracle, a mysterious stranger who decides to descend to the low classes and help those who are at the bottom of the social
ladder. A stain on the mouldy wall, which grows throughout the day and begins to take on on unnerving shapes, helps find
the solution to the Seamstresses’ dark secrets. Other tragic secrets are to be found in the garbage dump and under the floorboards
of the sewing room, where human moans and cries can be heard over the hum of the sewing machines.
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Mitja Okorn
Planeta singli
POLAND 2016
132 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Mitja Okorn written by Sam Akina, Jules Jones, Mitja Okorn, Łukasz Światowiec, Michał Chaciński cast Maciej Stuhr, Agnieszka
Więdłocha, Danuta Stenka, Paweł Domagała, Michał Czernecki, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz, Tomasz Karolak, Weronika Książkiewicz, Piotr Głowacki,
Ewa Błaszczyk producers Radosław Drabik, Michał Chaciński produced by Gigant Films distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl
world sales open
Slovenian director and screenwriter, born
in 1981. His film debut was the 2000
documentary Not sponsored. In 2005, he
made an independent feature film Tu pa
tam, followed by the blockbuster Listy
do M. (Letters to Santa) in 2011. Directs
commercials and music videos for some
of Europe’s largest music labels.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2000: Not Sponsored
2002: Be Flexible
2004: Tu pa tam
2011: Listy do M. (Letters to Santa)
Ania is a romantic. She is a charming teacher, albeit slightly lacking in self-confidence. She visits dating websites in search of
the perfect man. By chance, she meets Tomek, the host of one of the most controversial TV shows in the country. Delighted with
Ania’s incorrigible romanticism, he offers her a part in his show: she will arrange her dates online, while he will use his show to show
the true face of the men flirting on these websites and mock the naïvety of the women who search for the ideal man online. Ania’s
crazy dating adventures quickly make the show a hit. Then one day Ania actually finds Mr Perfect…
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2016: Planeta Singli (Planet Single)
Bartosz M. Kowalski
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Playground
Plac zabaw
POLAND 2016
Born in 1984 in Gdynia. Graduated in film
directing from the EICAR school in Paris
and USC in Los Angeles. Returned to
Poland to work on documentaries, short
narratives, and commercials. Later
directed a dozen of TV commercials and
music videos. Author of two awardwinning documentary films produced for
HBO. The screenplay for his feature debut
Plac zabaw (Playground) brought him
the 2014 Script Pro grand prize. Currently
working on his next feature project
Przejście.
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski written by Bartosz M. Kowalski, Stanisław Warwas director of photography Mateusz Skalski edited by Bartosz M.
Kowalski production design by Marek Warszewski costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Dorota Seweryńska sound by Radosław Ochnio
production manager Mirella Zaradkiewicz cast Michalina Świstuń, Przemysław Baliński, Nikolas Przygoda, Patryk Świderski producers Dariusz
Pietrykowski, Mirella Zaradkiewicz produced by Film It, ul. Różana 32, 02-569 Warsaw, Poland, www.filmit.com.pl co-financed by the Polish Film
Institute distribution in Poland Next Film, www.next-film.pl world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2012: Moja Wola (Dream in the Making) –
documentary
2015: Niepowstrzymani (Unstoppables) –
documentary
2016: Plac zabaw (Playground)
New Polish Films 2016
A portrait of teenagers in the modern world. The script was inspired by real events that took place over a decade ago. The film is set
in an average small town in present-day Poland. It is a day in the life of three 13-year-olds who are getting ready to celebrate the end
of the school year. At first, the film shows each of the three characters in their home environment, carefully following their everyday
routine. What begins as an innocent story leads to an unexpected and terrifying ending. Playground is a reserved contemplation of
evil in today’s world.
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Julia Kowalski
Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka
FRANCE – POLAND 2015
90 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Julia Kowalski director of photography Simon Beaufils music by Daniel Kowalski edited by Martial Salomon production
design by Helene Cisterne, Monika Sajko-Gradowska costume design by Ada Cichowicz make-up artist Anna Nobel-Nobielska sound by Philippe
Deschamps cast Liv Henneguier, Yoann Zimmer, Andrzej Chyra, Artur Steranko producers Maria Blicharska, Monika Sajko-Gradowska (Poland),
Mina Driouche (France) produced by Donten & Lacroix Films, ul. Pietraszewicza-Lota 1 m. 3, 02-790 Warsaw, Poland; Les Films de Francoise
(France) co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, CNC, Region Bretagne, Arte/Coficine, Cine+ production managers Maciek Hamela, Veronique
Lamarche distribution in Poland Alter Ego Pictures, ul. Chełmska 21 lok. 422, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.alteregopictures.pl world sales Alpha
Violet, www.alphaviolet.com
Director and screenwriter, born in France
to Polish parents. Raging Rose marks her
feature debut.
PHOTO BY SIMON BEAUFILS
Raging Rose
FILMOGRAPHY:
2015: Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka (Raging
Rose)
Józef travels to France to sort out an issue from his past. He stays in the home of a Polish immigrant who lives with his teenage
daughter Rose. The newly-arrived stranger catches the eye of the young woman. Her fascination gradually transforms into a subtle
friendship that leads to a favour: Józef is searching for his long-lost son, who happens to be Rose’s schoolmate.
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PHOTO BY SIMON BEAUFILS
AWARDS: //2013 SOPADIN GRAND PRIX FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
//2014 SCRIPT PRO – 2ND PRIZE //PRIX CINEMABEAUMARCHAISSACD
Kasia Rosłaniec
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Szatan kazał tańczyć
POLAND – NETHERLANDS 2016
Director, screenwriter. Graduated in film
directing from the Warsaw Film School
and the feature course at the Wajda
School. Winner of the Crystal Bear Award
at the Berlin IFF for her feature Baby
Blues.
2009: Galerianki (Mall Girls)
2012: Bejbi Blues (Baby Blues)
2016: Szatan kazał tańczyć (Satan Said
PHOTO BY TOMEK TYNDYK
Dance)
New Polish Films 2016
it’s not who you know, it’s not who you blow.
you will die anyway.
everybody dies, keeping your life logic sucks
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written and directed by Kasia Rosłaniec director of photography Virginie Surdej edited by Stefan Stabenow production design by Lieke Scholman
costume design by Kasia Rosłaniec make-up artist Robert Stouthamer sound by Jan Schermer cast Magdalena Berus, Łukasz Simlat, Tygo Gernandt,
Hanna Koczewska, Tomek Tyndyk, Danuta Stenka, Marta Nieradkiewicz producers Piotr Kobus, Agnieszka Drewno co-producers Charlotte
Scott-Wilson & Trent produced by Mañana, ul. Chełmska 19/21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.manana.pl co-produced by OAK Motion Pictures
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Dutch Filmfund and the Dutch Production Incentive production manager Magdalena Jóźwiak
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
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A Simple Murder
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Arkadiusz Jakubik
Prosta historia o morderstwie
POLAND 2016
110 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Arkadiusz Jakubik written by Arkadiusz Jakubik, Igor Brejdygant, Grzegorz Stefański director of photography Witold Płóciennik PSC
music by edited by Paweł Laskowski production design by Joanna Macha costume design by Agnieszka Werner make-up artist Tomasz Matraszek
sound by Jarosław Bajdowski, Mateusz Adamczyk production manager Andrzej Besztak cast Andrzej Chyra, Filip Pławiak, Kinga Preis, Anna
Smołowik, Przemysław Strojkowski, Mateusz Więcławek, Ireneusz Czop, Marek Kasprzyk, Andrzej Konopka, Michał Czernecki, Katarzyna
Kwiatkowska, Eryk Lubos producer Włodzimierz Niderhaus produced by WFDiF, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 841 26 83,
www.wfdif.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales Kino Świat/WFDiF
Actor, director, screenwriter, musician.
Performed at the Warsaw Operetta
(1993-1994) and Teatr Rampa (1997-2000).
Frontman of a band known as Dr Misio.
Member of the Polish Film Academy and
the European Film Academy.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2010: Prosta historia o miłości (A Simple
Love Story)
2016: Prosta historia o zabijaniu (A
A thrilling story about a policeman’s family, shaken to the core after a mysterious crime.
Jacek is a young policeman, trying everything in his power to protect his mother and brothers from their despot father, a policeman
involved in some shady business. When the father is murdered, the son becomes the main suspect. While trying to prove his
innocence, Jacek discovers, to his own horror, that he is becoming more and more like his father.
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Simple Murder)
PHOTO BY WOJCIECH WIETESKA
Mariusz Grzegorzek
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TRAILER
Śpiewający obrusik
POLAND 2015
Film and stage director, screenwriter,
production designer, graphic artist,
television director, co-owner of
the Krakatau production company. Longterm lecturer at the Łódź Film School.
Rector of the Łódź Film School since 2012.
FILMOGRAPHY:
92 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek director of photography Przemysław Brynkiewicz edited by Mariusz Grzegorzek sound design by Mariusz
Grzegorzek production design by Natalia Giza costume design by Matylda Leśnikowska make-up artists Paula Adryańczyk, Rafał Rodak sound by
Rafał Nowak production coordinator Barbara Grzegorzek production manager Witold Franczak cast Mikołaj Chroboczek, Marta Herman,
Sebastian Jasnoch, Michał Jóźwik, Alicja Juszkiewicz, Miłosz Karbownik, Karolina Krawczyńska, Damian Kret, Sylwia Madejska, Marcin Miodek
producer Marcin Malatyński produced by the Łódź Film School, ul. Targowa 61/63, 90-323 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 42 275 55 947,
www.filmschool.lodz.pl executive producer the Łódź Film School distribution in Poland and world sales Studio Filmowe INDEKS,
www.studioindeks.pl
1987: Krakatau (Krakatau)
1988: Robak (Worm)
1989: Jezusowi jest zimno (Jesus is Cold)
AWARDS: //GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL, 2015: “GOLDEN CLAW”
GRAND PRIZE IN THE VISIONS APART COMPETITION //GOLDEN
MASK, 2015: AWARD OF ŁÓDŹ-BASED JOURNALISTS
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1990: Goliathus, Goliathus (Goliathus,
Goliathus)
1993: Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy
(Conversation with a Cupboard Man)
1994: Ars Nova, El Llibre Vermell (Ars Nova,
El Llibre Vermell)
1995: Panny Smutne (Sad Girls)
1995: Meredith (Meredith)
1998: Gra liczb (A Game of Numbers)
1999: Królowa Aniołów (The Queen of
Angels)
2009: Jestem Twój (I Am Yours)
2015: Śpiewający obrusik (The Singing
Napkin)
New Polish Films 2016
The first feature film in the history of performative arts education to serve as the graduation piece of the students of the Acting
Department of the Łódź Film School. Together with the young actors, the school’s rector Mariusz Grzegorzek creates a poignant film
piece that takes no shortcuts. Four independent novellas are linked together using documentary footage from auditions, leading up
to a surreal and frenetic finale, resulting in an original film voice.
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Jan Kidawa-Błoński
Gwiazdy
POLAND 2016
120 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Jan Kidawa-Błoński written by Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Jacek Kondracki director of photography Michał Englert edited by Jan
Kidawa-Błoński Jr. production design by Elwira Pluta costume design by Ilona Binarsch make-up artist Mirosława Wojtczak sound by Adam Wilk
cast Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Paweł Deląg, Magdalena Cielecka, Sebastian Fabijański, Karolina Szymczak, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Marian
Dziędziel, Eryk Lubos, Adam Woronowicz producers Jarosław Pachowski, Andrzej Serdiukow produced by Film Point Group, Al. Jerozolimskie 212,
02-486 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 505 171 766, m.serdiukow@point-group.pl co-produced by the City of Zabrze, Telewizja Polska, the National
Centre for Culture executive producer Teresa Dworzecka co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Mirosław Warchoł distribution
in Poland Forum Film Poland, www.forumfilm.pl world sales open
Director and producer. Graduated in film
directing from the Łódź Film School
in 1981. Head of the Polish Filmmakers
Association from 1990 to 1994. Member
of the Polish Film Academy.
PHOTO BY ROBERT JAWORSKI
Stars
FILMOGRAPHY:
1984: Trzy stopy nad ziemią (Three Feet
Above the Ground)
1988: Męskie sprawy (Men’s Business)
1992: Pamiętnik znaleziony w garbie
(Diary in a Marble)
1996: Wirus (The Virus)
A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banaś, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to
makes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars is the story of a great love between young people torn by passion and
ambition.
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2005: Skazany na bluesa (Destined for
the Blues)
2010: Różyczka (Little Rose)
2013: W ukryciu (In Hiding)
2016: Gwiazdy (Stars)
Dariusz Gajewski
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TRAILER
Obce niebo
POLAND 2015
Film director, producer and screenwriter.
Studied directing at the Łódź Film
School. Winner of the Grand Amber Award
at the Koszalin Film Festival. His
feature debut Warszawa received
the Grand Prize and awards for Best
Director, Best Screenplay and several
others at the Polish Film Festival in
Gdynia, as well as the Platinum Award at
the 2005 WorldFest IFF in Houston and
Special Jury Award in Svietlogorsk
in 2005. In 2008, he was elected head of
the Munk Studio Programme Council.
Author of multiple documentaries.
108 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Dariusz Gajewski written by Dariusz Gajewski, Michał Godzic director of photography Monika Lenczewska music by Marcin Masecki,
Candelaria Saenz Valiente edited by Grażyna Gradoń production design by Joanna Macha costume design by Beata Nyczaj, Lotta Petersson
make-up artist Olga Nejbauer sound by Mateusz Adamczyk, Jarosław Bajdowski, Sebastian Witkowski cast Agnieszka Grochowska, Bartłomiej
Topa, Barbara Kubiak, Ewa Fröling, Tanja Lorentzon, Gerhard Hoberstorfer producers Dariusz Gajewski, Kuba Kosma co-producers Robert Kijak,
Anna Waśniewska-Gill, Katarzyna Krosnyl produced by TAKFILM, Al. Jerozolimskie 121/123 M. 39, 02-017 Warsaw, Poland co-produced by TVN,
Agora, East of West Cinema AB, LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek i Wspólnicy executive producer TAKFILM co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
production manager Maria Krauss distribution in Poland Next Film, www.next-film.pl world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2002: Alarm
2003: Warszawa (Warsaw)
2015: Obce niebo (Strange Heaven)
PHOTO BY MONIKA LENCZEWSKA
2007: Lekcje Pana Kuki (Mr Kuka’s Advice)
New Polish Films 2016
Basia and Marek live in Sweden. One white lie triggers a flood of suspicion and leads to Swedish child services taking their beloved
daughter away from them and placing her in foster care. A daughter’s love for her mother is put to the test. Basia and Marek are
forced to stand up against the ruthless bureaucratic ways that give no consideration to human emotions. Faced with the nightmare
of losing their child, the parents decide to fight to get her back, dangerously toeing the line of the law.
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Michał Rogalski
Letnie przesilenie
POLAND – GERMANY 2015
100 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Michał Rogalski director of photography Jerzy Zieliński, ASC, PSC music by Alexander Hacke edited by Milenia Fiedler,
Joanna Brühl production design by Janusz Sosnowski interior design by Wiesława Chojkowska costume design by Anna Englert, Magdalena
Rutkiewicz-Luterek make-up artists Monika Kaleta, Dorothea Wiedermann sound by Paul Rischer cast Filip Piotrowicz, Jonas Nay, Urszula Bogucka,
Maria Semotiuk, Gerdy Zint, Andre M. Hennicke, Steffen Scheumann, Bartłomiej Topa, Agnieszka Krukówna producers Maciej Strzembosz, Ewa
Borguńska, René Frotscher, Eva-Marie Martens co-producers Rene Frotscher, Eva-Marie Martens produced by Prasa i Film, Chełmska 21 bud. 4
lok. 53, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, office@pifpartners.pl; Sunday Filmproduktions, Schulstraße 10, 06108 Halle, Germany, tel. +49 345 44572053
co-produced by Telewizja Polska, WFDiF, Odra-Film, S.P. Orka, Mafilm, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Synchron und Tonstudio Leipzig
executive producers Maria Gołoś, Alexander Martens, Thomas Jeschner, Volker Zobelt, Andreas Richter co-financed by the Polish Film Institute,
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutscher Filmförderfonds production managers Andrzej Besztak, Grzegorz
Olkowski, Christoph Kukula distribution in Poland Prasa i Film, www.prasaifilm.pl world sales Wide Management, www.widemanagement.com
Director, screenwriter. Studied at
the Department of Political Science of
the University of Warsaw. Graduated in
film directing from the Łódź Film School
in 2001.
PHOTO BY FILIP PIOTROWICZ
Summer Solstice
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2009: Ostatnia akcja (The Last Action)
2015: Letnie przesilenie (Summer
Solstice)
Rural Poland, 1943. Four young people: Bunia, a Jewish girl who escaped from a train to the death camps; Guido, a German officer;
and two Poles – Romek and Franka, are brought together by a series of extraordinary events. They find something that during
wartime can be both an escape and a source of danger: love.
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AWARDS: //MONTREAL IFF, 2015: BEST SCREENPLAY
//GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL, 2015: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, “GOLDEN KITTENS” CITY COUNCIL
AWARD
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TRAILER
Moje córki krowy
POLAND 2015
Screenwriter, feature and documentary
film director. Graduated in Japanese
studies from the University of Warsaw and
in film directing from FAMU in Prague. Her
debut feature Hel received several awards
at film festivals in Poland.
87 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Kinga Dębska director of photography Andrzej Wojciechowski music by Bartosz Chajdecki edited by Bartosz Karczyński
production design by Ewa Skoczkowska costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska sound by Leszek Freund cast Agata
Kulesza, Gabriela Muskała, Marian Dziędziel, Małgorzata Niemirska, Marcin Dorociński, Łukasz Simlat producer Zbigniew Domagalski
co-producer Włodzimierz Niderhaus produced by SF Kalejdoskop, Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, +48 22 851 17 79, studio@kalejdoskop.art.pl
co-produced by WFDiF co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Anna Wojdat distribution in Poland Kino Świat,
www.kinoswiat.pl world sales SF Kalejdoskop, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl
FILMOGRAPHY:
2009: Hel
2015: Moje córki krowy (These Daughters
of Mine)
PHOTO BY ROBERT PAŁKA
AWARDS: //GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL, 2015: AUDIENCE AWARD,
JOURNALISTS’ AWARD, AWARD OF THE ARTHOUSE CINEMA
NETWORK //ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL, 2015: AUDIENCE
AWARD //POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN AMERICA, 2015: “GOLDEN
TEETH” AWARD
New Polish Films 2016
A 40-year old actress (single and strong, yet lonely), her sister (an emotionally unstable schoolteacher whose married-with-kids life
appears more orderly) and their domineering father, who gradually loses control over his family due to his wife’s sudden illness and
his own health troubles; these are the three individuals at the heart of These Daughters of Mine, a touching story about the strength
of family ties in a situation of imminent danger. A tongue-in-cheek story about life-and-death questions.
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Matthias Huser
Arizona w mojej głowie
SWITZERLAND – POLAND 2014
86 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Matthias Huser written by Matthias Huser, Aurelius Eisenreich director of photography Gabriel Sandru music by Nicolas von Ritter-Zahony
edited by Milenia Fiedler PSM production design by Nicole Hoesli, Jedrzej Kowalski costume design by Małgorzata Karpiuk make-up artist Magdalena
Łęcka sound by Leszek Freund production manager Karolina Mróz cast Krzysztof Kiersznowski, Eryk Lubos, Halina Skoczyńska, Lorenz Clausse,
Barbara Dembińska, Anna Lenartowicz, Lech Dyblik, Janusz Kubicki, Witold Dębicki, Henryk Gołębiewski, Mirosław Henke, Stanisław Berny,
Grzegorz Palkowski, Marek Lipski, Jacek Opolski, Jan Wojciech Paradowski, Wojciech Bartoszek, Dariusz Kowalski, producers Elda Giudinetti,
Andres Pfaeffli produced by ventura film sa al castello 6866 Meride, Switzerland co-produced by Lava Films executive producer Agnieszka Wasiak
co-financed by RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, SRF Schweizer Fernsehen, Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI), Kulturfonds Suissimage, FilmPlus
della Svizzera italiana, Succès cinéma, Succès passage antenne SRG SSR, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Kanton Thurgau, Kulturelle Filmförderung
der Staatskanzlei Thüringen, Media Programme of the European Union distribution in Poland open world sales Film Republic, www.filmrepublic.biz
Born in Switzerland in 1979. In 2005, he
graduated from the Zürcher Hochschule
der Künste (ZHdK). Studied film directing
and visual arts at the University of New
South Wales in Sydney. His short films
screened at multiple international film
festivals (including Berlinale, Palm
Springs, and Calgary), while his Hunde
was in the short film competition in
Cannes. In 2014, he made his feature
debut Arizona w mojej głowie (They
Chased Me Through Arizona) in Poland.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1999: Little Girl
2002: d’Gisela
2003: Bad Signal
2004: Das schwarze Boot
2005: Hunde
The end of the analogue age. Leonard, an introvert technician, is asked to dismantle the local phone booths. He and his wild driver
Ben set off on a journey to the end of an era. A film about the inability to communicate between loved ones, about the pain that
accompanies this inability, and the troubles that go with reaching out to another human being. It is also the story of an attempt to
build relationships; without relationships, life is empty and barren — not unlike the land where Leonard and Ben live.
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2006: Rakete
4 Ferry Wheel
2011: Genti Gegan
2012: Men, Women, Work
2014: Arizona w mojej głowie (They
Chased Me Through Arizona)
Jacek Januszyk
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Trzy upadki świętego
POLAND 2016
Graduated in cinematography from
the Łódź Film School. Worked as
cinematographer on multiple feature
films, documentaries, and television
series.
FILMOGRAPHY:
95 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Jacek Januszyk director of photography Jacek Januszyk music by Radek Duda edited by Cezary Grzesiuk production design by
Edyta Babik costume design by Agnieszka Tomaszewska make-up artist Dorota Seweryńska sound by Krzysztof Stasiak, Marek Walaszek
production manager Magdalena Tomanek cast Janusz Liszka, Karolina Michalik, Wiesław Komasa, Grzegorz Feluś, Grzegorz Kliś, Mariusz Saniternik
producers Paweł Witecki, Michał Jankowski produced by Mastershot, ul. Królewska 65a/1, 30-081 Krakow, Poland, tel. +48 696 872 345,
www.mastershot.pl co-produced by the Krakow Festival Office, Cyklop Film, Addicted To Music, Gaffers, Grip Seven, TVN
executive producer Michał Jankowski co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland and world sales open
1993: Powrót – documentary
1993: Aven – short
1994: Teatr ekspresji – documentary
1995: Mój ołtarz – documentary
1996: Babie lato – short
2016: Trzy upadki świętego (Three Falls
PHOTO BY BARTŁOMIEJ JURECKI
of a Saint)
New Polish Films 2016
Set in Poland’s mountain region of Podhale in the early 20th century. The quaint life of a small village is disturbed when torrential
rains destroy the crops and hunger begins to loom over the villagers. The hardened mountain people claim that it is the wrath of
God. Redemption will surely come after a statue of St. Anthony is erected. Marcin Mudroń volunteers to sculpt the statue. This is
the opportunity for a better life for this single father raising his children in poverty. But his noble gesture, rather than being
welcomed by the mountaineers, results in opening old wounds. The demons of the past return to disturb the quiet life of the village.
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Alexandros Avranas
True Crimes
USA – POLAND 2016
90 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Alexandros Avranas written by Jeremy Brock director of photography Michał Englert edited by Agnieszka Glińska production design by
Wojciech Żogała, Francesca di Mottola costume design by Mayou Tirkeriotti make-up artists Marcin Rodak, Anna Nobel-Nobielska, Ewa Drobiec
(personal make-up for Jim Carrey) sound by Nikos Bouyiukos line producer Justyna Pawlak production manager Magdalena Jaworska
cast Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Kati Outinen, Vlad Ivanov, Agata Kulesza, Robert Więckiewicz, Anna Polony,
Zbigniew Zamachowski producers Brett Ratner, David Gerson, John Cheng, Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman produced by LAMF, Ratpac
Enternatinment 4000 Warner Blvd Bldg 95 Burbank, CA 91522 US tel. +1 818 954 1099 4000 co-produced by Opus Film executive producer Opus Film
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, the Krakow Film Commission distribution in Poland open world sales Mr Smith, 77 Dean Street, London,
tel. +44 207 494 1724, info@mistersmithent.com
Born in 1977. Began his studies in
sculpture at the Athens School of Fine
Arts, then continued at the Universitat
der Kunste Berlin. His first film Without
brought him seven awards at the
Thessaloniki IFF and a nomination for
the Best Director Award at the Milan IFF.
Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Director
at the Venice IFF for his film Miss Violence.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2008: Without
2013: Miss Violence
An investigator sent to work in a police archive re-opens an unsolved murder case from years before. At the age of 50, he tries to redefine
himself and prove his worth in a new reality where morality from the past no longer matters. Demoted from his police investigator
position, he begins investigating a case that could discredit the current chief of police. What makes Jacek believe he is able to take
on the entire judiciary system? Frustrated with his work and his personal life, all he can do is prove that he deserves a place in this
new, advanced society. A society that generously offers everything to everyone, claiming that if anyone fails in life, they have only
themselves to blame.
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TRAILER
Zjednoczone Stany Miłości
POLAND – SWEDEN 2016
Director and screenwriter. Born in 1980.
Graduated from the Łódź Film School.
Winner of multiple awards at film festivals
in Poland and abroad.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2012: W sypialni (In a Bedroom)
104 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Tomasz Wasilewski director of photography Oleg Mutu edited by Beata Walentowska production design by Katarzyna
Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński costume design by Monika Kaleta make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska sound by Christian Holm production manager
Robert Feluch cast Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Tomek Tyndyk, Andrzej Chyra, Łukasz Simlat
producers Piotr Kobus, Agnieszka Drewno produced by Mañana, ul. Chełmska 19/21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.manana.pl
co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Film i Väst, Common Ground Pictures co-financed by the Polish Film Institute, Film i Väst
distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales New Europe Film Sales, www.neweuropefilmsales.com
2013: Płynące wieżowce (Floating
Skyscrapers)
2016: Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United
PHOTO BY OLEG MUTU
States of Love)
New Polish Films 2016
Poland, 1990. The winds of change are blowing in Poland. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future.
Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it’s time to change their lives, fight for their happiness and fulfill their desires.
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Wołyń (working title)
POLAND 2016
CA 120 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Wojtek Smarzowski director of photography Piotr Sobociński Jr. PSC music by Mikołaj Trzaska edited by Paweł Laskowski
PSM production design by Marek Zawierucha costume design by Magdalena Rutkiewicz-Luterk, Wanda Kowalska, Andrzej Grabarczyk make-up
artist Ewa Drobiec sound by Jacek Hamela cast Michalina Łabacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adrian Zaremba, Jacek Braciak, Lech Dyblik, Izabela Kuna
producers Dariusz Pietrykowski, Andrzej Połeć produced by Film it, ul. Różana 32, 02-569 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 853 8668,
fax +48 22 852 1516, office@filmit.com.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska, Andrzej Łudziński Productions, Canal +, Bemar, the National
Audiovisual Institute, the National Centre for Culture, Odra Film executive producers Dariusz Pietrykowski, Andrzej Połeć, Feliks Pastusiak
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Paweł Bareński distribution in Poland Forum Film Poland, www.forumfilm.pl
world sales open
Director and screenwriter. Graduated in
cinematography from the Łódź Film
School. Winner of multiple awards at film
festivals in Poland and abroad.
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Volhynia
FILMOGRAPHY:
1998: Małżowina (The Earlobe)
2004: Wesele (The Wedding)
2009: Dom zły (Dark House)
2011: Róża (Rosa)
2013: Drogówka (The Traffic Department)
2014: Pod Mocnym Aniołem (The Mighty
Angel)
An epic period piece. Set over the course of six years, the story mostly takes place during World War Two in a small village in
the eponymous region of Volhynia – a village inhabited by Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews. The life of this small community is then torn
apart by history. In the spring of 1943, a wave of ethnic cleansing sweeps over the region. In a sea of brutality and hate, the film’s
protagonist Zosia Głowacka tries to save the lives of her children and her own.
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2016: Wołyń (Volhynia)
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TRAILER
Mur
POLAND 2014
Graduated in film directing from
the Radio and Television Department
of the University of Silesia. Co-wrote
the script for the award-winning feature
Chrzest (The Christening) by Marcin Wrona.
Wrote and directed Podróż, a film made
within the framework of the 30 Minutes
programme.
Winner of the Hartley-Merrill
and ScriptPro competitions.
90 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Dariusz Glazer director of photography Wojciech Staroń PSC production design by Anna Wunderlich costume design by
Natalia Czeczott make-up artist Janusz Kaleja sound by Maria Chilarecka cast Tomasz Schuchardt, Aleksandra Konieczna, Marta Nieradkiewicz,
Dariusz Toczek, Ewa Kasprzyk, Piotr Machalica, Ewa Kolasińska, Rafał Maćkowiak, Krzysztof Olszewski producers Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska,
Dariusz Gajewski produced by Munk Studio – the Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland,
tel. +48 22 556 54 740, fax +48 22 556 54 69, studiomunka@sfp.org.pl, www.studiomunka.pl co-produced by Telewizja Polska
co-financed by the Polish Film Institute production manager Sylwia Rajdaszka distribution in Poland and world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
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2014: Mur (The Wall)
New Polish Films 2016
A young man decides to start a fresh chapter in his life. Having worked as a contractor on a newly built, gated estate, he now rents
a flat there himself, cutting himself off from his old life in a run-down tenement house with his mother and her need for medical
care. But the new reality quickly puts all his illusions to bed. If he wants to change, he will first have to tackle all the baggage from
his past. Will he hesitate before leaping over the wall?
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Grzegorz Zariczny
Fale
POLAND 2016
72 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Grzegorz Zariczny director of photography Weronika Bilska edited by Bartosz Pietras production design by Grzegorz Piątkowski
costume design by Katarzyna Lewińska, Julia Jarża make-up artist Beata Rółkowska sound by Krzysztof Ridan cast Katarzyna Kopeć, Beata
Schimscheiner, Artur Krajewski, Dagmara Krasowska, Wiesław Cichy, Agata Pruchniewska, Edyta Torhan, Ania Kąsek, Daniel Furmaniak, Jolanta
Olszewska, Tomasz Schimscheiner, Maja Berełkowska producers Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska, Dariusz Gajewski produced by Munk Studio –
the Polish Filmmakers Association, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 7, 00-068 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 22 556 54 740, fax +48 22 556 54 69,
studiomunka@sfp.org.pl, www.studiomunka.pl co-produced by the Krakow Festival Office co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
production manager Sylwia Rajdaszka distribution in Poland and world sales open
Graduated in film directing from
the Radio and Television Department of
the University of Silesia. Finished
the documentary course at the Wajda
School. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at
the Sundance Film Festival for his
documentary Gwizdek (The Whistle).
PHOTO BY MIROSŁAW SOSNOWSKI/ STUDIO MUNKA-SFP
Waves
FILMOGRAPHY:
2010: The Dog Hill
2012: Gwizdek (The Whistle) –
As she comes of age, Kasia finds herself at a moment in life when she needs to make a number of key decisions. At first, her situation
appears hopeless; everyone around her is dragging her down. But with her moral instincts and good intuition about good and evil,
she will manage to attempt to change her fate, despite her young age.
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documentary
2015: Love, Love – documentary
2016: Fale (Waves)
Anna Jadowska
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Wild Roses
Dzikie róże
POLAND 2016
Polish director and screenwriter, whose
work includes feature and documentary
films and television. She studied directing
at the Łódź Film School and the Wajda
School, followed by Ex Oriente and EAVE
workshops. Her feature film directing
career began with Dotknij mnie (2003)
and Teraz ja (2004). Her most recent work
Trzy kobiety received the Magic Hour Award
at the 2014 Planete+ Doc Film Festival in
Warsaw.
110 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Anna Jadowska director of photography Małgorzata Szyłak music by Agnieszka Stulgińska edited by Anna Mass production
design by Anna Anosowicz costume design by Marta Ostrowicz make-up artist Aleksandra Dutkiewicz sound by Agata Chodyra production manager
Karolina Kajdanowicz cast Marta Nieradkiewicz, Michał Żurawski, Halina Rasiakówna producers Roman Jarosz, Iza Igel produced by Alter Ego
Pictures, ul. Chełmska 21/422, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland, www.alteregopictures.pl co-produced by ITI NEOVISION (nc+), D35 SA, Studio
Dźwiękownia co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland All Muses world sales open
FILMOGRAPHY:
2003: Dotknij mnie
2004: Teraz ja (It’s Me, Now)
2009: Generał. Zamach na Gilblartarze.
(The General)
2011: Z miłości (Out of Love)
2013: Trzy kobiety
2016: Dzikie róże (Wild Roses)
New Polish Films 2016
Ewa, 27, has a secret she is desperate to keep. While her husband is working abroad, she gives birth to an illegitimate child and secretly
puts the baby up for adoption. She tries to maintain a normal routine with her family but struggles to overcome her pangs of guilt.
Can Ewa live with her secret and face the reality of life in a small village?
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Kolekcja sukienek
POLAND 2016
84 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Marzena Więcek written by Marzena Więcek, Jacek Kasprzycki based on ‘Mówią o sobie’ by Marta Rybarczyk director of photography
Łukasz Dębski production design by Marzena Więcek, Grzegorz Czajka costume design by Anna Adamczewska make-up artist Agnieszka Der
sound by Grzegorz Lindemann cast Zbigniew Zamachowski, Ewa Szykulska, Marzena Trybała, Dorota Stalińska, Marzena Wieczorek, Marzena
Więcek, Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak, Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz producer Marzena Więcek co-producer Grzegorz Czajka produced by
Akademia Twórczych Poszukiwań, ul. Festiwalowa 3, 65-520 Zielona Góra, Poland, info@akademia.zgora.pl co-produced by Pracownia Promocji
Sztuki, Grzegorz Czajka, ul. Jedności 44A/3, 65-013 Zielona Góra, Poland executive producer Lubuska School of Film and TV co-financed by
Lubuskie Voivodship, City of Zielona Góra, Polakpotrafi.pl production manager Marzena Więcek set manager Grzegorz Czajka distribution in Poland
and world sales open
Born in 1977. Graduated from the Poznań
Drama School and the University of
Wrocław. Writer, stage and film director,
actress. Winner of multiple artistic
awards. Head of the Lubuska School of
Film & Television, the Lubuska School of
Photography, and the ‘Quest Europe’
International Auteur Film Festival.
President of the ‘Otwarta Kultura’ (Open
Culture) Foundation.
PHOTO BY GRZEGORZ CZAJKA
Women Collection
Eight women of different ages. Love and loneliness. Fear. The vestures we all wear. A film about how choosing to live a ‘half-life’
makes us rot. The women in Women Collection are subjects of an unusual experiment.
2003: Poczekalna (The Waiting
Room) – short
2004: Przerwana lekcja bieli (A Broken
Lesson of White Site of Life) – short
2005: Inna bajka (Another
Story) – documentary
2006: Królewska choroba
(Schizophrenia) – documentary
2010: Masza (Masza) – documentary
2011: Tak, jestem lesbijką (Yes, I Am a
Less) – documentary
2012: Tortury (Torture) – short
2016: Kolekcja sukienek (Women
Collection)
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FILMOGRAPHY:
Mariusz Bieliński
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Mały Jakub
POLAND 2016
Graduated from the Vocal and Acting
Studio of the Music Theatre in Gdynia, and
the Directing Department of the Drama
Academy in Warsaw. Winner of multiple
playwriting and screenwriting
competitions.
92 MIN
COLOUR
written and directed by Mariusz Bieliński director of photography Arek Tomiak PSC music by Tomasz Łuc edited by Milenia Fiedler PSM production
design by Andrzej Haliński costume design by Katarzyna Adamczyk make-up artist Iwona Karpińska sound by Wojciech Ślusarz production manager
Tadeusz Drewno cast Mirosław Baka, Jan Sączek, Eryk Lubos, Dorota Kolak, Henryk Talar, Radosław Pazura producer Włodzimierz Niderhaus
produced by WFDiF, ul. Chełmska 21, Warsaw, Poland, tel.+48 22 841 26 83, www.wfdif.pl co-financed by the Polish Film Institute distribution in
Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales Kino Świat/WFDiF
FILMOGRAPHY:
2014: Nad (Above) – TV theatre
PHOTO BY AGNIESZKA KOKOWSKA
2016: Mały Jakub (Young Jacob)
New Polish Films 2016
A simple story about reconciliation. A breakthrough at the age of nine or ten. The young human being crosses a threshold, finally
realizing that the world is more complicated than it seemed before, and that simple divisions don’t always reflect the complex
emotions that are starting to appear. How do we deal with them? How do we assimilate them? How do we process them?
What is better, which attitudes are best suited for life? Is it those that focus on deluding ourselves, on immersing ourselves in our
own imagined world? Or is it those that are more realistic, more brutal, but at the same time allow us to have a more solid footing?
Is it even worth it? And can this be determined at all at the age of ten?
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Zgoda
POLAND 2016
90 MIN
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COLOUR
directed by Maciej Sobieszczański written by Małgorzata Sobieszczańska director of photography Valentyn Vasyanovych music by Bartłomiej
Gliniak edited by Rafał Listopad production design by Ewa Skoczkowska costume design by Agata Culak make-up artist Ewa Kowalewska sound by
Paulina Bocheńska production manager Leszek Pieszko cast Julian Świeżewski, Zofia Wichłacz, Jakub Gierszał, Wojciech Zieliński, Paweł
Tomaszewski, Danuta Stenka producer Zbigniew Domagalski produced by Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, ul. Chełmska 21, 00-724 Warsaw, Poland,
tel. +48 22 851 17 79, tel./fax +48 22 841 21 35, www.kalejdoskop.art.pl co-produced by WFDiF, EBH Polska, Wajda School co-financed by
the Polish Film Institute distribution in Poland Kino Świat, www.kinoswiat.pl world sales open
Director, screenwriter, lecturer at
the Wajda School and the Łódź Film
School. Co-directed The Performer, which
received an award at the Berlin IFF.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2010: Urodziny – short
2014: Performer (The Performer)
1945. Communist secret police forces in Silesia build a labour camp for Germans, Silesians and Poles on the site of a former auxiliary
camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The secret police use punishing traitors as a pretext for purging the country of enemies of the system.
Franek gets a job at the camp to save the woman he loves – a Polish woman named Anna. What Franek doesn’t know is that Erwin,
a German man and Franek’s friend, who has long had feelings for Anna, is also an inmate at the camp. Franek joins the communists,
deluding himself that he will be able to trick the system.
Zgoda is the story of a love triangle, in which two young men compete for the affection of one woman.
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2016: Zgoda
Marta Minorowicz
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ZUD
POLAND – GERMANY 2016
Born in 1979, Studied theatre studies at
the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Graduated from the documentary course
at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of
Film Directing. Made The Angel of Death
for Discovery History, a film about women
who survived the medical experiments of
Doctor Mengele.
Her documentary film Kawałek lata
(A Piece of Summer; 2010) screened at
a number of top international film
festivals, winning multiple awards,
including the Grand Prize in ClermontFerrand, the Golden Dove award at
DOK.Leipzig, and the White Cobra award
at the ‘Man in Danger’ Media Festival.
Her Decrescendo (2011) received special
mention in the international short film
competition at the 51st Krakow Film
Festival.
85 MIN
COLOUR
directed by Marta Minorowicz written by Marta Minorowicz, Kenneth McBride director of photography Paweł Chorzępa edited by Beata Walentowska
sound by Tomasz Kochan production managers Tumen Budsuren, Małgorzata Zacharko cast Sukbhat Batsaikhan, Batsaikhan Budee,
Bayasgalan Batsaikhan, Bayajikh Batsaikhan, Baljinnyam Nyam-Ochir producers Anna Wydra, Ann Carolin Renningen, Thomas Kufus
produced by Otter Films, ul. Puławska 61 lok. 506, 02-595 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 609 841 445, www.otterfilms.pl; zero one film,
Lehrter Strasse 57; D-10 557 Berlin, tel. +49 (0) 30 390 66 30, www.zeroone.de supportig producer MM Films co-financed by the Polish Film
Institute, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Polish-German Co-Development Fund, MEDIA
distribution in Poland open world sales Manuela Buono Sligshot Films, www.slingshotfilms.it
FILMOGRAPHY:
2008: Anioł Śmierci (The Angel of Death)
2010: Kawałek lata (A Piece of Summer)
2011: Decrescendo
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Zud – when the unforgiving forces of nature take their toll on the lives of people and animals. An unexpected return of snow destroys
the livelihood of a nomad family. Eleven-year-old Sukhbait is forced to leave his carefree childhood behind; the fate of his family
depends on whether or not he will be able to tame a wild horse in order to win a race. The intense relationship between the boy,
his father and the wild horse shows how nature is capable of overwhelming human lives. Nobody remains unscathed after being
confronted with the powers of the steppe.
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Key Addresses
Ministry of Culture
and National Heritage
Krakowskie Przedmieście 15/17
00-071 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 421 01 00
fax +48 22 827 39 58
www.mkidn.gov.pl
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Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/23
00-071 Warsaw
Poland
Film Culture Dissemination and
Promotion Department
Head of Department Renata Pawłowska-Pyra
phone +48 22 421 01 56
e-mail duk@pisf.pl
General Director
of the Polish Film Institute
Magdalena Sroka
phone +48 22 421 05 18
Department of International Relations
fax +48 22 421 02 41
phone +48 22 421 02 40
e-mail pisf@pisf.pl
fax +48 22 826 19 22
www.pisf.pl
Contact for journalists:
Ministry’s Information Centre
Film Production and Film Project
Development Department
phone +48 22 421 05 55
phone +48 22 421 05 77
fax +48 22 421 04 41
fax +48 22 421 05 82
e-mail rzecznik@mkidn.gov.pl
e-mail produkcja@pisf.pl
National Film Archive
Filmoteka Narodowa
Puławska 61
00-975 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 845 50 74
fax +48 22 646 53 73
e-mail filmoteka@fn.org.pl
www.fn.org.pl
Polish Filmmakers Associations
International Relations Department
New Polish Films 2016 miscellanea
phone +48 22 421 04 03
Krakowskie Przedmieście 7
00-068 Warsaw
Poland
e-mail promotion@pisf.pl
office phone
Head of Department Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik
Public Relations Department
Press Spokesperson Rafał Jankowski
phone +48 22 421 01 89
e-mail rzecznik@pisf.pl
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+48 22 556 54 40
+48 22 845 51 32
fax +48 22 845 39 08
e-mail biuro@sfp.org.pl
www.sfp.org.pl
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Polish Audiovisual Producers
Chamber of Commerce
Krajowa Izba Producentów
Audiowizualnych
Chełmska 21, bld. 28 C
00-724 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 840 59 01
e-mail kipa@kipa.pl
biuro@kipa.pl
www.kipa.pl
Telewizja Polska
Woronicza 17
00-999 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 547 81 67
fax +48 22 547 42 25
www.tvp.pl
Creative Europe Desk Poland
Al. Ujazdowskie 41
00-540 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 447 61 80 / 72
e-mail info@kreatywna-europa.eu
www.kreatywna-europa.eu
Selected Film Schools
Targowa 61/63
90-323 Łódź
Poland
phone +48 42 275 58 00
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Radio and Television Department
University of Silesia in Katowice
e-mail promo@filmschool.lodz.pl
www.filmschool.lodz.pl
Bytkowska 1b
40-955 Katowice
Poland
phone +48 32 258 24 20
+48 32 258 24 27
+48 32 258 24 29
writv@us.edu.pl
www.writv.us.edu.pl
Distribution
Indeks Film Studio
Department of Promotion
Promotion & Festivals Coordination
phone +48 515 123 369
phone +48 32 258 24 20, ext. 125
e-mail office@studioindeks.pl
e-mail michal.hudzikowski@us.edu.pl
Department of Promotion
and International Relations
phone/fax +48 42 275 59 47
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Wajda School
Gdynia Film School
Chełmska 21
00-724 Warsaw
Poland
phone/fax +48 22 851 10 56
+48 22 851 10 57
+48 22 851 10 67
ext. 114, 115 – PR & Sales
e-mail info@wajdaschool.pl
www.wajdaschool.pl
Plac Grunwaldzki 2
81-372 Gdynia
Poland
phone +48 58 712 22 77
e-mail info@gsf.pl
www.gsf.pl
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Warsaw Film School
Generała Zajączka 7
01-518 Warsaw
Poland
phone/fax +48 22 839 00 50
e-mail info@szkolafilmowa.pl
www.szkolafilmowa.pl
International Relations, Festivals
phone +48 887 555 102
e-mail
ewaszczepanowska@szkolafilmowa.pl
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9th PKO Off Camera
International Festival of Independent
Cinema
13th Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
56th Krakow Film Festival
6-15 May 2016, Warsaw, Wrocław
and 20 cities across Poland
29 May - 5 June 2016, Krakow
Against Gravity
Karmelicka 55/7
31-128 Krakow
Poland
phone +48 12 421 52 57
fax +48 12 395 72 42
e-mail info@offcamera.pl
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9th Animator
International Animated Film Festival
8-14 July 2016, Poznań
Krakow Film Festival Office
29 April - 8 May 2016, Krakow
Stowarzyszenie Sztuki Niezależnej i Nie Tylko
Off Camera
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Żurawia 22 pok. 212
00-515 Warsaw
Poland
phone/fax +48 22 828 10 79
Basztowa 15/8a
31-143 Krakow
Poland
phone/fax +48 12 294 69 45
e-mail info@kff.com.pl
www.krakowfilmfestival.pl
Head of PR and Marketing Marta Berto
e-mail marta@againstgravity.pl
PR Manager Anna Dziedzic
kontakt@againstgravity.pl
www.docsag.pl
www.againstgravity.pl
e-mail anna.dziedzic@kff.com.pl
Estrada Poznańska
Masztalarska 8
61-767 Poznań
Poland
phone/fax +48 61 852 88 33
e-mail office@animator-festival.com
www.animator-festival.com
office during the festival
16th T-Mobile New Horizons
International Film Festival
e-mail a.mysliwiec@offcamera.pl
Kijów.Centrum
21-31 July 2016, Wrocław
www.offcamera.pl
al. Zygmunta Krasińskiego 34
30-101 Krakow
Poland
phone +48 12 433 00 33
+48 603 855 325
PR Manager Alicja Myśliwiec
New Horizons Association
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Zamenhofa 1
00-153 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 530 66 40,
fax +48 22 831 06 63
e-mail festival@nowehoryzonty.pl
sekretariat@snh.org.pl
PR Manager Agata Burdzy
e-mail agata.burdzy@snh.org.pl
www.nowehoryzonty.pl
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7th American Film Festival
19-24 September 2016, Gdynia
25-30 October 2016, Wrocław
Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa
New Horizons Association
Festival Office
Zamenhofa 1
00-153 Warsaw
Poland
phone +48 22 530 66 40
fax +48 22 831 06 63
e-mail aff@snh.org.pl
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23rd Etiuda&Anima
International Film Festival
22-27 November 2016, Krakow
Plac Grunwaldzki 2
81-372 Gdynia
Poland
phone +48 58 712 22 88
fax +48 58 621 15 78
e-mail biuro@festiwalgdynia.pl
www.festiwalgdynia.pl
www.fundacjafilmowa.pl
PR manager Błażej Grzechnik
Rotunda Association
Oleandry 1
30-060 Krakow
Poland
phone +48 12 633 35 38 ext. 26
fax +48 12 633 76 48
e-mail biuro@etiudaandanima.com
www.etiudaandanima.com
e-mail blazej.grzechnik@snh.org.pl
www.americanfilmfestival.pl
7-16 October 2016, Warsaw
Warsaw Film Foundation
P.O. Box 816
00-950 Warsaw 1
Poland
phone +48 605 289 794
fax +48 22 621 46 47
e-mail media@wff.pl
www.wff.pl
12th CentEast Market
e-mail centeast@gmail.com
24th Camerimage
International Film Festival of the Art
of Cinematography
34th Ale Kino!
International Young Audience
Film Festival
27 November – 4 December 2016,
Poznań
12-19 November 2016, Bydgoszcz
Children’s Art Centre
Tumult Foundation
Rynek Nowomiejski 28
87-100 Toruń
Poland
phone +48 56 621 00 19
+48 56 652 21 79
e-mail camerimage@camerimage.pl
www.camerimage.pl
Św. Marcin 80/82
61-809 Poznań
Poland
phone +48 61 646 44 79
+48 61 646 44 81
fax +48 61 646 44 72
e-mail festiwal@alekino.com
www.alekino.com
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32nd Warsaw Film Festival
Box Office 2015: All Releases
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Polish Title
Original Title (or English title in case of Polish films)
Distributor
Country
B. O. (PLN) Admissions Prints Release Date
1
LISTY DO M. 2
LETTERS TO SANTA 2
KINO ŚWIAT
POLAND
52,274,306
2,874,420
2
GWIEZDNE WOJNY: PRZEBUDZENIE MOCY
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
DISNEY
USA
44,548,018
2,058,857
601
18.12.2015
3
SPECTRE
SPECTRE
FORUM FILM
UK/USA
35,308,490
1,750,671
350
06.11.2015
4
PIĘĆDZIESIĄT TWARZY GREYA
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
UIP
USA
35,054,592
1,814,116
305
13.02.2015
5
PINGWINY Z MADAGASKARU
THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR
IMPERIAL CINEPIX
USA
30,751,659
1,634,542
235
30.01.2015
6
MINIONKI
THE MINIONS
UIP
USA
30,414,721
1,669,881
307
26.06.2015
7
HOTEL TRANSYLWANIA 2
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
UIP
USA
21,862,174
1,154,354
213
09.10.2015
8
HOBBIT: BITWA PIĘCIU ARMII
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
FORUM FILM
NEW ZEALAND/USA
19,343,472
950,232
435
26.12.2014
9
SZYBCY I WŚCIEKLI 7
FAST & FURIOUS 7
UIP
USA/JAPAN
19,202,044
995,199
252
10.04.2015
10 W GŁOWIE SIĘ NIE MIEŚCI
INSIDE OUT
DISNEY
USA
16,615,096
952,617
217
01.07.2015
11
DISCOPOLO
DISCOPOLO
NEXT FILM
POLAND
16,181,641
877,369
242
27.02.2015
12
AVENGERS: CZAS ULTRONA
THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
DISNEY
USA
14,598,569
697,489
344
07.05.2015
13
WKRĘCENI 2
WKRĘCENI 2
INTERFILM
POLAND
13,797,186
769,711
215
16.01.2015
14
JURASSIC WORLD
JURASSIC WORLD
UIP
USA
13,487,825
652,347
304
12.06.2015
15
MAŁY KSIĄŻĘ
THE LITTLE PRINCE
KINO ŚWIAT
FRANCE/CANADA
12,703,995
776,128
235
07.08.2015
16
IGRZYSKA ŚMIERCI: KOSOGŁOS. CZĘŚĆ 2
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2
FORUM FILM
USA/GERMANY
12,547,876
666,754
243
20.11.2015
17
EVEREST
EVEREST
UIP
UK/USA/ICELAND
11,653,084
527,805
155
18.09.2015
18
DOBRY DINOZAUR
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
DISNEY
USA
10,957,032
677,159
228
27.11.2015
19
MARSJANIN
THE MARTIAN
IMPERIAL CINEPIX
USA/UK
10,611,631
494,920
170
02.10.2015
PADDINGTON
MONOLITH
UK/FRANCE
9,490,679
571,902
166
02.01.2015
20 PADDINGTON
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Title (and English title where applicable)
Distributor
B. O. (PLN) Admissions Prints Release Date
1
LISTY DO M. 2 (LETTERS TO SANTA)
KINO ŚWIAT
52,274,306
2,874,420
328
13.11.2015
2
DISCOPOLO
NEXT FILM
16,181,641
877,369
242
27.02.2015
3
WKRĘCENI 2
INTERFILM
13,797,186
769,711
215
16.01.2015
4
KARBALA
NEXT FILM
7,083,176
408,233
306
11.09.2015
5
CHEMIA (CHEMO)
VUE MOVIE
5,654,806
318,989
207
02.10.2015
6
ZIARNO PRAWDY (A GRAIN OF TRUTH)
NEXT FILM
5,276,947
289,861
191
30.01.2015
7
BODY/CIAŁO (BODY)
KINO ŚWIAT
5,161,571
289,117
152
06.03.2015
8
CARTE BLANCHE
KINO ŚWIAT
4,819,045
290,645
151
23.01.2015
9
KRÓL ŻYCIA (THE KING OF LIFE)
NEXT FILM
3,935,024
216,450
224
25.09.2015
10 ŻYĆ NIE UMIERAĆ (LIFE FEELS GOOD)
KINO ŚWIAT
3,723,677
210,272
200
28.08.2015
11
OBCE NIEBO (STRANGE HEAVEN)
NEXT FILM
2,517,834
145,464
176
16.10.2015
12
11 MINUT (11 MINUTES)
KINO ŚWIAT
2,324,717
126,377
158
23.10.2015
13
PANI Z PRZEDSZKOLA (ALL ABOUT MY PARENTS)
KINO ŚWIAT
2,280,024
120,544
148
25.12.2014
14
APARTAMENT
KINO ŚWIAT
2,116,131
134,814
150
15.05.2015
15
PILECKI
KONDRAT MEDIA
2,021,063
153,896
68
25.09.2015
16
PANIE DULSKIE (DAMAGED)
KINO ŚWIAT
1,864,606
116,938
149
02.10.2015
17
KLUB WŁÓCZYKIJÓW (ADVENTURERS’ CLUB)
FORUM FILM
1,813,409
131,062
159
18.09.2015
18
DEMON
KINO ŚWIAT
1,766,744
107,934
141
16.10.2015
19
BOGOWIE (GODS)
NEXT FILM
1,601,893
106,828
220
10.10.2014
SOLOPAN
1,389,652
94,563
75
25.10.2013
20 IDA
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Polish Title
Original Title
Distributor
Country
B. O. (PLN) Admissions Prints Release Date
MAŁY KSIĄŻĘ
THE LITTLE PRINCE
KINO ŚWIAT
FRANCE/CANADA
12,703,995
2
PADDINGTON
PADDINGTON
MONOLITH
UK/FRANCE
3
UPROWADZONA 3
TAKEN 3
MONOLITH
FRANCE
4
UPS! ARKA ODPŁYNĘŁA
OOOPS! NOAH IS GONE...
KINO ŚWIAT
GERMANY/BELGIUM/
LUXEMBOURG/IRELAND/USA
5
BARANEK SHAUN. FILM
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE
MONOLITH
UK/FRANCE
6
FRU!
YELLOWBIRD
KINO ŚWIAT
FRANCE/BELGIUM
4,054,822
7
ASTERIKS I OBELIKS: OSIEDLE BOGÓW ASTERIX: LE DOMAINE DES DIEUX
BEST FILM
FRANCE/BELGIUM
3,491,057
1
776,128
235
07.08.2015
9,490,679
571,902
166
02.01.2015
8,082,256
414,464
147
09.01.2015
4,520,239
273,710
213
02.05.2015
4,168,578
247,370
147
13.02.2015
246,734
144
06.03.2015
199,403
140
27.02.2015
8
KINGSMAN: TAJNE SŁUŻBY
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
IMPERIAL CINEPIX UK
3,194,613
155,536
101
13.02.2015
9
AMY
AMY
GUTEK FILM
UK/USA
2,701,170
156,397
83
07.08.2015
10 MŁODOŚĆ
YOUTH
GUTEK FILM
ITALY/FRANCE/SWITZERLAND/UK
2,430,722
143,334
74
18.09.2015
11
TEORIA WSZYSTKIEGO
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
UIP
UK
2,387,750
128,280
74
30.01.2015
156,112
120
27.11.2015
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MAKBET
MACBETH
BEST FILM
UK/FRANCE/USA
2,334,999
13
SEKRETY MORZA
SONG OF THE SEA
VUE MOVIE
IRELAND/DENMARK/BELGIUM/
LUXEMBOURG/FRANCE
2,244,372
141,525
143
08.05.2015
14
BELLA I SEBASTIAN 2
BELLE ET SEBASTIEN, L'AVENTURE CONTINUE
MONOLITH
FRANCE
2,225,347
156,076
148
25.12.2015
15
HUGO I ŁOWCY DUCHÓW
GHOSTHUNTERS
KINO ŚWIAT
GERMANY/AUSTRIA/IRELAND
2,178,345
126,693
143
11.09.2015
16
KRÓLOWA ŚNIEGU 2
THE SNOW QUEEN 2
KINO ŚWIAT
RUSSIA
2,112,293
125,284
137
25.12.2014
17
EX MACHINA
EX MACHINA
UIP
UK
1,895,672
95,285
79
20.03.2015
18
SAWA. MAŁY WIELKI BOHATER
SAVVA. SERDTSE VOINA
MONOLITH
RUSSIA
1,829,944
115,424
120
13.11.2015
19
KOKO SMOKO
DER KLEINE DRACHE KOKOSNUSS
MONOLITH
GERMANY
1,685,914
106,885
175
24.07.2015
THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED
KINO ŚWIAT
FRANCE/CHINA/BELGIUM
1,453,775
71,947
113
04.09.2015
20 TRANSPORTER: NOWA MOC
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Polish Title
Original Title
Distributor
Country
B. O. (PLN) Admissions Prints Release Date
1
GWIEZDNE WOJNY: PRZEBUDZENIE MOCY
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
DISNEY
USA
44,548,018
2,058,857
601
2
SPECTRE
SPECTRE
FORUM FILM
UK/USA
35,308,490
1,750,671
350
06.11.2015
3
PIĘĆDZIESIĄT TWARZY GREYA
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
UIP
USA
35,054,592
1,814,116
305
13.02.2015
4
PINGWINY Z MADAGASKARU
THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR
IMPERIAL CINEPIX
USA
30,751,659
1,634,542
235
30.01.2015
5
MINIONKI
THE MINIONS
UIP
USA
30,414,721
1,669,881
307
26.06.2015
6
HOTEL TRANSYLWANIA 2
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
UIP
USA
21,862,174
1,154,354
213
09.10.2015
7
HOBBIT: BITWA PIĘCIU ARMII
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
FORUM FILM
NEW ZEALAND/USA
19,343,472
950,232
435
26.12.2014
8
SZYBCY I WŚCIEKLI 7
FAST & FURIOUS 7
UIP
USA/JAPAN
19,202,044
995,199
252
10.04.2015
9
W GŁOWIE SIĘ NIE MIEŚCI
INSIDE OUT
DISNEY
USA
16,615,096
952,617
217
01.07.2015
18.12.2015
10 AVENGERS: CZAS ULTRONA
THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
DISNEY
USA
14,598,569
697,489
344
07.05.2015
11
JURASSIC WORLD
JURASSIC WORLD
UIP
USA
13,487,825
652,347
304
12.06.2015
12
IGRZYSKA ŚMIERCI: KOSOGŁOS. CZĘŚĆ 2
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2
FORUM FILM
USA/GERMANY
12,547,876
666,754
243
20.11.2015
13
EVEREST
EVEREST
UIP
UK/USA/ICELAND
11,653,084
527,805
155
18.09.2015
14
DOBRY DINOZAUR
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
DISNEY
USA
10,957,032
677,159
228
27.11.2015
15
MARSJANIN
THE MARTIAN
IMPERIAL CINEPIX
USA/UK
10,611,631
494,920
170
02.10.2015
16
SPONGEBOB: NA SUCHYM LĄDZIE
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER UIP
USA
8,774,940
457,716
119
20.02.2015
17
SNAJPER
AMERICAN SNIPER
USA
8,718,204
449,923
168
20.02.2015
18
KOPCIUSZEK
CINDERELLA
DISNEY
USA/UK
8,168,891
472,988
180
13.03.2015
19
DOM
HOME
IMPERIAL CINEPIX
USA
6,901,650
376,218
211
10.04.2015
20 TED 2
TED 2
UIP
USA
6,689,455
361,501
140
10.07.2015
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Polish Title
Original Title (or English title in case of Polish films)
Distributor
1
OGNIEM I MIECZEM
WITH FIRE AND SWORD
SYRENA
2
PAN TADEUSZ
PAN TADEUSZ
3
QUO VADIS
QUO VADIS
4
AVATAR
5
TITANIC
6
7
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B. O. (PLN) Admissions
Release Date
105,089,363
7,151,354
VISION
82,839,843
6,168,344
22.10.1999
SYRENA
69,045,592
4,300,351
14.09.2001
AVATAR
IMPERIAL CINEPIX
88,329,136
3,679,885
25.12.2009
TITANIC
SYRENA
49,115,575
3,513,480
13.02.1998
PASJA
PASSION OF THE CHRIST
MONOLITH
44,673,615
3,462,159
05.03.2004
SHREK 2
SHREK 2
UIP
48,184,229
3,395,226
02.07.2004
8
SHREK TRZECI
SHREK THE THIRD
UIP
49,723,776
3,352,805
29.06.2007
9
LISTY DO M. 2
LETTERS TO SANTA 2
KINO ŚWIAT
52,274,306
2,874,420
13.11.2015
35,243,623
2,770,252
21.09.2007
8,745,471
2,735,908
03.09.1993
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KATYN
ITI CINEMA
11
PARK JURAJSKI
JURASSIC PARK
UIP-ITI
12
KRÓL LEW
LION KING
SYRENA
13
LISTY DO M.
LETTERS TO SANTA
ITI CINEMA
14
LEJDIS
LADIES
15
WŁADCA PIERŚCIENI: DRUŻYNA PIERŚCIENIA
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
16
HARRY POTTER I KAMIEŃ FILOZOFICZNY
17
SHREK FOREVER
18
19
12.02.1999
9,829,475
2,722,830
18.11.1994
44,740,047
2,560,734
10.11.2011
ITI CINEMA
41,706,225
2,530,660
01.02.2008
WARNER
36,397,625
2,529,799
15.02.2002
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
WARNER
31,452,460
2,518,282
18.01.2002
SHREK FOREVER
UIP
54,638,129
2,469,957
09.07.2010
BOGOWIE
GODS
NEXT FILM
40,234,755
2,261,565
10.10.2014
HOBBIT: BITWA PIĘCIU ARMII
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
FORUM FILM
46,592,065
2,243,204
26.12.2014
MADAGASCAR 2
UIP
36,722,680
2,239,644
01.01.2009
20 MADAGASKAR 2
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Distributor
OGNIEM I MIECZEM (WITH FIRE AND SWORD)
SYRENA
2
PAN TADEUSZ
3
QUO VADIS
4
5
6
7
1
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Release Date
105,089,363
7,151,354
12.02.1999
VISION
82,839,843
6,168,344
22.10.1999
SYRENA
69,045,592
4,300,351
14.09.2001
LISTY DO M. 2 (LETTERS TO SANTA 2)
KINO ŚWIAT
52,274,306
2,874,420
13.11.2015
KATYŃ (KATYN)
ITI CINEMA
35,243,623
2,770,252
21.09.2007
LISTY DO M. (LETTERS TO SANTA)
ITI CINEMA
44,740,047
2,560,734
10.11.2011
LEJDIS (LADIES)
ITI CINEMA
41,706,225
2,530,660
01.02.2008
8
BOGOWIE (GODS)
NEXT FILM
40,234,755
2,261,565
10.10.2014
9
W PUSTYNI I W PUSZCZY (IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS)
VISION
25,407,628
2,227,228
23.03.2001
10 KILER
UIP-ITI
17,219,108
2,200,943
17.10.1997
11
ZEMSTA (THE REVENGE)
VISION
22,188,006
1,976,984
04.10.2002
12
MIASTO 44 (WARSAW 44)
KINO ŚWIAT
26,031,390
1,751,886
19.09.2014
13
PRZEDWIOŚNIE (THE SPRING TO COME)
SYRENA
21,354,697
1,743,933
02.03.2001
14
OCH, KAROL 2 (OH KAROL 2)
INTERFILM
30,118,693
1,709,101
21.01.2011
15
TYLKO MNIE KOCHAJ (JUST LOVE ME)
ITI/INTERFILM
24,678,960
1,669,638
20.01.2006
16
NIGDY W ŻYCIU
ITI/INTERFILM
22,793,524
1,625,485
13.02.2004
17
1920 BITWA WARSZAWSKA 3D (1920, BATTLE OF WARSAW 3D)
FORUM FILM
27,467,777
1,521,180
30.09.2011
18
JESTEŚ BOGIEM (YOU’RE A GOD)
KINO ŚWIAT
25,144,462
1,444,814
21.09.2012
19
NIE KŁAM, KOCHANIE
ITI/INTERFILM
22,995,209
1,400,287
28.03.2008
20,747,613
1,361,22
02.03.2007
20 TESTOSTERON (TESTOSTERONE)
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ITI CINEMA
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Distribution Market
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(by 2015 box office revenues)
GUTEK FILM 1.63%
VUE MOVIE 1.45%
BEST FILM 1.04%
OTHERS 1.86%
INTERFILM 1.68%
NEXT FILM 4.73%
UIP 24.11%
WARNER 5.57%
MONOLITH 8.55%
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FORUM FILM 10.07%
KINO ŚWIAT 15.20%
IMPERIAL CINEPIX 10.38%
DISNEY 13.74%
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Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE (PLN)
13.28
13.94
13.58
13.79
13.95
14.23
14.39
14.75
16.15
17.39
18.75
18.50
18.49
18.32
18.00
18.41
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE (USD)
3.10
3.40
3.31
3.54
3.82
4.45
4.80
5.88
4.99
6.21
6.51
5.49
5.98
5.99
4.84
4.48
TOTAL ADMISSIONS (MILLIONS)
18.7
26.2
25.9
22.3
33.4
23.3
32.0
32.6
33.8
39.2
37.5
38.7
38.5
36.3
40.4
44.7
3.1
10.5
4.6
2.5
2.9
0.8
5.1
8.1
8.6
8.4
5.4
11.8
6.2
7.2
11.0
8.3
15.6%
40.0%
17.8%
11.2%
8.7%
3.4%
15.9%
24.70%
25.44%
21.52%
14.40%
30.43%
16.05%
19.92%
27.14%
18.65%
1.3
3.6
4.1
2.1
3.3
5.4
8.1
5.9
7.6
5.5
6.5
6.2
9.6
4.6
6.3
6.3
7.0%
13.9%
15.8%
9.4%
9.9%
23.2%
25.5%
18.09%
22.49%
14.06%
17.27%
16.06%
24.93%
12.63%
15.50%
14.51%
13.9
11.6
17.0
17.6
26.9
16.6
17.8
17.6
17.1
24.7
24.8
19.9
22.3
23.0
19.7
28.9
75.4%
44.5%
65.6%
78.9%
80.5%
71.2%
55.7%
53.90%
50.59%
63.10%
66.26%
51.29%
57.90%
63.40%
48.79%
64.64%
0.48
0.69
0.69
0.58
0.87
0.60
0.84
0.86
0.89
1.03
0.98
1.01
1.00
0.94
1.05
1.16
248.3
365.2
351.6
307.5
465.6
331.6
460.6
481.6
547.1
681.3
703.0
716.2
711.3
665.2
726.9
822.9
38.4
146.7
58.3
33.2
40.8
11.7
75.1
115.2
137.4
136.8
90.7
203.2
108.3
123.3
185.8
146.1
15.6%
40.2%
16.6%
10.8%
8.8%
3.5%
16.3%
23.92%
25.12%
20.07%
12.90%
28.38%
15.23%
18.54%
25.57%
17.76%
18
51.8
56.6
27.7
47.3
72.0
110.3
87.6
120.9
89.9
109.6
115.3
169.1
78.2
105.3
104.1
%
7.3%
14.2%
16.1%
9.0%
10.2%
21.7%
23.9%
18.19%
22.09%
13.19%
15.60%
16.10%
23.78%
11.76%
14.48%
12.65%
US FILMS
187.6
160.1
234.3
243.2
373.0
239.8
261.6
263.4
281.0
445.8
488.0
383.7
426.4
437.9
371.1
552.8
76.4%
43.8%
66.6%
79.1%
80.1%
72.3%
56.8%
54.69%
51.36%
65.43%
69.42%
53.58%
59.95%
65.83%
51.05%
67.18%
57.14
89.07
85.76
78.85
127.6
103.63
153.5
191.9
168.3
243.3
244.1
212.7
230.0
217.6
195.5
200.1
195
204
190
195
207
224
248
272
280
264
277
303
302
312
341
343
25
29
24
23
12
24
26
25
36
35
35
41
27
39
39
41
POLISH FILMS
%
EUROPEAN FILMS
%
US FILMS
%
ADMISSIONS PER CAPITA
TOTAL BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS PLN)
POLISH FILMS
%
EUROPEAN FILMS
%
TOTAL BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS USD)
TOTAL OF FILMS RELEASED
POLISH FILMS
EUROPEAN FILMS
48
61
46
56
60
74
92
106
90
93
100
114
140
126
134
163
US FILMS
115
110
113
106
117
104
105
110
116
117
122
127
114
123
129
119
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Index of Directors
New Polish Films 2016 index
A
Adamik, Katarzyna 12
Aksinowicz, Konrad 42
Anshuman, Karan 16
Avranas, Alexandros 68
B
Bajon, Filip 20
Benkowska, Elżbieta 54
Bieliński, Mariusz 75
Bławut, Jacek Piotr 25
Bugajski, Ryszard 19
C
Czekaj, Kuba 15, 31
D
Dejczer, Maciej 47
Dębska, Kinga 65
Dumała, Piotr 30
F
Fontaine, Anne 10
Fuente, Raúl de la 13
G
Gajewski, Dariusz 63
Gawryś, Mariusz 39
Glazer, Dariusz 71
Glińska, Agnieszka 6
Grzegorzek, Łukasz 44
Grzegorzek, Mariusz 61
Guziński, Adam 53
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Hasanovic, Denijal 27
Holland, Agnieszka 33
Hryniak, Jan 45
Huser, Matthias 66
J
Jadowska, Anna 73
Jakubik, Arkadiusz 60
Januszyk, Jacek 67
K
Kamiński, Maciej 24
Kasperski, Wojciech 38
Kazda, Petr 40
Kidawa-Błoński, Jan 62
Kobiela, Dorota 50
Kolski, Jan Jakub 32
Kos-Krauze, Joanna 18
Kowalski, Bartosz M. 57
Kowalski, Julia 58
Krauze, Krzysztof 18
L
Lang, Krzysztof 21
M
Majewski, Janusz 29
Marczak, Michal 11
Markiewicz, Radosław 34
Matuszyński, Jan P. 46
Minorowicz, Marta, 77
N
Nenow, Damian 13
Noelle, Marie 52
O
Okorn, Mitja 56
Orzechowski, Witold 28
Ostalski, Łukasz 54
P
Pakalnina, Laila 14
Palej, Mariusz 17
Pieprzyca, Maciej 41
Plucińska, Marta 49
Priwieziencew, Katia 37
R
Rogalski, Michał 64
Rosa, Michał 36
Rosłaniec, Kasia 59
S
Sala, Paweł 55
Sikora, Adam 48
Skolimowski, Jerzy 7
Smarzowski, Wojtek 70
Smoczyńska, Agnieszka 51
Sobieszczański, Maciej 76
Szafrański, Tomasz 8
Szymańska, Wiktoria 43
Szymański, Kamil 35
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T
Tarasiewicz, Paweł 37
U
Ustaoğlu, Yeşim 22
V
Villqist, Ingmar 48
W
Wajda, Andrzej 9
Wasilewski, Tomasz 69
Wawrzecki, Michał 54
Weinreb, Tomáš 40
Więcek, Marzena 74
Wrona, Marcin 26
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Zariczny, Grzegorz 72
Żak, Maciej 23
#WszystkoGra 6
11 Minutes 7
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Adventurers’ Club 8
Afterimages 9
Agnus Dei 10
All These Sleepless Nights 11
Amok 12
Another Day of Life 13
Ausma 14
B
Baby Bump 15
Bangistan 16
Behind the Blue Door 17
Birds Are Singing in Kigali 18
Blindness 19
Butler, The 20
C
Career Girl 21
Clair – Obscur 22
Convoy 23
Cosmos 24
D
Day of Chocolate 25
Demon 26
Dew 27
Dr Charming 28
E
Eccentrics. The Sunny
Side of the Street, The 29
Ederly 30
Erlprince, The 31
F
Forest, 4 am 32
G
Game Count 33
Geisha 34
Git 35
H
Happiness of the World, The 36
Hel 37
High Frontier, The 38
Humble Servants 39
I
I, Olga Hepnarova 40
I'm a Killer 41
Into the Spiral 42
J
Journals 43
K
KAMPER 44
Kantor 45
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Last Family, The 46
Letters to Santa 2 47
Love in the City of Gardens 48
Love 49
Loving Vincent 50
Lure, The 51
M
Maria Skłodowska-Curie 52
Memories of Summer 53
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New World 54
Niewidzialne 55
P
Planet Single 56
Playground 57
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Raging Rose 58
S
Satan Said Dance 59
Simple Murder, A 60
Singing Napkin, The 61
Stars 62
Strange Heaven 63
Summer Solstice 64
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These Daughters of Mine 65
They Chased Me Through Arizona 66
Three Falls of a Saint 67
True Crimes 68
U
United States of Love 69
V
Volhynia 70
W
Wall, The 71
Waves, The 72
Wild Roses 73
Women Collection 74
Y
Young Jacob 75
Z
Zgoda 76
ZUD 77
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#WszystkoGra 6
11 minut 7
A
Amok 12
Arizona w mojej głowie 66
B
Baby Bump 15
Bangistan 16
C
Clair – Obscur 22
Córki dancingu 51
D
Demon 26
Dzień Czekolady 25
Dzikie róże 73
E
Ederly 30
Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej
stronie ulicy 29
F
Fale 72
G
Gejsza 34
Git 35
Gwiazdy 62
H
Hel 37
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Ja, Olga Hepnarova 40
Jestem mordercą 41
Jeszcze dzień życia 13
Journals 43
K
Kamerdyner 20
KAMPER 44
Kantor 45
Klub Włóczykijów 8
Kobiety bez wstydu 28
Kochaj 49
Kolekcja sukienek 74
Konwój 23
Kosmos 24
Królewicz Olch 31
L
Las, 4 rano 32
Letnie przesilenie 64
Listy do M. 2 47
M
Mały Jakub 75
Maria Skłodowska-Curie 52
Miłość w mieście ogrodów 48
Moje córki krowy 65
Mur 71
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Na granicy 38
Niewidzialne 55
Niewinne 10
Nowy Świat 54
O
Obce niebo 63
Ostatnia rodzina 46
P
Plac zabaw 57
Planeta singli 56
Pokot 33
Powidoki 9
Prosta historia o morderstwie 60
Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali 18
R
Rosa 27
S
Słaba płeć 21
Sługi boże 39
Szatan kazał tańczyć 59
Szczęście świata 36
Śpiewający obrusik 61
Świt 14
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True Crimes 68
Trzy upadki świętego 67
Twój Vincent 50
W
W spirali 42
Wołyń 70
Wspomnienie lata 53
Wszystkie nieprzespane noce 11
Z
Za niebieskimi drzwiami 17
Zaćma 19
Zgoda 76
Zjednoczone Stany Miłości 69
Znam kogoś, kto cię szuka 58
ZUD 77
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