The Polish Competition Block 2

Szczecin European Film Festival 2014: 05.10.2014, Sunday, 14:00
Kino Zamek, Korsarzy 34 (where is that?)
Blok tematyczny: Competition

Films

  • Cegła15'
    Cegła / The Brick
    Production: Poland 2013

    90 minutes drive away from Yangon - Burma's main city - there is a village in which the whole population’s main activity is dedicated to the manufacture of bricks. These people - men, women, children - are devoting their lives to this demanding task, becoming part of an impressive working chain. The Brick has been created as a part of workshops organized by Lech Walesa Institute in Yangon in September 2013 under supervision of Jan Czarlewski.

     

     

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  • Czarna Bandera10'

    Czarna Bandera / Black Flag
    Production: Poland 2014

    Szczecin. A fragment of a transportation artery, an unfinished ramp for pedestrians. The construction came to a halt mid-process, not allowing for the flow of people and energy. This resulted in the construction becoming independent of the main overpass. The excluded space became shelter for excluded people. The homeless have adapted the construction; now, with Artur Rozen, they are “rejuvenating” the site. They are marking it with black, the symbol for eclipse. Black is not considered a colour but rather the the lack of it, the colour of emptiness. The line of narration speaks of the life of pirates of the 18th century, which was full of freedom but also exclusion. Despite the passing of time, certain aspects of life seem to overlap with the conditions in which modern “street folk” end up living. These similarities remind of the struggle that the homeless face everyday.

     

     

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  • Kiedy będę ptakiem28'

    Kiedy będę ptakiem / When I am a bird
    Production: Poland 2013

    MuLa lives in a Thai village by the Burmese border. She is from the Kajan people and her neck is adorned with characteristic gold neck rings. Her life has not been easy as she had to leave her native Burma and seek refuge in Thailand while her only daughter stayed home. MuLa makes her living selling souvenirs to tourists but the family’s financial situation is very difficult. Monika Pawluczuk’s documentary captures the woman’s struggle with her depressing fate and her unquenchable longing for a better life.

     

     

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  • O Której Wrócisz?14'

    O Której Wrócisz? / When Will You Be Back?
    Production: Poland 2014

    "When will you be back?" is the story of a young single  mother, who graduated her acting studies and tries to find her place in the world of theater, film, and movie stars. When she realizes that the combination of this things is impossible, seeking advice and help from her grandmother, for whom this beautiful world of showbiz is behind thick TV glass  and is not available for her granddaughter.

     

     

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  • Pan Ciasteczko12' 22''

    Pan Ciasteczko / Mr. Biscuit
    Production: Poland, 2014

    Mr. Biscuit is Krzysztof Kraśniewicz, a citizen of the city of Szczecin, who despite his disablity managed to make his place within the local artistic and cultural circles. It would seem that such a person would require a helping hand, encouragement, and direction, but he has taken his fate into his own hands and found his own way through life, making it more attractive. Krzysztof Kraśniewicz regularly attends most of the city's cultural events, and this consistent presence at premieres, exhibitions, and literary soirees has made him a well-known figure in the local artistic environment. Art and culture are his main passion as well as a recipe for socialising. This sounds lofty, and that is precisely the way it's supposed to sound.

     

     

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  • Prezydenckie gołębie30'

    Prezydenckie gołębie / President's Pigeons
    Production: Poland 2013

    A year in the life of the inhabitants of a social housing estate created 20 years ago in a complex of sheet-metal cabins adapted for this purpose. Among the inhabitants are people who are lonely, old, and ill. There are also families with children. Each of the protagonists tries to get by somehow. The local government – owners of the land and buildings – is turning a blind eye to the problem.

     

     

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  • Za drzwiami 10'

    Za drzwiami / Behind closed doors
    Production: Poland 2014

    A peaceful, cheerful, and reflective film made in a space defined by drip-bags, nurse uniforms, and regular medicine time. A space behind many closed doors, both physical and metaphorical, the assigned terrain of peace and anticipation. The film features inhabitants of the „Włókniarz” nursing home and nurses from the Oncology Hospice Foundation in Łódź. 

     

     

     

     

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Associated artists

  • Alex Casianov

    Alex Casianov was born in 1988 in Moldova. In 2008 he started studying History of Arts at the University of Warsaw, and since 2011 has been studying directing at the Katowice Film School (University of Silesia).

    Filmography:

    The Side (2014)
    When will you be back? (2013)

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  • Artur Rozen

    Artur Rozen – 4th-year student of the Faculty of Painting and New Media of the Art Academy of Szczecin. Visual artist, author of films, animations, objects, and artistic events. In 2013 he went on a scholarship at the Universitatea De Arta Si Design in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Has been a scholarship-holder of the Art Scholarship of the City of Szczecin: in 2013 and 2014. Has participated in collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including: GMO Zabija Miodek at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Shuffle-Show at the Institut für Alles Mögliche in Berlin, as well as the Video Art Festival "Points of View” competition in Łódź. He received a distinction at the 6th InOut Festival, organised by CSW Łaźnia in Gdańsk. He has also taken part in the film competition of the Thailand International Film Destination Festival 2013, as well as the mobile artistic residence Focus+Indonesia in 2014.

    Filmography:

    GNU /2012/. 6.InOut Festiwal CSW Łaźnia in Gdańsk (honorary distinction)
    Shades /2013/. Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece
    Happiness /2013/. (co-directed with Małgorzata Goliszewska) Na Linii Czasu – Lublin, Kochać Człowieka - Auschwitz
    Black Flag /2014/.
     

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  • Htoo Tay Zar

    Htoo Tay Zar, Min Thu Aung, Htuu Lou Rae, Yan Naing Kho, Zin No No Zaw are Burmese filmmakers who took part in the Solidarity Shorts International Workshops led by Jan Czarlewski during Watch Docs Film Festival in Yangon. The Brick has been made as a result of the workshop.

    Filmograpfhy:

    2013: THE BRICK

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  • Htuu Lou Rae
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  • Krzysztof Kuźnicki

    Independent filmmaker, specializing in documentary films. Founder and president of the Kamera Association from Szczecin. Author and producer of film education projects aimed at young people and seniors. Director of many documentary films, including “Pan Ciasteczko”, “Artkadiusz” or “Mój pierwszy raz”, which were presented at many film festivals in Poland and abroad (e.g. Grand Prix for “Mój pierwszy raz” at the FICAE 2017 festival in Valencia). Director of the Senior Movie Film Festival.

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  • Min Thu Aung

    Htoo Tay Zar, Min Thu Aung, Htuu Lou Rae, Yan Naing Kho, Zin No No Zaw are Burmese filmmakers who took part in the Solidarity Shorts International Workshops led by Jan Czarlewski during Watch Docs Film Festival in Yangon. The Brick has been made as a result of the workshop.

    Filmograpfhy:

    2013: THE BRICK

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  • Monika Pawluczuk

    An author of documentaries: "When I Am A Bird", "Models", "So You Should Change", radio and television journalist, now she is in the course of filming her next documentary film with the working title "Before the Dawn". She is the co-author (with Katarzyna Miller) of a book, translated into several languages, titled "Being A Woman and Not Going Crazy". She is a cultural studies graduate at the American Studies Center at Warsaw University, a journalism department graduate at the Journalism Centre in Warsaw, and a DOC PRO Documentary Programme graduate at the Wajda School. 

    Filmography:

    Kiedy będę ptakiem / When I am a bird
    Production: Poland 2013

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  • Roman Chełmowski

    Roman Chełmowski – professional photojournalist and cameraman, has co-operated with Newsweek, Forbes, and Pani, among others. Author of reportages from Iraq, Palestine, India, and other places around the world. Laureate of the main prize of the BZ WBK PRESS FOTO competition, and the third prize thereof. Nominated in GRAND PRESS PHOTO.

    Filmography:

    Presidential Pigeons (social documentary)
    Znaczy Kapitan (dramatised documentary, a film about captain Karol Borchardt – in the making)
     

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  • Sara Bustamante-Drozdek

    Born in Warsaw in 1992. Graduated from the violin course at music school. Since 2013 she has been studying direction at the National Film School (PWSFTviT) in Łódź.

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  • Yan Naking Kho

    Htoo Tay Zar, Min Thu Aung, Htuu Lou Rae, Yan Naing Kho, Zin No No Zaw are Burmese filmmakers who took part in the Solidarity Shorts International Workshops led by Jan Czarlewski during Watch Docs Film Festival in Yangon. The Brick has been made as a result of the workshop.

    Filmograpfhy:

    2013: THE BRICK

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  • Zin No No Zaw

    Htoo Tay Zar, Min Thu Aung, Htuu Lou Rae, Yan Naing Kho, Zin No No Zaw are Burmese filmmakers who took part in the Solidarity Shorts International Workshops led by Jan Czarlewski during Watch Docs Film Festival in Yangon. The Brick has been made as a result of the workshop.

    Filmograpfhy:

    2013: THE BRICK

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