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Tomasz Bagiński

Piotr Dzięcioł introduction

Agnieszka Odorowicz

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adies and Gentlemen,

True are the words of the president of the jury at the 34th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia: something fantastic is happening in Polish cinema. Apart from the older generation of artists, surprising their audiences with original stories, there is today a generational group of young film directors that seek their own, personal language. These young filmmakers try to find new cinematic ways of telling the stories of the world around them; new ways of evaluating their own history and cultural heritage... We are proud to present the 2010 catalogue of Polish films. Audiences will have the opportunity to watch truly interesting film works that combine truthfulness with an original style, excellent craftsmanship, and most importantly, an intriguing storyline. I am happy to see that the Polish Film Institute participates in such a large number of film productions. It brings me great satisfaction to know that the films we co-finance are getting better, and that Polish audiences are increasingly choosing to see them in cinemas. Our aim for 2010 is to co-finance primarily auteur films, but also period films and projects for children and young audiences. The new methods of supporting film production by the Polish Film Institute are aimed at improving the system that we have developed over the past five years.

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entered the world of film through the back door; by financing my own animated shorts that were later well-received around the world. This behaviour was part amateur and part forced upon me by the condition of filmmaking at the time. When I just started out, the animation industry in Poland was in very bad shape. This was probably the most difficult moment in the history of this particular branch of cinema. The old filmmakers had retired, but there were no new ones; most had chosen to leave the country. That's how it was ten years ago. But over the past decade I observed the slow rebirth of animated film, which accelerated after the Polish Film Institute was established a few years ago. We are now living in an era when animation technology flourishes. Animated films receive general recognition, while SFX, and thus animation, have become an indispensable part of almost any film production. It is difficult to imagine when and where this rapid development might stop. Being part of this revolution is one of the most amazing things to ever happen to me.

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he past year was, without a doubt, an excellent time for the young generation of filmmakers. The winning films at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia are proof that the Polish Film Institute's system for supporting local film production is very effective. Young filmmakers have shown that they are able to express themselves and describe the world around them in their own, unique language; they manifest a personal touch, making films that are often innovative in form. I hope that the great and acclaimed Polish filmmakers will be proud of their successors. The policy of the Polish Film Institute has also resulted in a growing number of international co-productions for Polish producers and filmmakers. Our colleagues from abroad are increasingly seeing us as equal and opinionated partners. One can only hope that Polish films will be ever more present at international film festivals, attracting attention from audiences and foreign distributors. Piotr Dzięcioł Producer

Tomasz Bagiński Director

Agnieszka Odorowicz General Director of the Polish Film Institute

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Film-Related Institutions and Organizations

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Department of National Culture Institutions Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Departament Narodowych Instytucji Kultury

National Film Archive in Poland Filmoteka Narodowa Puławska 61 00-975 Warsaw Poland phone +48 22 845 50 74 fax +48 22 646 53 73 e-mail [email protected] www.fn.org.pl

Krakowskie Przedmieście 15/17 00-071 Warsaw Poland phone +48 22 421 02 69 e-mail [email protected]

National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers Krajowa Izba Producentów Audiowizualnych Chełmska 21, bud. 28C 00-724 Warsaw Poland phone/fax +48 22 840 59 01 www.kipa.pl

Telewizja Polska – Film Agency Telewizja Polska – Agencja Filmowa Woronicza 17 00-999 Warsaw Poland phone +48 22 547 81 67 +48 22 547 67 32 fax +48 22 547 42 25 www.tvp.pl

Media Desk Poland Media Desk Polska Chełmska 19/21, apt. 229 00-724 Warsaw Poland phone/fax +48 22 851 10 74 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] www.mediadeskpoland.eu



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Polish Filmmakers Association Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich Krakowskie Przedmieście 7 00-068 Warsaw Poland phone +48 22 556 54 40 +48 22 845 51 32 fax +48 22 845 39 08 e-mail [email protected] www.sfp.org.pl

Polish Film Institute

Polish Film Institute Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej General Director

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

Established in early 200, the Polish Film Institute was fully operational by September of that year. Its creation introduced a new cutting-edge system for supporting the national film industry in Poland. This comprehensive system enables support for a film project at all stages of film production, and helps promote the finished film in Poland and abroad. The Polish Film Institute co-finances projects of Polish filmmakers at various stages of film production and in other areas – from project development, production, promotion and distribution, to dissemination of film culture and fostering professional growth of filmmakers through vocational training. One of the key tasks of the Polish Film Institute is promoting Polish cinema abroad. In 2009 alone, Polish films were screened at over 20 film festivals in Poland and abroad, including the most prestigious of festivals (Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Venice, Locarno, Toronto, Tokyo, and Pusan), rounding up a total of over 60 international awards. The Polish Film Institute not only supported these films financially, but more importantly, helped to promote them by organizing screenings, conferences and special events, and by providing funding for filmmakers and actors to travel to festivals abroad and present their respective films. Since the launch of the Polish Film Institute, involvement of foreign entities in Polish film production has increased tenfold. In 2009 alone, the Polish Film Institute disbursed over 2 million euros, supporting a total of over 0 feature, documentary and animated films – the works of Polish filmmakers and international co-productions, including pictures by Peter Weir, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Agnieszka Holland. The Polish Film Institute has branded Polish cinema with a recognizable and effective trademark.

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festivals

Key Film Festivals in Poland

th Polish Film Festival 35. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych

7th Planete Doc Review 7. Planete Doc Review Warsaw, May 7-16, 2010

Gdynia, May 24-29, 2010 contact contact

Pomorska Fundacja Filmowa Festival Office Armii Krajowej 24 81-372 Gdynia Poland phone +48 58 621 15 09 fax +48 58 621 15 83

Against Gravity Widok 5/7/9 (room 410) 00-023 Warsaw Poland phone/fax +48 22 828 10 79 e-mail [email protected] www.docreview.pl www.againstgravity.pl

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[email protected] www.festiwalgdynia.pl

0th Era New Horizons International Film Festival 10. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy Era Nowe Horyzonty Wrocław, July 22 - August 1, 2010 contact

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

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0th Krakow Film Festival 50. Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy Krakow, May 31 – June 6, 2010 contact

Krakowska Fundacja Filmowa office: Morawskiego 5/434, 30-102 Krakow Poland phone/fax +48 12 294 69 45 e-mail [email protected] www.kff.com.pl Festival Office: (during the event) Kijów. Centrum Krasińskiego 34, 30-101 Krakow Poland phone +48 12 422 30 93

Accredited by FIAPF (www.fiapf.org) as Competitive Feature Film Festival. October 8-17, 2010

6th CentEast Market Warsaw 6. Targi CentEast October 15-17, 2010 www.centeast.eu

8th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage 18. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki Autorów Zdjęć Filmowych Plus Camerimage

submission deadline: June 15, 2010

Łódź, November 27 – December 4, 2010

mailing address:

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WFF, PO Box 816, PL-00-950 Warsaw 1 Poland

Fundacja TUMULT Rynek Nowomiejski 28 87-100 Toruń Poland phone +48 56 621 00 19 fax +48 56 652 21 97

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ul. Lwowska 11/11 00-660 Warsaw Poland tel/fax +48 22 621 46 47 +48 22 621 62 68 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.wff.pl

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26th Warsaw Film Festival 26. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy

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Selected Awards for Polish Films at International Film Festivals in 2009

awards

Feature Films

All Will Be Well

General Nil

Infallible System

Wszystko będzie dobrze

Generał Nil

Niezawodny system

Directed by Tomasz Wiszniewski

Directed by Ryszard Bugajski

Directed by Izabela Szylko

9 International Film Festival

9 5th Saturno International Film

in Almaty, Kazakhstan: Best Feature Film (May 2009)

Festival (Italy): The Silver Saturno (November 2009)

Before the Twilight

God’s Little Garden

Jeszcze nie wieczór

U Pana Boga w ogródku

Directed by Jacek Bławut

Directed by Jacek Bromski

9 13th Třinec Film Summer,

9 42nd WorldFest Independent

Třinec (Czech Republic): Grand Prix; Audience Award; Student Award (October 2009) 9 21st Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago: Golden Teeth Award (November 2009) 9 “Filmland Polen” New Polish Film Festival, Hannover (Germany): Audience Award (December 2009)

Film Festival, Houston (USA): Special Jury Prize; Grand Prix for Best Foreign Feature Film; Golden Award for music by Henri Seroka (April 2009)

9 International Images Film Festival for Women, Harare (Zimbabwe): Best Actress Award for Alina Janowska (November 2009) 9 6th KIN International Women’s Film Festival, Yerevan (Armenia): Award for Best Film (December 2009) 9 7th Angel Awards International Film Festival (Monaco): Best Actress Award for Alina Janowska, Best Screenplay Award for Izabela Szylko (December 2009)

Earthly Paradise Droga do raju

God’s Little Village

The Magic Tree

U Pana Boga za miedzą

Magiczne drzewo

Directed by Jacek Bromski

Directed by Andrzej Maleszka

9 18th China Golden Rooster

9 26th Chicago International

and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Nanchang: Award for Best Director (October 2009)

Children’s Film Festival (USA): Special Jury Prize (October/November 2009) 9 28th Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Finland): CIFEJ Special Prize (November 2009) 9 21st Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago: “Poltel” Special Prize (November 2009) 9 31st Havana Film Festival (Cuba): “Garabato” Grand Prix for Best Children’s Film (December 2009)

Directed by Gerwazy Reguła 9 6th Baltic Debuts Film Festival,

Immensity of Justice

Svetlogorsk (Russia): Special Jury Prize (January 2009)

Bezmiar sprawiedliwości Directed by Wiesław Saniewski 9 “Vistula” Polish Film Festival, Moscow: Special Prize of the Film Critics Association in Russia (April 2009)

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awards

Mall Girls

Piggies

Sweet Rush

Galerianki

Świnki

Tatarak

Directed by Katarzyna Rosłaniec

Directed by Robert Gliński

Directed by Andrzej Wajda

9 19th FilmFestival, Cottbus

9 44th Karlovy Vary International

9 59th Berlin International Film

(Germany): Best Acting Debut and Best Actress Award for Anna Karczmarczyk (November 2009)

Film Festival (Czech Republic): Special Mention of the Jury for Filip Garbacz (July 2009) 9 Les Arcs European Film Festival (France): Special Jury Prize (December 2009)

Festival: Alfred Bauer Award for opening new perspectives in film art (February 2009) 9 European Film Academy Critics’ Award 2009 – Prix FIPRESCI (December 2009)

Scratch

Time To Die

Rysa

Pora umierać

9 26th Moscow International Film

Directed by Michał Rosa

Directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska

Festival for Children and Young People, 2009: special mention

9 6th “Golden Apricot” Yerevan

9 International Female Film Festival, Malmö (Sweden): Main Jury Prize; Audience Award (April 2009)

Nicolaus’s Star Gwiazda Kopernika Directed by Zdzisław Kudła,

Andrzej Orzechowski

The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny directed by Tomasz Konecki 9 7th European Comedy Film

Festival, Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic): Award for Best European Film (September 2009)

International Film Festival (Armenia): “Silver Apricot” Special Prize (July 2009) 9 4th Batumi International ArtHouse Film Festival (Georgia): Best Feature Film (September 2009)

Tulpan Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy 9 Asian Film Award for Best Cinematography for Jola Dylewska (March 2009)

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Individual Awards

awards

Shorts

Aria Diva

Grandma Has Gone

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Babcia wyjeżdża Directed by Tomasz Jurkiewicz

9 66th Venice International Film

9 7th Asiana International Short

Festival: Nastro d’Argento Europeo – award of the Italian film critics (September 2009)

9 4 Batumi International Artth

House Film Festival (Georgia): Best Director Award in Young Cinema Competition (September 2009)

Film Festival, Seoul (Korea): Grand Prix (November 2009) 9 Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic): Best Film Centropa (August 2009)

The Chick Laska Directed by Michał Socha

The Kinematograph Kinematograf

9 International Animated Film

Festival, Annecy (France) 2009: Award for Creative Use of Music (June 2009) 9 18th ADC*E (Art Directors Club of Europe), Barcelona (Spain) – Gold Medal in the Design and Advertising competition (June 2009)

Directed by Tomasz Bagiński 9 Animago 2009 Computer Animation Festival, Munich (Germany): Best Short Film Award (October 2009)

Luxury Luksus Directed by Jarek Sztandera

Echo Directed by Magnus von Horn 9 8th Open St. Petersburg

Student Film Festival “Beginning”, St. Petersburg (Russia) 2009: Grand Prix and award for Best Cinematography (September 2009) 9 27th Festival Tous Courts – International Shortfilm Festival, Aix-en-Provence (France) 2009: Grand Prix (November 2009)

9 31st International Short Film

Festival, Clermont-Ferrand (France): Young Jury Award (January/February 2009) 9 International Short Film Festival, Almeria en Corto (Spain): Grand Prix

What It’s Like To Be My Mother Jak to jest być moją matką Directed by Nora McGettigan 9 Calgary Film Festival Announces (Canada 2009): Award for Best Fiction 10-30 Minutes (September/October 2009) 9 7th International Short Film Festival “The Way We Live!”, Munich (Germany): First Prize (November 2009)

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Maciej Odoliński written & directed by MACIEJ ODOLIńSKI director of photography ADAM CHMIELECKI music by BARTłOMIEJ GLINIAK songs by ÖSZIBARACK, HUSKY, ARTYBISHOPS production design by MAREK LEVINE make-up by MONIKA PISKOROWSKA sound by RADOSłAW OCHNIO edited by MACIEJ IłOWSKI cast PRZEMYSłAW SADOWSKI (PIOTR WINKLER), ANNA PRUS (NATALIA), AGNIESZKA WARCHULSKA (MARTA), ANDRZEJ NEJMAN (MIREK), PIOTR BOROWSKI (CZARNY), MALWINA BUSS (AGNIESZKA), ANITA JANCIA (VANESSA), MAREK KASPRZYK (ERYK), AGNIESZKA RóżAńSKA (RECEPTIONIST), ROBERT WABICH (BARTENDER), RAFAł GERLACH (KNAPIK), JACEK KOPCZYńSKI (BOSS), JOWITA BUDNIK (WOMAN IN LAB) produced by KOD DIGITAL QUEST, GROCHOWSKA 304/52, 03-840 WARSAW, PHONE +48 664 13 77 02, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.DQFILMS.COM co-produced by QUARTET producers KRYSTYNA ODOLIńSKA, PAWEł MANTORSKI executive producer MACIEJ ODOLIńSKI co-producers ROBERT JUSZCZAK, NICHOLAS FITZWILLIAMS, KRZYSZTOF LIWIńSKI sponsor OSKAR INTERNATIONAL TRADING distribution & world sales OPEN

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Marriage, desire, betrayal... The story shows a few hot autumn days in the life of Piotr, as he suddenly loses control of his stable lifestyle.

Born in 1965. Cinematographer, director, screenwriter. Graduate of the Cinematography Department at the łódź Film School. Also studied directing. Author of several documentaries, short features and television programmes. Awarded for his short feature Xero (2003) at the Off Cinema International Film Festival in Poznań and Slamdance Poland in Wrocław. 7 Minutes is his full-length feature debut.

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All That I Love Wszystko co kocham

9 th Polish Film Festival Gdynia 2009: award for Best Production Design (Elwira AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM, KRZYSZTOF Pluta); Golden SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by ZOFIA Claquer – the GOłęBIOWSKA, TOMASZ DUKSZTA, BARTłOMIEJ Radio Gdańsk WOźNIAK production manager ANNA WYDRA Award for longest applause; cast MATEUSZ KOśCIUKIEWICZ (JANEK), OLGA FRYCZ (BASIA), JAKUB GIERSZAł (KAZIK), ANDRZEJ Golden Kangaroo – award of CHYRA (JANEK’S FATHER), ANNA RADWAN Australian film (JANEK’S MOTHER), KATARZYNA HERMAN distributors

(SOKOłOWSKA), MATEUSZ BANASIUK (STASZEK), IGOR OBłOZA (DIABEł), MAREK KALITA (SOKOłOWSKI) produced by PRASA I FILM, CHEłMSKA 21, BUD. 4 LOK. 20, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 851 10 64, +48 601 215 925, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY; CANAL+ POLAND producers JAN DWORAK, KAMILA POLIT, RENATA CZARNKOWSKA-LISTOś co-producers SłAWOMIR JóźWIK, CARMEN SZWEC, BEATA RYCZKOWSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, +48 22 453 36 30, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales PRASA I FILM

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9 Festivals: Pusan IFF09, Sundance IFF0, Rotterdam IFF0

Spring of 1981. A wave of strikes sweeps through Poland. Communist authorities are trying to find ways of destroying the “Solidarity” movement... Four 18-year-old kids in a seaside town form a punk rock band. Their leader Janek is the son of a prominent navy officer. December 13, 1981. Martial law is imposed in Poland and politics take over the boys’ previously carefree life...

Born in 1970. Actor, director, screenwriter and musician. Studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw and acting at Warsaw’s Theatre Academy. Graduated from the Vocal and Acting School in Gdynia.

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Jacek Borcuch

Awards: written & directed by JACEK BORCUCH director of photography MICHAł ENGLERT music by DANIEL BLOOM production design by ELWIRA PLUTA costume design by MAGDALENA MACIEJEWSKA make-up by DOMINIKA DYLEWSKA edited by

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1999: Kallafiorr; 2002-2009: Samo życie (TV series, codirector); 2004: Tulips (Tulipany); 2006: Mrok (TV series); 2009: All That I Love (Wszystko co kocham)

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Paweł Wendorff directed by PAWEł WENDORFF written by PAWEł WENDORFF, PIOTR CHRZAN director of photography PAWEł WENDORFF production design by WOJCIECH żOGAłA costume design by MAłGORZATA ZACHARSKA make-up by ANNA KIESZCZYńSKA edited by CEZARY KOWALCZUK sound by PIOTR KNOP production managers KATARZYNA MADAJ-KOZłOWSKA, MARCIN ADAMCZEWSKI, KAMILA KOńCZAK cast BARTOSZ TURZYńSKI, SłAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI, JAN FRYCZ, JACEK BRACIAK, MARIA MAJ, LAURA BRESZKA, ALEKSANDER BEDNARZ, EWA DAłKOWSKA, BARTłOMIEJ TOPA, ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ, LESłAW żUREK, KLARA TOLNAI, WOJCIECH BłACH, MICHAł FILIPIAK, PIOTR BAJOR, MICHAł GRZYBOWSKI, WIESłAW CICHY, GABRIELA MUSKAłA, AGNIESZKA WOSIńSKA, JóZEF HAMKAłO, TOMASZ SAPRYK, MAREK KASPRZYK, DARIUSZ MAJCHRZAK, PIOTR ADAMCZYK, WOJCIECH PSZONIAK (GUEST STARRING), GRACJAN KIELAR, ANNA BUCZEK, MARCIN JURCZAKOWSKI, ALEKSANDRA KOWARIK, ROMAN GANCARCZYK, KINGA PREIS, WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI, JOSE FELIX MALAGA, AGNIESZKA WIęDłOCHA, DYMITR HOłóWKO, WOJTEK BIEDROń, WOJCIECH STAROSTECKI, KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ AND OTHERS produced by ANIMA-POL, łąKOWA 29, 90-554 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 661 97 05, +48 501 705 446, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ANIMAPOL.PL co-produced by OPUS FILM producer PAWEł WENDORFF co-producer łUKASZ DZIęCIOł co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE CITY OF łóDź OFFICE distribution & world sales OPEN

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Kuba is almost 30. At his parents’ encouragement, he decides to take on his first job ever. He’s not too convinced about it, but starts working as a delivery man. As he sets out on his first delivery, he witnesses a traffic accident. He ends up at the police station to testify. That’s when his plans start to unravel. Kuba has no idea about the significance of the part that, by a twist of fate, he will have to play on that particular day.

Director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer. Graduate of the Cinematography Department at the łódź Film School (1990). Worked as director of photography on dozens of documentaries, a number of plays and ten feature films. Directed the live action segment of Tajemnica kwiatu paproci (2004) and the independent feature Madmen (Szaleńcy, 2005), awarded at the Pumelo International Film Festival and screened at numerous film festivals in Poland and abroad.

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Another Man Nie ten człowiek

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Antichrist Antychryst

Lars von Trier directed by LARS VON TRIER written by LARS VON TRIER, ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN director of photography ANTHONY DOD MANTLE art direction by TIM PANNEN production design by KARL JúLIUSSON costume design by FRAUKE FIRL visual effects by PLATIGE IMAGE (POLAND) edited by ANDERS REFN sound by KRISTIAN EIDNES ANDERSEN production manager JOHANNES REXIN cast WILLEM DAFOE (HE), CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (SHE) produced by ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS co-produced by ZENTROPA INTERNATIONAL POLAND, NARBUTTA 25 A, 02-536 WARSAW; LIBERATOR PRODUCTIONS; SLOT MACHINE; LUCKY RED; MEMFIS FILM; SVERIGES TELEVISION; ZDF; producer META LOUISE FOLDAGER executive producers PETER GARDE, PETER AALBAK, MARIANNE SLOT, BETTINA BROKEMPER co-producers MAłGORZATA SZUMOWSKA, LARS JÖNSSON, ANDREA OCCHIPINTI, OLE OSTERGAARD, SANNE GLASEL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE DANISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE (SFI) distribution (in Poland) GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAX +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected]; WWW.GUTEKFILM.COM.PL

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9 Festivals: Cannes IFF09, Moscow IFF09, Monteral IFF09

A world renowned psychiatrist and his wife, a researcher in medieval witchcraft, retreat to their cabin in the woods in order to find peace after the death of their son. Yet instead of peace, they find a destructive force that they will now have to face.

Born in 1956. Danish director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor and producer; one of the most prominent European filmmakers. Co-founder of the Dogma concept. Winner of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of the Jury in Cannes (1996, 2000) and European Film Award (1996, 2008). 9 Filmography (selected works):

1987: Epidemic; 1991: Europa; 1994: The Kingdom (Riget; TV mini-series, also theatrical version); 1996: Breaking the Waves; 1997: The Kingdom II (Riget II, TV-mini series, also theatrical version); 1998: Dogma 2: “The Idiots” (Idioterne); 2000: Dancer in the Dark; 2003: Dogville; 2005: Manderlay; 2006: The Boss of It All (Direktoren for det hele); 2009: Antichrist

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At the Zoo Funio, szefunio i reszta...

James Crowley directed by JAMES CROWLEY written by MARIANNA ROWIńSKA, JAMES CROWLEY, KAROLINA SZYMCZYK-MAJCHRZAK director of photography JAN HOLOUBEK music by JAN KOMAR production design by EWA SKOCZKOWSKA costume design by MAGDALENA JAROSZ edited by TYMOTEUSZ WISKIRSKI sound by MARCIN MATLAK, PRZEMYSłAW KRZEMIńSKI casting by PIOTR BARTUSZEK production manager MIKOłAJ POKROMSKI cast PIOTR ADAMCZYK (ADAM PIOTRCZYK), ANNA CIEśLAK (PATRYCJA), EWA KASPRZYK (HEADMISTRESS), ANNA PRZYBYLSKA (ADAM PIOTRCZYK’S AGENT), SZYMON BOBROWSKI, IWONA DRóżDź, AGNIESZKA WAGNER, JOANNA ORLEAńSKA, CEZARY KOSIńSKI, ZOFIA CZERWIńSKA, PATRICIA KAZADI, AGNIESZKA WIELGOSZ, ARTUR PONTEK, RAFAł RUTKOWSKI, HENRYK BłAżEJCZYK produced by OZUMI FILMS, JAZGARZEWSKA 10, 00-730, WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.OZUMIFILMS.COM co-produced by APERTO FILMS; TVN co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer MARIANNA ROWIńSKA (OZUMI FILMS) co-producers DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI (TVN); PIOTR ADAMCZYK (APERTO FILMS) distribution ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAX +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales OPEN

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Born in Texas Adam Piotrczyk is in 1969. Wrote a Hollywood actor and directed The who always plays the Journeyman and villain in B movies. He Slappy the Clown. wants to change his At the Zoo (Funio, life. One day he szefunio i reszta) is his third feature. introduces himself to his neighbour, the beautiful teacher Patrycja, by saying that he is an aspiring actor who has the bad luck of looking like the famous actor Piotrczyk. Patrycja asks him to help prepare a school play and Adam is happy to oblige. But the headmistress wants to have perfect order at her school and will interfere with their plans... A wacky family movie.

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czyli dzieciaki ratują świat

Ryszard Maciej Nyczka written & directed by RYSZARD MACIEJ NYCZKA director of photography PAWEł WENDORFF music by JANUSZ GRUDZIńSKI XIążę WARSZAWSKI (KULT) production design by KRZYSZTOF BAUMILLER costume design by AGNIESZKA KACZYńSKA, MARLENA SKONECZKO (THEATRE COSTUMES) edited by LUDWIKA ZUGAJ, PAWEł POTOCKI sound by ZOFIA GOłęBIOWSKA production manager KUBA KOSMA cast CEZARY PAZURA (MARIUSZ MARZęDA), MAGDALENA RóżCZKA (KATARZYNA PIETRUSIńSKA), PIOTR GąSOWSKI (GENERAL OGóRCOW), HANNA śLESZYńSKA (GUIDE), BRONISłAW WROCłAWSKI (CIRCUS MANAGER), AGNIESZKA WOSIńSKA (OGóRCOW’S WIFE), RENATA DANCEWICZ (STUD FARM MANAGER), ALEKSANDRA KISIO (KLARA), MARIUSZ CZAJKA (HAIRDRESSER), LECH DYBLIK (POLICEMAN) produced by ANIMA-POL, łąKOWA 29, 90-554 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 661 97 05, PHONE/FAX +48 42 681 27 95, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.ANIMAPOL.PL co-produced by CANAL+; FILM STUDIO CZOłóWKA; DIGITAL LAB producer JADWIGA WENDORFF co-producers PAWEł MOSSAKOWSKI, PAWEł śMIETANKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distributed by VIVARTO & ART-HOUSE, OFFICE: FRANCISZKAńSKA 8/2, 00-214 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 826 60 48, WWW.VIVARTO.PL world sales ANIMA-POL

1966, a small town in northwestern Poland. A provincial tenor gets hurt by the local beauty. His old friend general-major, commander of Soviet forces in a nearby base and devoted fan of music and alcohol, has also experienced evil at the hands of a woman; his third wife ran away to West Berlin with a counter-intelligence agent. Now it is time for revenge. Both men climb into a TU-16 bomber and fly towards Berlin. We’re at the brink of a world war...

Born in 1958. Graduate of the Law Department at the University of Warsaw, the Screenwriting School at the łódź Film School, and the Development Lab at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. Film director, screenwriter, producer. Author of several acclaimed independent films.

photo by SF Anima-Pol

photo by SF Anima-Pol

feature films

Belcanto Belcanto

9 Filmography (selected works):

2002: The Woman with the Parrot (Kobieta z papugą na ramieniu); 2003: Seven Stops on the Way to Paradise (Siedem przystanków na drodze do raju); 2004: Summer Not Too Hot (Mało upalne lato); Thousand Sighs Park (Park tysiąca westchnień); 2005: Fortune Watches For You In the Forest (Fortuna czyha w lesie); 2009: Belcanto

HD/ mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 0 min. POLAND 2010

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photo by Hob AB

feature films

Between Two Fires Dwa ognie

Agnieszka Łukasiak written & directed by AGNIESZKA łUKASIAK director of photography HUBERT TACZANOWSKI music by ANTONI łAZARKIEWICZ production design by MADELEINE LUNDBERG, MARCIN AZIUKIEWICZ costume design by AGATA CULAK, VIKTORIA MATTILA edited by MARCIN KOT BASTKOWSKI PSM sound by MATHS KäLLQVIST, TONY ÖSTERHOLM production managers LINDA STENMAN, LESZEK PIESZKO, EIFFEL MATTSSON, JOEL BURMAN cast MAGDALENA POPłAWSKA (MARTA), KAMILA NOWYSZ (ANIA), SIMON KASSIANIDES (ALI), LEILA HAJI (ANISSA), FREDRIK OHLSSON (BENGT), ANNA KULAWIK-CHOJNACKI (GOSIA), MIRJAM VÖHRMANN (LENA), JOHANN NEUMANN (JON), LEIF BACKSTRÖM (GÖRAN), GRZEGORZ KOWALCZYK (JURIJ), ALICJA IWANICKA (JADZIA), EDWARD IWANICKI (WITEK), SAID OVEISSI (PROFESSOR), JOLANTA STANISłAWA LINDROTH (TRANSLATOR), ANNA MäMMI (WOMAN IN RESTAURANT), RACHID TAHA (SINGER) produced by HOB AB co-produced by APPLE FILM PRODUCTION, BAGATELA 10/12, 00-585 WARSAW, PHONE 48 22 851 84 40-43, FAX +48 22 851 84 44, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.APPLEFILM.PL; FILMPOOL NORD AB; REPUBLIKEN AB; SONET FILM AB producer PETER KROPENIN co-producers DARIUSZ JABłOńSKI, VIOLETTA KAMIńSKA, IZABELA WóJCIK co-financed by THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE, THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, THE MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION world sales SF FILM AB

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 0 min. POLAND / SWEDEN 2010

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A young woman escapes with her daughter from child traffickers in Belarus, ending up in a refugee camp in northern Sweden. Fighting for survival, she becomes an easy target for the strange world that surrounds her. She soon faces difficult choices that will turn her life into a nightmare.

Born in 1977. Moved to Sweden in 1984. Studied at the Theatre High School in Stockholm and the łódź Film School. Her documentary Algeria: The Nameless War was screened in competition at IDFA 2002 and nominated for awards at a number of other festivals. Her Forgotten was awarded Best Scandinavian Documentary of 2006 at the Nordic Panorama festival, Best Documentary at the Trieste Film Festival, and won the 2006 European Humanitarian Prize. 9 Filmography (selected works):

2000: Error; Bhim; 2002: Algeria: The Nameless War; Ya Basta; 2005: Forgotten (Bortglömda); 2006: Lost; 2010: Between Two Fires (Dwa ognie)

Dominik Matwiejczyk

Awards: 9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Special Jury Prize MASłOWSKA, MACIEJ CYGAL, DOMINIK and award for MATWIEJCZYK costume design by MAGDALENA Best Actor NIKIEL make-up by GORIA KORNYLUK sound by (Mateusz MACIEJ UNIATOWICZ edited by PIOTR żUKOWSKI Damięcki) in the production manager MARTA MASłOWSKA cast Independent Film MICHAł żURAWSKI (BLACK), MARIA NIKLIńSKA Competition written & directed by DOMINIK MATWIEJCZYK director of photography PIOTR żUKOWSKI music by ADAM FIJOłEK production design by MARTA

(OLA), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (KANIA), MAGDALENA RóżCZKA (MAGDA), MARTA KLUBOWICZ (DANUTA), EDWARD żENTARA (FATHER JAN), ARKADIUSZ DETMER (EXORCIST), HANNA KONAROWSKA (GOSIA), ROKSANA KRZEMIńSKA (RENATA), WOJCIECH ZIEMIAńSKI (JóZEK), ANDRZEJ GAłłA (CZAPLA), IZABELA ZALEJSKA (MONIKA), LAURA KIELAR (EDYTA), SEBASTIAN STANKIEWICZ (KUTER), OLIWIER ZAWADZKI (DżEJSON), MAGDALENA WOźNIAK (SALESWOMAN), REMIGIUSZ BIAłEK (CLERGYMAN) produced by PARADOX FILM, KRYNICZNO, PARKOWA 58, 55-114 WISZNIA MAłA, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by EX D’ART OBRAZY BEZ GRANIC producer DOMINIK MATWIEJCZYK co-producer PIOTR żUKOWSKI supervising producer MARZENA śLIWA distribution & world sales OPEN

HD, colour, Dolby ., 0 min. POLAND 2009

Black returns to his home village that he had left many years before after his father’s mysterious suicide. He meets Ola, a rebellious teenager. She claims to be his half-sister. Their friendship appalls the local community. Ola’s mother, a devout Catholic who has an affair with the preacher, finds a copy of the Satanic Bible in her daughter’s room. She and the preacher decide to put Ola in the hands of an exorcist...

Born in 1979. Director, screenwriter, independent film producer. Established the PARADOX FILM production company. Won numerous awards at independent film festivals. Runs film workshops for young adults.

photo by Radek Bugajski

photo by Radek Bugajski

feature films

Black Czarny

9 Filmography (selected works):

2004: Nosebleed (Krew z nosa); 2005: A Short Hysteria of Time (Krótka histeria czasu); The Fallow (Ugór); 2006: Slaughterhouse No. 1 (Rzeźnia numer 1); 2008: Long Distance Relationship (short, Związek na odległość); 2009: Black (Czarny)

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Wojciech Wójcik directed by WOJCIECH WóJCIK director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI PSC music by PAUL PRITCHARD production design by ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI, TIM HUTCHINSON (LONDON) set decorators INGA PALACZ, TIM HUTCHINSON (LONDON) costume design by KATARZYNA LEWIńSKA stylists MARCIN PAPROCKI, MARIUSZ BRZOZOWSKI make-up by JANUSZ KALEJA, MARCIN RODAK edited by LESZEK STARZYńSKI PSM sound by LESZEK FREUND production managers ANDRZEJ BESZTAK, AL BURGESS (LONDON) cast KATARZYNA MACIąG (MAJKA), BORYS SZYC (KAROL), ANNA DERESZOWSKA (KINGA), LESłAW żUREK (KUBA), DARIUSZ WNUK (DAMIAN), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (STASIA), JOANNA JAKUBAS (JOLA), KAROLINA NOWAKOWSKA (ANNA), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (CAMERAMAN), SłAWOMIR MAłYSZKO (PUB MANAGER), MARCIN ROGACEWICZ (PIOTR), ANDRZEJ ANDRZEJEWSKI (MIREK), JAROSłAW SACHARSKI (PAWEł), WOJCIECH BRZEZIńSKI (RAFAł), MAGDALENA WALIGóRSKA (MAGDA), PETRA TUMOVA (PETRA), BOGUSłAW LINDA, TOMASZ KOT, DANUTA STENKA produced by NEW CENTURY ARTS SA, CIASNA 6, 00-232 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 531 51 35, FAX +48 22 531 51 41 producers EWA ORłOWSKA-JAKUBAS, WOJCIECH PAłYS distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-05, FAX +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected], [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL

Red One /  mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 9 min. POLAND 2010

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Majka tries to find herself after a difficult breakup with an older man. She’s in store for a real survival test and many romantic adventures. Two handsome young men compete for her affection. In these difficult times, Majka has the support of her loyal girlfriends who want what’s best for her and would even attempt black magic...

Born in 1943. Graduate of film directing at the łódź Film School. Directed a number of feature films and popular TV series. Won several awards for There and Back (Tam i z powrotem) at film festivals in Gdynia, Kazimierz Dolny, Nowogard, Tarnów, and Los Angeles (Polish Film Festival). 9 Filmography (selected works):

1982: Karate Polish Style (Karate po polsku); 1985: Alone Among His Own (Sam pośród swoich); 1986: Private Investigation (Prywatne śledztwo); 1987: Bermuda Triangle (Trójkąt Bermudzki); 1990: To Kill at the End (Zabić na końcu), 1991: Three Days Without Conviction (Trzy dni bez wyroku); 1995-1998: Ekstradycja (TV series); 1999: The Last Mission (Ostatnia misja); 2001: There and Back (Tam i z powrotem); 2002: Bez litości; Sfora (TV series); 2006: Fałszerze. Powrót sfory (TV series); 2010: Blind Date (Randka w ciemno)

photo by Robert Pałka

photo by Robert Pałka

feature films

Blind Date Randka w ciemno

Feliks Falk directed by FELIKS FALK written by FELIKS FALK in cooperation with AGNIESZKA HOLLAND director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by BARTłOMIEJ GLINIAK production design by TERESA GRUBER costume design by MAłGORZATA OBłOZA edited by KRZYSZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by SEBASTIAN BRAńSKI, TOMASZ DUKSZTA CAS production manager PAWEł MANTORSKI cast BORYS SZYC (KONSTANTY), GRZEGORZ WOLF (PAWEł PłOCKI), GRZEGORZ KWIECIEń (ROBERT), MAGDALENA WALACH (RENATA), ANNA WYKA (JULKA), ELżBIETA KARKOSZKA (KONSTANTY’S MOTHER), EWA ZIęTEK (RENATA’S MOTHER), KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (AMBROZIAK), MARIAN OPANIA (PROFESSOR DęBICKI), ALEKSANDER MIKOłAJCZAK (KAńSKI, CHIEF OF MEDICINE), KRZYSZTOF MACHOWSKI (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BOREń), NINA CZERKIES (LUDMIłA), MAłGORZATA ZąBKOWSKA (WOMAN), ARTUR DZIURMAN (DOCTOR JULSKI), GABRIELA CZYżEWSKA (NURSE), JACEK LENARTOWICZ (PATIENT), ANDRZEJ MROWIEC (JERKE, ATTORNEY), STANISłAW PENKSYK (PROSECUTOR MąKA) produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, FAX +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected] producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution MONOLITH FILMS, PHONE +48 22 851 11 01, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 9 min. POLAND 2009

Konstanty, a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, discovers that the personal file and medical history file of one of his patients are missing. The patient doesn’t communicate with anyone and doesn’t react to any attempts at communicating with him. Konstanty starts to treat him using a method aimed at restoring his memory, and therefore also his identity. Meanwhile he launches a private investigation: who removed his files and why?

Born in 1941. Film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the łódź Film School. Winner of numerous awards at film festivals. Author of theatre plays and television dramas. Lecturer at the łódź Film School. Member of the European Film Academy.

photo by Krzysztof Wellman / dyst. Monolith Plus

photo by Krzysztof Wellman / dyst. Monolith Plus

feature films

Case Unknown Enen

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1975: At the Height of Summer (W środku lata); 1977: Top Dog (Wodzirej); 1979: Chance (Szansa); 1981: And All That Jazz (Był jazz); 1984: The Idol (Idol); 1986: Hero of the Year (Bohater roku); 1989: Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland (Kapitał, czyli jak zrobić pieniądze w Polsce); 1991: Game is Over (Koniec gry); 1994: Summer of Love (Lato miłości); 1995: Far from the Other (Daleko od siebie); 2005: The Collector (Komornik); 2009: Case Unknown (Enen) New Polish Films 2010

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Michał Bulik directed by MICHAł BULIK written by JAROSłAW GRZęDOWICZ, JOSH CAMPBELL director of photography MACIEJ MAJCHRZAK music TBA production design by MICHAIł ALEKSIEJEW edited by MARCIN KONARZEWSKI sound by MARIUSZ BIELECKI production manager JANUSZ B. CZECH cast PIOTR ADAMCZYK (ADAM), ROMUALD MAKARENKO, ALEKSANDR GLINSKI, JAROSłAW WORONCOW, ANATOLIJ KONDYUBOW, ANDRIEJ NIEKRASOW, ALEKSIEJ ZARUBIN produced by OZUMI FILMS, JAZGARZEWSKA 10, 00-730, WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 568 21 12, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.OZUMIFILMS.COM co-produced by TVN; APERTO FILMS executive producer MIKOłAJ POKROMSKI producer MARIANNA ROWIńSKA (OZUMI FILMS) co-producers DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI (TVN), PIOTR ADAMCZYK (APERTO FILMS) distribution & world sales OPEN

Super 6 mm /  mm, colour, Dolby SR, 90 min. POLAND 2010

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Russia. Journalist Adam Nowak arrives at the Cheluskin military base for a photo assignment. He soon realizes that something disturbing is going on at the base. When the soldiers leave to patrol the area, Adam sneaks out of the base and heads for the nearby deserted village – a place he’s not allowed to enter. On the way there, he falls into a hole in the ground and discovers a network of underground corridors. He also meets a beautiful and mysterious woman...

Creator of over 200 advert films. Winner of the Kodak Advert Competition Grand Prix. Nominated for the young director award in Cannes. Has worked around the world; in Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Italy, the Czech Republic and Ukraine. The horror pic Cheluskin 2 is his feature debut.

photo by Ozumi Films

photo by Ozumi Films

feature films

Cheluskin 2 Czeluskin 2

photo by Jarosław Sadkowski

feature films

The Christening Chrzest

Marcin Wrona directed by MARCIN WRONA written by GRZEGORZ JANKOWSKI, GRAżYNA TRELA, DARIUSZ GLAZER director of photography PAWEł FLIS music by MARCIN MACUK production design by DOROTA łACEKGORCZYCA costume design by KATARZYNA śRóDKA make-up by BEATA MATUSZCZAK edited by PIOTR KMIECIK PSM sound by TOMASZ SIKORA casting by MAłGORZATA ADAMSKA production managers MAGDALENA JóźWIAK, MAREK RUDNICKI cast TOMASZ SCHUCHARDT (JANEK), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (MICHAł), ADAM WORONOWICZ (“GRUBY”, MAFIA BOSS), NATALIA RYBICKA (MAGDA), MICHAł KOTERSKI (“łYSY”, MAFIA MEMBER), PAWEł TOMASZEWSKI (“WYżELOWANY”, MAFIA MEMBER), KRZYSZTOF CZECZOT (“DRES”, MAFIA MEMBER), ROBERT JURCZYGA (“CZARNY PODKOSZULEK”, MAFIA MEMBER), ANDRZEJ FRANCZYK (MICHAł’S FATHER), IWONA BIELSKA (MAGDA’S MOTHER), SłAWOMIR ROKITA (MAGDA’S FATHER), MIKOłAJ KAłUCKI (ADAś), KLAUDIA EL DURSI ( WIFE OF “GRUBY”), OLA RADWAńSKA (AGATA), IRENEUSZ KOZIOł (LEśNIAK) produced by ODEON FILM STUDIO, RAKOWIECKA 4, 02-519 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 646 69 00, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ODEON.COM.PL co-produced by NO PROBLEM; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING producers LESZEK RYBARCZYK, MAREK RUDNICKI co-producers MARCIN WRONA, TOMASZ SZULC, KRZYSZTOF KRAWCZYK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

Trying to run from a death sentence for treachery, a former gangster moves from Tarnów to Warsaw. There he starts a new life as a wholesaler, husband, and father. Fearing revenge, he invites a friend to his child’s christening, hoping that he would be willing to marry his widow after he’s dead...

Born in 1973. Film and theatre director, screenwriter. Graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University, film directing at 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. Lecturer in film directing at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Winner of numerous awards at international film festivals for his student film Magnet Man (2001). Winner of 3rd prize (with Grażyna Trela) in the 2007 international Hartley-Merrill competition for the script of his 2009 feature My Flesh My Blood (working title: Tamagotchi).

 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 80 min. POLAND 2010

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photo by Marcin Żurawicz

feature films

City Island City Island

RIZZO), JULIANNA MARGULIES (JOYCE RIZZO), EMILY MORTIMER (MOLLY CHARLESWORTH), STEVEN STRAIT (TONY NARDELLA), EZRA MILLER (VINCE JR RIZZO), DOMINIK GARCIA LORIDO (VIVIANE RIZZO), ALAN ARKIN (MALAKOV) produced by LUCKY MONKEY PICTURES, 125 E 95TH STREET, NY 10128, NEW YORK, PHONE +1 212 860 1642, FAX +1 212 8601152, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by GREMI FILM PRODUCTION SA, WROCłAWSKA 53, 30-011 KRAKOW, MOBILE +48 691 88 90 19, E-MAIL [email protected]; CINESON PRODUCTIONS; MEDICI ENTERTAINMENT producers RAYMOND DE FELITTA, ANDY GARCIA, ZACHARY MATZ, LAUREN VERSEL executive producers GREG (GRZEGORZ) HAJDAROWICZ, MARIA TERESA ARIDA, LUCIA SEABRA distribution (in Poland) VISION FILM, RYDYGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales WESTEND FILMS, 15 GREEK ST, 2ND FLOOR, W1D 4DP LONDON, UK, PHONE +44 207 494 8300, FAX +44 207 494 8301, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital SR, 00 min. USA / POLAND 2009

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9 Tribeca Film Festival, New york 2009: Audience Award

The Rizzos from City Island are a family that could probably live a lot better, if only they didn’t keep so many secrets from each other. Things get even more complicated when an excon named Tony enters their lives. A funny and touching story about family secrets from the past.

Born in 1964. Screenwriter, director, jazz pianist. Nominated for an Oscar in 1991 for his short film Bronx Cheers. 9 Filmography:

1990: Bronx Cheers (short); 1995: Cafe Society; 2000: Two Family House; 2005: The Thing About My Folks; 2006: ‘Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (documentary); 2009: City Island

photo by Marcin Żurawicz

Raymond De Felitta

Awards: written & directed by RAYMOND DE FELITTA director of photography VANJA CERNJUL music by JAN A. P. KACZMAREK production design by FRANCKIE DIAGO costume design by TERE DUNCAN sound by JAN MCLAUGHLIN edited by DAVID LEONARD production manager GED DICKERSIN cast ANDY GARCIA (VINCE

photo by Wojciech Korsak

feature films

City of the Sea Miasto z morza

Andrzej Kotkowski directed and written by ANDRZEJ KOTKOWSKI, BASED ON THE NOVEL “TAK TRZYMAć” VOL. 1 BY STANISłAWA FLESZAROWA-MUSKAT director of photography ADAM BAJERSKI PSC music by TOMASZ GąSSOWSKI production design by JACEK OSADOWSKI costume design by ANNA JAGNA JANICKA make-up by ALICJA KOZłOWSKA edited by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by BARBARA DOMARADZKA, PIOTR DOMARADZKI production manager MARIUSZ MIELCZAREK cast JAKUB STRZELECKI (KRZYSZTOF GRABIEń), JULIA PIETRUCHA (łUCKA KONKA), PAWEł DOMAGAłA (WOłODIA JAZOWIECKI), MAłGORZATA FOREMNIAK (HELENA), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (AUGUSTYN KONKA), OLGIERD łUKASZEWICZ (ENGINEER WENDA), PIOTR POLK (LEBRAC), ZDZISłAW WARDEJN (JAZOWIECKI), STANISłAW MICHALSKI (HIGH SCHOOL HEADMASTER), KRZYSZTOF JANCZAR (POLICE CHIEF) produced by PROFILM FILM AGENCY, AL. NIEPODLEGłOśCI 809 A, 81-810 SOPOT, PHONE +48 58 524 73 72, FAX +48 58 524 73 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PROFILM.COM.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; GDYNIA CITY HALL producer KRZYSZTOF BAłAJEWICZ executive producer MAGDALENA KOSMUS distribution SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales OPEN

In 1918 Poland regained independence after 123 years of nonexistence. The years 1923 to 1926 brought the construction of Poland’s first port in Gdynia – a city built on the site of a small fishing village. Inspired by real events, this is a story about life, friendship and love among the people who took part in the building of this city.

Born in 1940. Director, screenwriter, producer. Graduate of law at the Jagiellonian University and film production at the łódź Film School. Director and screenwriter of TV series. Lecturer at the Film and Television Academy in Warsaw. 9 Filmography (selected works:)

1980: Olympics 40 (Olimpiada 40); 1982: Quiet Years (Spokojne lata), 1984: In an Old Manor House or the Independence of Triangles (W starym dworku, czyli niepodległość trójkątów); 1988: Citizen Piszczyk (Obywatel Piszczyk); 2009: City of the Sea (Miasto z morza)

Red One/ mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 2 min. POLAND 2009

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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

John Kent Harrison directed by JOHN KENT HARRISON written by JOHN KENT HARRISON, LAWRENCE JOHN SPAGNOLA, BASED ON THE BOOK “MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST” BY ANNA MIESZKOWSKA director of photography JERZY ZIELIńSKI music by JAN A.P. KACZMAREK production design by WALDEMAR KALINOWSKI costume design by MAłGORZATA BRASZKA, PAWEł GRABARCZYK edited by HENK VAN EEGHEN sound by ERICH GANN production coordinator MAGDALENA WACHOWSKA production managers DAVID J. BOWLER, DAIGA LIVCANE, INGA KRUK, VIKTORAS SPARTAKAS JUGAJ cast ANNA PAQUIN (IRENA SENDLER), MARCIA GAY HARDEN (JANINA SENDLER), GORAN VISNJIC (STEFAN), STEVE SPEIRS (PIOTR), NATHANIEL PARKER (DOCTOR MAJKOWSKI), PAUL FREEMAN (FATHER GODLEWSKI), MAJA OSTASZEWSKA (JADWIGA), DANUTA STENKA (HANNAH ROZENFELD), KRZYSZTOF PIECZYńSKI (JANUSZ KORCZAK), OLGA BOłąDź (ZOFIA), JERZY NOWAK (RABBI ELDEREY), LEIGH LAWSON (RABBI ROZENFELD), SIERGIEJ MARCZENKO (JASIO) produced by COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM (CBS); HALLMARK HALL OF FAME PRODUCTIONS; JEFF MOST PRODUCTIONS; MOST / RICE PRODUCTIONS producers JEFF MOST, JEFF RICE, BRENT SHIELDS, CAMERON JOHANN co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE (POLAND); TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA distribution (in Poland) SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SYRENAFILMS.COM

 mm, colour, 20 min. USA / POLAND 2009

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American director The story of and screenwriter. Irena Sendler Recognized in (1910-2008) Poland for his who, along feature Pope John with a number Paul II (2005), of associates, starring Jon Voight. Directed nearly saved over 20 films, mostly for television. 2,500 Jewish children of the Warsaw ghetto from a certain death during the Second World War.

photo by Columbia Broadcasting System

photo by Columbia Broadcasting System

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Dzieci Ireny Sendlerowej

Magdalena Łazarkiewicz directed by MAGDALENA łAZARKIEWICZ written by MAGDALENA łAZARKIEWICZ, MACIEJ KOWALEWSKI director of photography WOJCIECH TODOROW music by BARTOSZ DZIEDZIC production design by KATARZYNA SOBAńSKA, MARCEL SłAWIńSKI costume design by DOROTA ROQUEPLO make-up by EWA KOWALEWSKA choreography by MAłGORZATA FIJAłKOWSKA-STUDNIAK edited by RAFAł LISTOPAD PSM sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI production manager SYLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ cast łUKASZ SIMLAT (SZYMUś), DARIUSZ TOCZEK (SYLWUś), AGNIESZKA PODSIADLIK (DżESIKA), KRZYSZTOF SKONIECZNY (KRYSTIAN), JOANNA KULIG (AGNIESZKA), OLGA FRYCZ (MONIKA), BARBARA KURZAJ (SISTER CEZARIA), LESZEK LICHOTA (FATHER DAMIAN), GRZEGORZ KWIECIEń (MIETEK), MACIEJ NAMYSłO (ANDRZEJ), PIOTR NOWAK (BODYGUARD), KRZYSZTOF KULIńSKI (COMMISSIONER, PIOTR’S FATHER), FILIP GARBACZ (MICHAś), JOANNA GONSCHOREK (ZOSIA NIEWIADOMSKA), ANNA MARIA BUCZEK (DANUSIA), MACIEJ WIERZBICKI (MASTER OF CEREMONIES), JERZY SENATOR (VILLAGE LEADER), BOGUSłAW PARCHIMOWICZ (FELEK), SłAWOMIR HOLLAND (JUREK), ROBERT JURCZYGA (MAN), BARTOSZ GOLA (“LUJU”), PIOTR CHYLARECKI (“BOSSKI”), ELżBIETA OKUPSKA (IRUSIA), ROMUALD KłOS (FRANUś), EWELINA PASZKE (TEACHER), BARTłOMIEJ TOPA (BOLESłAW, MONIKA’S FATHER), BOGUSłAWA SCHUBERT (SISTER GENOWEFA), KRZYSZTOF LAPKO (SOUND GUY), STANISłAW MELSKI (JóZEF STOKROTNY), MACIEJ KOWALEWSKI (RYSIEK), ARTUR JANUSIAK (CESIEK) produced by GRUPA FILMOWA, RóżANA 32, 02-569 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 852 23 24, E-MAIL [email protected] HTTP://WESELE.GRUPAFILMOWA.PL; MEDIABRIGADE, OFFICE: KARKONOSKA 10 / 026, 53-015 WROCłAW, PHONE/FAX +48 71 799 14 50-51, WWW.MEDIABRIGADE.PL producers DARIUSZ PIETRYKOWSKI, SYLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ, MARCIN KUREK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

Red One /  mm, Cinemascope, Dolby Digital, ca 00 min. POLAND 2010

A town in south-western Poland. A group of newcomers begins organizing a dance marathon. The spiritless townspeople start to have hopes and dreams. Each dance couple signing up for the exhausting marathon has its own reasons for winning. The real intentions of the organizers and their methods eventually come to light. The deceived contest participants learn something from this experience. A story inspired by real events.

Director and screenwriter. Graduate of cultural studies at the University of Wrocław and film directing at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Winner of several awards at film festivals. Co-directs television series. Also directs theatre.

photo by Jarosław Sosiński

photo by Jarosław Sosiński

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Dance Marathon Maraton tańca

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1989: The Last Schoolbell (Ostatni dzwonek); 1991: Departure (Odjazd, co-directed with Piotr łazarkiewicz); 1992: White Marriage (Białe małżeństwo); 1999: The End of the World (Na koniec świata); 2010: Dance Marathon (Maraton tańca) New Polish Films 2010

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Awards: directed by WOJCIECH SMARZOWSKI written by łUKASZ KOśMICKI, WOJCIECH SMARZOWSKI director of photography KRZYSZTOF PTAK PSC music by MIKOłAJ TRZASKA production design by MAREK ZAWIERUCHA costume design by KATARZYNA LEWIńSKA set decorator ANDRZEJ GóRNISIEWICZ make-up by EWA DROBIEC, DOMINIKA DYLEWSKA edited by PAWEł LASKOWSKI PSM sound by JACEK HAMELA, LESZEK FREUND production manager PAWEł BAREńSKI cast ARKADIUSZ JAKUBIK (śRODOń), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (DZIABAS), KINGA PREIS (DZIABAS’ WIFE), BARTłOMIEJ TOPA (MRóZ), KATARZYNA CYNKE (LISOWSKA), ROBERT WABICH (LISOWSKI), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (PROSECUTOR TOMALA), ERYK LUBOS (PETRYCKI), LECH DYBLIK (ZAJDEL), KRZYSZTOF CZECZOT (BANAś), SłAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI (ZIęBA) produced by FILM IT, RóżANA 32, 02-569 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 848 78 11, FAX +48 22 852 15 16, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by SPI INTERNATIONAL POLSKA producers ANNA IWASZKIEWICZ , DARIUSZ PIETRYKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ POłEć co-producer PIOTR REISCH executive producer DARIUSZ PIETRYKOWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAX +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales FILM IT

HD/ mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 06 min. POLAND 2009

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9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing 9 2th Warsaw Film Festival, 2009: Audience Award 9 7th Plus Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Łódź 2009: Silver Frog in the Main Competition (Krzysztof Ptak) 9 Festivals: Tokyo IFF09, Warsaw IFF09

Wojciech Smarzowski One autumn night in 1978, środoń stumbles upon the Dziabas household in a remote part of the Bieszczady mountains. Whatever distrust may have been there initially, quickly disappears over a bottle of moonshine. They come up with a joint plan for action. But then passion and desire come into play... One dark winter day during the time of martial law, lieutenant Mróz of the communist state police tries to reconstruct, in the presence of his main suspect środoń, the events of a multiple murder that took place four years earlier.

Born in 1963. Director and screenwriter. Studied film studies at the Jagiellonian University. Graduate of the Cinematography Department at the łódź Film School. Author of documentary films, music video and adverts. Directed various TV series. Winner of numerous awards at Polish and international film festivals. 9 Filmography:

1998: Małżowina (Auricle, TV); 2004: The Wedding (Wesele); 2009: The Dark House (Dom zły)

photo by Krzysztof Wiktor / Fotos-Art

photo by Krzysztof Wiktor / Fotos-Art

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Dark House Dom zły

photo by Grzegorz Press

photo by Aleksandra Grochowska

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Demaquillage Demakijaż

produced by THE POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL; TVP KULTURA executive producer EWA JASTRZęBSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE distribution FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMPOLSKI.COM.PL

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital Sourround,  min. POLAND 2009 st novella

2nd novella

3rd novella

Non-stop kolor

Droga wewnętrzna

Pokój szybkich randek

written, directed and music by MARIA SADOWSKA director of photography JEREMI PROKOPOWICZ production design by MARTA SKAJNOWSKA costume design by LUKRECJA NAGABCZYńSKA make-up by ANETA BRZOZOWSKA edited by KRZYSZTOF RACZYńSKI sound by MATEUSZ ADAMCZYK, WOJCIECH BłASZCZYK production manager JAN KWIECIńSKI cast ANITA JANCIAPROKOPOWICZ (MUZA), JAN WIECZORKOWSKI (MAJKEL), TOMASZ BORKOWSKI (CYRYL), ERYK LUBOS (łYSY), PAWEł DOMAGAłA (MłODY), DOROTA DELąG (MONIA), KARINA KUNKIEWICZ (LUKRECJA), ANNA PIRóG (OLGA), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (MUZA’S MOTHER) executive production FILM STUDIO CZOłóWKA, AL. LOTNIKóW 1, 00-976 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 54 30 301, E-MAIL [email protected]

written & directed by DOROTA LAMPARSKA director of photography DAMIAN PIETRASIK production design by ZUZANNA SADOWA costume design by NATALIA CZECZOTT, HANNA ćWIKłO make-up by żANETA STEFAńSKA edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM sound by PIOTR BIELAWSKI production manager WOJCIECH FORBERT cast ADAM WORONOWICZ (RAFAł),

Non-Stop Colour

The Inner Road

The Room for a Quick-One

written & directed by ANNA MALISZEWSKA director of photography DOMINIK DANILCZYK production design by ANNA MALISZEWSKA costume design by SłAWEK BłASZEWSKI make-up by OLGA NEJBAUER edited by łUKASZ SZWARCBRONIKOWSKI PSM sound by JOANNA NAPIERALSKA production manager łUKASZ JANKOWSKI cast MAGDALENA KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (LOCKSMITHCZERWIńSKA (NATALIA), łUKASZ SIMLAT NEIGHBOUR), BORYS SZYC (PIOTR (ARTUR), EWA LORSKA, MARIAN WIERCHOWIEńSKI), MAGDALENA CIELECKA DZIęDZIEL (PRISON WARDEN), (ANITA), GRAżYNA BARSZCZEWSKA BOGUSłAWA PAWELEC (SCHOOL (NEIGHBOUR), JADWIGA JANKOWSKAHEADMISTRESS), MARIUSZ CIEśLAK (CONCIERGE), EDWARD SOSNA WOJCIECHOWSKI (GYNAECOLOGIST), (NEIGHBOUR), ROBERT WABICH (MALE ANNA DEKA (ARTUR’S MOTHER), ELżBIETA NURSE) executive production ANDRZEJ JAROSIK (NATALIA’S MOTHER) executive WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM production OPUS FILM, DIRECTING, WWW.WAJDASCHOOL.PL WWW.OPUSFILM.COM POLAND 2006

POLAND 2008

A 30-year-old corporate About the nature of love in the employee, living in a big city, face of sudden misfortune and The world of Warsaw clubbing; suddenly loses his way in the the test of time. people who love music and non- everyday life. One day he stops stop fun. A film about 30-year-olds short of an invisible border. If he Anna Maliszewska who still want to be children. Graduate of were to cross it, he would see it journalism at the as a mortal danger.

Maria Sadowska

Director, singer, Dorota Lamparska composer, music Graduate of the arranger, producer. Radio and Television Graduate of the Department of the Film and Television University of Silesia Academy in Warsaw in Katowice. Author and the Directing Department at the of the acclaimed łódź Film School. Author of several student film Są takie świeżuteńkie short films. dziewczynki.

University of Warsaw; has been involved in the music television industry for years. Co-creator of MTV in Poland. Director of acclaimed music videos and the short film New Game: War (New Game: Wojna), shown at a number of festivals, as well as several documentaries.

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photo by Adriana Kędzierska

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Marek Lechki written & directed by MAREK LECHKI director of photography PRZEMYSłAW KAMIńSKI production design by BARBARA KOMOSIńSKA costume design by ANNA WEBER sound by PAWEł łUCZYC-WYHOWSKI edited by ROBERT MAńKOWSKI PSM production manager AGNIESZKA PAPIEWSKA cast TOMASZ KOT (MICHAł), JANUSZ MICHAłOWSKI (POLICEMAN), DOROTA POMYKAłA (SHELTER MANAGER), RYSZARD KOTYS (MICHAł’S FATHER), JANUSZ CHABIOR (MICHALAK’S SON), MARIUSZ SANITERNIK (HOMELESS MAN), TOMASZ RADAWIEC (ZBYSZEK), GRAżYNA KRUKóWNA (NURSE), JERZY ROGALSKI (NAWROCKI), KARINA KUNKIEWICZ (MICHAł’S WIFE), JULIA KRYNKE (ZBYSZEK’S WIFE), MARIAN CZERSKI (PRIEST), BOGUMIłA (BOGDA) SZTENCEL (HOMELESS WOMAN), JERZY MATULA (FOREST RANGER), ANDRZEJ WILK (MICHAł’S BOSS), ANDRZEJ GAłłA (JUNKYARD BOSS) produced by HARMONY FILM PRODUCTION MAREK LECHKI, MOBILE +48 504 691 491, E-MAIL [email protected] producer MAREK LECHKI co-produced by HELIOGRAF; VOICELAND co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

Red One/ mm, colour, Dolby ., 89 min. POLAND 2010

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A few days before his son’s First Communion, Michał heads to his hometown. He has some business to attend to, and return home as soon as possible. When he gets there, it turns out that he will have to stay for a few days. While walking the town streets, he encounters people he used to be close with, visits familiar places. What started out as a trivial trip slowly turns into an emotional life journey.

Born in 1975. Graduate of the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Won several awards for his student films and short documentary forms at various amateur film festivals. For his fulllength My Town (Moje miasto, 2002) from the television series Generation 2000 he received awards at key Polish film festivals in Gdynia, Koszalin, Tarnów, łagów, and Krakow. Winner of the Wojciech J. Has Award (2003).

photo by Bartosz Maz

photo by Bartosz Maz

feature films

Erratum Erratum

Radek Węgrzyn directed by RADEK WęGRZYN written by RADEK WęGRZYN, ROBERTO GAGNOR, CEZARY IBER

director of photography TILL VIELROSE music by ENIS ROTTHOFF production design by GRAZIELLA TOMASI costume design by SARI SUOMINEN make-up by ABRA KENNEDY edited by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by PAULINA BOCHEńSKA production managers ANNA WOJDAT, GüNTER FENNER cast ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (BOGDAN), AGATA BUZEK (ANNA), ANTONI PAWLICKI (PAWEł), ELżBIETA KARKOSZKA (KATARZYNA), LUCYNA MALEC (IZABELA), ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ (PRIEST), łUCJA BURZYńSKA (JANINA), BENE RYCHTER (FRANEK), STANISłAW śNIEżKO (ZYGMUNT), JOANNA KASPERSKA (ILONA), MALWINA BUSS (OLA), WIKTOR ZBOROWSKI (VET), MARCIN MARKOWICZ (MAREK THE VIOLINIST), ANDRZEJ ZIELIńSKI (STAś THE ACCORDIONIST), MAłGORZATA SZMUDA (ARLETKA) produced by BLACK FOREST FILMS; CAFé PRODUCTION, TęCZOWA 12, 05-540 ZALESIE GóRNE, MOBILE +48 601 30 30 88, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.CAFEPRODUCTION.PL; SNAPPER FILMS co-produced by CANAL+ CYFROWY co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers MAłGORZATA RETEI, CHRISTOPH HAHNHEISER, FABIAN GASMIA, JUHA WUOLIJOKI co-operating producer SłAWOMIR CIOK distribution & world sales OPEN

Red One/ mm, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 90 min. GERMANy / POLAND / FINLAND 2010

Bogdan is a worldfamous musician. After the death of his beloved wife, he returns to his home village on the Polish seaside to live with his mother. His peaceful yet sad life will change once he starts to play Mozart’s music for Klara, his cow. Klara’s milk acquires a unique quality; those who drink it will return in thought to the best moments of their lives. News of the magic milk travels fast; Bogdan suspects that his beloved wife has returned to him disguised as Klara...

Born in 1977. Graduate of the Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität in Bonn and the Konrad Wolf Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Potsdam. Directed advert films and documentaries. Father, Son & the Holy Cow is his feature debut.

New Polish Films 2010

photo by Black Forest Films

photo by Black Forest Films

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Father, Son & the Holy Cow Święta krowa



Bartosz Konopka directed by BARTOSZ KONOPKA written by PIOTR BORKOWSKI, BARTOSZ KONOPKA director of photography PIOTR NIEMYJSKI music TBA production design by ELWIRA PLUTA costume design by KATARZYNA LEWIńSKA make-up by JANUSZ KALEJA edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (TOMEK), KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (TOMEK’S FATHER), DOROTA KOLAK (TOMEK’S MOTHER), MAGDALENA POPłAWSKA (TOMEK’S WIFE) produced by MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL co-produced by THE POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION; TVP producer EWA JASTRZęBSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales MUNK STUDIO

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Surround, ca 00 min. POLAND 2010

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Young TV reporter Tomek leads a peaceful life. When his father ends up at a psychiatric hospital, Tomek must take care of him. As he enters into the world of mental disease, he learns the truth about himself.

Born in 1972. Graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University, journalism at the University of Warsaw, and film directing at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Directed the short feature Three for the Taking (Trójka do wzięcia, 2008), documentaries Goat Walker (Ballada o kozie, 2005) and Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlińsku, 2009), all of which received numerous awards at film festivals in Poland and abroad. Fear of Heights is his full-length feature debut.

photo by Mateusz Skalski

photo by Mateusz Skalski

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Fear of Heights Lęk wysokości

Flying Cyprian Latający Cyprian

Mariana Čengel-Solčanská written & directed by MARIANA ČENGELSOLČANSKá directors of photography RAMUNAS GREICIUS, STEFAN BUćKA music by VLADIMíR GODáR production design by JAN NOVOTNY costume design by IVANA STRUHAROVA edited by ONDREY AZOR sound by PAWEł łUCZYC-WYHOWSKI production manager OLGA DETARYOVA cast MARKO IGONDA (JASEK/CYPRIAN), PAWEł MAłASZYńSKI (MARTIN), ALEKSANDR DOMOGAROV (VALENT), DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI (BISHOP), LUKáš LATIňáK (TOMAS), RAFAł FUDALEJ (MICHAL), JERZY NOWAK (BERNARD), MIROSłAW ZBROJEWICZ (INNKEEPER), KAROLINA KOMINEK-SKURATOWICZ (BARBORA), BARTOSZ FIRLET (ANDREJ) produced by MAGIC SEVEN SLOVAKIA, STEFANIKOVA 19, 811 05 BRATISLAVA (SLOVAKIA), PHONE +421 2 32 409 660, WWW.MAGICSEVEN.SK; PLEOGRAF (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 646 21 80, FAX +48 22 646 21 89, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PLEOGRAF.PL producers EDUARD ćENGEL, JACEK LIPSKI, ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI executive producers KRISTINA PRUźINCOVA (SK), AGNIESZKA KURZYDłO, AGNIESZKA WENDE (PL) cofinanced by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 00 min. POLAND / SLOVAKIA 2009

Pieniny mountains, turn of the 18th century. Severely wounded Cyprian arrives at the Red Monastery. The former rebel and marauder returns to health and remains at the monastery, seeking truth and forgiveness through prayer. He befriends Michal Novice, a 17-year-old boy, abandoned as an infant at the monastery. One night Cyprian finds a dying stranger at the monastery gates. Despite the offered care, the man dies. In his belongings, Cyprian finds an old book filled with drawings of a flying machine...

Born in 1978. Graduate of the Culture and Politics Department at the University of Constantinus the Philosopher in Nitra. In 2003, she began studies in film and television directing at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava (led by Martin šulik). Made several shorts and the medium-length feature Ábelov cierny pes, which premiered at the 2006 Bratislava International Film Festival. Flying Cyprian is her full-length feature debut.

New Polish Films 2010

photo by Agnieszka Kurzydło

photo by Agnieszka Kurzydło

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Lietajuci Cyprian



Martin Clapp directed by MARTIN CLAPP, MAREK SKROBECKI, GEOFF LINDSEY written by GEOFF LINDSEY director of photography KRZYSZTOF PTAK PSC musical director LANG LANG production design by MAREK SKROBECKI, WOJCIECH żOGAłA

costume design by KATARZYNA LEWIńSKA make-up by MARCIN RODAK sound by JACEK HAMELA production managers MARCIN ADAMCZEWSKI (LIVE ACTION), GRZEGORZ WACłAWEK (SHORT FILMS) produced by BREAKTHRU FILMS, SIEWNA 15, 94-250 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 253 28 08, FAX +48 42 253 28 06, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA SA; CANAL+; STORM STUDIO; DFP producer HUGH WELCHMAN executive producer SIMON OLSWANG associate producers MAGDALENA BARGIEł, ADAM WYRWAS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MEDIA LODZ FILM COMMISSION distribution OPEN world sales TBC

Dolby D stereo/ mm, colour, .78:, Dolby Digital Surround, 8 min. POLAND / NORWAy / FRANCE 2010



New Polish Films 2010

In an animated story, two children discover an old piano that transforms into a flying machine and takes them on an adventure across Europe. Then, in live-action, hard-nosed businesswoman Georgie and her two neglected children watch that animated adventure, which also has the renowned pianist Lang Lang playing along with it in a concert hall. The family and Lang Lang get sucked into the 3-D animated world of the film they have just seen. Commissioned by Poland’s Minister of Culture, this film celebrates the bicentennial of Chopin’s birth.

Director of the stop-motion section of The Flying Machine. Was Head of Layout on BreakThru’s Oscar-winning Peter & the Wolf, and has worked on the pre-visualisation process of many films, including Annecy-winner Free Jimmy, and Jerry Anderson’s New Captain Scarlet.

Marek Skrobecki Creative Director of the stopmotion section of The Flying Machine. Production Designer and 2nd Unit Director of the stop-motion, Oscar-winning Peter & the Wolf. Winner of multiple awards for short films he directed (Special Jury Prize at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film for D.I.M., Honorary Diploma at the Krakow Film Festival for Ichthys). Worked as Art Director on Spielberg’s Schindler’s List.

Geoff Lindsey Director of the live-action section of The Flying Machine. Has written for the UK’s most popular TV shows, including EastEnders and The Bill. Wrote and directed the short film The Clap, winner of numerous awards and finalist of the Turner Classic Movies Classic Shorts 2005.

photo by Breakthru Films

photo by Breakthru Films

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The Flying Machine Projekt Chopin (working title)

Piotr Dumała

Awards: written, directed and production design by PIOTR DUMAłA director of photography ADAM SIKORA PSC music by PAWEł SZYMAńSKI costume design by DOROTA KOłODYńSKA make-up by DARIUSZ KRYSIAK, KATARZYNA ZARęBA edited by KATARZYNA MACIEJKO-KOWALCZYK , BEATA LISZEWSKA sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager BOżENA KRAKóWKA cast STANISłAW BRUDNY (FATHER), MARIUSZ BONASZEWSKI (SON) produced by EUREKA MEDIA, INżYNIERSKA 5/41, 03-410 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 828 48 10, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.EUREKAMEDIA.INFO co-produced by ANDERSA STREET ART AND MEDIA, ANDERSA 13/37, 00-157 WARSAW, PHONE +48 603 353 748, E-MAIL [email protected] producer KRZYSZTOF KOPCZYńSKI co-producer BOżENA KRAKóWKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE CHIMNEY POT; SILESIA FILM STUDIO distribution STOWARZYSZENIE NOWE HORYZONTY (NEW HORIZONS ASSOCIATION), ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 530 66 40, +48 22 536 92 00 world sales OPEN

 mm, .8:, black & white, Dolby Digital, 7 min. POLAND 2009

9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Special Jury Prize 9 Festivals: Pusan IFF09

Abundant in dark symbols, this is the story of a father-son relationship. The feature debut from Piotr Dumała, one of the most talented filmmakers in the field of animation.

Born in 1956. Director of animated films, screenwriter, animation artist. Author of posters, essays and short stories. Lecturer at film schools in Poland and abroad. Winner of numerous film awards at international film festivals.

photo by Eureka Media

photo by Tomasz Sternicki / Eureka Media

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The Forest Las

9 Filmography (animation):

1981: Lycanthrophy (Lykantropia); 1983: Little Black Riding Hood (Czarny kapturek); 1984: Flying Hair (Latające włosy); 1985: Gentle Spirit (łagodna); 1986: Nervous Life of the Cosmos (Nerwowe życie kosmosu); 1987: Walls (ściany); 1988: Freedom of a Leg (Wolność nogi); 1991: Franz Kafka; 1992-93: Nervous Life (Nerwowe życie, TV mini-series); 2000: Crime and Punishment (Zbrodnia i kara); 2009: The Forest (Las, live-action film with partial animation) New Polish Films 2010



Freedom is Within Us. Popiełuszko

Rafał Wieczyński 9 Festivals: written & directed by RAFAł WIECZYńSKI director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI Rome IFF09 PSC music by PAWEł SYDOR production design by ANDRZEJ KOWALCZYK costume design by ALICJA HORNOSTAJ set decorator MAGDALENA WIDELSKA-WłADYKA make-up by MIROSłAWA WOJTCZAK, LUDMIłA KRAWCZYK edited by MAREK CISZEWSKI sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, TOBIAS FLEIG, REINER HEESCH

production manager JóZEF JAROSZ cast ADAM WORONOWICZ (FATHER JERZY POPIEłUSZKO), MAREK FRąCKOWIAK (FATHER TEOFIL BOGUCKI), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (IRENEUSZ), RADOSłAW PAZURA (PIOTR), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (EWA), MAJA KOMOROWSKA (MAJA), MARTA LIPIńSKA (JANINA), WłADYSłAW KOWALSKI (PHYSICS PROFESSOR), JAN ENGLERT (PROFESSOR), KRZYSZTOF KOLBERGER (CHANCELLOR PRIEST) produced by FOCUS PRODUCERS CO. LTD., PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 49 94, PHONE/FAX +48 22 646 95 65, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] co-produced by IF MAX FILM producer JULITA śWIERCZ-WIECZYńSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MUNICIPALITY OF MAZOWIECKIE VOIVODESHIP distribution & world sales FOCUS PRODUCERS CO. LTD.

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND 2009

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Epic story about the life and martyrdom of Jerzy Popiełuszko, a hero of the Solidarity era, murdered by the communist secret police.

Born in 1968. Actor, director, screenwriter. Directs documentaries and television shows. Fellow of the Nipkow Programme in Berlin. Won several awards at international film festivals for his feature debut. 9 Filmography (feature films):

1992: Really Short Film... (Naprawdę krótki film o miłości, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniu); 2009: Freedom is Within Us. Popiełuszko (Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas)

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photo by Focus Producers Sp. z o.o.

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Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas

Tomasz Szafrański directed by TOMASZ SZAFRAńSKI written by TOMASZ SZAFRAńSKI, AGATA HARRISON, JAROSłAW BANASZEK director of photography ARTUR żURAWSKI music by ADAM SZTABA production design by RAFAł WALTENBERGER costume design by IWONA REGE edited by MARCIN LITEWKA PSM sound by JAKUB LENARCZYK, MARCIN MATLAK production manager MONIKA PAćKOWSKA cast ANDRZEJ NEJMAN (OSKAR), KATARZYNA GLINKA (LENKA), JERZY BOńCZAK (UNCLE FILIP), MONIKA KWIATKOWSKA (IWONA), GRZEGORZ WOJDON (SłOWIK), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (KAMIńSKI), ROBERT CZECHOWSKI (MARIAN), TOMASZ SADOWSKI (PUNK) produced by SPI FILM STUDIO, CYBERNETYKI 7, 02-677 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 353 74 00, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SPI.PL co-produced by RMG, GRABISZYńSKA 163, 53-439 WROCłAW, PHONE/FAX +48 71 364 30 94, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.RMGFX.COM producers PIOTR REISCH, PAWEł PEWNY executive producer PAWEł PEWNY distribution & world sales OPEN

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A comedy with a twist; the story of a fortune-teller who pretends to believe in magic, a womanizer who pretends to believe the fortune-teller, an illusionist who pretends he’s someone else, and a woman in love who believes that she will only find true love in the next incarnation.

Graduate of the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Director of TV series and short features, awarded at many film festivals. Twotime winner of the Polish edition of the Hartley-Merrill screenwriting competition. Full Moon is his feature debut.

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photo by Tomasz Nowak

photo by Mariusz Konopka

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Full Moon Od pełni do pełni

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The General. Attempt at Gibraltar

Anna Jadowska directed by ANNA JADOWSKA written by ANNA JADOWSKA based on historical research by DARIUSZ BALISZEWSKI directors of photography MAREK GAJCZAK & ROBERT HALASTRA music by CONTEMPORARY NOISE QUINTET, ROBERT CIODYK costume design by JOLANTA łAGOWSKA edited by ROBERT CIODYK PSM production manager ROBERT KOMANIECKI cast KRZYSZTOF PIECZYńSKI (GENERAL WłADYSłAW SIKORSKI), KAMILLA BAAR (ZOFIA LEśNIOWSKA), TOMASZ SOBCZAK (JAN GRALEWSKI), MARIETTA żUKOWSKA (ALICJA IWAńSKA), TOMASZ BORKOWSKI (LIEUTENANT LUDWIK łUBIEńSKI), łUKASZ SIMLAT (ZYGMUNT BIAłY), MARCIN BOSAK (SECOND LIEUTENANT JóZEF PONIKIEWSKI), PAWEł CIOłKOSZ (ADAM KUłAKOWSKI), WOJCIECH GDYNIA (CZARNY), MICHAł GRZYBOWSKI (MAKSYMILIAN), MIROSłAW HANISZEWSKI (EDWARD PRCHAL), PIOTR MIAZGA (MAJOR HERRING), JERZY GRAłEK (MASON MACFARLANE, GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR), IRENEUSZ CZOP (PERRY), MACIEJ MARCZEWSKI (KING), PIOTR NOWAK (EDI), MARCIN TYROL (TOM), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (CAPTAIN RóżYCKI) produced by TVN, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution ITI GROUP, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAX +48 22 453 36 48 world sales ITI GROUP

 mm / HD, .8:, colour, Dolby Surround ., 86 min. POLAND 2009

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A look at behind-the-scene politics during the Second World War. The last days of general Sikorski, leading up to the Gibraltar disaster. General Sikorski, his daughter Zofia and a group of close cohorts are invited to the official residence of the Governor of Gibraltar, Mason Macfarlane. He wants to convince Sikorski to hand over documentation regarding the murder of Polish military officers at Katyn. When Sikorski refuses, the assassination plan comes into play. The circumstances of general Sikorski’s death continue to be a source of controversy. This film was made based on historical research by Dariusz Baliszewski, who claims that the accident at Gibraltar was staged and general Sikorski was in fact murdered.

Born in 1973. Director and screenwriter. Graduate of Polish studies at the University of Warsaw and film directing at the łódź Film School. Author of the acclaimed feature films Touch Me (Dotknij mnie) together with Ewa Stankiewicz, and It’s Me Now (Teraz ja). Winner of the main prize in the Polish edition of Hartley-Merrill for the feature film script Out of Love (Z miłości).

photo by Marcin Filipowicz

photo by Marcin Filipowicz

feature films

Generał. Zamach na Gibraltarze

Ryszard Bugajski

Awards: directed by RYSZARD BUGAJSKI written by RYSZARD BUGAJSKI, KRZYSZTOF łUKASZEWICZ director of photography PIOTR śLISKOWSKI PSC music by SHANE HARVEY production design by ANIKO KISS costume design by MAłGORZATA ZACHARSKA, ANDRZEJ SZENAJCH make-up by TOMASZ MATRASZEK edited by EWA ROMANOWSKA-RóżEWICZ PSM sound by ALEKSANDER MUSIAłOWSKI, WOJCIECH śLUSARZ production manager TADEUSZ DREWNO cast OLGIERD łUKASZEWICZ (GENERAL “NIL” FIELDORF), ALICJA JACHIEWICZ (ALICJA FIELDORF), MAGDALENA EMILIANOWICZ (KRYSTYNA FIELDORF), ANNA CIEśLAK (MARIA FIELDORF), ZBIGNIEW STRYJ (MAJOR BAJER), JACEK ROZENEK (COLONEL RóżAńSKI), KRZYSZTOF FRANIECZEK (LIEUTENANT GóRSKI), MACIEJ MIKOłAJCZYK (WIESIEK), STEFAN SZMIDT (GENERAL “BóR” KOMOROWSKI), NELA BIERNACKA (ZOSIA FIELDORF), MARIA MAMONA (BłOCISZEWSKA), MACIEJ RADEL (MICHAł), MACIEJ KOZłOWSKI (GRZMIELEWSKI), LESZEK LICHOTA (“KLEMM”), TOMASZ DEDEK (GENERAL TATAR), WENANTY NOSUL (BIERUT), GRZEGORZ WOLF (MINISTER RADKIEWICZ), ARTUR DZIURMAN (COLONEL CZAPLICKI), WADIM AFANASSIEW (COLONEL DAWYDOW), PIOTR POLITOWSKI (ATTORNEY MERING) produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS; TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; WARSAW CITY HALL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producers MARIUSZ łUKOMSKI, DOMINIQUE LESAGE, FRANçOIS-ARNAUD REMAEL, TADEUSZ FILIPKOWSKI, ANNA JAKUBOWSKA distribution MONOLITH FILMS, PHONE +48 22 851 11 01, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 2 min. POLAND 2009

9 “Military Camera” International Military Film Festival, Warsaw 2009: Grand Prix “Golden Sabre” 9 2st Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago 2009: Special Jury Prize

An attempt at reconstructing the final years of the legendary commander of the Polish underground army, general August Emil Fieldorf aka “Nil”, who was arrested and falsely accused after the Second World War, then executed in the winter of 1953 in the Mokotów prison in Warsaw in the aftermath of a verdict issued by Polish communist authorities.

Born in 1943. Film and theatre director, screenwriter, novelist, translator of theatre plays. Graduate of philosophy at the University of Warsaw and film directing at the łódź Film School. In 1981 he directed the highly acclaimed Interrogation (Przesłuchanie), for which he was forced to emigrate by the communist authorities.

photo by Marta Gostkiewicz / fabrykaobrazu.pl

photo by Marta Gostkiewicz / fabrykaobrazu.pl

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General Nil Generał Nil

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1979: A Woman and a Woman (Kobieta i kobieta); 1982: Interrogation (Przesłuchanie); 1995: Players (Gracze); 2005: What Happened to Our Solidarity? [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity] (Co się stało z naszą solidarnością [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2009: General Nil (Generał Nil)

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photo by Łukasz Żal

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God’s Little Village U Pana Boga za miedzą

Jacek Bromski

Awards: written & directed by JACEK BROMSKI director of photography RYSZARD LENCZEWSKI PSC music by LUDEK DRIZHAL production design by MAGDA WIDELSKAWłADYKA costume design by MAłGORZATA OBłOZA make-up by IWONA KARPIńSKA edited by WOJCIECH MRóWCZYńSKI PSM sound by JAN FREDA production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast KRZYSZTOF DZIERMA (PRIEST), ANDRZEJ BEYAZABORSKI (POLICE CHIEF), MIECZYSłAW FIODOROW (MAYOR), AGNIESZKA KOTLARSKA (MARINA CHMIEL), GRZEGORZ HEROMIńSKI (STAś NIEMOTKO), KATARZYNA śMIECHOWICZ (LUDMIłA), WOJCIECH SOLARZ (MARIAN CIELęCKI), AGATA KRYSKA (LUśKA), EMILIAN KAMIńSKI (JERZY BOCIAN), MAłGORZATA SADOWSKA (STRUZIKOWA), ELIZA KRASICKA (JADZIA) produced by OKO FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 55 81, +48 22 845 91 61; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFOKO.COM.PL co-produced by VISION FILM; WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected]; TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY producer TADEUSZ CHMIELEWSKI executive producer JAN WłODARCZYK co-producers WłODZIMIERZ OTULAK, WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution VISION FILM, RYDYGIERA 7, 01-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, FAX +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales TELEWIZJA POLSKA, WORONICZA 17, PHONE +48 22 547 61 39, FAX +48 22 547 78 68, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby SR, 0 min. POLAND 2009

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9 Comedy Film Festival, Lubomierz, 2009: Grand Prix - Golden Grenade 9 Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Nanchang (Chiny) 2009: Award for Best Director

A sequel to In Heaven As Is On Earth (U Pana Boga za piecem) and God’s Little Garden (U Pana Boga w ogródku). A mayoral election will soon take place in the town of Królowy Most. In the meantime, an attractive instructor named Marina arrives in town to teach the local policemen how to use a computer. An American also comes to town, driving a white convertible... The fight for power will leave no one impartial. Everyone gets caught up in a catch-as-catchcan mentality... Will the local parish priest succeed in restoring order and peace? And at what price?

Born in 1946 in Wrocław. Director, screenwriter, producer. Studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw, also studied Polish studies at the University of Warsaw, and directing at the łódź Film School. Co-founder of ZEBRA Film Studio. Vice-president of the International Association of Audiovisual Writers and Directors (AIDAA), AGICOA Board Member. President of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Won several awards at film festivals in Poland and abroad. 9 Filmography (selected works):

1980: Alice (Alicja); 1983: Funeral Ceremony (Ceremonia pogrzebowa; TV); 1986: Kill Me, Cop (Zabij mnie, glino); 1988: The Art of Loving (Sztuka kochania); 1990: Polish Cuisine (Kuchnia polska); 1992: 1968. Happy New Year (1968, Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku); 1996: Children and Fishes (Dzieci i ryby); 1998: In Heaven As Is On Earth (U Pana Boga za piecem); 2000: It’s Me, the Thief (To ja, złodziej); 2002: The Career of Nikos Dysma (Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy); 2005: Love in the Year of the Tiger (Kochankowie Roku Tygrysa); And Do You Know What? [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (I wie pan co? [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2007: God’s Little Garden (U Pana Boga w ogródku); 2009: God’s Little Village (U Pana Boga za miedzą)

Olaf Lubaszenko directed by OLAF LUBASZENKO written by JERZY KOLASA, OLAF LUBASZENKO director of photography MARIUSZ PALEJ music by JAN BORYSEWICZ production design by MARCELINA POCZąTEK-KUNIKOWSKA costume design by TOMASZ JACYKóW, MAłGORZATA MAZOWIEńSKAWIERZBICKA set decorator ZDZISłAW KOBYLIńSKI make-up by CEZARY KOSTRZEWSKI, MAłGORZATA MAJKUT edited by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, JACEK KUśMIERCZYK production manager ZOFIA WIECZOREK cast ANNA PRZYBYLSKA (MIRKA), CEZARY PAZURA (STEFAN), PAWEł WILCZAK (BOGUMIł), EDWARD LINDE-LUBASZENKO (JóZEF), SZYMON BOBROWSKI (TOMASZ łOPIAN), ROBERT GONERA (JAREK POKRZYWA), TAMARA ARCIUCH (WIKTORIA), KRZYSZTOF KOWALEWSKI (MINISTER KWIATKOWSKI), MARIA PAKULNIS (ELżBIETA, TOMASZ’S MOTHER), KRZYSZTOF WAKULIńSKI (JERZY, TOMASZ’S FATHER), IZA KUNA (ULA THE RECEPTIONIST), EDYTA OLSZóWKA (MARTA THE ASSISTANT), WERONIKA KSIążKIEWICZ (KASIA THE INTERN) produced by WYDAWNICTWO JAWA, CHAłUBIńSKIEGO 8, 00-613 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 830 06 98, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.JAWAMEDIA.COM co-produced by FORUM FILM POLAND producers JANUSZ IWANOWSKI, WALDEMAR ZUBEK executive producer ZOFIA WIECZOREK co-producer SłAWOMIR SALAMON distribution FORUM FILM POLAND, WOłOSKA 12, 02-675 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 456 65 55, FAX +48 22 456 65 35, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FORUMFILM.PL world sales WYDAWNICTWO JAWA

 mm, colour, Dolby Stereo Digital SR, 0 min. POLAND 2009

Mirka grew up in Warsaw’s Praga district, notorious for its poverty and violence. But she managed to finish a prestigious law school and almost forget her roots. Her profession, rather unpopular in her home neighbourhood, will prove to be very beneficial to the residents of an old town house. To protect them, Mirka will use her charm, wit, and a few tricks straight out of Hollywood. She will also risk doing the craziest thing in her whole career.

Born in 1968. Studied sociology at the University of Warsaw and theology at the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw. Theatre and film actor, director, producer. Acted in films by Barański, Kieślowski, Wajda, Pasikowski, and Machulski. Directs television series.

photo by Maciej Dyczkowski / Forum Film

photo by Maciej Dyczkowski / Forum Film

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Golden Mean Złoty środek

9 Filmography (as director):

1997: Making the Sting (Sztos); 2000: Boys Don’t Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą); 2001: The Dawn of Coyote (Poranek kojota); 2002: E=mc2; 2009: Golden Mean (Złoty środek)

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Jan Jakub Kolski written & directed by JAN JAKUB KOLSKI director of photography KRZYSZTOF PTAK PSC secondary photography (Aphonya’s camera) JAN JAKUB KOLSKI music by DARIUSZ GóRNIOK production design by MICHAł HRISULIDIS set decorator DOROTA DąBROWSKA costume design by BARBARA SIKORSKA-BOUFFAł, (Aphonya’s wardrobe) GRAżYNA BłęCKA-KOLSKA make-up by ANNA NOBEL-NOBIELSKA edited by WITOLD CHOMIńSKI sound by JACEK HAMELA, KRZYSZTOF JASTRZąB production manager ANDRZEJ STACHECKI cast GRAżYNA BłęCKA-KOLSKA (APHONYA), MARIUSZ SANITERNIK (RAFAł), ANDREY BELANOV (THE RUSSIAN), KRZYSZTOF ADAMCZYK (YOUNG RAFAł), ZOFIA ZOń (ANIELKA), WOJCIECH SOLARZ (LESZEK), MAREK KRASZEWSKI (VON RODHE), ADAM SANDURSKI (GIANT), IZUAGBE UGONOH (MAUR), DARIUSZ JUZYSZYN (MEDVEDEV), MAREK SITNIK (ZNANIECKI), WIESłAW CICHY (SOVIET GENERAL), KRZYSZTOF PYZIAK (ESCORT SOLDIER), MARTA śCISłOWICZ (ESTERA) produced by ARGOMEDIA PRODUCTION LAMBROS ZIOTAS, A. HERCENA 3-5, 50-453 WROCłAW, PHONE +48 71 337 37 38, MOBILE +48 602 263 525 co-produced by IFDF ODRA FILM, WWW.ODRA-FILM.WROC.PL; WROCłAW FILM STUDIO, DęBOWA 9 B, 53-321 WROCłAW, PHONE +48 71 337 00 50 producer LAMBROS ZIOTAS co-producers WITOLD CHOMIńSKI, KRZYSZTOF STORY, ANDRZEJ BIAłAS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, LOWER SILESIAN MARSHALL’S OFFICE, WROCłAW CITY HALL distribution BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73/79, 00-718 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAX +48 22 887 17 28; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales ARGOMEDIA PRODUCTION LAMBROS ZIOTAS, PHONE +48 71 337 37 38, MOBILE +48 602 263 525, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, Dolby Digital EX, 08 min. POLAND 2009

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1953, western Poland. Aphonya and her husband, a legendary wrestler now paralyzed as a result of a accident, live in a closed train station. She always carries her amateur film camera, recording everything that surrounds her. She keeps bees and doesn’t expect too much from life. Then, suddenly, He appears – the handsome Russian; an officer of the Red Army, a wrestler with an Olympic past... A tale about passion, desire, betrayal and... martial arts.

Born in 1956. Graduate of the Photography Department at the łódź Film School. Director, screenwriter, director of photography, novelist, and lecturer at the łódź Film School. Winner of film awards at festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Tokyo. Member of the European Film Academy. 9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1990: Burial of a Potato (Pogrzeb kartofla); 1992: Pograbek; 1993: Johnnie the Aquarius (Jańcio Wodnik); 1994: Miraculous Place (Cudowne miejsce); 1995: Playing from the Plate (Grający z talerza); The Commanders Sword (Szabla od komendanta); 1998: History of Cinema in Popielawy (Historia kina w Popielawach); 2000: Keep Away from the Window (Daleko od okna); 2003: Pornography (Pornografia); 2005: The Great Bear [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (Wielki Wóz [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2006: Jasminum; 2009: Happy Aphonya (Afonia i pszczoły); 2010: Venice (Wenecja)

photo by Anna Gondek

photo by Anna Gondek

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Happy Aphonya Afonia i pszczoły

Ryszard Brylski directed by RYSZARD BRYLSKI written by AGATA NOWAK, WOJCIECH LEPIANKA, RYSZARD BRYLSKI director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by MIKOłAJ STROIńSKI production design by MARIA KOSTRZEWSKA, SłAWOMIR WITCZAK costume design by MAłGORZATA ZACHARSKA edited by JAROSłAW KAMIńSKI PSM sound by LESZEK FREUND production manager JACEK GAWRYSZCZAK cast HELENA SUJECKA (KITKA), CEZARY łUKASZEWICZ (RUDY), ANTONI PAWLICKI (KONRAD), MAREK KASPRZYK (EDGAR), KATARZYNA FIGURA (MOTHER, AURELIA), BRONISłAW WROCłAWSKI (GADOWSKI), JERZY TRELA (GRANDFATHER), MARCIN łUCZAK (MAłY), DARIUSZ BASIńSKI (AURELIA’S BROTHER), GRZEGORZ STELMASZEWSKI (CZARNY), JADWIGA BASIńSKA (MARIKA) produced by OPUS FILM, łąKOWA 29, 90-554 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 00, E-MAIL [email protected],WWW.OPUSFILM.COM producers PIOTR DZIęCIOł, łUKASZ DZIęCIOł co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution OPEN world sales OPUS FILM

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 90 min. POLAND 2010

18-year-old Kitka has a unique gift: she is able to communicate with the spirit of her dead mother. Her mother visits Kitka with a mission – she does not want her daughter to miss out on true love... She will depart for the netherworld only after Kitka has made the right choice. A romantic black comedy, set partly in a funeral parlour.

Born in 1950. Graduate of the łódź Academy of Fine Arts and the łódź Film School (Directing

photo by Artur Sienicki

photo by Artur Sienicki

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Her Heres, Herafters Dwa światy, zaświaty

Department). Wrote and directed two features: Deborah (1995) and Żurek (2003). Deborah won him the Grand Prix at the Trencianske Teplice International Art Film Festival (Slovakia), while Żurek won awards at festivals in Gdynia, Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Giffoni Valle Piana (Italy). Also directs television series.

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Grzegorz Lipiec

Awards: written & directed by GRZEGORZ LIPIEC directors of photography KRZYSZTOF GAWAłKIEWICZ, PIOTR MATERNA music by MAJA PIETRASZEWSKA-KOPER production design by łUKASZ MIKUCKI costume design by EWA GOłęBIOWSKA make-up by MARIA KACZMAROWSKA sound by MACIEJ NIEDZIELSKI edited by GRZEGORZ LIPIEC production manager ROBERT CIEćKA cast TOMASZ BURKA, EWA GOłęBIOWSKA, MAREK PROBOSZ, EWA PAJąK, JERZY KACZMAROWSKI, JAROSłAW żUK, JAROSłAW SOKOłOWSKI, JANUSZ JAROSZ, ZBIGNIEW STAROSTA, KATOS produced by SKY PIASTOWSKIE, PHONE +48 502 073 567, E-MAIL [email protected] producers RYSZARD LIPIEC, GRZEGORZ LIPIEC distribution & world sales OPEN

Digital Betacam, colour/B&W, Dolby Stereo A-type, 8 min. POLAND 2009



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9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Grand Prix and awards for Best Photography and Best Actor (Tomasz Burka) in the Independent Film Competition

Poland in the near future. A remote town. A man wakes up in a hotel room. He is suffering from amnesia. He has a gun and a briefcase full of money. One of the banknotes flies out through the window and begins changing owners, gradually revealing the puzzle of their lives.

Born in 1974. Directed a number of movies produced by the amateur film ensemble SKY PIASTOWSKIE. Received awards at various film festivals for 0,5 l (1996) and The Day I Will Die (Dzień, w którym umrę, 2005). Winner of the Grand Prix at the Koszalin Debut Films Festival “The Young and Cinema” for his And the Life Makes Sense (że życie ma sens, 2001). Winner of the Grand Prix of the Independent Film Competition at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia for Horizontal 8.

photo by SKY PIASTOWSKIE

photo by SKY PIASTOWSKIE

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Horizontal 8 8 w poziomie

How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh?

Juliusz Machulski

Awards: 9 Eagles, Polish Film Awards 2009: Best Supporting Actress (Danuta Szaflarska), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Więckiewicz) OSTROWSKA (ZOSIA), MACIEJ MARCZEWSKI 9 Silver Ticket (JAKUB), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (DAREK, ZOSIA’S 2009: Award of the “Polish FIRST HUSBAND), DANUTA SZAFLARSKA (GRANDMOTHER), MAJA OSTASZEWSKA (LIDKA, Cinemas” Association JAKUB’S FIRST WIFE), KATARZYNA

written & directed by JULIUSZ MACHULSKI director of photography WITOLD ADAMEK PSC music by JACEK KRóLIK production design by JOANNA MACHA costume design by EWA MACHULSKA make-up by MONIKA KALETA sound by MAREK WRONKO edited by JAROSłAW PIETRASZEK PSM production managers PAWEł BAREńSKI, EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast ILONA

KWIATKOWSKA (MARTA), SYLWIA DZIOREK (FLORKA), JAN MONCZKA (RECEPTIONIST), KRZYSZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (LOCKSMITH), ZDZISłAW RYCHTER (CURRENCY HUCKSTER) produced by STUDIO FILMOWE ZEBRA, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 54 84, FAX +48 22 845 65 88, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ZEBRAFILM.PL producer JULIUSZ MACHULSKI executive producer WOJCIECH DANOWSKI co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL; TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-producers MARIUSZ łUKOMSKI, DOMINIQUE LESAGE, FRANçOIS REMAEL, WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MONOLITH FILMS, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 22 min. POLAND 2008

New Year’s Eve, 1999. 40-yearold Zosia is a happy wife and mother. Her second marriage with Jakub is a happy one. Her daughter from her first marriage adores her stepfather. Yet Zosia blames Fate for not having allowed her to meet Jakub 13 years earlier. But on New Year’s Eve wishes sometimes come true. Zosia wakes up to find herself in May, 1987. But this time travel brings not only happy events. She wakes up next to her first husband, her daughter hasn’t been born yet, meanwhile Poland is still under Communism. What can she do to ensure a happy ending?

Born in 1955. Director, screenwriter, producer. Graduate of film directing at the łódź Film School. Studied at Cal-Arts in California. Lectured in film directing at Hunter College in New York. Winner of dozens of festival awards. Creator of many acclaimed Polish comedies. Co-creator and artistic director of Studio Filmowe ZEBRA.

photo by fot. Renata Pajchel

photo by Renata Pajchel

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Ile waży koń trojański?

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1981: Va Banque (Vabank); 1983: Sexmission (Seksmisja); 1985: Va Banque II (Vabank II, czyli riposta); 1987: King Size (Kingsajz); 1989: Déja vu; 1991: V.I.P.; 1992: Squadron (Szwadron); 1995: Girl Guide; 1997: Kiler; 1999: 2 Kilers (Kilerów 2-óch); 2001: Money Is Not Everything (Pieniądze to nie wszystko); 2002: Superproduction (Superprodukcja); 2004: Vinci; 2008: How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? (Ile waży koń trojański?); 2010: The Lullaby (Kołysanka)

New Polish Films 2010



Mariusz Grzegorzek

Awards: directed by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK written by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK BASED ON THE DRAMA “I AM YOURS” BY JUDITH THOMPSON director of photography SZYMON LENKOWSKI production design by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK costume design by MAGDALENA MOSKWA make-up by KATARZYNA DACKO edited by MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK sound by RADOSłAW OCHNIO, MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK production manager BARBARA GRZEGORZEK cast MAłGORZATA BUCZKOWSKA-SZLENKIER (MARTA), MARIUSZ OSTROWSKI (ARTUR), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (ALICJA), DOROTA KOLAK (IRENA), IRENEUSZ CZOP (JACEK), LECH MACKIEWICZ (KONSTANTY), DOROTA KIEłKOWICZ (GYNAECOLOGIST’S WIFE), ANNA SARNA (NURSE), PAWEł AUDYKOWSKI (MARTA’S FATHER), ANDRZEJ NIEMYT (BOY ON BUS) produced by KRAKATAU, UL. KAMIńSKIEGO 29/12, 90-219 łóDź, PHONE/FAX +48 42 678 85 36, MOBILE +48 600 377 728, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.KRAKATAU.PL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE CITY OF łóDź OFFICE producers BARBARA GRZEGORZEK, MARIUSZ GRZEGORZEK distribution TBC world sales OPEN

Red One /  mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby SR, 0 min. POLAND 2009

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9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dorota Kolak) 9 Festivals: Monteral IFF09, Pusan IFF09

Marta is a 30-yearold doctor. Her marriage to Jacek does not stand the test of time. She meets a young criminal who falls madly in love with her. An unplanned intercourse, an unwanted pregnancy that Marta wants to abort, but the young man would like to save the baby. His mother comes to his help... Secrets, masks. Hidden obsessions exploding with a terrifying force.

Born in 1962. Graduate of art history at the Jagiellonian University and film directing at the łódź Film School. Film and theatre director, lecturer at the łódź Film School, production designer, graphic designer, coowner of the Krakatau film production agency. Winner of numerous awards at film and theatre festivals in Poland and abroad. 9 Feature films:

1986: Krakatau (short); 1987: Robak (short); 1990: Goliathus, Goliathus (TV); 1993: Conversation with a Cupboard Man (Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy); 1999: The Queen of Angels (Królowa aniołów); 2009: I Am Yours (Jestem twój)

photo by Barbara Grzegorzek

photo by Robert Rabiega

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I Am yours Jestem twój

Inspector Blond and It’s All Good

photo by Robert Pałka

feature films

Komisarz Blond i wszystko jasne

Paweł Czarzasty directed by PAWEł CZARZASTY written by MARIUSZ PUJSZO, RICK RICHARDSON, KRZYSZTOF WęGLARZ director of photography KONRAD SPYRA production design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ-MAJKA costume design by KATARZYNA KAńSKA, AGNIESZKA MODELSKA make-up by ANNA AMPULSKA edited by PAWEł WITECKI sound by MARIAN BOGACKI, BARTłOMIEJ BOGACKI production manager PAWEł WOLFF cast MARIUSZ PUJSZO (JANEK), PAWEł DELąG (MAREK), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (MINISTER), MAREK WłODARCZYK (DEPUTY COMMISSIONER), VIOLETTA ARLAK (BEATA), AGNIESZKA WIęDłOCHA (JULIA), PIOTR GRABOWSKI, ANNA DERESZOWSKA, PIOTR ZELT, MIROSłAW ZBROJEWICZ, KAROLINA GORCZYCA, EDWARD LINDE-LUBASZENKO produced by SPI FILM STUDIO, CYBERNETYKI 7, 02-677 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 353 74 00, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SPI.PL producers PIOTR REISCH, RAFAł BUKS distribution OPEN world sales SPI FILM STUDIO

Red One, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 90 min. POLAND 2010

Spy comedy. Inspector Blond is a charming, smart cop who happens to have an awful lot of bad luck. As punishment for a bust gone awry, he is transferred to work in the police archives. By pure coincidence he gets on the trail of an international spy scandal, where foreign intelligence agents will try to get their hands on a secret list known as “The Eye of Justice”.

Born in 1977. Independent filmmaker. Graduate of computer studies from the University of AixMarseille in France and architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology. His full-length feature debut was Licencja na zaliczanie (2001). Cocreator of several other film projects, (including 1409 – Afera na Zamku Bartenstein) and music videos, as codirector, assistant, or SFX specialist. Occasionally works as a stuntman.

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Janosik. The True Story

Kasia Adamik directed by KASIA ADAMIK, AGNIESZKA HOLLAND written by EVA BORUšOVIČOVá director of photography MARTIN šTRBA music by ANTONI łAZARKIEWICZ production design by FRANTIšEK LIPTáK, MAREK ZAWIERUCHA costume design by ANITA HROššOVá, MAGDALENA TESłAWSKA make-up by ANITA HROššOVá, LILIANA GAłąZKA edited by MICHAł CZARNECKI, MAREK KRáLOVSKý sound by KRZYSZTOF JASTRZąB production managers PAWEł BAREńSKI, NORMA KRALOVSKA cast VáCLAV JIRáČEK (JANOSIK), IVAN MARTINKA (UHORCZIK), MICHAł żEBROWSKI (HUNCAGA), SARAH ZOE CANNER (BARBARA), KATARZYNA HERMAN (ZUZANNA), DANUTA SZAFLARSKA (JANOSIK’S GRANDMOTHER), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (SZIPOSZ), TáňA PAUHOFOVá (ANUSIA), MATúš KRáTKY (MIKULAS SUSTEK), KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (LANI), ERYK LUBOS (GABOR), RAFAł MAćKOWIAK (BARON REVAY), MARCIN CZARNIK (PIWOWARCZYK), MAłGORZATA ZAJąCZKOWSKA (JANOSIK’S MOTHER), BORYS LANKOSZ (WAWRZEK), RICHARD KRAJCO (CHLIASTAKOW), MAJA OSTASZEWSKA (MARKETA), ADRIAN JASTRABAN (BIERNAT) produced by APPLE FILM PRODUCTION co-produced by IN FILM [CZ], CHARLIE’S [SK], TELEWIZJA POLSKA SA – FILM AGENCY [PL], EUROFILM STUDIO [HU], HBO CENTRAL EUROPE producers DARIUSZ JABłOńSKI, RUDOLF BIERMANN executive producers VIOLETTA KAMIńSKA, IZABELA WóJCIK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF SLOVAKIA distribution (in Poland) SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, E-MAIL [email protected], [email protected], WWW.SYRENAFILMS.COM world sales APPLE FILM PRODUCTION, BAGATELA 10/12, 00-585 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 84 40-43, FAX +48 22 851 84 44, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.APPLEFILM.PL

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 0 min. POLAND / SLOVAKIA / CZECH REPUBLIC / HUNGARy 2009

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Based on authentic documentation from the 18th century, this is the story of Juraj Janosik – a young Slovakian thug, whose short and dramatic life inspired later generations; over time he has come to symbolize a free man who fights against social injustice.

Born in 1972. Director and storyboard artist. Studied at the Art High School (Paris) and the Institute St Luc (Brussels). Her feature debut Bark! was nominated for best feature of 2001 at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at many other film festivals in Poland and abroad. 9 Filmography (as director):

2002: Bark!; 2005: Pitbull (TV mini-series, codirector); 2007: Ekipa (TV mini-series, co-director); 2008: The Offsiders (Boisko bezdomnych); 2009: Janosik. The True Story (Janosik. Prawdziwa historia)

Agnieszka Holland Director and screenwriter (including scripts for films by Andrzej Wajda). Works in Poland, France, Germany and the United States. Also directs for the theatre. Winner of awards at film festivals in Cannes, Gdynia, and Viareggio. 9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1978: Provincial Actors (Aktorzy prowincjonalni); 1980: Fever (Gorączka); 1981: A Lonely Woman (TV, Kobieta samotna); 1990: Europa Europa; 1991: Olivier, Olivier; 1993: The Secret Garden; 1997: Washington Square; 1999: The Third Miracle (Trzeci cud); 2001: Golden Dreams (short); 2005: Copying Beethoven; 2009: Janosik. The True Story (Janosik. Prawdziwa historia)

photo by Marcin Makowski / fabrykaobrazu.pl

photo by Marcin Makowski / fabrykaobrazu.pl

feature films

Janosik. Prawdziwa historia

Jeż Jerzy: The Movie (working title) Jeż Jerzy feature films

computer animation combining cutout animation with 3-D

Wojtek Wawszczyk directed by WOJTEK WAWSZCZYK, KUBA TARKOWSKI, TOMEK LEśNIAK written by RAFAł SKARżYCKI, BASED ON THE COMIC SERIES BY RAFAł SKARżYCKI AND TOMEK LEśNIAK visual artists TOMEK NOWIK (ANIMATION), KAMIL “KURT” KOCHAńSKI (ILLUSTRATOR, STORYBOARD ARTIST), OLAF CISZAK (ILLUSTRATOR, STORYBOARD ARTIST), MARIUSZ ARCZEWSKI (ILLUSTRATOR, STORYBOARD ARTIST) in cooperation with JANUSZ ORDON, WOJTEK JAKUBOWSKI, ANKA BłASZCZYK voices BORYS SZYC (JEż JERZY), MARIA PESZEK (YOLA), SOKół (STEFAN), MICHAł KOTERSKI (ZENEK), WOJTEK WAWSZCZYK (CLONE), MARCIN HYCNAR (KRZYś), MACIEJ MALEńCZUK (LILKA), KRYSTYNA TKACZ (STEFAN’S MOTHER), GRZEGORZ PAWLAK (SCIENTIST), JAROSłAW BOBEREK (ASSISTANT), LESZEK TELESZYńSKI (POLITICIAN) produced by PAISA FILMS, BOKSERSKA 1, 02-682 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 853 17 10-13, FAX +48 22 853 17 14, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PAISAFILMS.PL HTTP://JEZJERZY.BLOGSPOT.COM co-financed by THE THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE

DVD / mm, HD, colour, 90 min. POLAND 2010

A comedy about a hedgehog (Polish: jeż) named Jerzy. He lives like a human, struggling against the stupidity, fanaticism, bigotry, and hipocrisy that surround him. Jerzy’s enemies include two neo-Nazis: Stefan and Zenek. They are helped by the mad Scientist and his greedy Assistant, who create the antihedgehog: the Clone. Jerzy’s enemies symbolize the mad powers that, according to the filmmakers, pose a very real threat to the world. Even though Jerzy may no longer be an example of virtue and courage, it is he that can save the world from impending doom. The film is based on one of Poland’s most popular comic series.

Born in 1977. Studied animation directing and special effect. Graduate of the łódź Film School and the Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Author of several acclaimed short films, including Headless (1999), Mouse (Mysz, 2001, Prix Ars Electronica), Splinter (Drzazga, 2008). Spent several years working for Digital Domain in Los Angeles. Worked as animator on I, Robot and Aeon Flux. Lectures at the Animation Department of the Warsaw Film School.

Kuba Tarkowski Graduate of the łódź Film School. Author of short animated films, including Autobahn (1999), and Iliada (2001). Animation artist for adverts. Winner of the Ridley Scott award for special effects. Worked at the Moving Pictures Company in London; co-operated on preparing 3-D layouts for Harry Potter IV. Currently working on his own fulllength film.

Tomek Leśniak Born in 1977. Graduate of the Graphics Department at the European Academy of Arts in Warsaw. Co-creator of the Jeż Jerzy character. Author of comic series: Tymek & Mistrz, Opowieści ku przestrodze, Euzebiusz i Cezary, and Kfiatuszki. Winner of the Grand Prize at the Comic Festival in łódź (1999) for his Jeż Jerzy comic series. Also works as graphic designer and animator.

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Michał Rogalski

Awards: directed by MICHAł ROGALSKI written by MICHAł ROGALSKI, KRZYSZTOF RAK director of photography KARINA KLESZCZEWSKA PSC music by JAN KOMAR, PIOTR ZABRODZKI production design by MAGDALENA WIDELSKA-WłADYKA costume design by MAGDALENA KOMAR make-up by AGATA WYSOCKA edited by JAROSłAW PIETRASZEK PSM sound by ADAM WILK, BARTłOMIEJ WOźNIAK production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast JAN MACHULSKI (ZYGMUNT ZUBER), MARIAN KOCINIAK (KOTEK), ANTONI PAWLICKI (MALINOWSKI), WITOLD SKARUCH (ROTOR), LECH ORDON (CZUJNY), WOJCIECH SIEMION (ALOWIEC), BARBARA KRAFFTóWNA (GOGA), ALINA JANOWSKA (COLONEL DOWGIRD), PIOTR FRONCZEWSKI (ATTORNEY SZARO), MAłGORZATA POTOCKA (DAUGHTER-IN-LAW), MAREK KALITA (SON), WOJCIECH KALARUS (COMMISSIONER MAJCHROWSKI), JANUSZ CHABIOR (MENAGO), PIOTR NOWAK (KORDIAN THE GANGSTER) produced by ZEBRA FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 54 84, FAX +48 22 845 65 88, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ZEBRAFILM.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY; WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected]; NON STOP FILM producer JULIUSZ MACHULSKI executive producer WOJCIECH DANOWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73/79, 00-718 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAX +48 22 887 17 30; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales TVP SA – INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION OFFICE, WORONICZA 17, 00-999 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Stereo, 9 min. POLAND 2009

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9 28th Festival of Film Debuts “The young and Cinema”, Koszalin 2009: Audience Award

A young man loses his job at a club owned by the local mob leader. When he tries to get his paycheck, he gets severely beaten. He goes to the police. The investigation is led by a cop who has ties with the mafia. The boy’s grandfather and head of the family learns of his grandson’s misfortune while visiting Warsaw to meet with old war buddies. Together they decide to take action in revenge.

Graduate of the Rutgers School of Journalism in Warsaw, the Journalism and Political Science Department of the University of Warsaw, and directing at the łódź Film School. Director of acclaimed documentaries, including Film życia – Paweł i Ewa, awarded at the Krakow Film Festival (2002). Directs films for the Polish edition of Animal Planet, and documentaries for TVP. Last Action is his feature debut.

photo by Kalina Alabrudzińska

photo by Mateusz Skalski

feature films

Last Action Ostatnia akcja

Janusz Morgenstern directed by JANUSZ MORGENSTERN written by JANUSZ MORGENSTERN, JANUSZ ANDERMAN, BASED ON THE SHORT STORY “CAłY CZAS” BY JANUSZ ANDERMAN director of photography ANDRZEJ RAMLAU PSC music by MICHAł LORENC production design by ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI costume design by MAGDALENA BIEDRZYCKA set decorator WIESłAWA CHOJKOWSKA make-up by JANUSZ KALEJA edited by ELżBIETA KURKOWSKA PSM sound by ANDRZEJ BOHDANOWICZ, JACEK HAMELA production manager EWA JASTRZęBSKA cast LESłAW żUREK (KAMIL), MAGDALENA CIELECKA (ACTRESS), ANNA ROMANTOWSKA (KAMIL’S MOTHER), JANUSZ GAJOS (KAMIL’S FATHER), WOJCIECH PSZONIAK (PATIENT), TAMARA ARCIUCH (DOCTOR), BORYS SZYC (MARECZEK), EDYTA OLSZóWKA (ESSAYIST), SYLWIA OKSIUTA (STUDENT), JULIA KAMIńSKA (POET), OLAF LUBASZENKO (CIVILIAN), WłADYSłAW KOWALSKI (JOURNALIST), KRZYSZTOF KOWALEWSKI, ZOFIA CZERWIńSKA, KRZYSZTOF KOLBERGER, ANDRZEJ ZABORSKI, DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI, WIKTOR ZBOROWSKI, WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI, GRZEGORZ WOJDON produced by PERSPEKTYWA FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 54 94, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOPERSPEKTYWA.PL co-produced by VISION FILM; WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 35, E-MAIL [email protected] producer JANUSZ MORGENSTERN executive producer DOROTA OSTROWSKA-ORLIńSKA co-producers WłODZIMIERZ OTULAK, WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution VISION FILM, RYDYGIERA 7, 07-793 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 839 60 09, +48 22 839 07 53, FAX +48 22 839 13 67, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.VISION.PL world sales VISION FILM

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 09 min. POLAND 2009

1980. Kamil, a student of Polish studies, publishes an experimental poem in a prestigious periodical. Drunk on success, he pays no attention to what is going on around him. And what is going on is the “Solidarity” revolution; unfolding events force everyone to take sides. But Kamil can’t do it... He loses his inspiration and doesn’t do well in school, either. Trying to avoid being drafted into the army, he gets himself into a psychiatric hospital for observation. While he’s there, he gets his hands on the manuscript of an excellent novel, left behind by a roommate who committed suicide. No one except Kamil even knows that this novel exists...

Born in 1922. Film and theatre director, producer. Co-creator of the Polish Film School. Received many awards for his artistic merits. Also directs documentaries, TV series and TV theatre plays. Artistic director of PERSPEKTYWA since 1978.

photo by Krzysztof Wellman

photo by Krzysztof Wellman

feature films

The Lesser of Two Evils Mniejsze zło

9 Filmography (selected works):

1960: Good Bye, Till Tomorrow (Do widzenia, do jutra); 1962: Opening Tomorrow (Jutro premiera); 1963: Adam’s Two Ribs (Dwa żebra Adama); 1964: Back to Life Again (życie raz jeszcze); 1965: And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastąpi cisza); 1967: Jovita (Jowita); 1972: To Kill This Love (Trzeba zabić tę miłość); 1980: Smaller Sky (Mniejsze niebo); 1986: The Legend of the White Horse (co-director); 2000: Yellow Scarf [in:] Polish Holidays (żółty szalik [w:] święta polskie, TV): 2009: The Lesser of Two Evils (Mniejsze zło) New Polish Films 2010



Jan Kidawa-Błoński directed by JAN KIDAWA-BłOńSKI written by MACIEJ KARPIńSKI, JAN KIDAWA-BłOńSKI director of photography PIOTR WOJTOWICZ PSC music by MICHAł LORENC production design by JOANNA BIAłOUSZ set decorator JOANNA BIAłOUSZ, ZDZISłAW KOBYLIńSKI costume design by EWA KRAUZE makeup by JANINA DYBOWSKA-PERSON, ANNA ADAMEK choreography by DOROTA FURMAN edited by CEZARY GRZESIUK sound by WIESłAW ZNYK, JOANNA NAPIERALSKA production manager PAWEł MANTORSKI cast ANDRZEJ SEWERYN (ADAM WARCZEWSKI), MAGDA BOCZARSKA (KAMILA “LITTLE ROSE” SAKOWICZ ), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (ROMAN ROżEK), JAN FRYCZ (COLONEL WASIAK), GRAżYNA SZAPOłOWSKA (ROMA), JACEK BRACIAK (SECRET SERVICE AGENT), IZABELLA OLSZEWSKA (ADAM’S MOTHER), KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ (LITERARY SCHOLAR), JERZY KAMAS (PEN CLUB PRESIDENT), WłADYSłAW KOWALSKI (ACTOR), ALEKSANDER BEDNARZ (UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW VICE-CHANCELLOR), ANDRZEJ BLUMENFELD (MALKIEWICZ), STEFAN BURCZYK (OLD WRITER), PAWEł MOSSAKOWSKI (PH.D. CANDIDATE), PAWEł NOWISZ (WłADYSłAW GOMUłKA) produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, FAX +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MONOLITH FILMS; TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA SA producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producers MARIUSZ łUKOMSKI, DOMINIQUE LESAGE, MAGDALENA KUBICKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, +48 22 851 11 01, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MONOLITH FILMS

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND 2010

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A film inspired by the true story. Poland, 1968. The year of student protests and antiSemitic campaigns. A well-known writer and dissident marries a beautiful younger woman. He has no idea that his wife has long been seeing another man, with whom she shares not only a great passion, but also a dangerous intrigue...

Born in 1953. Director, screenwriter, film producer. Graduate of the łódź Film School. Winner of many festival awards. CEO of Gambit Production – a production house for feature films, documentaries, adverts and television programmes. 9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1984: Three Feet Above the Ground (Trzy stopy nad ziemią); 1988: Men’s Business (Męskie sprawy); 1992: Diary in a Marble (Pamiętnik znaleziony w garbie); 1996: Virus (Wirus); 2005: Destined for Blues (Skazany na bluesa); 2010: Little Rose (Różyczka)

photo by Krzysztof Wellman

photo by Krzysztof Wellman

feature films

Little Rose Różyczka

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feature films

Love&Dance Kochaj i tańcz

MIKO (HANIA), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (WOJTEK), WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI (SłAWEK), RAFAł KRóLIKOWSKI (REMIGIUSZ), KATARZYNA HERMAN (MONIKA), JACEK KOMAN (JAN KETTLER), KATARZYNA FIGURA (BASIA), KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ (KRZYSZTOF), MARIUSZ SłUPIńSKI (TOMEK), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (KASIA), JAKUB WESOłOWSKI (PLATON), WOJCIECH SOLARZ (KUBA), PAWEł TOMASZEWSKI (MARCIN), ANNA BOSAK (SYLWIA), MACIEJ KOZłOWSKI (TAXI DRIVER), OLIWIER JANIAK (HOST) produced by TVN, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 856 60 60, FAX +48 22 856 66 66, +48 22 856 67 66, FAX +48 22 856 67 92, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.TVN.PL executive producers DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI, IZABELA łOPUCH producers ANETA CEBULA-HICKINBOTHAM, DARIUSZ GąSIOROWSKI, IZABELA łOPUCH co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAX +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales ITI CINEMA

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital ., 8 min. POLAND 2009

9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Amber Lions for the film with highest cinema admissions between September 2008 and September 2009.

Hania is an aspiring journalist and a down-to-earth young woman. She meets Wojtek, a street dancer who dreams of a Broadway career. He helps her realize that by striving for stability she can miss out on something important. A passionate dance will bring out all their secrets and longhidden desires... A story of how one must follow the heart in order to find happiness.

Director, screenwriter, painter, storyboard artist, comic strip creator. Born in 1961 in Switzerland. Has lived in Iran, Lebanon, the United States, Greece, Switzerland, France, and Norway. Graduate of (and today lecturer at) the Commercial Art School of Westerdahls in Oslo, Norway. Artistic director of FCB Publics and McCann Ericsson. Producer and director of advert films, music videos and short films. Winner of several awards for short films and ads. Love&Dance is his full-length feature debut.

New Polish Films 2010

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Bruce Parramore

Awards: directed by BRUCE PARRAMORE written by MACIEJ KOWALEWSKI director of photography BARTOSZ PROKOPOWICZ PSC music by łUKASZ TARGOSZ choreography by JAROSłAW STANIEK production design by KATARZYNA BOCZEK costume design by AGATA CULAK, JULITA KIRYLUK edited by MARCIN “KOT” BASTKOWSKI PSM sound by MONIKA KRZANOWSKA production MANAGER łUKASZ ROGALSKI cast IZABELLA



Krzysztof Lang directed by KRZYSZTOF LANG written by ANITA NAWROCKA, PAWEł TRZEśNIOWSKI director of photography MICHAł ENGLERT music by STANISłAW SYREWICZ production design by ARKADIUSZ KOśMIDER costume design by ANNA MęCZYńSKA, KATARZYNA GAJEWSKA edited by RAFAł LISTOPAD PSM sound by PIOTR DOMARADZKI production manager TERESA PASZKIEWICZ cast KAROLINA GORCZYCA (JULIA), MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (KACPER), URSZULA GRABOWSKA (MARLENA), BARBARA BRYLSKA (MARTA), TOMASZ KAROLAK (KRUPNICKI), ANNA GUZIK (BARBARA), IZA KUNA (ILONA), MAłGORZATA PRITULAK (MOTHER), MAREK LITEWKA (FATHER), ENRIQUE ALCIDES (ANTONIO), OLGA FRYCZ (WERONIKA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (ZUZA), MARTA DąBROWSKA (SABINA) produced by MEDIA PLUS AGENCY, NARBUTTA 40/1, 02-541 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MEDIAPLUS.PL co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; KINO śWIAT; WFDIF (WARSAW); ACTIVUM FIRMA DORADCZOINWESTYCYJNA producers LESZEK ANDRZEJ WYSZYńSKI, CEZARY KRUK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-04, FAX +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales OPEN

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 9 min. POLAND 2009



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Modern day romantic comedy set in the world of Warsaw fashion and fashion magazines. A beautiful small-town girl succeeds in the world of fashion and finds love.

Born in 1950. Director. Graduate of chemistry at the University of Warsaw and of the Radio and Television Department at the University of Silesia. Directed many popular TV series. 9 Filmography (selected works):

1984: Draw (Remis, TV); 1991: Paper Marriage (Papierowe małżeństwo); 1995: Provocateur (Prowokator); 2000: Quiet Zone (Strefa ciszy); 2009: Love on the Catwalk (Miłość na wybiegu)

photo by Robert Pałka

photo by Robert Pałka

feature films

Love on the Catwalk Miłość na wybiegu

photo by Artur Sienicki

feature films

The Lullaby Kołysanka

Juliusz Machulski written & directed by JULIUSZ MACHULSKI director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC production design by WOJCIECH żOGAłA costume design by EWA MACHULSKA production managers ANDRZEJ STEMPOWSKI, łUKASZ ROGALSKI cast ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (MICHAł), KRZYSZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (ROMAN), MAłGORZATA BUCZKOWSKA (BOżENA), ILONA OSTROWSKA (DIRECTOR), KRZYSZTOF STELMASZYK (CHIEF), KATARZYNA KWIATKOWSKA (LISOWSKA), EWA ZIęTEK (KATARZYNA), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (NOWAK), JACEK KOMAN (POSTMAN), ANTONI PAWLICKI (ALTAR BOY), JANUSZ CHABIOR (GRANDPA) produced by FILM STUDIO ZEBRA, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 54 84, FAX +48 22 845 65 88, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.ZEBRAFILM.PL producer JULIUSZ MACHULSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected]; [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MONOLITH FILMS

 mm, colour, Dolby Stereo, 00 min. POLAND 2010

Residents and visitors of a picturesque village start disappearing in mysterious circumstances. Two cops lead an investigation. But the trails are leading them nowhere, meanwhile innocent victims keep disappearing into thin air...

Born in 1955. Director, screenwriter, producer. Graduate of film directing at the łódź Film School. Studied at Cal-Arts in California. Lectured in film directing at Hunter College in New York. Winner of dozens of festival awards. Creator of many acclaimed Polish comedies. Co-creator and artistic director of Studio Filmowe ZEBRA. 9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1981: Va Banque (Vabank); 1983: Sexmission (Seksmisja); 1985: Va Banque II (Vabank II, czyli riposta); 1987: King Size (Kingsajz); 1989: Déja vu; 1991: V.I.P.; 1992: Squadron (Szwadron); 1995: Girl Guide; 1997: Kiler; 1999: 2 Kilers (Kilerów 2-óch); 2001: Money Is Not Everything (Pieniądze to nie wszystko); 2002: Superproduction (Superprodukcja); 2004: Vinci; 2008: How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? (Ile waży koń trojański?); 2010: The Lullaby (Kołysanka)

New Polish Films 2010



Maciej Wojtyszko directed by MACIEJ WOJTYSZKO written by ANETA WRóBEL-WOJTYSZKO, ADAM WOJTYSZKO director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI PSC music by ZYGMUNT KONIECZNY production design by MAłGORZATA GRABOWSKA-KOZERA costume design by ELżBIETA RADKE edited by EWA SMAL PSM sound by ALEKSANDER MUSIAłOWSKI, ADAM WILK production manager TADEUSZ DREWNO cast ADAM WORONOWICZ (JANEK REMBOWSKI), PIOTR ADAMCZYK (LESZEK REMBOWSKI), PATRICIA KAZADI (MO), DOROTA LANDOWSKA (DIRECTOR’S WIFE), MARIUSZ BONASZEWSKI (BORYS), TOMASZ MIęDZIK (DUJNIK), MATYLDA BACZYńSKA (NIKOLA), ARKADIUSZ SMOLEńSKI (SZOSTAK) produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, FAX +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by KADR FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 49 23, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KADR.COM.PL producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producers PIOTR ADAMCZYK, MACIEJ WOJTYSZKO, ADAM WORONOWICZ co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01, FAX +48 22 840 68 06, WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales KINO śWIAT

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 00 min. POLAND 2010

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Brothers Leszek and Janek return to their home village to attend the funeral of their father, whom they hadn’t seen in years. When they learn that he left the house and land to a certain foundation, their anger and irritation escalate. Then they find a car in the barn; a Warszawa M20 – the car owned by Karol Wojtyła (later pope John Paul II) when he was still a bishop in Poland...

Born in 1946. Theatre and film director, screenwriter, playwright. Studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. Graduate of film directing at the łódź Film School (class of 1973). Author of children’s books, some of which were later made into animated television series. Lecturer at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw, former dean of its Directing Department. His feature Louise’s Garden (Ogród Luizy) won awards at film festivals in Gdynia and Moscow. Created and co-created a number of television series. Won a number of awards for creative achievement in theatre directing. 9 Filmography (feature films):

1983: Synthesis (Synteza); Święto księżyca (TV); 1985: Angel of Fire (Ognisty anioł); 2007: Louise’s Garden (Ogród Luizy); 2010: M20

photo by Maciej Skorupa

photo by Maciej Skorupa

feature films

M20 (working title) M20 (Polish working title)

Przemysław Wojcieszek written & directed by PRZEMYSłAW WOJCIESZEK with artistic support from KATARZYNA MAJEWSKA director of photography JOLA DYLEWSKA PSC music by KUBA KAPSA production design by NATALIA KABANOW animation by KRZYSZTOF OSTROWSKI costume design by JOANNA PITURA edited by DANIEL ZIOłA sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI production managers DOMINIK CZEPUłKOWSKI, MAłGORZATA ABRACHAMOWICZ cast PIOTR WAWER JR. (BOGUś), JANUSZ CHABIOR (WIKTOR), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (FATHER EDMUND), MAGDALENA KUTA (TERESA), MARTA POWAłOWSKA (MONIKA), GRZEGORZ SOWA (EMIL), WIESłAW CICHY (FAZI), MICHAł MAJNICZ (TOMASZEK), DARIUSZ MAJ (GRZEś), ERYK LUBOS (ZENEK), HALINA RASIAKóWNA (MARIANNA) produced by GRUPPA RAFAł WIDAJEWICZ, KAMPINOSKA 11, 53-133 WROCłAW, PHONE +48 71 793 58 59, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.GRUPPA.PL executive production GRUPPA RAFAł WIDAJEWICZ co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer RAFAł WIDAJEWICZ distribution AP MAÑANA, PHONE/FAX +48 22 851 10 97, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales GRUPPA RAFAł WIDAJEWICZ, KAMPINOSKA 11, 53-133 WROCłAW, PHONE +48 71 793 58 59, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.GRUPPA.PL

The story of young rebel and former altar boy Boguś. He tattoos the words “fuck off” on his forehead, then heads off, metal rod in hand, to lead a revolution around his block.

Born in 1974. Director and screenwriter. Winner of numerous awards at Polish and international film festivals. Winner of the Polityka magazine award (Paszport “Polityki”) in 2006. 9 Feature Filmography:

1999: Kill Them All (Zabij ich wszystkich); 2001: Louder Than Bombs (Głośniej od bomb); 2004: Down the Colourful Hill (W dół kolorowym wzgórzem); 2005: The Perfect Afternoon (Doskonałe popołudnie); 2010: Made in Poland

photo by Grzegorz Spała / Agencja Fotograficzna FLESZ

photo by Grzegorz Spała / Agencja Fotograficzna FLESZ

feature films

Made in Poland Made in Poland

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 78 min. POLAND 2010

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photo by Mariusz Trzciński

feature films

The Magic Tree Magiczne drzewo

Andrzej Maleszka

Awards: written & directed by ANDRZEJ MALESZKA director of photography MIKOłAJ łEBKOWSKI music by KRZESIMIR DęBSKI production design by ELWIRA PLUTA costume design by EWA KRAUZE make-up by DARIUSZ KRYSIAK edited by BARTOSZ KARCZYńSKI sound by BARTOSZ PUTKIEWICZ production manager MAGDA GENSLER cast AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (MOTHER), ANDRZEJ CHYRA (FATHER), HANNA śLESZYńSKA (AUNT), MAJA TOMAWSKA (TOSIA), FILIP FABIś (FILIP), ADAM SZCZEGółA (KUKI), JOANNA ZIęTARSKA (LITTLE AUNT), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (DEAF COOK), MACIEJ WIERZBICKI (MAX), ANNA GUZIK (TICKET INSPECTOR), ERYK LUBOS (MECHANIC), MICHAł PIELA (DRIVER) produced by LUNAPARK STUDIO, STANISłAWA AUGUSTA 75/47, 03-846 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 323 67 05, E-MAIL [email protected]; TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY executive producer PIOTR GIERSZEWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution FORUM FILM POLAND, WOłOSKA 12, 02-675 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 456 65 55, E-MAIL [email protected], [email protected] world sales LUNAPARK STUDIO; TELEWIZJA POLSKA

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND 2009

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9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Award for Best Production Design 9 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2009: Special Jury Prize 9 2st Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago 2009: Poltel Special Award 9 Oulu International Children’s Film Festival (Finland), 2009: CIFEJ Special Prize 9 Festivals: CineKid IFF09, Chicago Children FF09, Oulu FF09

During a severe storm a tree fell – an ordinary oak tree, one might think. But it was a magic tree. No one knew about it, so the tree was made into hundreds of items and sent to many different shops. That is when strange things began happening... One family got a red chair that can walk, fly, and make wishes come true for anyone that sits on it. A careless wish results in parents departing to work abroad, leaving their children in the care of an aunt they dislike. The kids run away and take off to see the world. That’s the beginning of a journey full of magic and adventures.

Born in 1955. Film director, screenwriter. His TV mini-series The Magic Tree won him an Emmy Award in the Children & Young People category and dozens of other awards at film festivals in Chicago, New York, Munich, Cairo and many others. 9 Filmography (selected works):

1992: Mum – nothing (Mama – nic, TV); 1993: Jakub (TV); Jacek (TV); 1995: The Machine of Changes (Maszyna zmian); 1997: Haunting (Polowanie, TV); 1998: One Hundred Minutes of Holidays (Sto minut wakacji); 2000: End of the World at the Nowaks (Koniec świata u Nowaków); 2003-06: The Magic Tree (Magiczne drzewo, TV miniseries); 2009: The Magic Tree (Magiczne drzewo)

Filip Bajon written & directed by FILIP BAJON director of photography WITOLD STOK music by MICHAł LORENC production design by ANNA WUNDERLICH costume design by MAłGORZATA BRASZKA edited by KRZYSZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by KRZYSZTOF STASIAK production manager LESZEK PIESZKO cast ANNA CIEśLAK (ANIELA), MARTA żMUDATRZEBIATOWSKA (KLARA), EDYTA OLSZóWKA (MRS. DOBRóJSKA), BORYS SZYC (ALBIN), MACIEJ STUHR (GUSTAW), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (RADOST), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI, JAN NOWICKI, MARIAN OPANIA, LECH ORDON produced by KALEJDOSKOP FILM STUDIO, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 17 79, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by ALVERNIA STUDIOS, KINO śWIAT producer ZBIGNIEW DOMAGALSKI co-producers MAREK GABRYJELSKI, KRZYSZTOF TALCZEWSKI, ANNA RóżALSKA, TOMASZ KARCZEWSKI, MARCIN PIASECKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-05 world sales KALEJDOSKOP FILM STUDIO

 mm, colour, Dolby Digital POLAND 2010

The early 19th century comedic play by Aleksander Fredro, still popular in Polish theatres, brought to the big screen. Aniela and Klara’s parents are arranging their marriages. Aniela, daughter of Mrs. Dobrójska, is to wed Gustaw – carouser and nephew of Radost. The more independent Klara is supposed to marry Dobrójska’s neighbour, Albin. The girls decide to torment their suitors by showing complete indifference. They vow to never get married. But an intrigue thought up by the two enamoured young men brings everything to a happy end. The film also has some modern motifs that reveal the chemistry between the lead actors.

Born in 1947. Film and theatre director, screenwriter, novelist. Graduated law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and directing at the łódź Film School. Author of novels, short stories, and film scripts. Winner of numerous awards. Dean of the Directing Department at the łódź Film School since 2008.

photo by Grzegorz Spała

photo by Grzegorz Spała

feature films

Maiden Vows Śluby panieńskie

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1977: Rekord świata; 1979: Aria for an Athlete (Aria dla atlety); 1980: Inspection of the Crime Scene 1901 (Wizja lokalna 1901); 1981: Daimler-Benz Limousine (Limuzyna Daimler-Benz); Shilly-Shally (Wahadełko); 1986: The Magnate (Magnat); 1989: The Ball at the Koluszki Junction (Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach); 1993: Better to Be Pretty and Rich (Lepiej być piękną i bogatą); 1996: Poznań 56; 2001: The Spring to Come (Przedwiośnie); 2005: Petrol [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (Benzyna [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2006: The Foundation (Fundacja); 2010: Maiden Vows (śluby panieńskie)

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Awards: written & directed by KATARZYNA ROSłANIEC director of photography WITOLD STOK music by KRZYSZTOF KOZłOWSKI, MARCIN MATUSZEWSKI (DUżE PE)

production design by MARIAN ZAWALIńSKI set decorator BEATA KARAś costume design by MAłGORZATA OBłOZA make-up by MIROSłAWA WOJTCZAK edited by WOJCIECH MRóWCZYńSKI PSM, JAROSłAW KAMIńSKI PSM, KAMIL CZWARTOSZ sound by ANDRZEJ KAROL production manager ANNA WOJDAT cast ANNA KARCZMARCZYK (ALICJA), DAGMARA KRASOWSKA (MILENA), DOMINIKA GWIT (KAJA), MAGDALENA CIURZYńSKA (JULIA), IZA KUNA (ALICJA’S MOTHER), ARTUR BARCIś (ALICJA’S FATHER), EWA KOLASIńSKA (TEACHER), IZABELA DąBROWSKA (JULIA’S MOTHER), FRANEK PRZYBYLSKI (MICHAł), SZYMON KUśMIDER (ZBYSZEK), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (DOCTOR), ZUZANNA MADEJSKA (PAULINA), PAWEł MARCZUK (KURZEPA), EWA RąCZY (NURSE), TOMASZ ZARóD (JULIA’S FATHER), KRZYSZTOF SZEKALSKI (GYM TEACHER), MARCIN MATUSZEWSKI (PHONE SALESMAN), CEZARY KAźMIERSKI (BOY AT DANCE PARTY) produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, FAX +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by FILM STUDIO OKO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 55 81, +48 22 845 91 61; E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.SFOKO.COM.PL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-producers TADEUSZ CHMIELEWSKI, JAN WłODARCZYK distribution MONOLITH FILMS world sales MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL

 mm, Cinemascope, Dolby SR, 82 min. POLAND 2009

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9 “The young and Cinema” Debut Films Festival, Koszalin 2009: Grand Prix and award for Best Acting Debut (Anna Karczmarczyk) 9 Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Wrocław 2009: Award for Best Debut in the New Polish Cinema competition 9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Award for Best Directorial Debut 9 9th Film Festival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus 2009: Award for Best Directorial Debut (Katarzyna Rosłaniec) and Award for Best Actress (Anna Karczmarczyk) 9 Festivals: Toronto IFF09, Banghkok IFF09, Cottbus IFF09, Tallin IFF09, Oulu IFF09

Katarzyna Rosłaniec Shopping malls are full of tempting displays with fashionable clothes, expensive jewelry, and topbrand cosmetics. Milena and her friends are middle school students. They enjoy spending time at the mall. They meet rich men, who give them presents in exchange for sex... Then a new girl, Alicja, comes to their school. At first she is shy and alienated, but in time she starts to become more like her new friends.

photo by Anna Polak

photo by Anna Polak

feature films

Mall Girls Galerianki

Born in 1980. Graduate of economics at the University of Gdańsk, film directing at the Warsaw Film School, and the Feature Course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Took part in the Polish Filmmakers Association Script Lab. Mall Girls is her full-length feature directorial debut.

Mała matura 97 (working title)

Janusz Majewski written & directed by JANUSZ MAJEWSKI director of photography ADAM BAJERSKI PSC production design by ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI costume design by ELżBIETA RADKE make-up by TOMASZ MATRASZEK edited by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by KRZYSZTOF JASTRZąB production manager TADEUSZ DREWNO cast ADAM WRóBLEWSKI (LUDWIK), MAREK KONDRAT (PROFESSOR MATOń), WOJCIECH PSZONIAK (MAJOR TRZASKA), ARTUR żMIJEWSKI (LUDWIK’S FATHER), OLGIERD łUKASZEWICZ (HIGH SCHOOL HEADMASTER), WIKTOR ZBOROWSKI (PROFESSOR SYFON), MARIAN OPANIA (PROFESSOR SZLAPKA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (ATTORNEY’S WIFE), ANTONI KRóLIKOWSKI (ROMEK), AGNIESZKA MICHALSKA (LUDWIK’S MOTHER), MARTA KLUBOWICZ (LUDWIK’S AUNT), DANUTA SZAFLARSKA (OLD LADY), DOROTA SEGDA (HISTORY TEACHER), GRZEGORZ WARCHOł (JANITOR), KRZYSZTOF JANCZAR, PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ, łUKASZ KONOPKA, ARKADIUSZ DETMER, TOMASZ DEDEK, ADAM FERENCY, PIOTR GRABOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF DRACZ, JANUSZ RAFAł NOWICKI produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, FAX +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by KRAKOW FESTIVAL OFFICE, OLSZAńSKA 7, 31-513 KRAKOW, PHONE +48 12 424 96 50, WWW.BIUROFESTIWALOWE.PL producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales TBC

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital POLAND 2010

The story of Ludwik; growing up during the Second World War and following years. A battle for his soul ensues between biology and politics, nature and customs, the need for freedom and the oppression of Communism.

Born in 1931. Graduate of architecture at the Krakow University of Technology and directing at the łódź Film School. Director and screenwriter; lecturer in film art. Creator of television films and television theatre plays. Winner of numerous awards at film festivals, including Mannheim, Cork, Panama, and Sitges.

photo by Marcin Makowski

photo by Marcin Makowski

feature films

English title tbc

Feature Filmography (selected works):

1966: The Lodger (Sublokator); 1969: The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię); The Bear (Lokis. Rękopis profesora Wittembacha); 1973: Jealousy and Medicine (Zazdrość i medycyna); 1975: Hotel Pacific (Zaklęte rewiry); 1977: The Gorgon Case (Sprawa Gorgonowej); 1979: Lesson of a Dead Language (Lekcja martwego języka); 1982: An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill (Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłówny); 1982: Salty Rose (Słona róża); 1985: The Deserters (C.K. Dezerterzy); 1989: The Black Gorge (Czarny wąwóz); 1998: Deserters’ Gold (Złoto dezerterów); 2005: After the Season (Po sezonie); 2010: Mała matura 1947 New Polish Films 2010

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photo by Lech Majewski

feature films

The Mill and the Cross Młyn i krzyż

Lech Majewski directed by LECH MAJEWSKI written by MICHAEL FRANCIS GIBSON, LECH MAJEWSKI director of photography LECH MAJEWSKI, ADAM SIKORA production design by KATARZYNA SOBAńSKA costume design by DOROTA ROQUEPLO make-up by DARIUSZ KRYSIAK edited by ELIOT EMS, NORBERT RUDZIK sound by LECH MAJEWSKI, ZBIGNIEW MALECKI production managers GOSIA DOMIN, PIOTR LEDWIG cast RUTGER HAUER (PETER BRUEGEL), MICHAEL YORK (JONGHELINCK), CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (MARIA), JOANNA LITWIN (BRUEGEL’S WIFE MARIJKEN), DOROTA LIS (SASKIA JONGHELINCK), EMILIA CZARTORYSKA (MARIA BETANIA) produced by ANGELUS SILESIUS, KORFANTEGO 66/8, 40-160 KATOWICE, PHONE +48 502 025 106, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY; SILESIA-FILM; ARKANA STUDIO; SUPRA FILM; ODEON FILM STUDIO; 24MEDIA; BOKOMOTIV; PIRAMIDA FILM; MASTERSHOT STUDIO producer LECH MAJEWSKI co-producers DOROTA ROSZKOWSKA, FREDDY OLSSON co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution TBC

 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND / SWEDEN 2010

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A modern interpretation of the well-known painting by Pieter Bruegel entitled The Procession to Calvary. The film is set in Spanishoccupied Flanders in 1564, when Bruegel was working on his masterpiece. We follow a dozen of the hundreds of characters portrayed in the painting. Christ’s suffering is intertwined with the suffering of Flanders under Spanish political and religious oppression. The passion theme is placed in a specific historical context.

Born in 1953. Film, theatre and opera director, poet, novelist, painter. Graduate of the łódź Film School. Member of the Directors Guild of America and the European Film Academy. Winner of film awards at many international film festivals. Lecturer at the Rutger Hauer Filmfactory in Rotterdam. 9 Filmography as Director (selected works):

1980: The Knight (Rycerz); 1986: Flight of the Spruce Goose (Lot świerkowej gęsi); 1988: Prisoner of Rio (Więzień Rio); 1992: The Gospel According To Harry (Ewangelia według Harry’ego); 1996: The Roe’s Room (Pokój saren); 1999: Wojaczek; 2000: Angelus; 2004: The Garden of Earthly Delights (Ogród rozkoszy ziemskich); 2007: Glass Lips (Szklane usta); 2010: The Mill and the Cross (Młyn i krzyż)

Million Dollars (working title)

Janusz Kondratiuk directed by JANUSZ KONDRATIUK written by JANUSZ KONDRATIUK, DOMINIK W. RETTINGER director of photography PIOTR LENAR music by LESZEK MOżDżER production design by MAREK ZAWIERUCHA costume design by KATARZYNA MORAWSKA make-up by IWONA KARPIńSKA, ANNA DOWHAń edited by MARCIN “KOT” BASTKOWSKI PSM sound by WIESłAW ZNYK production manager MAREK BąCZYK cast KINGA PREIS (BOżENKA), TOMASZ KAROLAK (STASINEK, BOżENKA’S HUSBAND), JAKUB GIERSZAł (PAWEłEK), JOANNA KULIG (ZUZANNA), HANNA KONAROWSKA (MATYLDA), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (TOMUś), RAFAł MOHR (WALDUś), BARBARA KRAFFTóWNA (HANNA WALCZAK), JOANNA BARTEL (SENIOR CITIZEN’S CLUB MANAGER), KRZYSZTOF MATERNA (BANK MANAGER), BOHDAN łAZUKA (LAME MAN), JIRI POMEJE (AREK), JOANNA KUROWSKA (BANK BRANCH MANAGER) produced by PROFILM FILM AGENCY, AL. NIEPODLEGłOśCI 809A, 81-810 SOPOT, PHONE +48 58 524 73 72, FAX +48 58 524 73 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MILIONDOLAROW.COM.PL co-financed by THE THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world SALES PROFILM FILM AGENCY

Red One K, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 0 min. POLAND 2010

Bożenka works as a clerk at a major bank. She believes that in order to really live, you have to buy, buy, buy. But there’s never enough money! Another reason for Bożenka’s frustration is her husband Stasinek, who should be “a passionate lover of the world’s most beautiful woman”, but is in fact just your average lazy loser. One day she gets the opportunity of a lifetime. As fate would have it, Bożenka’s neighbour, an elderly lady who lives alone, inherits a million dollars, and dies right afterwards. Bożena and Stasinek can almost taste the millionaire’s life... A comedy drama about the small things in life, the big money, and the many absurdities of today’s world.

Born in 1943. Graduate of film directing at the łódź Film School. Directed many television films and several series. His features The Voice (Głos, TV), and The Golden Fleece (Złote runo) received awards at film festivals.

photo by Maciej Dyczkowski

photo by Maciej Dyczkowski

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Milion dolarów (Polish working title)

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1974: Heads Full of Stars (Głowy pełne gwiazd); 1982: The Claquer (Klakier); 1996: The Golden Fleece (Złote runo); 2010: Million Dollars (Milion dolarów)

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Miracle Seller Handlarz cudów

SOFIA MIETIELICA (URIKA), ROMAN GOLCZUK (HASIM), JOANNA SZCZEPKOWSKA (DOCTOR JAWORSKA), MARIUSZ BENOIT (ZBYSZEK), PIOTR BOROWSKI (CZARNY) produced by FABRYKA SPółKA REALIZATORóW FILMOWYCH I TELEWIZYJNYCH, NOWOLIPIE 16/57, 01-005 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 838 22 33, +48 603 59 80 25, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MIRACLESELLER.COM WWW.HANDLARZCUDOW.PL WWW.FABRYKA.INFO executive production FABRYKA; DONTEN & LACROIX FILMS (FRANCE) co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY; PERFORMANCE MARKETING GROUP SA; REPUBLIKEN AB; FILM I VäST (SWEDEN) co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers JAROSłAW SZODA, BOLESłAW PAWICA co-producers FREDRIK ZANDER, THOMAS ESKILSSON, SłAWOMIR JóźWIK distribution TBC world sales OPEN

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9 Festivals: Pusan IFF09, Palm Springs IFF0

The story of a friendship between two siblings, Urika and Hasim, teenaged illegal refugees from the Caucasus; and Stefan, a recovering alcoholic from a town in eastern Poland. By mere coincidence, the three of them will embark on a dramatic journey together, from Poland’s eastern border to France. The kids hope to find their father, who lives in France. Stefan is on a pilgrimage of thanks to Lourdes.

Born in 1961. Director, graduate of the łódź Film School. Author of documentaries, TV theatre plays and musical films. Director and producer of television shows and acclaimed music videos. Miracle Seller is his full-length feature debut.

Jarosław Szoda Born in 1962. Cinematographer, producer, director. Graduate of the łódź Film School. Director of photography in many feature and documentary films, TV theatre plays, and music videos. With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rękami, 1986) by Mitko Panov, with photography by Szoda, received the Golden Palm in Cannes. Winner of the award for Best Photography for All That Really Matters (Wszystko co najważniejsze) by Robert Gliński. Graduate of the EAVE programme for film producers (2004), today he serves as the Polish representative for EAVE. Miracle Seller is his directorial debut.

photo by Jakub Pajewski

Bolesław Pawica directed by BOLESłAW PAWICA, JAROSłAW SZODA written by MITKO PANOV, BASED ON THE WORKS OF GRZEGORZ łOSZEWSKI director of photography JAROSłAW SZODA PSC music by ADAM NORDEN, IRIS KJAERNESTED production design by JOANNA KACZYńSKA costume design by ANNA ENGLERT make-up by NATALIA KRóL edited by KRZYSZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by MATEUSZ ADAMCZYK production manager ANNA WINNICKA cast BORYS SZYC (STEFAN),

Mother Theresa of Cats

Paweł Sala written & directed by PAWEł SALA director of photography MIKOłAJ łEBKOWSKI music by MARCIN KRZYżANOWSKI production design by KATARZYNA JARNUSZKIEWICZ costume design by MONIKA JAGODZIńSKA make-up by ANNA DąBROWSKA edited by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by WACłAW PILKOWSKI production manager MAJA ZUPOK cast EWA SKIBIńSKA (TERESA), MARIUSZ BONASZEWSKI (HUBERT), MATEUSZ KOśCIUKIEWICZ (ARTUR), FILIP GARBACZ (MARCIN), EWA SZYKULSKA (KRYSTYNA) produced by ROZWóJ FILM STUDIO, WOLUMEN 14 A / 12, 01-912 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 865 41 52, FAX +48 22 865 41 53, +48 609 60 55 55, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by DELORD executive production DELORD, NIEDźWIEDZIA 4C, 02-737 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 847 20 50, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.DELORD.PL; SYRENA FILMS producer SłAWOMIR ROGOWSKI executive producer ADAM SOKOłOWSKI PHONE +48 602 317 955, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SYRENA-FILM.COM world sales OPEN

A story inspired by real events. Two brothers brutally murder their cat-loving mother. This heinous crime serves as a pretext for pondering on the condition of the family in Poland. How is it possible that an average and seemingly normal family can suddenly be deprived of their chance for a normal life...

Playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. Author of drama pieces played in the theatre and in TV theatre. Co-founder of the G8 drama ensemble. Two-time finalist of the Polish edition of Hartley-Merrill. Author of several documentary films. Mother Theresa of Cats is his feature debut.

photo by Delord

photo by Delord

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Matka Teresa od kotów

HD /  mm, colour, 90 min. POLAND 2010

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Ami Drozd written & directed by AMI DROZD director of photography ADAM SIKORA production design by KASIA SOBAńSKA, MARCEL SłAWIńSKI, TOMER OSHRAT costume design by MAGDALENA BIEDRZYCKA, YAM BRUSILOVSKY edited by AMI DROZD, HAIM TABAKMAN sound by KRZYSZTOF JASTRZąB, OLEG KEIZERMAN production managers ZOFIA WIECZOREK, MICHAEL ROZENBAUM cast ALEKSANDRA POPłAWSKA (HALINA), łUKASZ SIKORA (ANDRZEJ), JAKUB WRóBLEWSKI (TADEK), MARCIN TYROL (POLICEMAN), IGOR OBłOZA (STASZEK) produced by TRANSFAX FILM PRODUCTION; APPLE FILM PRODUCTION, BAGATELA 10/12, 00-585 WARSAW, PHONE 48 22 851 84 40-43, FAX +48 22 851 84 44, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.APPLEFILM.PL producers MAREK ROZENBAUM (TRANSFAX FILM PRODUCTION), DARIUSZ JABłOńSKI, VIOLETTA KAMIńSKA, IZABELA WóJCIK (APPLE FILM PRODUCTION) co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE produced with the support of CINEMA PROJECT, A JOINT PROJECT OF THE RABINOVICH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & THE RECANATI FOUNDATION distribution & world sales OPEN

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Poland, soon after the Second World War. Brothers Tadek and Andrzej are being raised without a father. Their mother, busy supporting her family, does not notice when her sons join an anti-Jewish group. She realizes what’s happening when one of her boys get injured in a fight. She then decides to move her family to... Australia. After they depart, it is revealed that their new home will in fact be in Israel.

Born in 1953 in Poland. Emigrated to Israel in 1964. Graduated from Saddle Back College in Los Angeles. Worked as director and editor for the Israel Television Network from 1980 to 1995. Wrote and directed over 30 documentary films and television programmes. His films were shown in Israel and abroad (on BBC, ABC, Sky, and Channel 4). Worked as assistant director on Andrzej Wajda’s Korczak. The autobiographical My Australia is his full-length feature debut.

photo by Transfax Film Production

photo by Transfax Film Production

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My Australia Moja Australia

photo by Aleksander Trafas

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My Flesh My Blood Moja krew

Marcin Wrona

Awards: directed by MARCIN WRONA written by MARCIN WRONA, GRAżYNA TRELA, MAREK PRUCHNIEWSKI director of photography PAWEł FLIS music by MARCIN MACUK production design by ANNA WUNDERLICH costume design by ALEKSANDRA STASZKO make-up by EWA DROBIEC edited by JAROSłAW KAMIńSKI PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, TOMASZ SIKORA production manager ANNA PACHNICKA cast ERYK LUBOS (IGOR), LUU DE LY (YEN HA), KRZYSZTOF KOLBERGER (DOCTOR), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (OLO), MAłGORZATA ZAJąCZKOWSKA (ULTRASOUND DOCTOR), MONIKA OBARA, JOANNA POKOJSKA, ROMA GąSIOROWSKA, MAREK PIOTROWSKI, STANISłAWA CELIńSKA, JOANNA KUROWSKA, MONIKA KWIATKOWSKA-DEJCZER, MAREK KWIATKOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF “DIABLO” WłODARCZYK produced by OPUS FILM, łąKOWA 29, 90-554 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 00, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY producers łUKASZ DZIęCIOł, PIOTR DZIęCIOł co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution HAGI FILM, BUFOROWA 4 A, 52-131 WROCłAW, PHONE +48 71 367 96 59, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.HAGI.PL world sales INSOMNIA WORLD SALES PHONE +33 1 43 58 08 04, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.INSOMNIA-SALES.COM

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital Surround EX, 90 min. POLAND 2009

9 28th “The young and Cinema” Debut Films Festival, Koszalin 2009: awards for Best Screenplay, Best Sound (Toya Studios Award), Press Award 9 Zbigniew Cybulski Award for Best Actor of the young Generation: Eryk Lubos

Professional boxer Igor gets seriously injured during a match. His career is over. Depressed and alone, he seeks solace in nightlife entertainment. Eventually he starts to feel that he wants to leave a legacy. This “legacy” would be a child. But he was never any good with women... When he meets a Vietnamese girl who works at a market, he offers her Polish citizenship in exchange for having his baby.

Born in 1973. Film, television and theatre director, screenwriter. Graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University, film directing at 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 (2005). Winner of numerous awards at international film festivals for his student film Magnet Man (2001). Winner of 3rd prize in the 2007 Hartley-Merrill competition for the script of My Flesh My Blood (with Grażyna Trela; working title: Tamagotchi). Vice-president of the 1,2 Film Association. Lectures in film directing at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia in Katowice. New Polish Films 2010

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Jacek Koprowicz written & directed by JACEK KOPROWICZ director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by WłODZIMIERZ PAWLIK production design by JAGNA JANICKA costume design by KATARZYNA LEWIńSKA make-up by TOMASZ MATRASZEK edited by JAROSłAW KAMIńSKI PSM sound by MAREK WRONKO production manager JAN KACZMARSKI cast JERZY STUHR (WITKACY), MACIEJ STUHR (łAZOWSKI), EWA BłASZCZYK (CZESłAWA), OLGIERD łUKASZEWICZ (WITKIEWICZ), WOJCIECH PSZONIAK (HAIRDRESSER PINNO), ANDRZEJ CHYRA (SECRET SERVICE OFFICER), KAROLINA GRUSZKA (ZUZA), WłADYSłAW KOWALSKI (LEOPOLD), KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (CARETAKER), EWA KASPRZYK (PATTY / LOLOBRYGIDA), EWA DAłKOWSKA (JADWIGA), JERZY NOWAK (ASKENAZY), PIOTR RóżAńSKI (POET) produced by YETI FILMS, NIEMCEWICZA 7/9 APT. 135, 02-022 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 823 99 17, FAX +48 22 658 01 40, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.YETIFILMS.COM co-produced by WFDIF (WARSAW); SYRENA FILMS; PIRAMIDA FILM, HYDRA FILM, FILM FACTORY producers PIOTR MULARUK, MAGDALENA NAPIERACZ co-producers WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS, ANDRZEJ SERDIUKOW, MAREK BYSTROSZ, KRZYSZTOF BORS, JOANNA łOPUSZAńSKA, KRZYSZTOF łOPUSZAńSKI, MAREK CZPAK, MAREK ROLKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, FAX +48 22 885 41 00, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SYRENA-FILM.COM

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1968. łazowski, expelled from university just before his graduation, discovers a sensational lead. His investigation shows that the 1939 suicide of famous artist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy, was in fact a hoax. An attempt to shed new light on the mystery surrounding Witkacy’s death. A controversial tale about the life of Witkacy, who stages his own death and then hides out in the apartment of his lover Czesława Oknińska.

Born in 1947. Director and screenwriter. Graduate of film studies at the University of łódź and both cinematography and directing at the łódź Film School. 9 Feature films:

1983: Przeznaczenie; 1985: Medium; 1988: Alchemik, 1988: Alchemik Sendivius (TV mini-series); 2009: The Mystification (Mistyfikacja)

photo by Agnieszka Balicka

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The Mystification Mistyfikacja

photo by Mateusz Skalski

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Never Say Never Nigdy nie mów nigdy

Wojciech Pacyna directed by WOJCIECH PACYNA written by IWONA SIEMIENIUK, PAWEł MOSSAKOWSKI, JERZY NIEMCZUK

director of photography JEREMIASZ PROKOPOWICZ music by MARCIN MACUK production design by KATARZYNA SOBAńSKA costume design by DOROTA ROQUEPLO make-up by EWA DROBIEC edited by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound by PIOTR DOMARADZKI production manager MAGDALENA NALEPA cast ANNA DERESZOWSKA (AMA), JAN WIECZORKOWSKI (MAREK), EDYTA OLSZóWKA (EDYTA), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (RAFAł), ANNA ROMANTOWSKA (NINA), DAMIAN DAMIęCKI (MARIAN), TOMASZ SAPRYK (LEON), MARIETA żUKOWSKA (EWA), KACPER GADUłAZAWRATYńSKI (LENEK), MONIKA KRZYWKOWSKA (OBSZYńSKA), JOWITA BUDNIK (PSYCHOLOGIST), MARIA GłADKOWSKA (SHELTER MANAGER), KRZYSZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (PARKING ATTENDANT) produced by FILMCONTRACT LTD., CHEłMSKA 21/106, 00-724 WARSAW, FAX +48 22 841 65 91, PHONE +48 22 840 22 78, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMCONTRACT.PL co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA SA producers HENRYK ROMANOWSKI, DARIUSZ SIDOR co-producers DOMINIQUE LESAGE, FRANçOIS REMAEL, TOMASZ KARCZEWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-04, FAX +48 22 840 68 06, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales FILMCONTRACT LTD.

Born in 1958. Ama, Graduate of film a professional directing at VGIK headhunter, has in Moscow. a worldly Directed TV series lifestyle; she Zostać miss, Więzy travels a lots, krwi, and Samo życie. meeting Never Say Never is his feature debut. interesting people. Her corporate job has made her into an attractive woman, yet devoid of any emotions. Or at least she appears that way. When she’s not working, Ama is lonely and lost. To give her life meaning, she would like to have a baby...

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 02 min. POLAND 2009

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Nicolaus’s Star Gwiazda Kopernika

Zdzisław Kudła

Awards: 9 26th Moscow ZDZISłAW KUDłA, International ANDRZEJ ORZECHOWSKI concept design by JANUSZ Film Festival for Children STANNY music by ABEL and young KORZENIOWSKI sound by People, IRENA HUSSAR cast 2009: special (voices) PIOTR ADAMCZYK mention for (NICOLAUS “an exceptional COPERNICUS), JERZY animated STUHR (PAUL VAN DE film, full of VOLDER), ANNA CIEśLAK innovative (ANNA) produced by educational STUDIO FILMóW measures” written & directed by

RYSUNKOWYCH, CIESZYńSKA 24, 43-300 BIELSKO-BIAłA, PHONE +48 33 812 50 56, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SFR.COM.PL co-produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, FAX +48 22 841 58 91, E-MAIL [email protected]; KINO śWIAT co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01, WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL

2D/D animation, colour, 9 min. POLAND 2009

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Thanks to the Dutch astrologist Paul Van de Volder, the tenyear-old Nicolaus Copernicus, son of a merchant in Toruń, becomes interested in the stars. When Copernicus grows up and is a student at the Jagiellonian University, the quack astrologist shows up once again. A battle for Nicolaus’s soul ensues between Van de Volder and the university professors. The questions and doubts that torment the young man lead him to a discovery that will change the world. This animated tale about the life of Copernicus is an attempt at depicting the many contradictions of science in that era.

Born in 1937. Director, screenwriter and background designer of animated films. Graduate of the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts (Faculty of Painting). Has been working for Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Animated Film Studio) in Bielsko-Biała since 1963, serving as its CEO since 1993. Made a large number of animated films, including The Adventures of Bolek and Lolek, Bolek and Lolek’s Fairy Tales, Bolek and Lolek’s Games, Bolek and Lolek Take off Round the World. Winner of numerous festival awards. 9 Filmography (selected works):

1971: Bricking Up the World (Bruk); 1972: The Hum of the Forest (Szum lasu); 1973: The Cross (Krzyż); The Flower (Kwiat); 1974: The Elephant and the Baby Ostrich (Słoń i strusiątko); 1975: Impasse (Impas); 1986: Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan (Porwanie w Tiutiurlistanie, co-director); 1987: Karaluch. Blatta Orientalis; 2004:... Ergo sum; 2009: Nicolaus’s Star (Gwiazda Kopernika)

Andrzej Orzechowski Born in 1955. Director and screenwriter of animated films. Graduate of the Jagiellonian University. Has been working for Studio Filmów Rysunkowych since 1984. 9 Filmography (selected works):

1988: Little Creatures Come To Life (Animalki); 1988: The Yellow Shade of Red (żółty odcień czerwieni); 2005: Folk Story; 2009: Nicolaus’s Star (Gwiazda Kopernika)

Jacek Głomb directed by JACEK GłOMB written by JACEK KONDRACKI, ROBERT URBAńSKI director of photography JACEK PETRYCKI PSC music by BARTOSZ STRABURZYńSKI production design by MAłGORZATA BULANDA, MAREK WARSZEWSKI, MILAN BýČEK costume design by MAłGORZATA BULANDA make-up by JANUSZ KALEJA edited by JIřI BROžEK sound by JACEK HAMELA, LESZEK FREUND production managers MICHAł SZCZERBIC, JAN STRAšIK cast EVA HALUBOVA (ANDREA), JIřI MENZEL (OSKAR), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (GRążEL), MACIEJ STUHR (FLORIAN), MARTHA ISSOVA (PETRA), MONIKA ZOUBKOVA (HELENKA), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (ROMEK), JAROSLAV DUSEK (GUSTAV), BOLESLAV POLIVKA (JIřI), RUDOLF HRUSINSKY (MICHAL), JAN BUDAř (OTA), VOJTěCH DYK (PAVEL), BOGDAN GRZESZCZAK (EDEK), JOANNA GONSCHOREK (MAJOR GRążLOWA), MACIEJ NAWROCKI (JASIU), MAGDA BIEGAńSKA (LIDKA) produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by IN FILM PRAHA, E-MAIL [email protected]; IFDF ODRA FILM E-MAIL [email protected] producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS [PL] co-producer RUDOLF BIERMANN [CZ] co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; LOWER SILESIA REGIONAL AUTHORITIES distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, +48 22 851 11 01, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MONOLITH FILMS, PHONE +48 22 851 11 01, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 0 min. POLAND / CZECH REPUBLIC 2009

9 Festivals: Karlovy Vary IFF09, Festroia IFF09, Mumbai IFF09, Leeds IFF09, MannheimHeidelberg IFF09

August, 1968. The armies of the Warsaw Pact invade Czechoslovakia. Due to sluggishness of the Polish crew, their old tank “Biedroneczka” (Ladybug) gets lost after crossing the border and ends up parking in a strange place... Will the Polish troopers complete their mission, or will they fail when faced with their hostile Czech “friends” and the beauty of Czech women?

photo by Jakub Skorża

photo by Jakub Skorża

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Operation Danube Operacja Dunaj

Born in 1964. Theatre director, journalist, director of the Helena Modrzejewska Theatre in Legnica. Graduate of history at the Jagiellonian University and drama directing at the State Academy for the Dramatic Arts (PWST) in Krakow. Winner of numerous awards for his theatrical plays. Operation Danube is his film debut.

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The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend

Awards: directed by TOMASZ KONECKI written by ANDRZEJ SARAMONOWICZ director of photography TOMASZ MADEJSKI music by WOJCIECH LEMAńSKI production design by KATARZYNA FILIMONIUK costume design by DOROTA ROQUEPLO set decorator ALICJA OLAK edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM sound by WIESłAW ZNYK production manager WIESłAW łYSAKOWSKI cast MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (KOSTEK), MAGDALENA BOCZARSKA (LUNA), IZA KUNA (KLARA ROJEK), DANUTA STENKA (TERESA/MARIA), KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ (PROFESSOR KATZóWNA), TOMASZ KAROLAK (NORBERT PLESICA), BRONISłAW WROCłAWSKI (FATHER LEON), MAGDALENA RóżCZKA (KASIA), DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI (DOCTOR GEBAUER), MARIA SEWERYN (INGA WAWRAS), RAFAł RUTKOWSKI (FATHER KAJETAN), TOMASZ KOT (PORN STAR), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (SZYMON MRóWKA), ANNA GRYCEWICZ (ANNA MRóWKA), EWELINA PASZKE (MP), ADAM KRAWCZUK (SENATOR), KINGA PREIS (PLESICOWA), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (MILENA BAMBRYś) produced by VAN WORDEN, SULKIEWICZA 5 APT. 18, 00-758 WARSAW PHONE/FAX +48 22 841 57 12, +48 22 851 46 48, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.VANWORDEN.PL WWW.IDEALNYFACET.PL executive producer IWONA OGONOWSKA-KONECKA producer ANDRZEJ SARAMONOWICZ distribution (in Poland) ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 32 00, FAX +48 22 453 36 48, WWW.ITICINEMA.COM.PL world sales VAN WORDEN, SULKIEWICZA 5 APT. 18, 00-758 WARSAW PHONE/FAX +48 22 841 57 12, +48 22 851 46 48, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital EX, 28 min. POLAND 2009

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9 Festival of European Film Smiles, Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic) 2009: Award for Best European Film 9 Silver Ticket 2009 award of the “Polish Cinemas” Association

Tomasz Konecki When Kostek meets Luna, there is no doubt in his head that she is his other half. But they have so little in common; it looks like there’s no chance they could ever be together. She is a former commando who now teaches Krav Maga. He is a composer of sacred music. She is an enthusiast of the feminist movement, he comes from a pious Catholic family... Fortune will twist their fates together in such a crazy way that the impossible will be possible.

Born in 1962. Directed and co-directed some of the biggest Polish blockbuster comedy hits of the decade: Testosterone and Ladies. Has a degree in physics, but his talents and passion lie in filmmaking. 9 Feature Filmography:

2000: Some Like It Cold (Pół serio); 2003: Body (Ciało, co-directed with Andrzej Saramonowicz); 2005-2006: Tango with Angel (Tango z Aniołem, TV series); 2007: Testosterone (Testosteron) (co-directed with Andrzej Saramonowicz); 2008: Ladies (Lejdis); 2009: The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend (Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny)

photo by Robert Pałka FotosArt / Van Worden

photo by Robert Pałka FotosArt / Van Worden

feature films

Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny

Tadeusz Paradowicz written & directed by TADEUSZ PARADOWICZ director of photography GRZEGORZ KęDZIERSKI PSC music by PIOTR MIKI MIKOłAJCZAK production design by KAMIL KUC costume design by AGATA UCHMAN, OLGA TURCZAK edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM, MAREK DąBROWSKI PSM, MAREK WLEZIEń PSM sound by NIKODEM WOłKłANIEWSKI production manager KRZYSZTOF WIECH cast EWA HORNICH (AGNIESZKA), ALESSANDRO BERTOLUCCI (ARCHAEOLOGIST), RAFAł CIESZYńSKI (CZAREK), łUKASZ NOWICKI (SCREENWRITER), MICHAł RATYńSKI (DIRECTOR), GRZEGORZ SKURSKI (SOUND GUY), JACEK łUCZAK (SET DESIGNER), JANUSZ ONUFROWICZ (JACEK), LECH DYBLIK (HOMELESS MAN), ELżBIETA OKUPSKA (MOTHER-IN-LAW), JAN NOWICKI (OLIGARCH), MONIKA DRYL (OLIWIA), ANNA OBERC (JADźKA), EWA KRASNODęBSKA (AURELIA), RYSZARD BARYCZ (JóZEF), PRZEMYSłAW CYPRYAńSKI (ACTOR MIęKKI), MIECZYSłAW HRYNIEWICZ (AGENT), IZABELA TROJANOWSKA (WARDROBE ASSISTANT), KRZYSZTOF IBISZ (PHOTOJOURNALIST), KRZYSZTOF ARTUR JANCZAR (PRIEST) produced by STUDIO N-ART, LOTNIKóW 1, 02-668 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 853 65 43-44; E-MAIL [email protected] executive producer ANDRZEJ STEMPOWSKI, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

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Agnieszka is a soap star who has accomplished everything despite her young age. She suddenly learns that she only has a few months left to live. She goes to Płock for a casting session and meets Alessandro, an archaeologist from Italy. She falls in love with him although she’s well aware of her condition... A multi-layered story about love and the meaning of life.

Born in 1956. Graduate of the Acting Department at the łódź Film School. Played in a large number of films and TV series. CEO of the Studio N-Art advertising agency and production studio. Phenomenon is his directorial and screenwriting debut.

New Polish Films 2010

photo by Maciej Dyczkowski

photo by Maciej Dyczkowski

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Phenomenon (working title) Fenomen

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Maciej Adamek written & directed by MACIEJ ADAMEK director of photography TOMASZ MICHAłOWSKI music by ANDRZEJ IZDEBSKI production design by JOANNA BIAłOUSZ-MILCZAREK costume design by MAGDALENA KOWALSKA make-up by ANNA NOBEL-NOBIELSKA edited by SłAWOMIR GOźDZIK sound by FRANCISZEK KOZłOWSKI production manager KUBA KOSMA cast MACIEJ łAGODZIńSKI (ADAM), KAROLINA GORCZYCA (EWA), ANTONI PAWLICKI (PRZEMEK), ANDRZEJ CHYRA (ADAM’S FATHER), STANISłAWA CELIńSKA (ADAM’S GRANDMOTHER), ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA (ADAM’S MOTHER), WłADYSłAW KOWALSKI (KAZIMIERZ), KRZYSZTOF KIERSZNOWSKI (ROMAN), BEATA KAWKA (ZOFIA) produced by KONCEPT MEDIA RADEK STYS, KRASIńSKIEGO 42/17, 01-779 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected]; BUSSE & HALBERSCHMIDT FILMPRODUKTION (GERMANY), INFORG STUDIO (HUNGARY) co-produced by MASTERSHOT.PL; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING producer RADEK STYś co-producers MARCELO BUSSE, MARKUS HALBERSCHMIDT, BARTOSZ MALINA, ANDRAS MUHI, KATARZYNA śLESICKA, PAWEł WITECKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; NRW; MMK distribution TBC world sales OPEN

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16-year-old Adam finds a photograph of his pregnant mother with her arms around an unknown man. He suspects that the man in the photo might be his real father. He runs away from home and sets out in search of the truth, all the while facing dilemmas and dramas typical for his age...

Born in 1968. Director and screenwriter, acclaimed documentary filmmaker. Graduate of Polish studies at the University of Gdańsk and film directing at the łódź Film School. Author of seven documentaries that won dozens of awards at film festivals in Poland and abroad. Member of the European Film Academy since 2001. Winner of the Grand Prize (Polish edition), and 3rd place (world finale) of the Hartley-Merrill screenwriting competition for the script of The Photograph, which is also his fulllength feature debut.

photo by Piotr Redliński

photo by Piotr Redliński

feature films

The Photograph Zdjęcie

Robert Gliński

Awards: directed by ROBERT GLIńSKI written by JOANNA DIDIK, ROBERT GLIńSKI director of photography PETRO ALEKSOWSKI music by CORNELIUS RENZ production design by STEFAN HAUCK costume design by AGATA CULAK make-up by DOROTA SEWERYńSKA edited by KRZYSZTOF SZPETMAńSKI PSM sound by FLORIAN MARQUARDT, DANIEL SIKORSKI production managers INGA KRUK, RENé FROTSCHER cast FILIP GARBACZ (TOMEK), ANNA KULEJ (MARTA), DANIEL FURMANIAK (łUKASZ “CIEMNY”), ROLF HOPPE (WEBER), DOROTA WIERZBICKA (TOMEK’S MOTHER), BOGDAN KOCA (TOMEK’S FATHER), KATARZYNA PYSZYńSKA (AGATA, TOMEK’S SISTER), TOMASZ TYNDYK (BORYS), HEIKO RAULIN (MAX), WOLFGANG BOOS (FIRST CUSTOMER) produced by WIDARK – FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LTD. (POLAND), FRANCISZKAńSKA 12/19, 00-214 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 635 04 15, +48 501 781 340, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.WIDARK.COM; 42FILM GMBH, GEISTSTRASSE 49, 06108 HALLE/SAALE (GERMANY), E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.42FILM.DE co-produced by MEGA TV; PIRAMIDA FILM; SUT LEIPZIG; CUT FILM co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG producer WITOLD IWASZKIEWICZ co-producers EIKE GORECZKA, THOMAS JESCHNER, MARIO SCHNEIDER distribution & world sales by FUNDACJA PROMOCJI KINA FILM POLSKI, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 828 11 32, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 9 min. POLAND / GERMANy 2009

9 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2009: Special Recognition (Filip Garbacz) 9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Award for Best Acting Debut (Filip Garbacz) 9 Les Arcs European Film Festival (France), 2009: Special Jury Award 9 27th Ale Kino International young Audience Film Festival, Poznań 2009: Polish Filmmakers Association Award 9 Festivals: Haifa IFF09, Mumbai IFF09, Denver IFF09, Karlovy Vary IFF09, Rotterdam IFF0, Go East IFF0, Warsaw IFF09

“Piggies” is the term used to describe teenagers from the western border regions of Poland. They prostitute themselves for anything: electronics, brand cosmetics, clothes... 16-year-old Tomek learns that his schoolmate sells himself to German pedophiles. To get some cash for his girlfriend’s whimsies, Tomek becomes the star of nightly escapades to Germany...

Born in 1952. Director, screenwriter, lecturer. Graduate of the łódź Film School. Won dozens of awards at Polish and international film festivals. Lecturer at the łódź Film School since 2002; in 2008 was appointed chancellor of the school.

photo by fabrykaobrazu.pl

photo by fabrykaobrazu.pl

feature films

Piggies Świnki

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1983: Sunday Pranks (Niedzielne igraszki); 1985: Poisonous Plants (Rośliny trujące); 1988: Swan Song (łabędzi śpiew); 1990: Superwizja; 1992: All That Really Matters (Wszystko, co najważniejsze); 1996: Mother of Her Own Mother (Matka swojej matki); 1997: Love Me and Do Whatever You Want (Kochaj i rób co chcesz); 2000: Hi, Tereska (Cześć, Tereska); 2005: The Call of the Toad (Wróżby kumaka); Scenery [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (Krajobraz [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2007: Benek; 2009: Piggies (świnki)

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Jacek Lusiński written & directed by JACEK LUSIńSKI directors of photography (by segment) PIOTR PIESIAK, PIOTR śLISKOWSKI PSC, JAN HOLOUBEK, WITOLD PłóCIENNIK music by PAWEł LUCEWICZ production design by MARTA BOłTOWICZ costume design by RAFAł KOWALSKI make-up by POLA GLUZIńSKA edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM sound by KACPER HABISIAK, MARCIN KASIńSKI production manager KATARZYNA JANUS cast ANNA CIEśLAK (JOURNALIST), OLGA BOłąDź (GRANDDAUGHTER), ZOFIA MERLE (WIFE OF SUICIDAL MAN), DOROTA STALIńSKA (TRANSLATOR), MARIA KLEJDYSZ (GRANDMOTHER), ADAM FERENCY (POLICEMAN), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (UNDERTAKER), MARIAN OPANIA (SUICIDAL MAN), EDWARD LINDE-LUBASZENKO (SLEEPING DOCTOR), BARTłOMIEJ TOPA (POLICEMAN), KAYAH (CELEBRITY), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (CELEBRITY), MIESZKO BARGLIK (FILIP), PAWEł FERENS (śLISKI) produced by TANDEM TAREN TO PIOTR MIKLASZEWSKI, WOJCIECH MARYAńSKI, KLARYSEWSKA 18, 02-924 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 885 74 05; FAX +48 22 651 60 62, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.TANDEMTARENTO.PL co-produced by TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA; MOJOTRIBE; FELINI; SPECTATOR; FILM ILUMINATION; THE CHIMNEY POT producers WOJCIECH MARYAńSKI, PIOTR MIKLASZEWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; CANAL+ POLAND distribution & world sales OPEN

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Born in 1969. A story about Directs advert modern Poland; films. Graduate of comedy of the television absurd (of creation and sorts). production at the The ordinary łódź Film School. protagonists of Pixels is his feature debut. Pixels suddenly find themselves in extraordinary situations. These situations force them to act in ways that even they find surprising.

photo by Remigiusz Przełożny

photo by Remigiusz Przełożny

feature films

Pixels Piksele

Adam Dobrzycki written & directed by ADAM DOBRZYCKI director of photography ANDRZEJ SZULKOWSKI production design by ELWIRA PLUTA costume design by AGNIESZKA WERNER make-up by DOROTA SEWERYńSKA edited by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by JAROSłAW WóJCIK production manager MAłGORZATA JURCZAK cast DOMINIKA OSTAłOWSKA (ANNA), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (PIOTR), EWA ZIęTEK (MOTHER), TOMASZ KAROLAK (ROBERT), MICHAł KOTERSKI (MISIEK), CEZARY KOSIńSKI (MARIAN), MARCIN SZTABIńSKI (MAREK), PAWEł KRóLIKOWSKI, PAWEł BURCZYK, GRZEGORZ STELMASZEWSKI produced by ZEBRA FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 54 84, FAX +48 22 845 65 88, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.ZEBRAFILM.PL; SKORPION ART, CHEłMSKA 21 LOK. 612, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 841 61 71, E-MAIL [email protected] producers PAWEł RAKOWSKI, JULIUSZ MACHULSKI, WOJCIECH DANOWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

 mm, .66:, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND 2010

The story of a middle-aged couple who really want to have a baby. Since Piotr is infertile, Anna starts looking for a sperm donor. Each of the men asked for this unique favour has his reasons for agreeing to the request. Robert is gay, so the opportunity to have offspring seems tempting. Marek, repeatedly dumped by the fickle Renata, sees this as a sort of emotional escape. Marian is about to be deployed to Afghanistan and wants to leave his mark in this world...

Born in 1973. Director and screenwriter. Graduate of film directing at the New York Film Academy and courses in screenwriting, directing, and film production at the New York School for Social Research. Project Baby is his feature debut.

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photo by Robert Pałka / Skorpion Art

photo by Krzysztof Wiktor / Fotos-Art.

feature films

Project Baby Projekt dziecko

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Maciej Prykowski

Awards: directed by MACIEJ PRYKOWSKI written by ADRIAN KATROSHI, MACIEJ PRYKOWSKI, MARCIN GRABOWSKI director of photography PAWEł DYLLUS music by JAROSłAW JANUSZEWICZ production design by JAKUB OSSENDOWSKI, ALICJA KAźMIERCZAK costume design by AGNIESZKA KOCHAńCZYK make-up by BEATA MROZEK, żANETA ZUZA STEFAńSKA edited by EWA SMAL PSM sound by JAROSłAW BAJDOWSKI, MICHAł JANKOWSKI production manager MACIEJ WOJTULEWICZ cast MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (ERICH), DOROTA POMYKAłA (LUCA), KRZYSZTOF CZECZOT (ROMANEK), ELżBIETA ROMANOWSKA (MOTYLEK), ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ (FRANZ), BARBARA HORAWIANKA, FILIP ROJEK produced by PAISA FILMS, BOKSERSKA 1, 02-682 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 853 17 10-13, FAX +48 22 853 17 14, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PAISAFILMS.PL WWW.ZGORSZENIE.PAISAFILMS.PL co-produced by IF SILESIA-FILM executive producer HENRYK MACIEJ PARNOWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producers MACIEJ śLESICKI, JOLANTA ROJEK distribution BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73/79, 00-718 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAX +48 22 887 17 30; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales TBC

HD / DVD, 6:9, colour, Dolby Stereo SR, 8 min. POLAND 2009

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9 Winner of the SPI International Polska award for best comedy screenplay in the 200 Polish edition of the Hartley-Merrill screenwriting competition

Wacky comedy, set in a housing district in Silesia. Its residents live in a world of their own, slightly detached from modern reality. Their peaceful life gets suddenly disturbed when a mysterious fellow appears, scandalizing the town in his pink robe...

Graduate of the University of Surrey (film and television) and of the łódź Film School (screenwriting). Student of the Warsaw Film School. Public Depravity is his fulllength feature debut.

photo by Dorota Zyguła

photo by Dorota Zyguła

feature films

Public Depravity Zgorszenie publiczne

photo by Małgorzata Mikołajczyk

feature films

The Rebound Hel

Kinga Dębska written & directed by KINGA DęBSKA director of photography WOJCIECH STAROń music by MARCIN KUCZEWSKI production design by MAREK ZAWIERUCHA set decorator ZDZISłAW KOBYLIńSKI costume design by MAłGORZATA OBłOZA make-up by EWA DROBIEC, EWA KOWALEWSKA edited by EWA ROMANOWSKA-RóżEWICZ PSM sound by LESZEK FREUND, PETR ČECHáK production manager ANNA WOJDAT cast PAWEł KRóLIKOWSKI (PIOTR), ANNA GEISLEROVA (HANKA), LESłAW żUREK (KAMIL), MAGDA BIEGAńSKA (MARIA), HENRYK TALAR (WEISS), BARTOSZ żUKOWSKI (MAłY), MONIKA KWIATKOWSKA-DEJCZER (EWA), KATARZYNA CYNKE, JANUSZ CHABIOR (MALEC), ANNA GORNOSTAJ (MARTA), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (MACIEK THE THERAPIST), BARTłOMIEJ TOPA (RADEK), MACIEJ MALEńCZUK (MIREK), MARCIN BORTKIEWICZ (DOCTOR) produced by FILM STUDIO KALEJDOSKOP, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 17 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KALEJDOSKOP.ART.PL co-produced by INFILM PRAHA producer ZBIGNIEW DOMAGALSKI co-producer RUDOLF BIERMANN co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01- 05, FAX +48 22 840 68 06 WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales FILM STUDIO KALEJDOSKOP

Graduate of the Piotr, FAMU school in a psychiatrist, is in Prague. Author of a relationship with documentary a young woman films. who doesn’t really The Rebound is know much about her feature debut. his past. Dramatic events at the hospital and a misunderstanding with his son drive Piotr over the edge. It turns out that he has been fighting drug addiction for years. Just when it seems like he conquered his weakness, the addiction rears its head once again...

Red One /  mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND / CZECH REPUBLIC 2009

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Tadeusz Król directed by TADEUSZ KRóL written by TADEUSZ KRóL, PAWEł SZLACHETKO director of photography TOMASZ AUGUSTYNEK PSC music by AGIM DżELJILJI production design by ANDRZEJ RAFAł WALTENBERGER, MARIA DUFFEK set decorator MARIA DUFFEK costume design by AGNIESZKA WERNER-SZYRLE make-up by MONIKA KALETA edited by ALEKSANDER STEFAńSKI sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI production manager SYLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ cast ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (ANDRZEJ), JOANNA ORLEAńSKA (ANNA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (ELWIRA), KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (SIEJKA), MARIA SEWERYN (HELENKA), LESZEK PISKORZ (SULIMOWICZ), WIESłAW CICHY (JASTRZęBSKI), DOROTA LANDOWSKA (ANDRZEJ’S WIFE), ADAM WORONOWICZ (DOCTOR #1), ARKADIUSZ DETMER (DOCTOR #4) produced by MEDIA BRIGADE, KARKONOSKA 10/026, 53-015 WROCłAW, PHONE +48 71 79 91 451, PHONE/FAX +48 71 79 91 450, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by FDR STUDIO; GRUPA 13; DIVIZION FILM STUDIO executive production MEDIA BRIGADE co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; CANAL+ producers SYLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ, MARCIN KUREK, JULIUSZ MACHULSKI co-producers JOANNA ORLEAńSKA, PAWEł ORLEAńSKI, STEFAN KRZYżANOWSKI, RAFAł SZERMANOWICZ, DARIUSZ SZERMANOWICZ, MARCIN KRYJOM distribution BEST FILM, CZERNIAKOWSKA 73/79, 00-718 WARSAW (POLAND), PHONE +48 22 887 14 80-81, FAX +48 22 887 17 28; E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.BESTFILM.PL world sales MEDIA BRIGADE

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 90 min. POLAND 2010

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1988/1989. Andrzej works at the Ministry of Internal Affairs; he recruits Anna to work for him. Both pretend to have feelings for each other; they manipulate each other and their own emotions. But the situation eventually gets out of hand...

Born in 1963. Director and screenwriter. Graduate of Polish studies at the University of łódź, studied at the łódź Film School and the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Directs theatre and television theatre. Author of acclaimed documentaries and short features, also directs advert films and music videos. Recruited Love is his full-length feature debut.

photo by Natalia Dobryszycka

photo by Natalia Dobryszycka

feature films

Recruited Love Zwerbowana miłość

Borys Lankosz

Awards: directed by BORYS LANKOSZ written by ANDRZEJ BART director of photography MARCIN KOSZAłKA PSC music by WłODZIMIERZ PAWLIK production design by MAGDALENA DIPONT, ROBERT CZESAK costume design by MAGDALENA BIEDRZYCKA make-up by WALDEMAR POKROMSKI, MIROSłAWA WOJTCZAK, LUDMIłA KRAWCZYK edited by WOJCIECH ANUSZCZYK, CEZARY GRZESIUK sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, ALEKSANDER MUSIAłOWSKI production manager JóZEF JAROSZ cast AGATA BUZEK (SABINA), KRYSTYNA JANDA (SABINA’S MOTHER), ANNA POLONY (SABINA’S GRANDMOTHER), MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (BRONISłAW), ADAM WORONOWICZ (JóZEF), łUKASZ KONOPKA (ARKADIUSZ), BRONISłAW WROCłAWSKI (BARSKI), BłAżEJ WóJCIK (MARCEL), JACEK PONIEDZIAłEK (DIGNITARY), JERZY BOńCZAK (ZYGMUNT THE DIGNITARY), JOACHIM LAMżA (GENERAL WIKTOR), OLENA LEONENKO (GENERAL’S WIFE), KRYSTYNA TKACZ (SECRETARY) produced by KADR FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 49 23, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.KADR.COM.PL co-produced by SYRENA FILMS; WFDIF (WARSAW) producer JERZY KAPUśCIńSKI co-producers ANDRZEJ SERDIUKOW, WALDEMAR LESZCZYńSKI, WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS distribution SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, FAX +48 22 885 41 00, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SYRENAFILM.COM world sales FILM STUDIO KADR

 mm, Cinemascope, black & white / colour, Dolby Digital SR, 99 min. POLAND 2009

9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Grand Prix and awards for Best Photography, Best Music, Best Make-up, Best Leading Actress (Agata Buzek), Best Supporting Actor (Marcin Dorociński), Multikino Audience Award, Award of the Association of Polish Film Festivals Abroad, Journalist Award 9 2th Warsaw Film Festival, 2009: FIPRESCI Prize for Best Eastern European Debut 9 7th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography PLUS CAMERIMAGE, Łódź 2009: Bronze Frog in the Main Competition (Marcin Koszałka) 9 Festivals: Palm Springs IFF0, Santa Barbara IFF0, Warsaw IFF09

1952. Poland under Stalinist-type Communism. Sabina has recently turned thirty; her mother and grandmother desperately try to find her a husband. But Sabina finds none of the suitors interesting. Then one day she meets Bronisław. He may be slightly primitive, but he unleashes deep passions in Sabina. His appearance leads to a series of unexpected events... Reverse is an ironic tale with a twist; a story of the dark side of the feminine soul.

photo by Krzysztof Wojciewski

photo by Krzysztof Wojciewski

feature films

Reverse Rewers

Born in 1973. Graduate of the Film School in łódź. Author of acclaimed documentary films (awards in San Francisco, Krakow). His short feature Alien VI won the Silver Phoenix at the 2008 Jewish Motifs International Film Festival in Warsaw. Reverse is his fulllength feature debut.

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Krzysztof Zanussi written & directed by KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI director of photography DARIUSZ KUC PSC music by WOJCIECH KILAR production design by JOANNA MACHA costume design by KAROLINA SAWICKA set decorator INGA PALACZ make-up by JANUSZ KALEJA edited by WANDA ZEMAN PSM, URSZULA śLIWIńSKA

sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, RADOSłAW SKłODOWSKI

production manager ANDRZEJ BESZTAK cast MAREK KUDEłKO (STEFAN), MAJA KOMOROWSKA (BELLA), ZBIGNIEW ZAPASIEWICZ (PROFESSOR SZELESTOWSKI), JAN NOWICKI (MAREK), DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI (WIT), TADEUSZ BRADECKI (WITOLD), MAłGORZATA ZAJąCZKOWSKA (GRAżYNA) produced by TOR FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, 02-595 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 50 45, +48 22 845 53 03, E-MAIL [email protected] producers KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI, IRENA STRZAłKOWSKA, JANUSZ WąCHAłA executive producer JANUSZ WąCHAłA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales TOR FILM STUDIO

Digital Betacam/HD, .8:, colour, Dolby SR, 90 min. POLAND 2009

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9 Festivals: Rome IFF09

What happened later to the protagonists of Krzysztof Zanussi’s 1970s films: Family Life (życie rodzinne), Camouflage (Barwy ochronne) and Constancy (Constans)? This film tries to find them again. What are they doing now? Where are they? How did the spend the last few decades that have passed since those days? They are interviewed by the would-be suicidal victim, the protagonist of A Warm Heart (Serce na dłoni). His therapist encourages him to try to explore the human soul, to find out if a human life can be successful.

Director, screenwriter, film producer. Winner of numerous film and lifetime achievement awards in Poland and abroad. Holds honorary degrees from several universities. Decorated with medals in Poland, Italy and France. Lecturer at the łódź Film School, the National Film School in the UK, and the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia. Also directs theatre (Milan, Palermo, Bonn, Krakow, Bremen, Basel). President of the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), consultant of the Pontifical Council for Culture in the Vatican, former head of the EUROVISIONI Association. Member of the European Film Academy. CEO of TOR Film Studio. 9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1969: The Structure of Crystal (Struktura kryształu); 1971: Family Life (życie rodzinne); 1973: Illumination (Iluminacja); 1974: The Quarterly Balance (Bilans kwartalny); 1976: Camouflage (Barwy ochronne); 1978: Spiral (Spirala); 1980: Constancy (Constans); 1981: From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II (Z dalekiego kraju); 1982: Imperative (Imperatyw); 1984: The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego słońca); 1985: Power of Evil (Paradygmat); 1989: Inventory (Stan posiadania); 1995: In Full Gallop (Cwał); 1999: Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową); 2005: Persona non grata; 2007: Black Sun (Il sole nero; Czarne słońce); 2008: A Warm Heart (Serce na dłoni); 2009: Revisited (Rewizyta)

photo by Robert Pałka

photo by Robert Pałka

feature films

Revisited Rewizyta

The Secret of Westerplatte

Paweł Chochlew written & directed by PAWEł CHOCHLEW directors of photography WALDEMAR SZMIDT, ALGIMANTAS MIKUTENAS music by JAN A.P. KACZMAREK production design by ALLAN STARSKI costume design by ANDRZEJ SZENAJCH set decorator MAGDALENA WIDELSKA-WłADYKA make-up by DARIUSZ KRYSIAK edited by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by STUDIO SEGMENT production manager LESZEK BACA cast BOGUSłAW LINDA (HENRYK SUCHARSKI), ROBERT żOłęDZIEWSKI (CAPTAIN FRANCISZEK DąBROWSKI), PIOTR ADAMCZYK (CAPTAIN MIECZYSłAW SłABY, DOCTOR), MIROSłAW BAKA (GRABOWSKI), JAKUB WESOłOWSKI (BERNARD RYGIELSKI), BARTOSZ OBUCHOWICZ (LIEUTENANT LEON PAJąK), MARCIN JANOS KRAWCZYK (PLATOON LEADER PIOTR BUDER), PRZEMYSłAW CYPRYAńSKI (LIEUTENANT ZDZISłAW KRęGIELSKI), MIROSłAW ZBROJEWICZ (ENSIGN JAN GRYCZMAN), RYSZARD KOTYS (ORDERLY KAROL SZWEDOWSKI), JAN ENGLERT (LIEUTENANT COLONEL WINCENTY SOBOCIńSKI), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (PETZELT), JAKUB KAMIEńSKI (KITA), KAZIMIERZ MAZUR (SZAMLEWSKI), AUDRIUS BRUżAS (PORUCZNIK STEFAN GRODECKI), ROBERT WABICH, BARTłOMIEJ MAGDZIARZ, JERZY POłOńSKI, LUBOMIRAS LAUCEVIČIUS, ANDRZEJ MłYNARCZYK produced by PLEOGRAF, PHONE +48 22 646 21 80, FAX +48 22 646 21 89, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] co-produced by LIGHTCRAFT WARSAW; AG GROUP; BALTIC FILM GROUP; CONSUS SA; STUDIO PAPRYKA; PAY-STUDIO producers JACEK LIPSKI, ANDRZEJ HALIńSKI, ROBERT żOłęDZIEWSKI co-producers DANIEL MARKOWICZ, WOJCIECH PAłYS, ROBERTAS URBONAS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales TBC

Red-One /  mm, 6:9, colour, Dolby Stereo, ca 8 min. POLAND / LITHUANIA 2010

On 1 September 1939, the German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison at Westerplatte. Thus began the Second World War, at 4.45 am. After seven days of unyielding defense, the Polish crew of Westerplatte, short of supplies and lacking outside help, was forced to surrender. This story tells the tale of a conflict between two great individuals: Major Sucharski, the commander of Westerplatte, who was against prolonging the fight that was doomed to begin with; and his deputy, captain Dąbrowski, who wanted to fight until the end. The script is partly based on actual events.

photo by Pleograf

photo by Pleograf

feature films

Tajemnica Westerplatte

Born in 1971. Graduate of the Acting Department at the łódź Film School. Also worked as AD. The Secret of Westerplatte is his full-length feature debut as a director.

New Polish Films 2010

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Konrad Aksinowicz directed by KONRAD AKSINOWICZ written by CEZARY HARASIMOWICZ director of photography WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI music by MARCIN MIROWSKI production design by ROBERT DąBROWSKI costume design by MALWINA WęDZIKOWSKA, ELI CALIN make-up by EWA DROBIEC, GABRIELA BUSTIUC edited by CHRISTOPHER BLUNDEN, TIBERIU TEODORESCU sound by BłAżEJ KAFARSKI production manager JOANNA STRZELECKA cast PIOTR GąSOWSKI (PRESIDENT) GRAżYNA WOLSZCZAK (FIRST LADY), TADEUSZ SZYMKóW (MAJOR JęDRUś), JOANNA LISZOWSKA (KAMILA), MALWINA BUS (AGATA), KAROLINA łUKASZEWICZ (LUśKA), KRZYSZTOF TYNIEC (MAURYCY), CEZARY HARASIMOWICZ (KRZYSZTOF CYRAN), GRAżYNA SZAPOłOWSKA (LUśKA’S MOTHER), KRZYSZTOF BANASZYK (STACH), BEATA TYSZKIEWICZ (EWELINA), HANNA śLESZYńSKA (IWONKA), KRYSTYNA PODLEWSKA (ALDONA PIESKO), AGATA KULESZA (MIECIA) produced by MEDIAPRO PICTURES; INFILM; INFINITY; MOUSTACHE FILM, SłONECZNA 24, 00-789 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 849 82 18, WWW.MOUSTACHEFILM.BLOGSPOT.COM, WWW.ZAMIANAFILM.PL executive production MOUSTACHE FILM producers RUDOLF BIERMANN, ANDREI BONCEA, TOMáš HOFFMAN co-producers MISU PREDESCU, KONRAD STEFANIAK distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, +48 22 851 11 01, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales MEDIA PRO DISTRIBUTION

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The President is a macho man, loved by the people. He dislikes gays but really likes women. The First Lady is a housewife who spends her evenings alone, counting the days of her fleeing youth and her husband’s many mistresses. One night the President sleeps with his assistant. Then something starts to change... The President begins trying on bras, becomes very sensitive... And his ratings are dropping. Meanwhile the First Lady starts putting together a campaign team...

Born in 1978. Director. Author of short features, music videos, adverts and television programmes. Sex Change is his full-length feature debut.

photo by Bartek Pogoda / Moustache Film

photo by Bartek Pogoda / Moustache Film

feature films

Sex Change Zamiana

Ewa Pytka written & directed by EWA PYTKA director of photography WALDEMAR SZMIDT music by JAKUB GRZEGOREK art director MARIAN ZAWALIńSKI costume design by IZA SRONIAS edited by WANDA ZEMAN PSM sound by DOROTA TRACZYK, IWO KLIMEK production manager ELżBIETA MAJDOSZ cast ANETA TODORCZUK-PERCHUć (INGE), JAN WIECZORKOWSKI (PIOTR), BARTEK KASPRZYKOWSKI (JUREK), EDYTA OLSZóWKA (EWA), ANNA CHYLARECKA (ANIA), KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ (PSYCHOANALIST), JAN FRYCZ (BEN), DOROTA STALIńSKA (CHOREOTHERAPIST ZOSIA), ZOFIA CZERWIńSKA (TAROT READER), MARIA GłADKOWSKA (BOSS), GRZEGORZ WONS (METALEX CUSTOMER), MAGDALENA SCHEJBAL (IRMINA), ANNA ANTONOWICZ (AGA), SłAWOMIR PACEK (WąSIK), MONIKA OBARA (RENATA), EWA PYTKA (VOCALIST), JERZY łAPIńSKI (EAR DOCTOR), DOROTA POMYKAłA (AA MEETING LEADER), IZABELA DąBROWSKA (REGISTRAR), PAWEł BURCZYK (CHOREOTHERAPIST), JAKUB GRZEGOREK (POLICEMAN 1), KRZYSZTOF PIąTKOWSKI (POLICEMAN 2), PIOTR CHYLARECKI (TEENAGER) produced by PYTHON STUDIOSS, KONDRATOWICZA 29 A/51, 03-285 WARSAW, PHONE +48 602 180 296, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by MASTERSHOT STUDIO, ESTRADA POZNAńSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer EWA PYTKA co-producers BARTOSZ MALINA, PAWEł WITECKI executive producer KRYSTYNA PYTKA distribution & world sales TBC

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 9 min. POLAND 2010

Inge, a dubbing actress, dreams of a singing career. But her lack of selfconfidence and constant misfortune (a cheating partner, a constantly disapproving boss) don’t do much to improve her self image. One day a handsome stranger on the street gives her a bouquet of flowers and a kiss. Inge is so surprised that she loses her voice... A romantic comedy about a girl who tries to find herself in silence and work up the courage to love again.

Director, screenwriter, poet, producer. Graduate of the Adam Mickiewicz University, the łódź Film School, and the NSFTV in Leeds, England. Took part in the 2007 EAVE producers workshop. Author of many documentaries. Directed the TV mini-series Będziesz moja, many episodes of the Plebania series, and a number of TV theatre plays. Silence is Golden is her feature debut.

New Polish Films 2010

photo by © Python Studioss / Krzysztof Wellman

photo by © Python Studioss / Krzysztof Wellman

feature films

Silence Is Golden Milczenie jest złotem

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Skrzydlate świnie

Anna Kazejak directed by ANNA KAZEJAK written by ANNA KAZEJAK, DOMAN NOWAKOWSKI director of photography MICHAł ENGLERT production design by ARKADIUSZ KOśMIDER costume design by MONIKA BIARDZKA edited by JAROSłAW KAMIńSKI PSM sound by MONIKA KRZANOWSKA, MACIEJ PAWłOWSKI production manager PAWEł GABRYś cast PAWEł MAłASZYńSKI (OSKAR), OLGA BOłąDź (BASIA), PIOTR ROGUCKI (MARIUSZ), BARTłOMIEJ FIRLET (“PAłA”), ERYK LUBOS (“MOHER”), DOMINIK BąK (“żARóWA”), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (EDZIO), AGATA KULESZA (KARINA), KAROLINA GORCZYCA (ALINA), WITOLD DęBICKI (JAN), ALINA CHECHELSKA (NURSE), ANNA ROMANTOWSKA (ALINA’S MOTHER), ROMAN GANCARCZYK (PRIEST), KATARZYNA KAźMIERCZAK (RECEPTIONIST), CEZARY PAZURA (CLUB OWNER), HANNA PIASECZNA (SECRETARY), DOROTA ZIęCIOWSKA (OSKAR’S MOTHER), JAN TOMASZEWSKI (HEAD OF VISITORS’ CLUB), PRZEMYSłAW SALETA (SECURITY GUARD), DARIUSZ BISKUPSKI (SECURITY GUARD), STANISłAW PENKSYK (POLICEMAN), CHRISTIAN KAMIńSKI (BROTHER OF “MOHER”), BARTłOMIEJ NOWOSIELSKI (SKYTECH SECURITY GUARD), ROMAN KOSECKI (VIP AT SKYTECH GAME) produced by AKSON STUDIO, STęPIńSKA 22/30, 00-739 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 34, FAX +48 22 841 77 82, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.AKSONSTUDIO.PL co-produced by WFDIF producer MICHAł KWIECIńSKI co-producer WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

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Modern drama, set in a football environment, but addressed not only to football fans. A story of great emotions, love, friendship... and the rules that are worth following in life.

Born in 1979. Graduate of the łódź Film School. Wrote and directed the novella entitled Silesia in Ode to Joy (śląsk [w:] Oda do radości, 2005), a feature film that won multiple awards at film festivals in Gdynia, Koszalin, and Houston. Her student films won awards at student film festivals. Her documentary won awards in Krakow and Jihlava (Czech Republic). Also directs television series.

photo by Ola Grochowska

photo by Ola Grochowska

feature films

English title tba

Snow White and Russian Red

Awards: 9 OFF Plus Camera International Independent żUłAWSKI, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY DOROTA Film Festival, Krakow 2009: MASłOWSKA director of photography MARIAN Audience Award PROKOP music by JAN KOMAR, FILIP KUNCEWICZ, 9 Tarnow Film Awards, 2009: JAROSłAW KARCZMARCZYK production design by KinoRP Special Award JOANNA KACZYńSKA costume design by ANNA 9 Lubuskie Film Summer, ENGLERT set decorator MARTA SKAJNOWSKA Łagów 2009: Juliusz Burski make-up by NATALIA KRóL stylist PAWEł KALETA Award edited by KRZYSZTOF RACZYńSKI sound by 9 TofiFest IFF, Toruń 2009: JAROSłAW BAJDOWSKI production managers PAWEł Special Recognition for Best Director and Best Photography ZIEMBACZEWSKI, KAROLINA SAMOJłOWICZ in the International cast BORYS SZYC (SILNY), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (MAGDA), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (NATASZA), MARIA Competition 9 International Film Festival STRZELECKA (ANGELA), MICHAł CZERNECKI (LEWY), Era New Horizons, Wrocław BARTEK FIRLET (KACPEREK), EWA KASPRZYK 2009: Wrocław Award in the (SILNY’S MOTHER), ANNA PRUS (ALA), MAGDALENA New Polish Cinema CZERWIńSKA (ARLETA), SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY competition for the director DOROTA MASłOWSKA produced by FILM MEDIA, and producer 9 th Polish Film Festival, MICKIEWICZA 63, 01-625 WARSAW, Gdynia 2009: Silver Lions, PHONE +48 22 424 16 24, FAX +48 22 833 44 96 E-MAIL [email protected] executive production awards for Best Costumes, Best Sound, Best Leading Actor ANDERSA STREET ART AND MEDIA producer JACEK (Borys Szyc), Golden Kangaroo SAMOJłOWICZ co-operating producer ANDRZEJ – award of Australian SZAJNA (TWILIGHT FILMS) executive producer distributors (Borys Szyc) BOżENA KRAKóWKA co-financed by THE POLISH 9 7th International Film FILM INSTITUTE distribution ITI CINEMA, Festival of the Art of WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, Cinematography PLUS CAMERIMAGE, Łódź 2009: PHONE +48 22 453 36 23-24, +48 22 453 36 30, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales Award for Best Photography in the Polish Film Competition FILM MEDIA, MICKIEWICZA 63, 01-625 WARSAW, (Marian Prokop) PHONE +48 22 424 16 24, FAX +48 22 833 44 96 directed by XAWERY żUłAWSKI written by XAWERY

E-MAIL

Xawery Żuławski Dorota Masłowska’s bestselling novel now on the big screen. An uncompromising, adrenaline-filled story about young people hungry for emotions and excitement, about the furious power of their imagination. A film roller-coaster about all-consuming love that can completely change a seemingly ordinary life.

photo by Jacek Poremba

photo by Wojciech Krzywkowski / Film Media SA

feature films

Wojna polsko-ruska

Born in 1971. Director and screenwriter. Graduated in film directing from the łódź Film School. His debut feature was Chaos (2005), winner of the Best Directorial Debut award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (2006) and the Grand Prix at the “Young & Cinema” Debut Film Festival in Koszalin.

[email protected]

9 Festivals: Karlovy Vary  mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 08 min. IFF09, Luxemburg POLAND 2009 IFF09, Cottbus IFF09

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The Story of “Swarm”

Jerzy Zalewski directed by JERZY ZALEWSKI written by WACłAW HOLEWIńSKI, JERZY ZALEWSKI director of photography ADAM SIKORA music by HANNA KULENTY production design by JACEK UKLEJA costume design by ELżBIETA RADKE edited by MICHAł ZIELIńSKI sound by JACEK HAMELA production managers MAłGORZATA MATUSZEWSKA, TOMASZ MIERNOWSKI cast KRZYSZTOF ZALEWSKI (SENIOR SERGEANT MIECZYSłAW “SWARM” DZIEMIESZKIEWICZ), WOJCIECH żOłąDKOWICZ (BOLESłAW “MAPLE” SZYSZKO), PAWEł DOMALEWSKI (ILDEFONS “TIGER” żBIKOWSKI), MARCIN KWAśNY (LIEUTENANT MARIAN “STORM” KRAśNIEWSKI), MACIEJ KOZłOWSKI (PRIEST), JERZY śWIATłOń (ENSIGN JóZEF “FOREST” KOZłOWSKI), JULIA KAMIńSKA (MARTA BURKACKA), EWA DAłKOWSKA (MOTHER OF “SWARM”), MARIUSZ BONASZEWSKI (CAPTAIN ZBIGNIEW “HAMMER” KULESZA), PIOTR BAJOR (“BULWARK”), ADAM WORONOWICZ (WYSZOMIRSKI) produced by DR WATKINS, KONSTANCIńSKA 7B/89, 02-942 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 842 00 09, OFFICE: GRAżYNY 8/12, 02-584 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 845 56 18, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WATKINS.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; SKOK producer JERZY ZALEWSKI distribution & world sales OPEN

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The story of the underground struggle of the division led by Mieczysław “Swarm” Dziemieszkiewicz in the first years of Communist rule in Poland (1945-1951). A tale of young friendship, love, but also betrayal, blackmail and regressive measures by the Communists. A story of the great moral dilemmas faced by Poles.

Born in 1960. Studied in the Theatre Studies Department at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Graduate of directing at the łódź Film School. Author of numerous documentaries, including Tata Kazika (1993) and Elegia na śmierć Roja (2007), awarded at various film festivals in Poland. 9 Feature Filmography:

1992: Black Suns (Czarne słońca); 1995: Gnoje; 2010: The Story of “Swarm” (Historia Roja, czyli w ziemi lepiej słychać)

photo byDr. Watkins

photo by Dr. Watkins

feature films

Historia Roja, czyli w ziemi lepiej słychać

Jan Komasa written & directed by JAN KOMASA director of photography RADOSłAW łADCZUK music by MICHAł JACASZEK animation by DOMINIKA KOWARSKA, PAWEł LIPKA, ADAM TORCZYńSKI, PIOTR GIżEWSKI CGI by CRAZY SARDINE TEAM, ADAM TORCZYńSKI, OLGA SZABLEWICZ-PISUK (STUDIO ORKA) production design by KATARZYNA FILIMONIUK costume design by DOROTA ROQUEPLO make-up by ALINA JANERKA edited by BARTOSZ PIETRAS PSM sound by ARTUR KUCZKOWSKI production managers MARCIN KUREK, SYLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ cast JAKUB GIERSZAł (DOMINIK), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (SYLWIA), AGATA KULESZA (BEATA), KRZYSZTOF PIECZYńSKI (ANDRZEJ), BARTOSZ GELNER (ALEKSANDER), DANUTA BORSUK (NADIA), PIOTR NOWAK (JACEK), FILIP BOBEK (MARCIN), KRZYSZTOF DRACZ (MINISTER), ALEKSANDRA HAMKAłO (KAROLINA), KINGA PREIS (PSYCHIATRIST), ANNA ILCZUK (ADA), BARTOSZ PORCZYK (STYLIST), WIESłAW KOMASA (HEADMASTER), KAROLINA DRYZNER (JOWITA), EWELINA PASZKE (MINISTER) produced by KADR FILM STUDIO, PUłAWSKA 61, PHONE/FAX +48 22 845 49 23, WWW.KADR.COM.PL co-produced by STUDIO ORKA; MEDIA BRIGADE; IFDF ODRA FILM executive production MEDIA BRIGADE producer JERZY KAPUśCIńSKI co-producers MAGDALENA ZIMECKA, SYLWESTER BANASZKIEWICZ, MARCIN KUREK, ANDRZEJ BIAłAS co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01, FAX +48 22 840 68 06, WWW.KINOSWIAT.PL world sales KADR FILM STUDIO

Red One /  mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 00 min. POLAND 2010

Dominik, a high school student, is humiliated by his colleagues one too many times; he stops going to school and shuts himself in the virtual world. There he meets a girl who has attempted suicide. She brings him into the “suiciders room” – an online place for people who, like Dominik, no longer want to live, or at least give off that impression. An attempt at portraying hikikomori – a sociological phenomenon often described as Internet addiction. The addict locks himself away from the world, enters his “hermitage”. These neohermits of the 21st century can spend anything from a few months to a few years, locked in a room, needing nothing but a computer with an Internet connection.

Born in 1981. Graduate of philosophy at the Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw and directing at the łódź Film School. Author of documentaries, adverts and music videos. His student film Nice to See You (Fajnie, że jesteś) won an award in the Cinefondation competition in Cannes (2004). Directed the novella entitled Warsaw [in:] Ode to Joy (Warszawa [w:] Oda do radości, 2005), a feature film that won a number of awards at film festivals in Gdynia, Koszalin and Houston. Suiciders Room is his fulllength feature debut.

New Polish Films 2010

photo by Jarosław Sosiński

photo by Jarosław Sosiński

feature films

Suiciders Room (working title) Sala samobójców

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Patryk Vega directed by PATRYK VEGA written by PATRYK VEGA, DOMINIK MATWIEJCZYK director of photography WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI music by DANIEL BLOOM production design by AGATA STRóżYńSKA costume design by MONIKA PTASZEK make-up by EWA DROBIEC sound by PIOTR KRZANOWSKI, MARIUSZ WYSOCKI, BłAżEJ KAFARSKI, BARTEK PUTKIEWICZ

edited by WOJCIECH MRóWCZYńSKI PSM production manager ANNA WINNICKA cast MARTA żMUDA TRZEBIATOWSKA (BASIA), TOMASZ KAROLAK (DAWID), PAWEł MAłASZYńSKI (KAROLEK), MARCIN BOSAK (TOMEK), TOMASZ KOT (JAN), JOANNA LISZOWSKA (ANETKA, TOMEK’S WIFE), DANUTA STENKA (URSZULA), MARIETA żUKOWSKA (ELA), WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI (CIASNY WIESIEK), CEZARY żAK (COMMISSIONER), ADAM ZDRóJKOWSKI (ANTOś), JAKUB ZDRóJKOWSKI (GABRYś), YURY TSYKUN (ALOSZA) produced by MAGIC HOUR, RACłAWICKA 127/12, 02-117 WARSAW, +48 22 824 68 48/49, E-MAIL [email protected] producers MAGDALENA ZIELSKA, PATRYK VEGA co-produced by SYRENA FILMS co-producers WALDEMAR LESZCZYńSKI, ANDRZEJ SERDIUKOW, MACIEJ żUKOWSKI investors GLOBAL FX; EAST PICTURES, ALEKSANDRA TOKARSKA, TOMASZ TOKARSKI distribution SYRENA FILMS, KRóLOWEJ MARYSIEńKI 20, 02-954 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 550 11 70, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales MAGIC HOUR; SYRENA FILMS

 mm, colour, Dolby Digital,  min. POLAND 2010

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A funny and witty comedy with a twist; the story of three nutty brothers who would do anything to help their sister when she’s in trouble.

Born in 1977. Director and screenwriter of feature films and crime TV series. Won several awards for his feature Pitbull (2005). Co-directed the TV series Pitbull (2005-2007), later syndicated to Germany, Japan and Finland. Codirected two other TV series: Kryminalni (2005) and Twarzą w twarz (2007). Independent producer since 2008. Owner of MAGIC HOUR film production company.

photo by Magic Hour

photo by Magic Hour

feature films

Superheroes Ciacho

Andrzej Wajda

Awards: directed by ANDRZEJ WAJDA written by ANDRZEJ WAJDA, BASED ON SHORT STORIES: “TATARAK” (SWEET RUSH) BY JAROSłAW IWASZKIEWICZ; “A SUDDEN CALL” BY SáNDOR MáRAI; AND THE “ZAPISKI OSTATNIE” MONOLOGUE BY KRYSTYNA JANDA director of photography PAWEł EDELMAN PSC music by PAWEł MYKIETYN production design by MAGDALENA DIPONT set decorator WIESłAWA CHOJKOWSKA costume design by MAGDALENA BIEDRZYCKA edited by MILENIA FIEDLER PSM sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager EWA BRODZKA cast KRYSTYNA JANDA (MARTA), JAN ENGLERT (DOCTOR), PAWEł SZAJDA (BOGUś), JADWIGA JANKOWSKA-CIEśLAK (BEST FRIEND), JULIA PIETRUCHA (HALINKA), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (HOUSEKEEPER) produced by AKSON STUDIO, STęPIńSKA 22/30, 00-739 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 34, FAX +48 22 840 77 82, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA SA; AGENCJA MEDIA PLUS producer MICHAł KWIECIńSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution ITI CINEMA, WIERTNICZA 166, 02-952 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 453 36 23-24, +48 22 453 36 30, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales LES FILMS DU LOSANGE, 22 AVENUE 1ER PIERRE DE SERBIE, 75116 PARIS FRANCE, PHONE +33 1 44 43 87 28, FAX +33 1 49 52 06 40, E-MAIL [email protected]

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 8 min. POLAND 2009

9 2009 Berlin International Film Festival: Alfred Bauer Award for opening new perspectives in film art 9 European Film Academy Critics’ Award 2009 - Prix FIPRESCI 9 Festivals: Berlin IFF09, Moscow IFF09, Karlovy Vary IFF09, Locarno IFF09, New york IFF09, Pusan IFF09, London IFF09, Tallin IFF09, Go East IFF09

A director starts to shoot a movie about an ageing woman who lost her sons in the Warsaw Uprising and now leads a lonely life by her doctor husband’s side. A chance meeting with a young man awakes emotions she thought long forgotten. The story set in the 1950s intertwines with modernday scenes that reveal the mixed feelings of the filmmakers, and with a monologue of the actress playing the role of Marta.

Born in 1926. Prominent Polish film and theatre director. Winner of an Academy Award, César, Felix, the Golden Lions at Venice, the Golden Bear at Berlin, other lifetime achievement awards, and awards for particular features (including the Golden Palm at Cannes for his Man of Iron). Awarded in Poland and abroad for achievements in theatre. Decorated in Japan, France, Germany and Poland; holds multiple honorary degrees. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the European Film Academy, and the French Academy of Fine Arts. Founder of the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow (with the funds from his 1987 Kyoto award). Founder and lecturer at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, launched in 2002.

photo by Andrzej Tarasewicz

photo by Piotr Bujnowicz / fabrykaobrazu.pl

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Sweet Rush Tatarak

9 Filmography (selected works):

1956: Canal (Kanał); 1958: Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament); 1960: Innocent Sorcerers (Niewinni czarodzieje); 1965: The Ashes (Popioły); 1968: Everything for Sale (Wszystko na sprzedaż); 1970: Landscape after Battle (Krajobraz po bitwie); The Birch Wood (Brzezina); 1971: Pilate and Others (Piłat i inni); 1972: The Wedding (Wesele); 1974: The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana); 1976: Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru); 1978: Rough Treatment (Bez znieczulenia); 1979: The Maids of Wilko (Panny z Wilka); 1981: Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza); 1982: Danton; 1986: Chronicle of Love Affairs (Kronika wypadków miłosnych); 1988: The Possessed (Biesy); 1990: Korczak; 1994: Nastazja; 1999: Pan Tadeusz – the Last Foray in Lithuania (Pan Tadeusz); 2002: The Revenge (Zemsta); 2007: Katyn (Katyń); 2009: Sweet Rush (Tatarak) New Polish Films 2010

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Tomasz Lewkowicz directed by TOMASZ LEWKOWICZ written by TOMASZ LEWKOWICZ, SZYMON GONERA director of photography MARIUSZ PALEJ music by GERARD LEBIK production design by MARTA SKAJNOWSKA costume design by MAłGORZATA AJZELT make-up by JUSTYNA ZARANEK edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM sound by PIOTR BIELAWSKI casting by NADIA LEBIK production manager PAWEł PLUCIńSKI cast WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (MICHAł), JOANNA ORLEAńSKA (ANNA, MICHAł’S WIFE), KAROLINA GORCZYCA (KAROLINA), VIOLETTA ARLAK (MARRIED WOMAN), ALDONA JANKOWSKA (HEADMISTRESS), ANNA ROKITA (NURSE), KAROLINA PIECHOTA (BASIA) produced by PRO CINEMA, LAMBADY 10, 02-830 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 644 63 13, FAX +48 22 644 92 67, E-MAIL [email protected] executive producer PAWEł PLUCIńSKI distribution & world sales OPEN

HD/ mm, Dolby Digital, 90 min. POLAND 2010

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Michał, 35, has a beautiful wife, a sweet daughter, and a wonderful mistress who makes him happy. One day his wife gives him an ultimatum. Will Michał decide to stay with his wife, or will he choose the mistress, knowing that whatever decision he makes will hurt himself and people around him?

Graduate of the Warsaw Film School. The Swing is his feature debut.

photo by Pro Cinema

photo by Pro Cinema

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The Swing Huśtawka

Maciej Ślesicki written & directed by MACIEJ śLESICKI director of photography ANDRZEJ RAMLAU PSC production design by MARIAN ZAWALIńSKI costume design by AGNIESZKA WERNER-SZYRLE set decorator AGNIESZKA KACZYńSKA make-up by MIRELLA ZAWISZEWSKA edited by KRZYSZTOF PALUCHOWSKI sound by ADAM WILK production manager KRZYSZTOF łOJAN cast BOGUSłAW LINDA (PAINTER), KRZYSZTOF STROIńSKI (DIRECTOR), MODEST RUCIńSKI (YOUNG MAN), LIDIA SADOWA (STUDENT), PIOTR ADAMCZYK (UNEMPLOYED MAN), SłAWOMIR ORZECHOWSKI (PRODUCER), PAWEł KRóLIKOWSKI (FATHER), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (SWINDLER), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (UNEMPLOYED MAN’S WIFE), AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (TEACHER), MARCIN DOROCIńSKI (BODYGUARD), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (GANGSTER), MATEUSZ DAMIęCKI (SOUND ENGINEER), JOANNA ORLEAńSKA (ACTRESS) produced by PAISA FILMS, BOKSERSKA 1, 02-682 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 853 17 10-13, FAX +48 22 853 17 14, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.3MINUTY.PAISAFILMS.PL co-produced by EBH POLSKA, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 851 10 84, E-MAIL [email protected]; CENTRUM MYśLI JANA PAWłA producers JOLANTA ROJEK, MACIEJ śLESICKI supervising producers MAłGORZATA RETEI, HENRYK PARNOWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales OPEN

 mm, colour, Dolby Digital, 90 min. POLAND 2010

The first part of a film trilogy: 21:37, 21:38, 21:42. Pope John Paul II died on 2 April 2005 at 21:37 (9:37 pm). Will the death of their beloved pope change the lives of the Polish people? There is no easy answer. But there is a glimmer of hope in the turmoil, gloom, and filth of big city life... The characters in this film include a film director going through a creative dry spell, a police agent setting herself up as bait for a serial killer, a male nurse taking care of a seriously ill girl who no longer wants to live, and a brilliant student of computer science who writes computer viruses...

Born in 1966. Director, screenwriter, producer. Graduate of cinematography at the Radio and Television Department of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Winner of multiple awards. Director and screenwriter of popular TV series. CEO of Paisa Films. Founder of and lecturer at the Warsaw Film School, established by Bogusław Linda and Maciej ślesicki.

photo by Robert Pałka

photo by Robert Pałka

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Three Minutes: 2:7 Trzy minuty: 21.37

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1995: Dad (Tato); 1997: Sara; 2003: Show; 2009: Three Minutes: 21:37 (Trzy minuty: 21.37)

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Dorota Kędzierzawska written & directed by DOROTA KęDZIERZAWSKA director of photography ARTHUR REINHART PSC music: INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL PIECES BY ARKADY SEVERNY production design by ARTHUR REINHART costume design by KATARZYNA MORAWSKA edited by DOROTA KęDZIERZAWSKA, ARTHUR REINHART sound by MICHAL PAJDIAK cast OLEG RYBA (PIETIA), EVGENY RYBA (WAśKA), AKHMED SARDALOV (LIAPA), STANISłAW SOJKA (POLICEMAN), ALEKSANDRA BILEWICZ (BRIDE), ZYGMUNT GORODOWIENKO (OLD MAN), KINGA WALENKIEWICZ (DOLLFACE), ANTONI łANCZKOWSKI (BORDER PATROL OFFICER), ANGELIKA KOZIC (GIRL WITH BREAD) produced by KID FILM ARTHUR REINHART, ORZECHOWSKIEGO 19, 04-824 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 615 72 23, +48 501 751 201 co-produced by PIONIWA FILM; THE CHIMNEY POT; NON STOP FILM SERVICE; FILM ILUMINATION executive production KID FILM co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE producer ARTHUR REINHART co-producer TAKASHI NIWA distribution OPEN world sales KID FILM ARTHUR REINHART

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, 20 min. POLAND / JAPAN 2010

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Three Russian boys living in a train station decide to explore the world. They cross not only metaphorical boundaries, but also geographical frontiers. In their childish mischief and credulousness, they search for a place where their greatest dreams, however simple, could come true. They search for a different life, a better world... An extraordinary journey by three little heroes; the three great little heroes of the strange times we live in.

Born in łódź. Director and screenwriter. Studied cultural studies in łódź and film directing in Moscow (VGIK). Graduate of film directing at the łódź Film School. Winner of multiple awards at film festivals in Poland and abroad. 9 Feature Filmography:

1988: End of the World (Koniec świata, TV); 1991: Devils, Devils (Diabły, diabły); 1994: Crows (Wrony, TV); 1998: Nothing (Nic); 2005: I Am (Jestem); 2007: Time to Die (Pora umierać); 2010: Tomorrow Will Be Better (Jutro będzie lepiej)

photo by Kid Film

photo by Kid Film

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Tomorrow Will Be Better Jutro będzie lepiej

The Totentanz. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising

Leszek Wosiewicz written & directed by LESZEK WOSIEWICZ director of photography ANDRZEJ RAMLAU PSC music by WOJCIECH WAGLEWSKI production design by ANNA SEITZ costume design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ edited by TEO PAGANINI sound by DAREK WANCERZ production manager IWONA PASZKOWSKA cast MAGDA CIELECKA (IRENA), RAFAł FUDALEJ (MAREK), PIOTR GłOWACKI (HANS), ERYK LUBOS (JOWA THE UKRAINIAN), ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ (MAREK’S FATHER), GOSIA DOBROWOLSKA (MAREK’S MOTHER), STANISłAWA CELIńSKA (NEIGHBOUR), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (MAID) produced by ODYSEY FILMS LESZEK WOSIEWICZ, E-MAIL [email protected] co-produced by LIGHTCRAFT producer LESZEK WOSIEWICZ co-producer DANIEL MARKOWSKI executive producer IWONA PASZKOWSKA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

HD /  mm, colour, Dolby Surround, ca 9 min. POLAND 2010

1944. Warsaw is in flames, destroyed by Nazis during the uprising. Marek, poet and dreamer, tries to make his way into the city centre, where his father stayed behind. Irena, a Volksdeutsch woman who collaborates with the Nazis, tries to find her son, who fought in the uprising as a boy scout.

Born in 1953. Graduate of psychology at the Jagiellonian University and film directing at the łódź Film School. Screenwriter, film and theatre director, producer, lecturer. Produced acclaimed features and documentaries, including The case of Herman The Stoker (Przypadek Hermana Palacza), Dekalog Polska ’93, Breaking the Silence (Przełamując ciszę); Love Under the Shadow of Big Brother (Miłość w cieniu Big Brothera) and multiple television series.

photo by Maciej Laprus

photo by Maciej Laprus

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Taniec śmierci. Sceny z Powstania Warszawskiego

9 Feature Films:

1982: Christmas Eve ’81 (Wigilia ’81); 1988: Kornblumenblau; 1991; Cynga; 1997: Home Chronicles (Kroniki domowe); 2005: Crossroads Cafe (Rozdroże Cafe); 2010: The Totentanz. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising (Taniec śmierci. Sceny z Powstania Warszawskiego)

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Jan Hryniak directed by JAN HRYNIAK written by MICHAł J. ZABłOCKI director of photography PIOTR śLISKOWSKI PSC music by PAWEł MYKIETYN production design by WOJCIECH żOGAłA edited by WOJCIECH WłODARSKI sound by BARTOSZ PUTKIEWICZ production manager JERZY SZEBESTA cast ANDRZEJ CHYRA (BUKOWSKI), PIOTR ADAMCZYK (MAREK KOWALEWSKI), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (WITEK), HENRYK TALAR (SZEWCZYK), łUKASZ SIMLAT (ROBERT), BARTłOMIEJ TOPA (SZULER), ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (SIERADZKI), JERZY TRELA (BąK), JACEK ROZENEK (EDITOR-IN-CHIEF), ERYK LUBOS (KOSA), GRAżYNA SZAPOłOWSKA (MARKIEWICZOWA), KAROLINA GRUSZKA (ELżBIETA), AGNIESZKA WARCHULSKA (JOWITA) produced by AROMER SC ANDRZEJ STęPNIEWSKI ROMY STęPNIEWSKA, STOłECZNA 250, 05-074 JóZEFIN, PHONE +48 22 783 66 10, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected] WWW.AROMER.PL producer ERIC STęPNIEWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution KINO śWIAT, BELWEDERSKA 20/22, 00-762 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 01-05, FAX +48 22 840 68 06 world sales OPEN

 mm, colour, Dolby Digital Surround EX, ca 90 min. POLAND 2010

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Two intellectuals serving long prison terms decide to escape. One is a talented counterfeiter of 100-dollar bills, the other is an elderly and handicapped “mastermind”.

Born in 1969. Graduate of the Architecture Department at the Warsaw Technical University and the Directing Department at the łódź Film School. Won several awards at film festivals in Poland and abroad for his feature The Harbour (Przystań) (“The Young and Cinema” Festival of Film Debuts, Koszalin 1999) and The Third (Trzeci) (Festival of the Young Film, Pecs 2006) Directs music videos and adverts. 9 Filmography:

1997: The Harbour (Przystań); 2004: The Third (Trzeci); 2010: Trick

photo by Dariusz Majewski

photo by Dariusz Majewski

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Trick Trick

Jan Jakub Kolski written & directed by JAN JAKUB KOLSKI director of photography ARTHUR REINHART PSC music TBC production design by JOANNA MACHA costume design by MAłGORZATA ZACHARSKA make-up by ANNA NOBELNOBIELSKA, MARCIN RODAK edited by WITOLD CHOMIńSKI sound by JACEK HAMELA production manager WIESłAW łYSAKOWSKI cast MARCIN WALEWSKI (MAREK), MAGDALENA CIELECKA (JOANNA, MAREK’S MOTHER), MARIUSZ BONASZEWSKI (ROMAN, MAREK’S FATHER), AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (BARBARA, JOANNA’S SISTER), ERYK LUBOS (BAGIńSKI, TEACHER), TERESA BUDZISZKRZYżANOWSKA (MAREK’S GRANDMOTHER), GRAżYNA BłęCKA-KOLSKA (WERONIKA, JOANNA’S SISTER), JULIA KIJOWSKA (KLAUDYNA), JULIA CHATYS (KAROLINA, KLAUDYNA’S DAUGHTER), HANNA KUźMIńSKA (ZUZIA), WERONIKA ASIńSKA (FROSIA) produced by AKSON STUDIO, STęPIńSKA 22/30, 00-739 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 840 68 34, FAX +48 22 841 77 82, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.AKSONSTUDIO.PL co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution & world sales OPEN

RED One /  mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 0 min. POLAND 2010

A ten-year-old boy dreams of going to Venice. But then the Second World War starts and his family hides him in the home of his crazy aunts, who build him a small Venice in the flooded basement. It is there that the boy will live through a fast and dramatic entry into adulthood. A coming-of-age story about love and courage. Based on short stories by Włodzimierz Odojewski.

Born in 1956. Graduate of the Cinematography Department at the łódź Film School. Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, novelist, lecturer at the łódź Film School. Winner of awards at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, and Tokyo. Member of the European Film Academy.

photo by Akson Studio

photo by Akson Studio

feature films

Venice Wenecja

9 Feature Filmography (selected works):

1990: Burial of a Potato (Pogrzeb kartofla); 1992: Pograbek; 1993: Magneto [in:] Autrement; Johnnie the Aquarius (Jańcio Wodnik); 1994: Miraculous Place (Cudowne miejsce); 1995: Playing from the Plate (Grający z talerza); The Commanders Sword (Szabla od komendanta); 1998: History of Cinema in Popielawy (Historia kina w Popielawach); 2000: Keep Away from the Window (Daleko od okna); 2003: Pornography (Pornografia); 2005: The Great Bear [in:] Solidarity, Solidarity (Wielki Wóz [w:] Solidarność, Solidarność); 2006: Jasminum; 2009: Happy Aphonya (Afonia i pszczoły); 2010: Venice (Wenecja)

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Marleen Gorris directed by MARLEEN GORRIS written by NANCY LARSON, WOJCIECH GAJEWICZ, BASED ON MEMOIRS OF EVGENIA GINZBURG director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by WłODEK PAWLIK production design by EWA SKOCZKOWSKA costume design by JAGNA JANICKA make-up and special effects by JANUSZ KALEJA, MARCIN RODAK edited by EWIN RYCKAERT sound by HENRI MORELLE production manager ANDRZEJ BESZTAK cast EMILY WATSON (EVGENIA GINZBURG), ULRICH TUKUR (DOCTOR ANTON WALTER), IAN HART (BEYLIN), BENJAMIN SADLER (PAVEL, EUGENIA’S HUSBAND), AGATA BUZEK (LENA), MARIA SEWERYN (ZIMMERMAN), BEATA FUDALEJ (OLGA), MARIA MAMONA (TANIA), ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI (GUARD), KRZYSZTOF GLOBISZ (TYMOSZKIN), łUKASZ GARLICKI (PIOTR), LECH DYBLIK (JEGOR) produced by TATFILM (GERMANY); YETI FILMS (POLAND), NIEMCEWICZA 7/9 APT. 135, 02-022 WARSAW +48 22 823 99 17, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.YETIFILMS.COM; SAGA FILM/LORIVAL (BELGIUM) co-produced by TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY executive producers MAGDALENA NAPIERACZ, VINCENT MACHERAS, SłAWOMIR JóźWIK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, EURIMAGES, FILM STIFTUNG NRW, FILM STIFTUNG DFF, MEDIA I2I producers CHRISTINE RUPPERT, PIOTR MULARUK, HUBERT TOINT distribution OPEN world sales TELEPOOL, WWW.TELEPOOL.DE

 mm, colour, 7 min. GERMANy / POLAND / BELGIUM 2009

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1937. Evgenia Ginzburg is a literature professor, communist at heart, and idealist. She falls victim to Stalin’s reign of terror. After a short investigation, a verdict based on preposterous accusations sends her to the Gulag, where she will spend over ten years in dreadful conditions, fighting to maintain any shreds of dignity; fighting for survival. What gives her strength is an unexpected love affair with the camp doctor, also a prisoner.

Born in 1948. Dutch director and screenwriter. Winner of numerous film awards. First woman in history to be awarded an Oscar for Best Foreign Feature Film (Antonia). 9 Filmography (selected works):

1982: A Question of Silence (De Stilte rond Christine M.); 1984: Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels); 1990: The Last Island; 1995: Antonia; 1997: Mrs. Dalloway; 2000: The Luzhin Defence; 2003: Carolina; 2007: Heaven and Earth; 2008: Within the Whirlwind (Wichry Kołymy)

photo by Artur Sienicki

photo by Artur Sienicki

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Within the Whirlwind Wichry Kołymy

The Woman That Dreamed About a Man feature films

Kvinden der dromte om en mand / Kobieta, która pragnęła mężczyzny

Per Fly directed by PER FLY written by PER FLY, DORTE HOGH director of photography HARALD GUNNAR PAALGARD cast SONJA RICHTER, MARCIN DOROCIńSKI, MICHAEL NYQVIST produced by ZENTROPA INTERNATIONAL POLAND producer IB TARDINI distribution GUTEK FILM, ZAMENHOFA 1, 00-153 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 536 92 00, FAX +48 22 635 20 01, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.GUTEKFILM.PL

00 min. DENMARK / CZECH REPUBLIC / POLAND 2010

A young Danish woman is an acclaimed fashion photographer. She travels the world, living out of a suitcase between photo shoots. While in Paris, she meets a man, who brings out passionate feelings in her. The intensity of this affair will turn her life upside down. A provocative journey into the world of erotica, where passion becomes obsession.

Born in 1960. Danish director, screenwriter, and actor. Won multiple awards at film festivals. Also directs television films and series. 9 Feature Filmography:

2000: The Bench (Banken); Prop and Berta (Prop og Berta); 2003: The Inheritance (Arven); 2005: Manslaughter (Drabet); 2010: The Woman That Dreamed About a Man (Kobieta, która pragnęła mężczyzny)

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Ewa Stankiewicz written & directed by EWA STANKIEWICZ director of photography PIOTR NIEMYJSKI production design by MICHAł HRISULIDIS, MAGDALENA HERZYK (WINTER SHOOT) costume design by MAłGORZATA WODZYńSKA set decorator MILENA łAKOMSKA make-up by OLGA WIśNIOWSKA, MONIKA WIśNIOWSKA edited by ROBERT CIODYK PSM sound by MICHAł żARNECKI, SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT, ERIK MISCHIJEW production managers AGNIESZKA JANOWSKA, JACEK NAGłOWSKI, PAWEł KOSUń cast AGNIESZKA GROCHOWSKA (JOANNA), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (łUKASZ), GRAżYNA BARSZCZEWSKA (JOANNA’S MOTHER), DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI (JOWISZ), MONIKA RADZIWON (KAśKA), PIOTR MIAZGA (KUBA), ALBERT OSIK (DOCTOR SIWIEC), TOMASZ MIKOłAJEWSKI (DOCTOR), MIROSłAWA NIEMCZYK (ELKA), LIDIA BOGACZóWNA (DOCTOR MENDAS), SZYMON CZACKI (BARTEK), MARCIN CZARNIK (PIOTR), PAWEł PARCZEWSKI (DAMIAN), TOMIRA KOWALIK (OLD PROSTITUTE), MARIA DąBROWSKA (YOUNG PROSTITUTE), BARBARA WRZESIńSKA (OLD LADY AT CEMETERY), OLGA MIłASZEWSKA (LILKA), URSZULA IRCHA (WIOLKA) produced by CENTRALA, PHONE +48 22 201 21 11, FAX +48 22 207 25 11, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.CENTRALAFILM.PL co-produced by FILMKOMBINAT; TELEWIZJA POLSKA – FILM AGENCY; IFDF ODRA FILM; ZDF/ARTE (GERMANY) executive production CENTRALA producers AGNIESZKA JANOWSKA, JACEK NAGłOWSKI co-producers JENS KOERNER, CLAUDIA TRONNIER, SłAWOMIR JóźWIK, RAFAł BUBICKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFORDERUNG distribution OPEN world sales OPEN

 mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital, ca 0 min. POLAND 2010

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The story of a man and a woman, both suffering after the loss of a loved one. Their paths do not cross, although they very well could. She is a woman who cannot handle the inner pain. In an act of desperation, she goes out to look for a man. He is a monk going through a crisis of faith resulting from his helplessness against the inevitable. He also decides to escape into the chaos of the city jungle.

Graduate of Polish studies at the University of Wrocław and directing at the łódź Film School. Took part in the EKRAN workshop. Radio and television journalist, author of documentaries and news features. Won several awards for feature-length documentary Three Buddies (Trzech kumpli, 2008, codirected with Anna Ferens) and independent feature Touch Me (Dotknij mnie, 2003, co-directed with Anna Jadowska). You Will Not Know is her fulllength feature debut.

photo by Bartosz Sowa

photo by Bartosz Sowa

feature films

you Will Not Know Nie będziesz wiedział

photo by Artur Sienicki

feature films

Zero Zero

ROBERT WIęCKIEWICZ (CEO), ALEKSANDRA POPłAWSKA (CEO’S WIFE), SONIA BOHOSIEWICZ (CEO’S SECRETARY), ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ (NEWSPAPER SALESMAN), GABRIELA MUSKAłA (NEWSPAPER SALESMAN’S WIFE), CEZARY KOSIńSKI (CEO’S EMPLOYEE), KAMILLA BAAR (CEO’S EMPLOYEE’S WIFE), MARIAN DZIęDZIEL (TAXI DRIVER), BOGDAN KOCA (DETECTIVE), ZBIGNIEW KONOPKA (DETECTIVE’S ASSISTANT), RAFAł MOHR (BARTENDER), SłAWOMIR ROKITA (BARTENDER’S FATHER), BOGUSłAWA SZUBERT (BARTENDER’S MOTHER), MARIA MAJ (DOCTOR), MICHAł żURAWSKI (CEO’S WIFE’S LOVER), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (PORN PRODUCER), ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (PORN STAR), MICHAł TARKOWSKI (PEDOPHILE), JANUSZ CHABIOR (RECEPTIONIST), DOMINIKA KLUźNIAK (SEX SHOP SALESWOMAN), JOANNA BOGACKA (CEO’S WIFE’S MOTHER), WOJCIECH ZIELIńSKI (PARAMEDIC), MAGDALENA POPłAWSKA AND OTHERS produced by OPUS FILM, łąKOWA 29, 90-554 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 55 00, E-MAIL [email protected], WWW.OPUSFILM.COM co-produced by WFDIF, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 841 26 83, E-MAIL [email protected]; PLATIGE IMAGE; PAWEł BOROWSKI producer PIOTR DZIęCIOł co-producers WłODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS, PIOTR SIKORA, JAROSłAW SAWKO, PAWEł BOROWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE distribution MONOLITH FILMS, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 77, +48 22 851 11 01, FAX +48 22 851 10 79, E-MAIL [email protected] [email protected]; WWW.MONOLITH.PL world sales OPEN

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 0 min. POLAND 2009

9 Festivals: Pusan IFF09, Sao Paulo IFF09, Warsaw IFF09

A large modern city. 24 hours in the lives of dozens of characters. Sometimes their fates become intertwined naturally, sometimes it’s pure chance. We follow this story of love, hate, betrayal, sex, violence, and various sorts of filth.

Born in 1973. Graduated in painting and animation from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Has worked in advertising as creative director since 1997. Produces commercials and promotional films. Held individual exhibitions at Warsaw’s Centre for Contemporary Arts and Zachęta gallery. His short features Love Gamestation and I Love You (Kocham cię) were screened and awarded at many festivals in Poland (Gdynia, Krakow) and abroad (Tribeca FF in New York; Ottawa; Panorama at Berlin FF; Brisbane, Australia; Trieste, Italy). Zero is his full-length feature debut.

New Polish Films 2010

photo by Artur Sienicki

Paweł Borowski - Boro written & directed by PAWEł BOROWSKI director of photography ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK PSC music by ADAM BURZYńSKI production design by WOJCIECH żOGAłA costume design by ANNA IMIELA SZCZEśNIAK make-up by LILIANA GAłąZKA edited by MAGDALENA MIKOłAJCZYK PSM sound by MARIA CHILARECKA, MAREK WRONKO, LESZEK FREUND production manager JACEK GAWRYSZCZAK cast

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The Brand New Pole Polska nowela filmowa

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Parents of teenaged twin girls finally have their long awaited son. This miraculous birth inspires the parents to give the child a name with unique religious significance. Growing up in a family with a peculiar set of idiosyncrasies, the teenage girls slowly enter adult life and start to discover their own femininity.

written & directed by DOROTA LAMPARSKA cinematography by DOMINIK DANILCZYK music by KRZYSZTOF A. JANCZAK production design by ZUZANNA SADOWA costume design by MAłGORZATA MAZOWIEńSKA-WIERZBICKA make-up by CEZARY KOSTRZEWSKI, MAłGORZATA MASKUł edited by JAROSłAW BARZAN PSM sound by SłAWOMIR KAROLAK, MAJA PROCHOWICZRATYńSKA production manager DANIEL ADAMSKI cast PAULINA CHAPKO, KAROLINA CHAPKO, KRYSTYNA TKACZ, TOMASZ SAPRYK produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO producer EWA JASTRZęBSKA co-produced by TVP KULTURA; WFDIF – “CZOłóWKA” executive production WFDIF – “CZOłóWKA”, AL. LOTNIKóW 1, 00-976 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 543 03 01, E-MAIL [email protected] world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

HD/ mm, .66:, colour, Dolby Digital, 2 min.

The City Sails On Miasto płynie

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Animated musical about life in a city absurdly named łódź (Polish for “boat”). The city is portrayed as a relict of customs unique to this part of Europe. Its inhabitants struggle with everyday life and are lost in the new reality, but they manage to hold on to their temperament, avidity, and stubbornness.

POLAND 2010

Awards: written & directed by BALBINA BRUSZEWSKA cinematography by TONY CAPPUCINO, BALBINA BRUSZEWSKA, DARIA KOPIEC, MAGDALENA BRYLL music by JAKUB GąSOWSKI, SEBASTIAN KONDRATOWICZ AND “ELEKTRYCZNY WęGORZ” (BAND) character design by BALBINA BRUSZEWSKA, MARIA TUREK production design by BALBINA BRUSZEWSKA, MAGDALENA BRYLL, DARIA KOPIEC, URSZULA TARASIEWICZ animation artists BALBINA BRUSZEWSKA, MAGDALENA BRYLL, KONRAD BIAłKOWSKI, PIOTR MILCZAREK, DARIA KOPIEC, MARIA TUREK, TONY CAPPUCINO, MONIKA DąBROWSKA edited by JANUSZ CZUBAK sound by JANUSZ CZUBAK, JAKUB GąSOWSKI, MICHAł KOSTERKIEWICZ production manager ADAM PTAK produced by łóDź FILM SCHOOL (PWSFTVIT), PHONE +48 42 634 58 20, E-MAIL [email protected] executive production SE-MA-FOR PRODUKCJA FILMOWA, TARGOWA 1/3 B, APT. 24, 90-022 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 681 54 74, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SE-MA-FOR.COM executive producer ZBIGNIEW żMUDZKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; THE CITY OF łóDź OFFICE

7 min.

POLAND 2009

9 “Łodzią po Wiśle” Festival, Warsaw 2009: Grand Prize and Award of the General Director of the Polish Film Institute 9 “ReAnimacja” International Animated Film Festival, Łódź 2009: Polish Filmmakers Association Jury Award for Best Polish Film 9 6th “Etiuda&Anima” International Film Festival, Krakow 2009: Diploma of Merit in the Animated Film Competition

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Come to Me Przyjdź do mnie

Asia is a young Polish girl from Belarus. She comes to Poland to live with her boyfriend Piotr. When she encounters another woman at his apartment, she is left without a place to stay. Wandering through the cold, wintry streets of Warsaw, she ends up at a kebab place and meets a teenager named Habib. Their friendship will prove to be a way for survival...

photo by Rafał Głombiowski

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Awards: written & directed by EWA BANASZKIEWICZ cinematography by BERNADETTE PAASSEN music by TARA CREME production design by AGATA PRZYBYł, KRYSTYNA BASIAK costume design by JOANNA TELEJKO make-up by ALINA KOSOIAN, MARTA SZCZERKOWSKA edited by MIKY WOLF sound by ANTONIA BATES production manager MARTA KRóL cast OLGA SEREBRYAKOVA (ASIA), ABDUL JABBAR BASSMAR (HABIB), ELżBIETA KOMOROWSKA (ULA), MOHAMAD FATHI BASSMAR (KEBAB SALESMAN), MONIKA LASKOWSKA (PROSTITUTE), TOMASZ ROKITA (MAN IN CLUB), TADEUSZ KLOCH AND ARTUR ORBIK (SECURITY GUARDS) produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO producer EWA JASTRZęBSKA co-produced by TVP KULTURA; VOSTOK 8 executive production by VOSTOK 8, PHONE +48 696 204 625, E-MAIL [email protected] executive producers DAWID JANICKI, WOJCIECH KASPERSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

Digital Betacam, 6:9, colour,  min.

POLAND 2009

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać

photo by Michał Łuczak

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9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Special Mention for Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Honourable Mention for Olga Serebryakova in the young Cinema Competition

The story of an 11-year-old girl’s infinite love for her father. While preparing a song for the school performance to celebrate Father’s Day, this young girl watches her father carefully. Wanting to express her feelings as best she can, she slowly begins to discover her father’s secrets...

Awards: written & directed by KUBA CZEKAJ cinematography by ADAM PALENTA music by ZYGMUNT KONIECZNY production design by BOGUSłAW NOBEL-NOBIELSKI, AGATA UCHMAN choreography by ANNA GODOWSKA make-up by żANETA STEFAńSKA edited by DANIEL GąSIOROWSKI sound by ZOFIA KUCHARSKA-KOWALIK production manager TOMASZ KOZERA cast EMILIA STACHURSKA (“łATA”), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (LESZEK), JOWITA BUDNIK (LUCYNA), ANNA ILCZUK (“NYSKA”), ANDRZEJ MASTALERZ, KRZYSZTOF CZECZOT produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; METRO FILMS executive production METRO FILMS, DOMINIKAńSKA 9, 02-738 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 843 21 72, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

Digital Betacam, 6:9, colour, Stereo, 8 min.

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POLAND 2009

9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Grand Prize in young Cinema Competition

Echo Echo

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Two teenage boys murder a girl from their school. A police psychologist helps them retrace the events. They gradually begin to realize the horror, and the consequences, of what they did.

Awards: written & directed by MAGNUS VON HORN cinematography by MAłGORZATA SZYłAK production design by KAROLINA FANDREJEWSKA-OCHNIO edited by BOGUSłAWA FURGA sound by MICHAł ROBACZEWSKI production manager EMILIA PUSZCZYńSKA cast RADOMIR ROSPONDEK, MAREK KOSSAKOWSKI, EWA SUCHANEK, DOROTA SEGDA, MARIUSZ SIUDZIńSKI, PIOTR SKIBA, KAMILA SAMMLER, LEON CHAREWICZ produced by łóDź FILM SCHOOL (PWSFTVIT) producer ANDRZEJ BEDNAREK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales łóDź FILM SCHOOL (PWSFTVIT), TARGOWA 61/63, 90-323 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 275 58 20, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILMSCHOOL.LODZ.PL

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9 Festivals: Cottbus IFF09, Tallin IFF09, Oberhausen IFF09, MECAL09, Montreal IFF09, Sundance IFF0, Munich IFF09

Esterhazy Esterhazy

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The film’s protagonist is a rabbit from the famous Esterházy dynasty from Vienna. He is ordered by the head of the family to go to Berlin in search of a wife; the perfect candidate would be an inhabitant of the famous Berlin Wall area. After a long search, he finds Mimi and goes to Rabbit Heaven – the area between East and West Berlin. But then come the events of 1989 and the Berlin Wall is torn down... A classic clay animation.

POLAND 2009

9 2th “Klaps” Łódź Film School Student Film Show, Turek 2009: Special Award 9 Krakow Film Festival, 2009: Silver Hobby-Horse for Best Short Feature Film 9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Honourable Mention for Piotr Skiba in the young Cinema Competition 9 27th Festival Tous Courts – International Short Film Festival, Aix-en Provence (France) 2009: Grand Prix 9 8th Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival “Beginning”, (Russia) 2009: Grand Prix and award for Best Cinematography

directed by IZABELA PLUCIńSKA written by IZABELA PLUCIńSKA, ANNA JADOWSKA, BASED ON A BOOK BY IRENE DISCHE AND HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBERGER animation IZABELA PLUCIńSKA, KIRILL ABDRAKMANOV, MARKUS GRYSCZOK production design by AGATA ROJEK, IZABELA PLUCIńSKA music by MAX KNOTH edited by DIRK SCHREIER sound by KACPER HABISIAK, MARCIN KASINSKI special effects MARKUS BłęDOWSKI, ROBERT KERN production manager KARSTEN MATERN voices (Poland) MACIEJ STUHR, MARIA PESZEK, WIKTOR ZBOROWSKI, ZBIGNIEW ZAMACHOWSKI voices (Germany) MANUEL RUBEY, ANNA FISCHER, HELMUTH KRAUSS, LUDGER PISTOR produced by DONTEN & LACROIX FILMS E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.DONTENLACROIX.EU WWW.ESTERHAZY.INFO producers JAMILA WENSKE, IZABELA PLUCINSKA, MARIA BLICHARSKA, MONIKA SAJKO co-producer CLAY TRACES post-production THE CHIMNEY POT, SYTA 68 A, 02-993 WARSAW, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE; MEDIENBOARD

9 Festivals: Doc Leipzig IFF09, Warsaw IFF09

BERLIN BRANDENBURG; KURATORIUM JUNGER DEUTSCHER FILM; DEFA STIFTUNG

Beta SP /  mm, .8:, colour, Dolby Digital ., 2 min.

GERMANy / POLAND 2009

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Grandma Has Gone

16-year-old Jurek is having trouble at school; he is always lying and making up stories. But one day this skill will come in very handy... When his beloved grandmother is taken to hospital, Jurek has to deal with his alcoholic father. A sentimental parable about dreams and accepting one’s fate.

photo by Justyna Gryglewicz

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Babcia wyjeżdża

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written & directed by TOMASZ JURKIEWICZ cinematography by KACPER FERTACZ music by SEBASTIAN STEć art director EWA MALINOWSKA-LAZAR edited by ZBIGNIEW NICIńSKI PSM sound by ZOFIA KUCHARSKA-KOWALIK, ANDRZEJ KOWALIK production managers MARTA PIELASZ, PIOTR CHODURA, RENATA BORODYN cast łUKASZ CZELADZKI (JUREK), JULIUSZ KRZYSZTOF WARUNEK (FATHER), STANISłAWA łOPUSZAńSKA (GRANDMOTHER), PIOTR RóżAńSKI (POSTMAN), EWA WORYTKIEWICZ (SALESWOMAN), MACIEJ JACKOWSKI (DOCTOR), FELIKS SZAJNERT (ZDZISIEK), TADEUSZ LESZCZYńSKI (DAMIAN), MARCIN ZDON (PRIEST), ANNA DEMCZUK (AUNT), ROBERT CHODUR (UNCLE), ZDZISłAW PIORUN (BOSS OF SERVICE MEN), STANISłAW MULARCZYK (OLDER SERVICE MAN), RAFAł GACA (YOUNGER SERVICE MAN), JAN FORYś (ORDERLY #1), ARTUR MATHES (ORDERLY #2), ANNA GORAJSKA (TEACHER), ZOFIA KUCHARSKA-KOWALIK (NURSE) produced by RADIO AND TELEVISION DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA (WRITV) co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales RADIO AND TELEVISION DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA (WRITV), E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WRITV.US.EDU.PL

8 min.

POLAND 2009

Hanoi – Warsaw

A young Vietnamese woman illegally crosses the border into Poland. She needs to get to Warsaw, where her fiancé and a better life await... Mai Ahn’s journey through Poland is an endless bout of humiliation and violence. She manages to escape from her ruthless traffickers and tries to make her way to Warsaw, penniless and unable to communicate in the local language. When she learns that her fiancé is locked up in a detention centre pending deportation, she faces a tragic choice: go to the police (risking deportation) or fight for survival...

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Hanoi – Warszawa

photo by Katarzyna Jędruszczak, Tomasz Michalczewski

9 Węgiel Student Film Festival, Katowice 2009: Best Feature Film; Best Cinematography 9 Festival of Film Debuts “The young and Cinema”, Koszalin 2009: Special Mention 9 Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2009: Best Film Centropa 9 POL-8 International Film Festival, Polanica-Zdrój 2009: st Place in Student Film category 9 ZubrOFFka Independent Short Film Festival, Białystok 2009: st Prize in Student Competition 9 7th Asiana International Short Film Festival, Seoul (South Korea) 2009: Grand Prix

Awards: written & directed by KATARZYNA KLIMKIEWICZ cinematography by ANDRZEJ WOJCIECHOWSKI music by MARZENA MAJCHER production design by AGATA PRZYBYł costume design by ALEKSANDRA STASZKO make-up by ADA KLEMEńSKA edited by ANDRZEJ DąBKOWSKI sound by PAULINA BOCHEńSKA, KAMIL RADZISZEWSKI, JAROSłAW WóJCIK production manager PAWEł SOSNOWSKI cast THU HA MAI (MAI ANH), MICHAł PODSIADłO (MIREK), LE THANH HUNG (VONG), PRZEMYSłAW MODLISZEWSKI (DAREK), KLAUDIA BARCIK (MONIKA), VIET DUNG (LUONG), łUKASZ PRUCHNIEWICZ (POLICEMAN), TRAN THI THANH MINH (ELDERLY VIETNAMESE WOMAN), IRWIN WOJCIECHOWSKI (BOY WITH DOG), AN ASEAN (BOY WITH CIGARETTE) produced by TELEWIZJA KINO POLSKA producer BOGUSłAW KISIELEWSKI executive producers ANNA WYDRA, KUBA KOSMA co-produced by MASTERSHOT STUDIO; STOWARZYSZENIE FILM 1,2; KATARZYNA KLIMKIEWICZ; MUNK STUDIO co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales TELEWIZJA KINO POLSKA, PHONE +48 512 274 226, E-MAIL [email protected]

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New Polish Films 2010

POLAND 2009

9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Special Jury Award and Special Mention for Thu Ha Mai in the young Cinema Competition

If Fish Could Speak Gdyby ryby miały głos

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photo by Justyna Gryglewicz

30-year-old Wojtek suffers from a serious disease of the cervical vertebrae. He believes in the legend of a giant fish living in an underground lake beneath his city and devotes all his time to catching this fish. This isn’t too important to his overprotective mother. On her son’s birthday, she decides to get his life in order for him: find him a girlfriend, buy an apartment, and make him manager in her denim factory.

directed by TOMASZ JURKIEWICZ written by GRZEGORZ ZALESKI cinematography by KACPER FERTACZ production design by MAGDALENA HERZYK costume design by EMILIA CZARTORYSKA, KATARZYNA PARADZIńSKA make-up by ZUZA STEFAńSKA edited by TYMOTEUSZ WISKIRSKI sound by ZOFIA KUCHARSKA-KOWALIK production manager PAWEł KOSUń cast EWA SZYKULSKA (WOJTEK’S MOTHER WANDA), łUKASZ CHRZUSZCZ (WOJTEK), JOANNA GRYGA (KASIA, RUSAłKA), GABRIELA OBERBEK (EDYTKA), JERZY MATULA (ANDRZEJ), MIROSłAW HANISZEWSKI (MANAGER), PAWEł WIśNIEWSKI (PHYSICAL THERAPIST), MAREK DINDORF (POLICEMAN), BEATA ZAWIśLAK (SECRETARY), łUKASZ LASEK (CHUDY), SEBASTIAN JAMBORSKI (WOJAK), ADRIAN BłAJDA (MACHO), JAKUB BRYLSKI (PRIVATE) produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; CENTRALA; KREATIVA executive production CENTRALA, PHONE +48 697 99 16 39, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.CENTRALAFILM.PL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

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The Incident Incydent

photo by Ola Grochowska

Michał has very few reasons for concern. He’s young and handsome, and about to start a new life. He has just moved in with his girlfriend. He’s about to graduate college. He quits his boring job. And he will soon kill a man.

POLAND 2010

Awards: written & directed by JAN KWIECIńSKI cinematography by KAMIL PłOCKI music by JAN KOMAR production design by MARIA LEKSZYCKA make-up by ALI KOSOIAN edited by PRZEMYSłAW LISAK sound by IGA STANKIEWICZ production manager MARCIN STARZECKI cast ANTONI PAWLICKI (MICHAł), AGNIESZKA WIęDłOCHA (MARTA), ANDRZEJ łAPPA (DRUNKARD), SAMBOR CZARNOTA (BOSS) produced by BETA FILMS, STęPIńSKA 22/30, 00-739 WARSAW, PHONE +48 609 026 353, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.FILM-INCYDENT.PL producer KATARZYNA FUKACZ-CEBULA co-produced by AKSON STUDIO co-producer MICHAł KWIECIńSKI

Digital Betacam, colour, Dolby Digital, 7 min.

POLAND 2009

9 9th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Wrocław 2009: Main Prize in the Polish Short Film Competition 9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Special Jury Prize in the Independent Cinema Competition 9 7th EFeMKA European Festival of young Cinema, Warsaw 2009: Honourable Mention and award for Best Screenplay

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The Informer Konfident

A film about the grand politics and the mundane everyday life, about truth and lies, about love and loneliness... The script is based on experience of the director’s family after the “Wildstein List” was made public. The “Wildstein List” is a list of people considered to have been agents or informers of the secret police in Communist Poland.

photo by Agnieszka Wnuk

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written & directed by RAFAł KAPELIńSKI cinematography by PAWEł DYLLUS edited by MACIEJ PAWLIńSKI sound by WOJCIECH WRZEśNIEWSKI production manager PIOTR LEDWIG cast WIESłAW SłAWIK, KAZIMIERZ MAZUR, ANDRZEJ SZOPA, ANDRZEJ SZEWCZAK produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; AURORA FILM PRODUCTION executive production AURORA FILM PRODUCTION, E-MAIL [email protected] co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL ca 0 min.

POLAND 2010

The Kinematograph

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Kinematograf

Awards: directed by TOMASZ BAGIńSKI written by TOMASZ BAGIńSKI based on a comic strip by MATEUSZ SKUTNIK produced by PLATIGE IMAGE, RACłAWICKA 99, 02-634 WARSAW, TEL. +48 22 844 64 74, FAX +48 22 898 29 01, +48 607 346 480, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.PLATIGE.COM

2 min.

POLAND 2009

9 Animago 2009 Computer Animation Festival (Germany): Best Short Film 9 Festivals: Venice IFF09

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New Polish Films 2010

Francis is a selftaught inventor. Fascinated by the new technology of registering images with a series of slides, he devotes himself entirely to his one passion and lifelong dream: inventing a kinematograph. After a while he manages to get results, but he refrains from making his invention public; instead, the perfectionist that he is, he continues trying to improve it, making it the greatest discovery of its time... The story of a forgotten inventor.

The Little Wires Druciki

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A nice, hot summer. Two girlfriends spend time together, just walking and talking. One of them is in touch with aliens; she can also stop or speed up time. She’s looking for a job, taking care of her grandmother, helping out her mother, and living through adventure after adventure. She can be very irritating for those who are not in the loop.

Awards: directed by IRENEUSZ GRZYB, ALEKSANDRA GOWIN written by IRENEUSZ GRZYB, ILONA URBAńSKA-GRZYB, ALEKSANDRA GOWIN cinematography by MALTE ROSENFELD music by ALEKSANDRA GOWIN production design by ALEKSANDRA GOWIN, ILONA URBAńSKA-GRZYB, IRENEUSZ GRZYB costume design by IRENEUSZ GRZYB, ALEKSANDRA GOWIN make-up by EDYTA SKALSKA edited by ALEKSANDRA GOWIN, IRENEUSZ GRZYB sound by ALEKSANDER CHERCZYńSKI production manager KARINA FORJASZ cast ALEKSANDRA BEDNARZ, JUSTYNA WASILEWSKA, BARBARA LAUKS, BARBARA WAłKóWNA, PAWEł PACZESNY, MIRON WOJDYłO, PATRYCJA PłANIK, PIOTR BUDZOWSKI, WOJCIECH ANUSZCZYK produced by MOOSEART producer MAłGORZATA GRZYB world sales MOOSEART, PHONE +48 602 136 553, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.MOOSEART.PL

Digital Betacam, .8:, colour, Dolby Stereo A-type, 6 min.

Long Live the Funeral!!! Niech żyje pogrzeb!!!

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A dark comedy. The films starts with... the death of the main character. To hold the funeral, the Polish and German members of a certain family must get in touch with each other. Unfortunately, neither group speaks the other’s language. And that’s just the beginning; things get even more complicated...

POLAND 2009

9 Festival of Film Debuts “The young and Cinema”, Koszalin 2009: Award for Best Cinematography (Malte Rosenfeld); Stanisław Różewicz Award (Aleksandra Gowin, Ireneusz Grzyb, Aleksandra Bednarz, Justyna Wasilewska), young Jury Award 9 “Filmowa Góra” Summer Independent Film Festival, Zielona Góra 2009: “Small Hill” Award in the Feature Film category (Aleksandra Gowin, Ireneusz Grzyb)

directed by DARIUSZ BłASZCZYK written by DARIUSZ BłASZCZYK, PAWEł SKłADANEK cinematography by JAN HOLOUBEK music by JAN KOMAR production design by ROBERT DąBROWSKI costume design by MAGDA WęGLEWSKA make-up by IWONA KAJSZCZAK edited by TYMOTEUSZ WISKIRSKI sound by WOJCIECH ADAMIAK production manager MAJA ZIELONY cast JAN UPLEGGER (HANS), ARTUR DZIURMAN (ROMAN), JOANNA SZYMCZYK-SIENKIEWICZ (MARTA/MARIA), UTE GERLACH (HANS’S MOTHER), CHRISTOFF MORTAGNE (TORO), MAGDALENA WOźNIAK (IWONA), PRZEMYSłAW BLUSZCZ (MANIEK), RAFAł RUTKOWSKI (ANDRZEJ), SUZANNA VON NATHUSIUS (ANNE), MAJA TAWREL (SOPHIE) produced by FOLLOW ME FILM PRODUCTION, POSTęPU 12, 02-676 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 435 61 44, FAX +48 22 453 61 45, E-MAIL [email protected] producer KAMA JANCZYK world sales TBC

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POLAND 2009

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My New Life Moja nowa droga

photo by Alan Willmann

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directed by BARBARA BIAłOWąS written by BARBARA BIAłOWąS in co-operation with KAMIL MINKNER cinematography by BARTOSZ PIOTROWSKI production design by JAN WIERZEJSKI costume design by EMILIA SKOWROńSKA make-up by KAROLINA CISZEWSKA edited by DAWID SKRZYPEK sound by MAJA PROCHOWICZ-RATYńSKA production manager AGATA SZYMAńSKA cast ROMA GąSIOROWSKA (ALINA), MICHAł SITARSKI (PIOTR), DOROTA POMYKAłA (GRAżYNA, PIOTR’S MOTHER), WOJCIECH WYSOCKI (ADAM, PIOTR’S FATHER), MAGDALENA KUTA (ANNA, ALINA’S MOTHER), MACIEJ DAMIęCKI (STEFAN, ALINA’S FATHER), GRZEGORZ PALKOWSKI (MAURYCY, PIOTR’S BROTHER), MARIUSZ ZANIEWSKI (PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY REP), ADRIANNA JAROSZEWICZ (POGODYNKA, ADAM’S LOVER), ANDRZEJ JAKUBCZYK (GRACJAN), MONIKA CHRUśCICKA-WNęTRZAK (GIRL IN SUPERMARKET), KAJTEK JAROSZEWICZ (YOUNG PIOTR), ANNA MATYKA (MARYSIA) produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; TPS FILM STUDIO producer EWA JASTRZęBSKA executive production TPS FILM STUDIO executive producer ADAM SOKOłOWSKI co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

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POLAND 2009

30-year-old Piotr and Alina are trying to fulfill their life plans in the big city. Alina makes a living working in a casino, hoping to be able to work as a director. Piotr works for an independent radio station, organizing help for the Belarusian opposition. Their engagement brings an opportunity to meet with their parents’ generation, and becomes a darkly comic confrontation of various attitudes and beliefs.

Awards: 9 “Zoom-Zbliżenia” Independent Video Film Festival, Jelenia Góra 2009: Award for Best Student Film 9 Festival of Film Debuts “The young and Cinema”, Koszalin 2009: “Small Amber” award for Best Feature in the Short Film Competition 9 International Forum for Independent Feature Films, Białystok 2009: First Prize 9 th Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009: Special Mention in the young Cinema Competition 9 “Happy End” Optimistic Film Festival, Rzeszów 2009: Award for Best Student Feature Film 9 Toruń Short Film Festival, 2009: Grand Prize

On Credit Na kredyt

photo by Aleksandra Wojtaszek

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0 Minutes Programme

written & directed by PRZEMYSłAW NOWAKOWSKI cinematography by REMIGIUSZ LEWANDOWSKI music by JAN KOMAR production design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ costume design by LUKRECJA NAGABCZYńSKA make-up by MAłGORZATA KOTULANEK edited by BARTEK PIETRAS sound by MICHAł ROBACZEWSKI production manager ANNA WYDRA cast łUKASZ GARLICKI (LUCEK), MAGDALENA GóRSKA

Agnieszka and Lucek took out a mortgage and bought a flat. The monthly payments mean they will have to work more and more. Their work schedules are not compatible; they keep passing each other. One day they find a solution: they will record their lives and send each other video-letters. Unfortunately, Lucek gets immersed in his virtual world. He loses touch with Agnieszka, loses touch with reality. Then he meets Wera...

(AGNIESZKA), MAGDALENA POPłAWSKA (WERA), KAROLINA GORCZYCA, SłAWOMIR GRZYMKOWSKI produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING executive production ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE/FAX +48 22 851 10 56, +48 22 851 10 67, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WAJDASCHOOL.PL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

Digital Betacam, .8:, colour, Dolby Stereo A-type, 0 min.

0

New Polish Films 2010

POLAND 2009

Play with Me Zagraj ze mną

shorts

0 Minutes Programme

photo by Adrianna Kędzierska

Hania and Paweł; a young married couple going through their first serious crisis. They run from their problems; Hania becomes enthralled by a video game in which she creates Lucjan – the perfect man. One day Lucjan comes to life and moves in with Hania and Paweł... A story about escaping into the most selfish of fantasies.

directed by RAFAł SKALSKI written by MARIA WOJTYSZKO, RAFAł SKALSKI cinematography by JAKUB GIZA production design by JULIA JUNOSZA-SZANIAWSKA 2D digital effects JERZY DROZDA (POLYGON) D models GRZEGORZ JANKOWSKI (POLYGON) production manager KATARZYNA RUP cast PATRYCJA SOLIMAN (HANIA), WOJCIECH SOLARZ (PAWEł), RAFAł MAćKOWIAK (LUCJAN) produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TPS FILM STUDIO executive production TPS FILM STUDIO, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.TPS.COM.PL executive producer RADOSłAW BARTCZAK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL colour, ca 0 min.

Significant Others Małżonkowie

shorts

A young woman, lost in her dysfunctional dreams, fights with an inflatable alligator and with her own husband.

POLAND 2010

Awards: written & directed by DARA VAN DUSEN cinematography by KATE MCCULLOUGH music by BARRY LOUIS POLISAR production design by MACIEJ BIEGAńSKI make-up by HALINA PAJOR edited by BOGUSłAWA FURGA sound by EWA BOGUSZ production manager JUSTYNA SIEDMIOGRODZKA cast ALICJA FRąCZAK, MICHAł STULCZEWSKI, PAWEł KRóLIKOWSKI, EWELINA JASKULSKA, PATRYCJA SIBILSKA, MICHAł JęDRZEJEWSKI produced by THE łóDź FILM SCHOOL (PWSFTVIT) producer ANDRZEJ BEDNAREK co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales łóDź FILM SCHOOL (PWSFTVIT), TARGOWA 61/63, 90-323 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 634 58 20, [email protected] WWW.FILMSCHOOL.LODZ.PL

 mm, Cinemascope, colour, Dolby Digital, 2 min.

9 “Łodzią po Wiśle” Festival, Warsaw 2009: 2nd prize 9 Festivals: Cannes IFF09 (Cinefondation)

POLAND 2009

New Polish Films 2010



Sleep-walkers Lunatycy

Hairstylist Rafał cannot come to terms with his breakup with the workaholic Kama. He still lives at her parents’ place. Then one day Majka shows up at his hair salon, and turns his life upside down. A dark comedy about illusive hope, false love, helpless rebellion, and absurd situations. This film is a semi-surreal and ironic attempt at describing the time and place inhabited by its protagonists.

photo by Filip Gabriel, Aleksandra Mecwaldowska

shorts

0 Minutes Programme

Awards: written & directed by MACIEK STERłO-ORLICKI cinematography by TOMASZ MADEJSKI music by IGOR PRZEBINDOWSKI production design by ANETA SUSKIEWICZ costume design by MARTA OSTROWICZ edited by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by ZOFIA GOłęBIOWSKA production manager MARTA GOLBA cast WOJCIECH MECWALDOWSKI (RAFAł), SYLWIA JUSZCZAK (MAJKA), EWA DAłKOWSKA (MOTHER), ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI (FATHER), MONIKA DRYL (KAMA), MICHAł żURAWSKI produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION - MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING executive production ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.SZKOLAFILMOWA.PL executive producers KATARZYNA śLESICKA, ANNA WYDRA co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION - MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

PHONE

0 min.

POLAND 2009

The Summer Lato

shorts

0 Minutes Programme

written & directed by PIOTR SUBBOTKO cinematography by WOJCIECH STAROń production design by JOANNA BIAłOUSZ, ZUZANNA BUSZEWICZ edited by AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA PSM sound by MAłGORZATA STAROń production manager ALICJA KIZIńSKA cast ZYGMUNT MALANOWICZ, RAFAł GARNECKI, SANDRA KORZENIAK, ADAM GRACZYK, ANETA THUONG MAJCHRZAK, FILIP GARBACZ, JOWITA BUDNIK produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION - MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING executive production ANDRZEJ WAJDA MASTER SCHOOL OF FILM DIRECTING, CHEłMSKA 21, 00-724 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 851 10 56, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.WAJDASCHOOL.PL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION - MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

colour, ca 0 min.

2

New Polish Films 2010

POLAND 2010

9 Krakow Film Festival, 2009: Special Mention of the Polish Competition Jury for outstanding cinematography 9 “Film Summer” Film and Art Festival, Warsaw 2009: Special Mention in the Student Film Competition

12-year-old Damian, raised by a single mother, is convinced that his father is a football player for Celtic Glasgow. During the summer holidays, Damian tries to save up enough money to travel to Scotland. He works with a retired man named Miecio, helping renovate apartments. The two become friends. When Miecio has an accident, Damian faces a difficult choice...

Three Degrees of Separation Trzy uściski dłoni

0 Minutes Programme

shorts

It is said that only six degrees of separation lie between us and any given person in the world - a street vendor in Vietnam, a policeman in England, or a star in Hollywood. This story has only three degrees of separation between Emil (who wants to meet his hero David Lynch), Dagmara (who has just returned to Poland and is looking for a good job), and Beta (who dreams of working as a model in Paris). Each of them will be put to a test that shall prove how far away they are from fulfilling their dreams. Is there something more between them than a chance meeting?

directed by MARCIN LATAłłO written by MARCIN LATAłłO, JOANNA DIDIK cinematography by MICHAł SZEWCZUK music by ANTONI łAZARKIEWICZ production design by AGATA TROJAK, KAROLINA HAłATEK costume design by EWA TYMOSZYK production manager ANDRZEJ KLIMCZYK cast DOMINIKA BIERNAT (DAGMARA), IZABELLA BUDRYN (BETA), MAGDALENA łASKA (KAMA), STANISłAW DROZDOWSKI (EMIL), DAVID LYNCH (CAMEO APPEARANCE) produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO co-produced by TVP KULTURA; CAMERA OBSCURA executive production CAMERA OBSCURA, PIOTRKOWSKA 287/10, 93-004 łóDź, PHONE +48 42 682 52 82 co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

PHONE

 mm, colour, 0 min.

What the Doctors Say Co mówią lekarze

shorts

0 Minutes Programme

photo by Edyta Potrząsaj

“18 years old, healthy, no addictions”, says Doctor Ewa Glik as she pronounces the death of a girl who had an accident just a few hours earlier. A perfect organ donor. Meanwhile there is a surgery in the next building; a surgery on a patient that has long been waiting for a liver transplant... Doctor Glik will take part in both surgeries and will attempt both with the same consistent doctor’s routine. But first she will have to face the girl’s mother...

POLAND 2010

Awards: written & directed by MICHAł WNUK cinematography by MICHAł POPIEL-MACHNICKI production design by EWA MALINOWSKA costume design by AGNIESZKA ZAWADOWSKA make-up by IZABELA JAHNZ edited by MAREK MIRKIEWICZ, MICHAł WNUK, MICHAł POPIEL-MACHNICKI sound by PIOTR BIELAWSKI production manager MAGDALENA KAMIńSKA cast AGNIESZKA GLIńSKA (DOCTOR EWA GLIK), DOMINIKA OSTAłOWSKA (JOANNA KNAP, ZOFIA’S MOTHER), TOMASZ BORKOWSKI (DOCTOR GRZEGORZ KURZ), KAROLINA STEFAńSKA (ZOFIA KNAP) produced by POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO producer EWA JASTRZęBSKA co-produced by TANDEM TAREN-TO; TVP KULTURA executive production TANDEM TAREN-TO PHONE +48 22 885 74 05, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.TANDEMTARENTO.PL co-financed by THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE world sales POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION – MUNK STUDIO, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEśCIE 7, 00-068 WARSAW, PHONE +48 22 556 54 70, E-MAIL [email protected] WWW.STUDIOMUNKA.PL

Digital Betacam, 6:9, colour, 2 min.

9 Festival of Film Debuts “The young and Cinema”, Koszalin 2009: “Small Amber” Award for Best Feature in the Short Film Competition

POLAND 2009

New Polish Films 2010



BOX OFFICE 2009, 02.0.2009 – .2.2009 No Title

Distributor

Country of Origin

1

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS

IMPERIAL CINEPIX

US

39,471,032

1,990,248

170

01.07.2009

2

MADAGASCAR 2

UIP

US

34,312,633

2,105,476

130

01.01.2009

3

2012

UIP

US/CA

27,308,248

1,526,437

141

11.11.2009

4

KOCHAJ I TAŃCZ

ITI CINEMA

PL

22,194,839

1,336,102

152

06.03.2009

PRINCE

WARNER

GB/US

19,132,840

1,157,551

196

24.07.2009

6

ANGELS AND DEMONS

UIP

US

18,593,248

1,059,911

137

15.05.2009

7

UP 3D

FORUM FILM

US

17,489,173

903,477

200

16.10.2009

8

POPIEŁUSZKO. WOLNOŚĆ JEST W NAS

KINO ŚWIAT

PL

17,344,120

1,312,230

181

27.02.2009

9

AVATAR

IMPERIAL CINEPIX

US/GB

15,919,124

680,602

235

25.12.2009

10 MONSTERS VS. ALIENS

UIP

US

15,893,999

792,397

153

29.05.2009

11 FINAL DESTINATION 4 3D

WARNER

US

14,419,507

593,530

68

04.09.2009

12 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 3D

FORUM FILM

US

13,114,959

645,267

80

20.11.2009

14 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON

MONOLITH

US

12,132,072

744,338

110

20.11.2009

13 IDEALNY FACET DLA MOJEJ DZIEWCZYNY

ITI CINEMA

PL

11,973,981

689,730

175

30.01.2009

15 G-FORCE 3D

FORUM FILM

US

11,913,663

593,803

150

14.08.2009

16 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

UIP

US/DE

10,316,468

576,338

99

11.09.2009

17 THE HANGOVER

WARNER

US/DE

9,633,591

534,044

73

07.08.2009

18 GALERIANKI

MONOLITH

PL

9,551,090

575,501

60

25.09.2009

19 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

MONOLITH PLUS

GB

8,170,658

465,595

60

27.02.2009

20 THE PROPOSAL

FORUM FILM

US

8,004,827

453,960

100

19.06.2009

5



B.O. (PLN)

Admissions Prints

Release Date

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD

New Polish Films 2010

source:

BOX OFFICE 2009, 02.0.2009 – .2.2009 POLISH FILMS No Title

Distributor

1

KOCHAJ I TAŃCZ

ITI CINEMA

22,194,839

1,336,102

152

06.03.2009

2

POPIEŁUSZKO. WOLNOŚĆ JEST W NAS

KINO ŚWIAT

17,344,120

1,312,230

181

27.02.2009

3

IDEALNY FACET DLA MOJEJ DZIEWCZYNY

ITI CINEMA

11,973,981

689,730

175

30.01.2009

4

GALERIANKI

MONOLITH

9,551,090

575,501

60

25.09.2009

5

MIŁOŚĆ NA WYBIEGU

KINO ŚWIAT

7,806,408

454,776

155

21.08.2009

6

WOJNA POLSKO-RUSKA

ITI CINEMA

7,702,145

441,462

73

22.05.2009

7

NIGDY NIE MÓW NIGDY

KINO ŚWIAT

7,392,947

410,607

113

06.11.2009

8

ILE WAŻY KOŃ TROJAŃSKI?

MONOLITH

6,616,808

374,012

117

26.12.2008

SPI

6,319,903

370,710

94

13.02.2009

SYRENA FILMS

5,900,904

331,695

57

13.11.2009

9

Country of Origin

B.O. (PLN)

Admissions Prints

Release Date

WŁATCY MÓCH. ĆMOKI, CZOPKI I MONDZIOŁY

10 REWERS

source:

New Polish Films 2010



BOX OFFICE, 02.0.2009 – .2.2009 EUROPEAN FILMS No Title

Distributor

Country of Origin

PRINCE

WARNER

GB/US

2

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

MONOLITH PLUS

3

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

4

5

1

Admissions Prints

Release Date

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD 19,132,840

1,157,551

196

24.07.2009

GB

8,170,658

465,595

60

27.02.2009

KINO ŚWIAT

ES/US

7,603,226

431,059

90

17.04.2009

LE PETIT NICOLAS

FORUM FILM/SPI

FR

5,708,828

365,657

110

04.12.2009

NIKO – LENTAJAN POIKA

KINO ŚWIAT

DE/IE

5,552,826

360,002

99

27.11.2009

FI/DK/

6

THE TRUE STORY OF PUSS'N BOOTS

KINO ŚWIAT

FR

4,679,339

295,622

114

31.07.2009

7

COCO AVANT CHANEL

SPInka

FR

4,126,951

239,258

40

26.06.2009

8

LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS

BEST FILM

ES

3,806,472

218,926

70

25.09.2009

UIP

GB/US

2,281,216

147,717

70

27.03.2009

MONOLITH

DE

2,083,044

135,823

70

27.02.2009

9

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX

10 URMEL VOLL IN FAHRT

6

B.O. (PLN)

New Polish Films 2010

GUTEK FILM/

source:

TOP 20 990-2009 No Title

Distributor

1

OGNIEM I MIECZEM

2

Country of Origin

B.O. (PLN)

Admissions

nts

Release Date

SYRENA

105,089,363

7,151,354

12.02.1999

PAN TADEUSZ

VISION

82,839,843

6,168,344

22.10.1999

3

QUO VADIS

SYRENA

69,045,592

4,300,351

14.09.2001

4

TITANIC

SYRENA

49,115,575

3,513,480

13.02.1998

5

PASSION OF THE CHRIST

MONOLITH

44,662,849

3,461,097

05.03.2004

6

SHREK 2

UIP

48,184,229

3,395,226

02.07.2004

7

SHREK THE THIRD

UIP

49,723,776

3,352,805

29.06.2007

8

KATYŃ

ITI CINEMA

35,175,968

2,763,592

21.09.2007

9

JURASSIC PARK

UIP-ITI

8,745,471

2,735,908

03.09.1993

10 LION KING

SYRENA

9,829,475

2,722,830

18.11.1994

11 LEJDIS

ITI CINEMA

41,700,226

2,530,066

01.02.2008

WARNER

36,397,625

2,529,799

15.02.2002

WARNER

31,452,460

2,518,282

18.01.2002

14 MADAGASCAR 2

UIP

36,719,331

2,239,317

01.01.2009

15 W PUSTYNI I W PUSZCZY

VISION

25,407,628

2,227,228

23.03.2001

16 KILER

UIP-ITI

17,319,110

2,200,943

17.10.1997

WARNER

30,085,482

2,116,441

02.01.2004

18 ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS

IMPERIAL CINEPIX

39,471,032

1,990,248

01.07.2009

19 ZEMSTA

VISION

22,188,006

1,976,984

04.10.2002

20 ICE AGE 2

CINEPIX

27,510,374

1,952,138

31.03.2006

12 LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

13 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

17 LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING

source:

New Polish Films 2010

7

POLISH FILMS IN POLAND 990-2009 No Local Title

Title

Distributor

B.O. (PLN)

Admissions

Release Date

1

OGNIEM I MIECZEM

WITH FIRE AND SWORD

SYRENA

105,089,363

7,151,354

12.02.1999

2

PAN TADEUSZ

PAN TADEUSZ

VISION

82,839,843

6,168,344

22.10.1999

3

QUO VADIS

QUO VADIS

SYRENA

69,045,592

4,300,351

14.09.2001

4

KATYŃ

KATYŃ

ITI CINEMA

35,175,968

2,763,592

21.09.2007

5

LEJDIS

LADIES

ITI CINEMA

41,700,226

2,530,066

01.02.2008

6

W PUSTYNI I W PUSZCZY

IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS

VISION

25,407,628

2,227,228

23.03.2001

7

KILER

KILER

UIP-ITI

17,219,108

2,200,943

17.10.1997

8

ZEMSTA

THE REVENGE

VISION

22,188,006

1,976,984

04.10.2002

9

PRZEDWIOŚNIE

THE SPRING TO COME

SYRENA

21,354,697

1,743,933

02.03.2001

10 TYLKO MNIE KOCHAJ

JUST LOVE ME

ITI/INTERFILM 24,678,041

1,669,259

20.01.2006

11 NIGDY W ŻYCIU

NEVER EVER

ITI/INTERFILM 22,790,908

1,624,961

13.02.2004

12 NIE KŁAM, KOCHANIE

DON'T LIE, DARLING

ITI/INTERFILM 22,989,100

1,398,001

28.03.2008

13 TESTOSTERON

TESTOSTERONE

ITI CINEMA

20,734,774

1,359,952

02.03.2007

14 KOCHAJ I TAŃCZ

LOVE&DANCE

ITI CINEMA

22,194,839

1,336,102

06.03.2009

POPIEŁUSZKO

KINO ŚWIAT

17,344,120

1,312,230

27.02.2009

16 PIANISTA

THE PIANIST

SYRENA

15,784,159

1,252,290

06.09.2002

17 KILERÓW 2-ÓCH

TWO KILERS

UIP

14,119,254

1,189,098

15.01.1999

18 JA WAM POKAŻĘ!

I'LL SHOW YOU!

FORUM FILM

17,580,593

1,179,493

10.02.2006

19 DLACZEGO NIE!

WHY NOT!

INTERFILM

16,824,019

1,152,693

19.01.2007

20 ŚWIADECTWO

TESTIMONY

KINO ŚWIAT

13,620,439

1,039,901

17.10.2008

15 POPIEŁUSZKO. WOLNOŚĆ JEST W NAS

8

New Polish Films 2010

FREEDOM IS WITHIN US.

source:

POLAND AND CINEMA year

2000

200

2002

200

200

200

2006

2007

2008

2009

Average ticket price (PLN)

13.28

13.94

13.58

13.79

13.95

14.23

14.39

14.75

16.15

17.39

Average ticket price (USD)

3.10

3.40

3.31

3.54

3.82

4.45

4.80

5.88

5.37

6.21

Number of admissions (millions)

18.7

26.2

25.9

22.3

33.4

23.3

32.0

32.6

31.3

39.2

Polish films

3.1

10.5

4.6

2.5

2.9

0.8

5.1

8.1

7.8

8.4

Percentage

15.6%

40.0%

17.8%

11.2%

8.7%

3.4%

1.3

3.6

4.1

2.1

3.3

5.4

Percentage

7.0%

13.9%

15.8%

9.4%

9.9%

23.2%

US films

13.9

11.6

17.0

17.6

26.9

16.6

75.4%

44.5%

65.6%

78.9%

80.5%

71.2%

0.48

0.69

0.69

0.58

0.87

0.60

0.84

0.86

0.82

1.03

248.3

365.2

351.6

307.5

465.6

331.6

460.6

481.6

505.1

681.3

Polish films

38.4

146.7

58.3

33.2

40.8

11.7

75.1

115.2

124.8

136.8

Percentage

15.6%

40.2%

16.6%

10.8%

8.8%

3.5%

16.3% 23.92% 24.70% 20.07%

18

51.8

56.6

27.7

47.3

72.0

110.3

7.3%

14.2%

16.1%

9.0%

10.2%

21.7%

23.9% 18.19% 23.19% 13.19%

US films

187.6

160.1

234.3

243.2

373.0

239.8

261.6

Percentage

76.4%

43.8%

66.6%

79.1%

80.1%

72.3%

56.8% 54.69% 50.78% 65.43%

Total Box Office (millions USD)

57.14

89.07

85.76

78.85

127.6

103.63

153.5

191.9

167.8

243.3

195

204

190

195

207

224

236

272

260

264

Polish films

25

29

24

23

12

24

25

25

35

35

European films

48

61

46

56

60

74

86

106

91

93

115

110

113

106

117

104

102

110

109

117

European films

Percentage

Admissions per capita Total Box Office (millions PLN)

European films Percentage

Number of films released

US films

source:

15.9% 24.70% 25.06% 21.52% 8.1

5.9

7.3

5.5

25.5% 18.09% 23.47% 14.06% 17.8

17.6

15.7

24.7

55.7% 53.90% 50.08% 63.10%

87.6

263.4

117.2

256.5

89.9

445.8

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POLISH FILM INSTITUTE PROGRAMMES PROGRAMME

OBJECTIVE

QUOTA

200 TOTAL

(PLN millions) (PLN millions)

Film Production

Auteur films

0.0

Period films (historical subjects)

.0

Films for young audiences

.0

Films with high box-office potential

0.0

88.0

Film Education and Dissemination of Film Culture

Film education and vocational training

7.0

Film events

.0

Distribution and promotion of films with artistic merit

.

Digitization and maintenance of film archives

.

Research & development

0.

8.

Development of Cinema Infrastructure

2.0

2.0

Promotion of Polish Film Abroad

.0

.0

Awards, experts, other

2.

2.

.0

.0

TOTAL

20

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INDEX OF DIRECTORS

A

Adamek, Maciej . . . . . . . . . . .74 Adamik, Kasia . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Aksinowicz, Konrad . . . . . . . .84 B

Bagiński, Tomasz . . . . . . . . .108 Bajon, Filip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Banaszkiewicz, Ewa . . . . . . .104 Białowąs, Barbara . . . . . . . .110 Błaszczyk, Dariusz . . . . . . . .109 Borcuch, Jacek . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Borowski – Boro, Paweł . . . .101 Bromski, Jacek . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Bruszewska, Balbina . . . . . .103 Brylski, Ryszard . . . . . . . . . . .43 Bugajski, Ryszard . . . . . . . . . .39 Bulik, Michał . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 C

Čengel-Solčanská, Mariana . .33 Chochlew, Paweł . . . . . . . . . .83 Clapp, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Crowley, James . . . . . . . . . . .16 Czarzasty, Paweł . . . . . . . . . .47 Czekaj, Kuba . . . . . . . . . . . .104 D

Dębska Kinga . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Dobrzycki, Adam . . . . . . . . . .77 Drozd, Ami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Dumała, Piotr . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Dusen, Dara van . . . . . . . . . .111 F

Falk, Feliks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Felitta, Raymond De . . . . . . .24 Fly, Per . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 G

Gliński, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Głomb, Jacek . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Gorris, Marleen . . . . . . . . . . .98 Gowin, Aleksandra . . . . . . . .109 Grzegorzek, Mariusz . . . . . . .46 Grzyb, Ireneusz . . . . . . . . . .109 H

Harrison, John Kent . . . . . . . .26 Holland, Agnieszka . . . . . . . .48 Horn, Magnus von . . . . . . . .105 Hryniak, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 J

K

Kapeliński, Rafał . . . . . . . . .108 Kazejak, Anna . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Kędzierzawska, Dorota . . . . . .94 Kidawa-Błoński, Jan . . . . . . . .52 Klimkiewicz, Katarzyna . . . .106 Kolski, Jan Jakub . . . . . . . .42, 97 Komasa, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Kondratiuk, Janusz . . . . . . . . .63 Konecki, Tomasz . . . . . . . . . .72 Konopka, Bartosz . . . . . . . . . .32 Koprowicz, Jacek . . . . . . . . . .68 Kotkowski, Andrzej . . . . . . . .25 Król, Tadeusz . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Kudła, Zdzisław . . . . . . . . . . .70 Kwieciński, Jan . . . . . . . . . . .107 L

Lamparska, Dorota . . . . .29, 103 Lang, Krzysztof . . . . . . . . . . .54 Lankosz, Borys . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Latałło, Marcin . . . . . . . . . .113 Lechki, Marek . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Leśniak, Tomek . . . . . . . . . . .49 Lewkowicz, Tomasz . . . . . . . .92 Lindsey, Geoff . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Lipiec, Grzegorz . . . . . . . . . . .44 Lubaszenko, Olaf . . . . . . . . . .41 Lusiński, Jacek . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Ł

łazarkiewicz, Magdalena . . . .27 łukasiak, Agnieszka . . . . . . . .18 M

Machulski, Juliusz . . . . . .45, 55 Majewski, Janusz . . . . . . . . . .61 Majewski, Lech . . . . . . . . . . .62 Maleszka, Andrzej . . . . . . . . .58 Maliszewska, Anna . . . . . . . .29 Matwiejczyk, Dominik . . . . . .19 Morgenstern, Janusz . . . . . . .51 N

Nowakowski, Przemysław . .110 Nyczka, Ryszard Maciej . . . . .17 O

Odoliński, Maciej . . . . . . . . . .12 Orzechowski, Andrzej . . . . . . .70

P

Paradowicz, Tadeusz . . . . . . .73 Parramore, Bruce . . . . . . . . .53 Pacyna, Wojciech . . . . . . . . . .69 Pawica, Bolesław . . . . . . . . . .64 Plucińska, Izabela . . . . . . . .105 Prykowski, Maciej . . . . . . . . .78 Pytka, Ewa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 R

Rogalski, Michał . . . . . . . . . .50 Rosłaniec, Katarzyna . . . . . . .60 S

Sadowska, Maria . . . . . . . . . .29 Sala, Paweł . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Skalski, Rafał . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Skrobecki, Marek . . . . . . . . . .34 Smarzowski, Wojciech . . . . . .28 Stankiewicz, Ewa . . . . . . . . .100 Sterło-Orlicki, Maciek . . . . . .112 Subbotko, Piotr . . . . . . . . . .112 Szafrański, Tomasz . . . . . . . .37 Szoda, Jarosław . . . . . . . . . . .64 Ś

ślesicki, Maciej . . . . . . . . . . .93 T

Tarkowski, Kuba . . . . . . . . . . .49 Trier, Lars von . . . . . . . . . . . .15 V

Vega, Patryk . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 W

Wajda, Andrzej . . . . . . . . . . .91 Wawszczyk, Wojtek . . . . . . . .49 Wendorff, Paweł . . . . . . . . . .14 Węgrzyn, Radek . . . . . . . . . . .31 Wieczyński, Rafał . . . . . . . . . .36 Wnuk, Michał . . . . . . . . . . .113 Wojcieszek, Przemysław . . . .57 Wojtyszko, Maciej . . . . . . . . .56 Wosiewicz, Leszek . . . . . . . . .95 Wójcik, Wojciech . . . . . . . . . .20 Wrona, Marcin . . . . . . . . .23, 67 Z

Zalewski, Jerzy . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Zanussi, Krzysztof . . . . . . . . .82 Ż

żuławski, Xawery . . . . . . . . . .87

Jadowska, Anna . . . . . . . . . . .38 Jurkiewicz, Tomasz . . . .106, 107

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INDEX OF ENGLISH TITLES

H

7 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 A

All That I Love . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Another Man . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Antichrist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 At the Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 B

Belcanto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Between Two Fires . . . . . . . . .18 Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Blind Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Brand New Pole, The . . . . . .103 C

Case Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Cheluskin 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Christening, The . . . . . . . . . .23 City Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 City of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . .25 City Sails On, The . . . . . . . . .103 Come to Me . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, The . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 D

Dance Marathon . . . . . . . . . .27 Dark House . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Demaquillage . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 E

Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Esterhazy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 F

Father, Son & the Holy Cow . .31 Fear of Heights . . . . . . . . . . .32 Flying Cyprian . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Flying Machine, The . . . . . . .34 Forest, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Freedom is Within Us. Popiełuszko . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Full Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 G

General. Attempt at Gibraltar, The . . . . . . . . . . . .38 General Nil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 God’s Little Village . . . . . . . . .40 Golden Mean . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Grandma Has Gone . . . . . . .106 22

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Hanoi – Warsaw . . . . . . . . .106 Happy Aphonya . . . . . . . . . . .42 Her Heres, Herafters . . . . . . .43 Horizontal 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 I

I Am Yours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 If Fish Could Speak . . . . . . . .107 Incident, The . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Informer, The . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Inspector Blond and It’s All Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 J

Janosik. The True Story . . . . .48 Jeż Jerzy: The Movie . . . . . . . .49 K

Kinematograph, The . . . . . .108 L

Last Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Lesser of Two Evils, The . . . . .51 Little Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Little Wires, The . . . . . . . . .109 Long Live the Funeral!!! . . .109 Love&Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Love on the Catwalk . . . . . . .54 Lullaby, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 M

M20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Made in Poland . . . . . . . . . . .57 Magic Tree, The . . . . . . . . . . .58 Maiden Vows . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Mall Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Mała matura 1947 (Polish title) . .61 Mill and the Cross, The . . . . .62 Million Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Miracle Seller . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Mother Theresa of Cats . . . . .65 My Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 My Flesh My Blood . . . . . . . .67 My New Life . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Mystification, The . . . . . . . . .68 N

Never Say Never . . . . . . . . . .69 Nicolaus’s Star . . . . . . . . . . . .70 O

On Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Operation Danube . . . . . . . . .71

P

Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend, The . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Photograph, The . . . . . . . . . .74 Piggies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Pixels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Play with Me . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Project Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Public Depravity . . . . . . . . . . .78 R

Rebound, The . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Recruited Love . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 S

Secret of Westerplatte, The . .83 Sex Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Significant Others . . . . . . . .111 Silence Is Golden . . . . . . . . . .85 Skrzydlate świnie (Polish title) . . .86 Sleep-walkers . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Snow White and Russian Red .87 Story of “Swarm”, The . . . . . .88 Suiciders Room . . . . . . . . . . .89 Summer, The . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Superheroes . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Sweet Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Swing, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 T

Three Degrees of Separation 113 Three Minutes: 21:37 . . . . . .93 Tomorrow Will Be Better . . . .94 Totentanz. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising, The . . .95 Trick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 V

Venice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 W

What the Doctors Say . . . . .113 Within the Whirlwind . . . . . .98 Woman That Dreamed About a Man, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 y

You Will Not Know . . . . . . . .100 Z

Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

INDEX OF POLISH TITLES

I

7 Minut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 8 w poziomie . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 A

Afonia i pszczoły . . . . . . . . . .42 Antychryst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 B

Babcia wyjeżdża . . . . . . . . . .106 Belcanto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 C

Chrzest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Ciacho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 City Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Co mówią lekarze . . . . . . . . .113 Czarny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Czeluskin 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 D

Demakijaż . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Dom zły . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Druciki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Dwa ognie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Dwa światy, zaświaty . . . . . . .43 Dzieci Ireny Sendlerowej . . . .26 E

Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Enen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Erratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Esterhazy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 F

Fenomen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Funio, szefunio i reszta... . . . .16 G

Galerianki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Gdyby ryby miały głos . . . . .107 Generał Nil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Generał. Zamach na Gibraltarze . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Gwiazda Kopernika . . . . . . . .70 H

Handlarz cudów . . . . . . . . . .64 Hanoi – Warszawa . . . . . . . .106 Hel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Historia Roja, czyli w ziemi lepiej słychać . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Huśtawka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Ile waży koń trojański? . . . . .45 Incydent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 J

Janosik. Prawdziwa historia . .48 Jestem twój . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Jeż Jerzy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Jutro będzie lepiej . . . . . . . . .94 K

Kinematograf . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Kobieta, która pragnęła mężczyzny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Kochaj i tańcz . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Kołysanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Komisarz Blond i wszystko jasne . . . . . . . . . . .47 Konfident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 L

Las . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Latający Cyprian . . . . . . . . . .33 Lato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Lęk wysokości . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Lunatycy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 M

M20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Made in Poland . . . . . . . . . . .57 Magiczne drzewo . . . . . . . . . .58 Mała matura 1947 . . . . . . . . .61 Małżonkowie . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Maraton tańca . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Matka Teresa od kotów . . . . .65 Miasto płynie . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Miasto z morza . . . . . . . . . . .25 Milczenie jest złotem . . . . . . .85 Milion dolarów . . . . . . . . . . .63 Miłość na wybiegu . . . . . . . . .54 Mistyfikacja . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Młyn i krzyż . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Mniejsze zło . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Moja Australia . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Moja krew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Moja nowa droga . . . . . . . . .110 N

Na kredyt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Nie będziesz wiedział . . . . . .100 Nie ten człowiek . . . . . . . . . .14 Niech żyje pogrzeb!!! . . . . . .109 Nigdy nie mów nigdy . . . . . . .69

O

Od pełni do pełni . . . . . . . . . .37 Operacja Dunaj . . . . . . . . . . .71 Ostatnia akcja . . . . . . . . . . . .50 P

Piksele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Polska nowela filmowa . . . .103 Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Projekt Chopin . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Projekt dziecko . . . . . . . . . . .77 Przyjdź do mnie . . . . . . . . . .104 R

Randka w ciemno . . . . . . . . .20 Rewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Rewizyta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Różyczka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 S

Sala samobójców . . . . . . . . . .89 Skrzydlate świnie . . . . . . . . . .86 Ś

śluby panieńskie . . . . . . . . . .59 święta krowa . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 świnki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 T

Tajemnica Westerplatte . . . . .83 Taniec śmierci. Sceny z Powstania Warszawskiego . .95 Tatarak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Trick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Trzy minuty. 21.37 . . . . . . . . .93 Trzy uściski dłoni . . . . . . . . .113 U

U Pana Boga za miedzą . . . . .40 W

Wenecja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Wichry Kołymy . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Wojna polsko-ruska . . . . . . . .87 Wszystko co kocham . . . . . . .13 Z

Zagraj ze mną . . . . . . . . . . .111 Zamiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Zdjęcie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Zgorszenie publiczne . . . . . . .78 Złoty środek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Zwerbowana miłość . . . . . . . .80

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Krzysztof Wiktor/Fotos-Art, Krzysztof Wojciewski, Krzysztof Wellman logo design for the Polish Film Institute Darek Komorek graphic design LAVENTURA Maciej Sawicki

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