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Poland2018fiction29'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2018)Konkurs polski (2018)
Primarily known for his documentaries, Jakub Piątek („Mother”, „One Man Show”) enters the world of video chats with his camera. A man and a woman were joined into a couple by a video chat algorithm. It is a one to several thousand chance. They say that the Internet is the last sphere of freedom. If everything is allowed, what shall we start with? How much can you experience in one night? Maybe your entire life? Are there any boundaries? There is one rule: if I do not like something, you bore me or let me down – I change the channel. And I want to feel something. Can you feel something here? So that it is real…
Awards
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2018 Short film competition
Special MentionSpecial Mention
- directed by
- Jakub Piątek
Born in 1985. He graduated from the Łódź Film School. His short film debut, 'Mother' (2009), was screened at over 50 festivals worldwide. His feature debut, 'Prime Time' (2021), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and is available to stream on Netflix worldwide. In 2023, his debut feature-length documentary 'Pianoforte' was also presented at Sundance. The film was released in cinemas in the US, the UK, Japan, China, and Poland. It won many awards, including the 2024 Polish Film Award (Orzeł) and the International Emmy Award in the Arts Programming category. He also directs drama series, including 'Pewnego razu na krajowej jedynce' and 'Aniela' for Netflix. He lectures in the Directing Department at the Łódź Film School (Feature Film Directing) and regularly teaches workshops on documentary film at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw.
- cinematography
- Kate McCullough
- script
- Łukasz Czapski, Dobromir Dymecki, Jakub Piątek
- cast
- Maja Pankiewicz, Dobromir Dymecki
- sound
- Anna Rok, Tomasz Dukszta
- editing
- Urszula Klimek-Piątek
- production
- Ewa Jastrzębska (Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association), (Rzeczy)
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