Sonny
Poland2019documentary40'Konkurs polski (2020)
A subtle story of difficult family relations. Marcin was taken away from his alcoholic parents when he was twelve and he spent the rest of his childhood in a children's home. After he comes of age, he comes back to his family home and tries to get on with his life: finds a job, pursues his passions, tries to re-establish contact with his father. At times it seems that the broken ties can be mended – the director captures intimate moments of true closeness between the father and the son. Yet these moments are constantly accompanied by alcohol-induced degradation. Marcin has to make a choice: should he fight with his father's addiction or think about his own future?
Awards
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2020 National competition
The Award for the director of the best documentary filmSilver Hobby-Horse
- directed by
- Paweł Chorzępa
Director and cinematographer of several documentary films awarded at international film festivals. A graduate of master's studies at the Institute of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University and Cinematography Deprtament at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. A member of the Polish Filmmakers Association.
- cinematography
- Paweł Chorzępa
- script
- Paweł Chorzępa
- sound
- Daniel Stopa, Dominika Czakon, Kamil Guźniczak
- editing
- Agata Cierniak, Alan Zejer
- production
- Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński (Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association), (Bees Film House), (Telewizja Polska), (Mandla Media), (Instytucja Filmowa Silesia Film), (Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego)
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