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Poland2018documentary22'
A son takes his father, with whom he had cut ties years before, on a journey. They travel to the place of solitude in the mountains in which they once built a forester's lodge. Surrounded by raw nature, together they face up to their own weakneses.
- directed by
- Natalia Koniarz
Documentary filmmaker. Born in the Beskid Mountains, she has lived and worked in Chile, Bolivia, and France. She currently splits her time between Warsaw and Cairo. A graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, where she now lectures and is pursuing a PhD. She made her debut with the film "Tama", which received awards at festivals such as Fipadoc, Go Short, and New Horizons. The film was screened at over 50 festivals and broadcast on the French platform TENK as well as on Polish Television (TVP). Her next documentary, "Postcards from the Verge", premiered at IDFA and was showcased at Makedox, Women Make Waves, and numerous other international festivals. She is a Grand Prix winner for Best Pitch at the East Doc Platform Forum and a participant in the Ex Oriente program. She has also developed her projects through DocsBarcelona Public Pitch and Fipadoc Industry.
Stanisław CuskeBorn in 1996. Currently, he is a student of Film Image Production at the Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice. He has completed the Film Kindergarten course at the Wajda School. His artistic pursuits include music videos, feature and documentary films, such as "Subcultures" (2014) and "Under the Sails" (2016). Among his film awards, there is the Grand Prix at the OKFA National Independent Cinema Competition for his picture "The Race" (2016).
- cinematography
- Stanisław Cuske, Natalia Koniarz
- script
- Natalia Koniarz
- cast
- Karol Sekta, Piotr Sekta
- sound
- Dariusz Wancerz, Bartłomiej Majewicz
- editing
- Stanisław Cuske, Natalia Koniarz
- production
- Andrzej Kowalczyk (Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia.)
- Photo