Followers. Live Shooting

Poland2022fiction28'Konkurs polski (2022)

How far can Adam, a student of a prestigious high school, go to get the number of his followers up? What can he show live online to attract the largest audience? In Jakub Radej’s film, a Polish school becomes the arena of events that seem unlikely, albeit not impossible, in Poland. Is a Polish student in the time of globalisation, so much different from a student in America, Asia or another European country? All of them are connected to one web and online transmissions break popularity records gathering larger audiences before screens than many popular TV programmes. It should be noted that another short fiction film focusing on a similar topic, Na żywo , has been admitted to the International Competition. Both pictures open up a discussion including tough questions.

directed by: Jakub Radej
Director and scriptwriter born in 1991 in Cieszyn. He is a graduate of Film Directing at the Radio and Television Faculty of the University of Silesia and the DOK PRO documentary course at the Wajda School. He has won dozens of awards at Polish and international festivals, including the best documentary in Clermont-Ferrand and the best feature film and documentary at ‘The Youth and Film’ Debut Film Festival in Koszalin. He is one of ten European young directors invited to the prestigious section ‘Future Frames’ at the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. A winner of the Trójka’s Talents Award in the Film category, he believes that films can be an invitation to dialogue and reflection, not just entertainment.
cinematography: Mateusz Golis
script: Jakub Radej
cast: Ignacy Liss, Adam Borysowicz, Wiktoria Kruszczyńska, Maja Wolska, Zosia Świątkiewicz, Wiktoria Supryn, Katarzyna Herman
sound: Filip Charitonow, Alex Banaszkiewicz, Anna Stadniczeńko
editing: Paweł Łukaszewski
production: Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński (Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association), (Mizar Films), (TVN Film), (Canal+ Polska), (All For Movies)
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