Date
Hour
Place
01/08
14:00
THE RUBY HALL
Efekt Halo
reż|dir Patrycja Polkowska | PL | 2019 | 15 min
prod|pro PWSFTviT w Łodzi
DESCRIPTION
Pick a spot and watch. Listen in. The main characters of this film are residents of the Studzieniec youth detention centre. It is an open facility, resembling a compulsory summer camp rather than a high-security prison. In places like this, the residents are not given sentences in years. They cannot leave until the day of their 21st birthday. They stay in touch with the outer world mainly by use of a landline phone in the supervisor’s room.
DIRECTOR
Patrycja Polkowska, born in Warsaw, Poland, Patrycja graduated from the Culture Studies department at the University of Warsaw and she is currently finishing her studies at the Direction department at the National Film School in Lodz. She has directed several short films, both documentaries and narratives. Her “24 Praska St” documentary was screened at festivals in Poland and abroad (it had its international premiere at the Ji.hlava IDFF), and her “Carousel” narrative was officially selected for the Tampere Film Festival and the Transatlantyk festival. She also directs music videos and commercial clips.
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