Date
Hour
Place
07/08
21:00
CASTLE, KAZIMIERZ DOLNY
Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza
reż|dir Maciej Pieprzyca | PL | 2019 | 110 min
prod|pro Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś, Maria Gołoś scen|wr Maciej Pieprzyca zdj|ph Witold Płóciennik muz|mus Leszek Możdżer mon|ed Piotr Kmiecik ob|cast Dawid Ogrodnik, Cyprian Grabowski, Piotr Adamczyk, Mikołaj Chroboczek, Wiktoria Gorodeckaja, Justyna Wasilewska, Michał Filipiak, Jowita Budnik, Jacek Koman, Dariusz Chojnacki, Grzegorz Mielczarek, Barbara Wypych, Katarzyna Wajda, Maja Komorowska dys|dis Next Film
DESCRIPTION
“While playing, I can see. I’m healthy until I play” – was saying about his music Mietek Kosz, almost completely forgotten Polish jazz artist. He was born in a small village and lost his sight in the age of twelve. Music become a remedy for illness. The director, Maciej Pieprzyca said: ‘Mietek’s life was indeed a dramatic adventure, full of touching, funny and tragic moments. It was like his music – a great improvisation, a mixture of bitterness and sadness, joy and humor, love and passion’. Mietek Kosz was like Icarus – he achieve stars, but fell from height into oblivion. And once again we can admire outstanding performance by Dawid Ogrodnik, who plays main protagonist.
AWARDS
2019 Gdynia PFF – Silver Lion for Best Feature Film 2019 Gdynia PFF – nominated for Golden Lions for Best Film
2020 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Film
2020 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Director
2020 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Screenplay
2019 Gdynia PFF – award for Best Actor
2020 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Actor
2019 Gdynia PFF – Award for Best Score
2020 Eagles PFA – Eagle for Best Score
2019 Gdynia PFF – Award for Best Cinematography
2019 Camerimage FF – nominated for Golden Frog in Polish Films Competition
DIRECTOR
Maciej Pieprzyca (1964), Polish director and scriptwriter born in Katowice. He debuted with the film „Splinters” (2008), awarded with, among others, the Best Actress Award at the Cairo IFF 2009. In 2013, he directed „Life Feels Good” – one of the most successful Polish films of recent years, widely recognized internationally and awarded by numerous awards and nominations on main international film festivals. His third feature, “I’m a Killer” brought him the Best Director Prize at the Shanghai IFF (2017), and won the Silver Lions and the Best Screenplay Prize at the Gdynia FF (2016). FILMOGRAPHY
2019 Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza|Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz2016 Jestem mordercą|I’m a Killer
2013 Chce się żyć |Life Feels Good
2008 Drzazgi|Splinters
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