Laureates – 14. Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki Dwa Brzegi | Lubelskie

2019 | THE AUDIENCE POLL

Alicja Sawicka — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:40:44 +0000

PAVAROTTI | dir. Ron Howard | US, GB | 2019 | 114 min

prod|pro Jeanne Elfant Festa, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg, Nigel Sinclair scen|wr Mark Monroe, Cassidy Hartmann zdj|ph Michael Dwyer muz|mus Ric Markmann, Matter Music, Dan Pinnella, Chris Wagner mon|ed Paul Crowder ob|cast Spike Lee, Princess Diana, Luciano Pavarotti, Phil Donahue, Stevie Wonder, Bono, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras dys|dis Best Film

Luciano Pavarotti, son of a baker in the Italian comune of Modena, liked to describe himself as a simple man. Even when he became the most popular classical music star in the world, he never stopped seeing himself as someone ordinary, touched with an extraordinary gift. Pavarotti changed the opera from elite to egalitarian culture. In subsequent film shots, many of which have not been presented before, there are intimate interviews with a family, closest friends and co-workers and rare recordings of a genius tenor.

RON HOWARD (1954)
He is Academy Award-winning filmmaker. Howard is one of this generation’s most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1984), he has created some of Hollywood’s most memorable films. Howard’s portfolio includes some of the most popular films of the past 20 years, lots of them was nominated and awarded. Howard has also served as an executive producer on a number of award-winning films and television shows.

AWARDS
2019 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec – Audience Award

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2019 | SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

Alicja Sawicka — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:28:00 +0000

PRISONER OF SOCIETY – dir. Rati Tsiteladze, 1st Prize | EXCUSE ME, I’M LOOKING FOR THE PING-PONG ROOM AND MY GIRLFRIEND (Entschuldigung, ich suche den Tischtennisraum und meine Freundin) – dir. Bernhard Wegner, 2nd Prize | RAIN (Deszcz)– dir. Piotr Milczarek, 3th Prize

PRISONER OF SOCIETY | dir. Rati Tsiteladze | GR | 2018 | 15 min

prod|pro Artway Film Rodnyansky zdj|ph Rati Tsiteladze mon|ed Rati Tsiteladze

What does it mean to be a stranger in your own home and country? “Prisoner of Society” is an intimate journey into the world and mind of a young transgender woman, who has been locked away from the outside world for the past decade. It is the first Georgian documentary nominated for European Film Academy Awards.

RATI TSITELADZE
Born in post-Soviet Georgia. He studied filmmaking in Los Angeles. He is an alumnus of Locarno Academy, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Film Independent and Berlinale Talents. His shorts have won over 50 awards and have been screened at more than 300 festivals, including Melbourne, Hong Kong and Locarno. His recent work “Prisoner of Society” (2018) won numerous Oscar qualifying awards; it is also the first Georgian short documentary nominated for European Film Academy. He was selected for Cannes Cinéfondation Residence and won the first HFPA Film Independent Award.

AWARDS
2019 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 1st Prize, International Short Films Competition

A Swedish couple is on a wellness trip in the Austrian mountains, but after an argument, Aron’s girlfriend leaves, and slams the door behind her. Now, Aron is looking for his girlfriend but can’t find her anywhere. He dives into the bizarre world of the alpine wellness resort and drifts along until the question arises if Aron is looking for his girlfriend or really himself.

BERNHARD WENGER (1992)
He was born in Salzburg, Austria. After graduating high school, he moved to Vienna, where he studied film theory and gained professional set experience. He was accepted to the Vienna Film Academy in 2014 and is currently pursuing degrees in both directing and production. Bernhard’s last short films have been screened and won awards at prestigious film festivals like Nashville Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, Uppsala Film Festival, Odense Film Festival, St. Louis Film Festival, and Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival. He has won over 70 international awards and in 2015, received the Award for Art and Culture in his hometown. His short “Keeping Balance” was released online as a Vimeo Staff Pick in November 2017.

AWARDS
2019 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 2nd Prize, International Short Films Competition

RAIN | Deszcz | reż. Piotr Milczarek | PL | 2019 | 5 min

prod|pro Fumi Studio scen|wr Piotr Milczarek mon|ed Mariusz Kuś

A simple animated film on collective consciousness. It talks about how no accountability for our actions pushes us to thoughtlessly follow the crowd, which may lead to a tragedy. The film also depicts a struggle of an individual with collective hypnosis and its consequences for both the individual and the crowd.

PIOTR MILCZAREK (1977)
He was born and lives in Lodz. He studied animation and special effects at the Film School in Lodz, where he is currently working as an assistant. He has directed short films such as „The Comic Book,” „The War of the Worlds,” „Mr Mister and The Cockroach.” He has also cowritten the script for „Moonshine” by Michał Poniedzielski, cooperated on the award-winning „Switez” by Kamil Pola (storyboard, artwork), as well as worked as an animator of Balbina Bruszewska’s „The City is Flowing” and Magdalena Osińska’s „Little Joys.” On a daily basis, he creates storyboards for commercials.

AWARDS
2019 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 3th Prize, International Short Films Competition

2018 | THE AUDIENCE POLL

Alicja Sawicka — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:35:59 +0000

prod|pro Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart scen|wr Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel zdj|ph Tristan Oliver, Łukasz Żal muz|mus Clint Mansell mon|ed Justyna Wierszyńska, Dorota Kobiela ob|cast Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd, John Sessions, Aidan Turner, Helen McCrory, Robert Gulaczyk dys|dis Next Film

“Loving Vincent” is unique because Vincent Van Gogh was exceptional. The film is an experimental animated biographical drama about the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh, especially about the circumstances of his death. The painter wrote in one of his last letters: “Only our images can speak for us”. Van Gogh’s art told his story. This is the first fully animated feature film to be made. The film, written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is a Polish production financed by the Polish Film Institute, and partly by the Kickstarter campaign. Each of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil painting on canvas, using the same technique as Van Gogh, created by a team of 125 painters.

DOROTA KOBIELA (1978)
Polish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. A graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Through friends Dorota discovered animation and film, and immediately threw herself into learning these new artistic disciplines, attending The Warsaw Film School, Direction Faculty. She has directed one live action short film and five animated shorts. For her sixth animated short “Loving Vincent” Dorota aimed to combine her passion for painting and film. “Loving Vincent” is her feature film debut.

HUGH WELCHMAN (1975)
He graduated with a degree from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. In 2002, Welchman founded the film company BreakThru Films. This led to him becoming the joint winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2007 for the film “Peter and the Wolf” (2006) which he produced.

AWARDS
2018 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec – Audience Award
2018 Academy Awards Oscar – Best Animated Feature Film nomination
2018 Golden Globes – Best Motion Picture Animated nomination
2018 BAFTA Film Award – Best Animated Feature Film nomination
2018 David di Donatello Awards – Best European Film nomination
2017 Gdynia PFF Golden Lion for Best Film nomination
2017 Shanghai IFF – Golden Goblet for Best Animation Film

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2018 | SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

Alicja Sawicka — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:32:26 +0000

LOWER HEAVEN (Lower Heaven) – dir. Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi, 1st Prize | THE SISTERS (Siostry) – dir. Michał Hytroś, 2nd Prize | BLESS YOU! (Na zdrowie!) – dir. Paulina Ziółkowska, 3th Prize

LOWER HEAVEN | Lower Heaven | dir. Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi | FR | 2017 | 20 min

Tehran 2017, three days in life of two young undocumented Afghani brothers, recently immigrated to Iran, who see their destiny take a turn just as a better life seems to open up to them.

EMAD ALEEBRAHIM-DEHKORDI (ur. 1979)
He was born in Teheran (Iran). After film studies at the University of Tehran and Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France, he developed a concept combining cinema and contemporary art by mixing movies, videos and installations. His work is being broadcasted in various festivals and exhibited in museums and biennials of contemporary art around the world. He is currently working on his first feature Chevalier Noir.

AWARDS
2018 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 1st Prize, International Short Films Competition

THE SISTERS | Siostry | dir. Michał Hytroś | PL | 2017 | 19 min

prod|pro PWSFTviT zdj|ph Janusz Szymański mon|ed Marcin Wojciechowski

Behind the mighty eighteenth-century wall of the oldest enclosed convent in Poland – Benedictine convent in Staniatki, near Krakow – the life of twelve nuns in their 70s goes on. Despite their age and the world of rapid change, they try to comply with the rule set over ten centuries ago ‘ORA et LABORA’ each day. Our protagonists – nuns Anuncjata and Benedykta (40 years in convent) – introduce us to the world behind the wall telling us about their lives and decisions in a specific way. They show us the world of convent in true colours, without stereotypes, often touching and amusing at the same time. This is the film about silence said aloud.

MICHAŁ HYTROŚ (ur. 1994)
He studies directing at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz and acting at The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.

AWARDS
2018 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 2nd Prize, International Short Films Competition

BLESS YOU! | Na zdrowie! | dir. Paulina Ziółkowska | PL | 2017 | 5 min

prod|pro PWSFTviT scen|wr Paulina Ziółkowska muz|mus Max Litvinov mon|ed Piotr Baryła

A short film about society getting sick. Everyone gets sick of everyone. But things become really bad when you get sick of yourself. Film treats about how human personalities are blending, people characters are mixing and we are not in control of our individuality.

PAULINA ZIOŁKOWSKA (ur. 1988)
She studied Graphic Design at Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw. Currently she is studying animation in Lodz Film School. In 2017 she debiuted with film “Oh Mother!” produced by Fumi Studio.

AWARDS
2018 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 3th Prize, International Short Films Competition

2017 | THE AUDIENCE POLL

Alicja Sawicka — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:39:10 +0000

Set in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Aisling Walsh’s film is an amazing love story, in which a loner (Ethan Hawke) offers a frail, but determined woman called Maudie work as a maid. Despite suffering from a congenital disease, Maudie is very energetic. She wants to be independent, live away from an overprotective family—and most importantly, she desires with great passion to paint her unusual paintings. The protagonist was inspired by Maud Lewis (1903-1970), an amateur painter famous for her colorful landscapes, hero of documentaries and books, nowadays considered one of the most important Canadian folk artists.

AISLING WALSH (1958)
Irish director and screenwriter born in Dublin. Graduated from the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in England and Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin. Directs films and TV series for British television companies on a regular basis. Her Song for a Raggy Boy won over a dozen prizes at world’s most prestigious film festivals, including the Golden Swan at the film festival in Copenhagen.

AWARDS
2017 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec – Audience Award
2017 Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards — Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature
2017 Montclair Film Festival — Audience Award
2017 Writers Guild of Canada — Feature Film Award for writer Sherry White

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