BODY/CIAŁO Competition
Poland, 2015, 90’
Poland, nowadays. The intertwined stories of a criminal prosecutor, his anorexic daughterand her therapist, who claims to be able to communicate with the dead. Three radically different approaches to the body and soul.
DIRECTED BY: Małgorzata Szumowska
WRITTEN BY: Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Michał Englert
WORLD SALES: Memento Films International
www.memento-films.com, sales@memento-films.com, festival@memento-films.com
Festival screenings:
• 09.02.15, 22:00 Berlinale Palast Official Gala Screening
• 10.02.15, 15:00, Friedrichstadtpalast
• 11.02.15, 21:00, Friedrichstadtpalast
• 15.02.15, 19:15, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Market screening:
• 10.02.15, 11:30, CinemaxX 10
Press screenings:
• 08.02.15, 21:30, CinemaxX 9 (daily press only)
• 09.02.15, 15:30, CinemaxX 9 (press conference Hyatt Hotel)
THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE HORSES OVER THE HILLS/DNI UCIEKAJĄ JAK DZIKIE KONIE ZA WZGÓRZA Competition
Poland/Germany, 2015, 71’
THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE WILD HORSES OVER THE HILLS intimately explores ideas of female identity and womenhood. Set in Berlin, and in a small town in Poland, DAYS takes place in the closed space of private homes and the oddly contained worlds of public spaces; Filmed in both black-and-white and colour, DAYS features stark, candid performances from its cast, and slips between documentary and dream-like narrative. What is the connection between these women? Are they alternate realities of the same life? Are they converging memories of an entire lifetime? Under the winter sky, they wonder what they might become and what might have become of them. Timepasses ever slower.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Marcin Malaszczak
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Marcin Malaszczak
WORLD SALES: open
Festival screenings:
• 06.02.15, 18:30, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
• 07.02.15, 22:45, Arsenal 1
• 13.02.15, 22:30, Delphi Filmpalast
• 14.02.15, 14:30, Zoo Palast 2
Press screening:
• 05.02.15, 09:30, CinemaxX6
THE PERFORMER/PERFORMER Competition
Poland, 2015, 63’
A dynamic and full of punk energy story based on life of one of the most original and interesting contemporary artist – the performer, Oskar Dawicki (playing himself). As in the other Dawicki's works - established norms of moral, spiritual and social order are challenged and put on trial. Combination of fiction and facts gives a surprising insight into the modern art world. “The Perfomer” presents a mix of the performance art with the art of acting, and combining documentary film-making with a fictional narrative: Oscar Dawicki's works are connected on the screen not only by time and space, but also by narrative, drama and emotion.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Maciej Sobieszczański, Łukasz Ronduda
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Łukasz Gutt
WORLD SALES: open
Festival screenings:
• 07.02.15, 21:30, Akademie der Künste
• 09.02.15, 15:00, Arsenal 1
MAJA/MAJA Competition
POLAND 2014, 6’
The wind is blowing, an anxious dog is barking in the yard. Maja and her family gather over the body at the wake.The girl watches through the window. Her grandfather is gone, but there is an old magical willow, and there are enchanted spirits in the music.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Jakub Michnikowski
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Sebastian Webber
WORLD SALES: open
Festival screenings:
• 10.02.15, 15:00, CinemaxX 1
• 11.02.15, 10:00, Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
• 12.02.15, 17:30, CinemaxX 1
• 13.02.15, 10:30, CinemaxX 1
INFLUENZ/HISZPANKA
Poland, 2014, 120’
InfluenZ is a pitch-black comedy, an alternative version of history and an spy thriller. Film creates a parallel world all its own, telling the true story of the only successful uprising in Polish history.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Łukasz Barczyk
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Karina Kleszczewska PSC
WORLD SALES: open
Market screening:
• 06.02.15, 09:30, CinemaxX 5
KEBAB & HOROSCOPE/KEBAB I HOROSKOP
Poland, 2014, 72’
A group of misfits from a carpet shop have a chance to change their lives with the help of two marketing experts – an ex-kebab shop worker and ex-fortune teller from a wildlife magazine.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Grzegorz Jaroszuk
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: John Magnus Borge
WORLD SALES: New Europe Film Sales
www.neweuropefilmsales.com
Market screening:
• 09.02.15, 18:05, CinemaxX 18
THE FOREIGN BODY/OBCE CIAŁO
Poland/Russia/Italy 2014, 100’
Angelo arrives in Warsaw to visit a girl he met at Focolari, an Italian prayer group. Wanting to be near her, he takesa job in a Warsaw based corporation headed by Kris, a ruthless and cynical boss. Angelo, himself a devout Christian, becomes the victim of mockery and abuse. Krzysztof Zanussi looks at contemporary Poland through the eyes of a young Italian man
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Krzysztof Zanussi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Piotr Niemyjski PSC
WORLD SALES: Wide Management
www.widemanagement.com
Market screening:
• 05.02.15, 18:45, CinemaxX 19
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/FOTOGRAF
Poland, 2014, 110’
Natasha (27) Moscow cop must join FSB (ex-KGB) to hunt down the serial killer. All traces lead to Poland where years ago a boy kept a dark secret. As she finds out the truth, she risks all to be exposed to the deadly danger.
DIRECTED BY: Waldemar Krzystek
WRITTEN BY: Krzysztof Kopka, Waldemar Krzystek
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Arkadiusz Tomiak PSC
WORLD SALES: Dorota Paciarelli Films
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Market screening:
• 08.02.15, 11:40, Dffb-Kino
• 10.02.15, 12:30, Cinemaxx 15
SUMMER SOLSTICE/LETNIE PRZESILENIE
Poland/Germany, 2014, 100’
Rural Poland, 1943. Four young people: Bunia, a Jewish girl who escaped from a train to the death camps; Guido, a German officer; and two Poles - Romen and Franka, are brought together by a series of extraordinary events. They find something that during wartime can be both an escape and a source of danger - love.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Michał Rogalski
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Jerzy Zieliński
WORLD SALES: Wide Management
www.widemanagement.com
Market screening:
• 07.02.15, 15:40, CinemaxX 2
WARSAW 44/MIASTO 44
Poland, 2014, 130’
“Warsaw44” is a story of young Varsovians full of life and passion. They live their lives as if each day was to be their last. It’s not, however, due to their bravado or recklessness – this attitude is a natural thing considering the reality they face. We get to know the movie’s main characters (Stefan, Biedronka and Kama) shortly before the Uprising breaks out in summer 1944. Young Poles see their involvement in the underground movement not only as a patriotic duty, but also as an adventure, an opportunity to brag to their peers and impress girls. They witness sacrifice and heroism, but also cruelty, betrayal and murder. They learn about love and discover what hate feels like. History teaches them a bloody and brutal lesson in growing up.
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Jan Komasa
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Marian Prokop
WORLD SALES: ARTIST VIEW ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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Market screening:
• 08.02.15, 11:00, Marriott studios
WARSAW BY NIGHT/WARSAW BY NIGHT
Poland, 2014, 95’
Helena, Iga, Maja, and Renata – four women of different ages – travel across Warsaw in search of a human connection. Unaware of each other, they cross paths at a night club called ‘Warsaw by Night’. In their night-time journey across the city, they are accompanied by random new acquaintances and always the same cab driver.
DIRECTED BY: Natalia Koryncka-Gruz
WRITTEN BY: Marek Modzelewski
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Zdzisław Najda PSC, Michał Sobociński
WORLD SALES: open
Market screening:
• 07.02. 15, 11:15, CinemaxX 18
