15-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: New World

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    New World by Elżbieta Benkowska,Łukasz Ostalski and Michał Wawrzecki New World by Elżbieta Benkowska,Łukasz Ostalski and Michał Wawrzecki

    GDYNIA: Young filmmakers Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski and Michał Wawrzecki explore the reality of an immigrant’s life in New World, a drama selected for the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015).

    The film showcases three stories of people who had to flee their countries and try to build new lives in Poland. They come from Belarus, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Even though their backgrounds are different, the struggle that they have to face as outsiders is the same.

    The film is a feature debut for all the three young filmmakers. The cast includes Karina Minaeva, Stanislav Boklan, Georgiy Leshchenko, Hassan Akkouch, Dariusz Chojnacki and Irena Melcer.

    The film was produced by Jan Kwieciński through Akson Studio in coproduction with Telewizja Polska. The budget was 806,700 EUR / 3.4 m PLN of which 403,360 EUR / 1.7 m PLN came from the Polish Film Institute. The date of the premiere has not been announced yet.

    Production Information:
    Akson Studio Sp. z o.o.
    ul. Piękna 44a, 00-672 Warsaw
    Poland
    Phone: (22) 840 68 34
    Fax: (22) 841 77 82
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    www.akson.pl

    Credits:
    Directors: Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski, Michał Wawrzecki
    Screenwriters: Izabela Aleksandrowicz, Maksymilian Nowicki, Monika Dembińska, Elżbieta Benkowska
    DoPs: Sławomir Witek, Piotr Pawlus, Cezary Stolecki
    Sound: Marek Wronko, Aleksandra Pniak, Kacper Habisiak MPSE, Marcin Kasiński MPSE
    Cast: Karina Minaeva, Stanislav Boklan, Georgiy Leshchenko, Hassan Akkouch, Dariusz Chojnacki, Irena Melcer, Sebastian Fabijański, Olga Aksyonova, Julian Świeżewski, Dominika Maiseyenka, Svetlana Anikej, Mirosław Kotowicz