07-05-2012

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: In the Bedroom

By FNE Staff

    {mosimage}GDYNIA: In his feature In the Bedroom, Tomasz Wasilewski creates an intimate image of a new relationship formed under unusual circumstances. The film competes at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival (www.fpff.pl), 7-12 May 2012.

    Edyta, a middle-aged woman struggles to make a living by dating random men off the Internet, drugging them, and then spending the nights at their flats next to her unconscious dates. When she meets Patrick she fails to give him a sleeping pill and instead is forced to get to know him better during their meeting. The leading role is played by theatre and film actress Katarzyna Herman who was highly praised for her performance in Łukasz Barczyk's Changes (www.chimney.pl). The role of Edyta in In The Bedroom earned her the Silver Amber award for the Best Actress during the 2011 Youth And Film Festival in Koszalin (www.mif.org.pl). Her costars include Tomasz Tyndyk, Agata Buzek, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Janusz Chabior and Wojciech Kalarus.

    {mosimage}Wasilewski, a young Polish television director, graduated from the Lodz Film School. He directed several episodes of the hit soap opera Colors Of Happiness and worked on the postproduction of Małgorzata Szumowska's award-winning drama 33 Scenes of Life (www.pandorafilm.com).

    In the Bedroom was shot between 28 September and 2 October 2011 in Warsaw and Gdynia. The producer was IQ ART Film (www.iqartivists.pl) in co-production with Marcin 'Martinez' Swystun - OP1 and IQ ARTivists Leszek Stanek. The film does not yet have a distributor, but it was well-received at the 2011 Youth and Film Festival in Koszalin.

    {mosimage}Crew:
    Director - Tomasz Wasilewski
    Screenwriter - Tomasz Wasilewski
    Director of photography - Marcin Swystun
    Music - Leszek Możdżer
    Production designer - Anna Tomczyńska
    Sound - Kamil Radziszewski
    Editing - Aleksandra Gowin
    Costume designer - Monika Kaleta
    Make-up - Monika Kaleta
    Production manager - Jakub Klimczak
    Production company - IQ ART Film
    Producer - Michał Toczyski, Grażyna Strzałkowska
    Co-produced by - Marcin 'Martinez' Swystun - OP1, IQ ARTivists Leszek Stanek

    {mosimage}Cast:
    Tomasz Tyndyk
    Katarzyna Herman
    Mirosław Zbrojewicz
    Agata Buzek

    Production information:
    IQ ART Film
    Chmielna 5 lokal 10
    00-021 Warsaw
    tel.+48 22 826 24 18
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    http://www.iqartivists.pl