20-07-2012

FNE at T-Mobile New Horizons Polish Days: My Father’s Bike

By Katarzyna Grynienko

    WROCŁAW: An elderly man, accompanied by his son and grandson, undertakes a journey to win back the wife who left him for another man in Piotr Trzaskalski's dark comedy My Father's Bike.

     

    Trzaskalski is best known for his drama Edi (2002, www.opusfilm.com), which was awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival (www.berlinale.de) in 2003.

    {mosimage}My Father's Bike was shot on location in Łódź in August/September 2011. The 1 m EUR film received financing from the Polish Film Institute and the Municipal Office of the City of Łódź. The film is produced by Federico Film (www.federicofilm.com), founded in 1997 by Marta Laryssa Plucińska (Producer on the Move 2012 in Cannes). The world sales of My Father's Bike is managed by TVN S.A. (www.tvn.pl). The Polish distributor is ITI Cinema (www.iticinema.com.pl). The theatrical release of the picture is planned for November 2012.

     

    Production Information:

    Director - Piotr Trzaskalski

    Screenwriter - Piotr Trzaskalski, Wojciech Lepianka

    {mosimage}Director of photography - Piotr Śliskowski

    Music - Wojciech Lemański

    Production designer - Wojciech Żogała

    Sound - Piotr Bielawski

    Editing -Cezary Kowalczuk

    Costume designer - Iwona Perlińska

    Make-up - Izabela Andrys

    Production manager - Maciej Szczygieł

    Production company - Federico Film

    Producer - Paweł Pluciński, Marta Laryssa Plucińska

    Co-financed by  Polish Film Institute

    Coproduced by TVN S.A.

    Executive producer - Federico Film

    World sales - TVN S.A.

     

    Cast:

    Artur Żmijewski

    Anna Nehrebecka

    Michał Urbaniak

    Krzysztof Chodorowski

    Maria Maj

     

    Production contact:

    Federico Film

    ul. Waszyngtona 30/36 lok. 50

    03-910 Warszawa

    tel. +48 602 133 993

    e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    www.federicofilm.com