34. Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 
| Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition Spotlight: City of The Sea |
| 19 September 2009 | By Katarzyna Grynienko |
Gdynia film festival sees the premiere of locally set City of The Sea, a love story takes place against the background of Gdynia's harbor.
 City of The Sea is the story of a beautiful local girl and a Krzysztof, who came to the seaside in search for a better job. Initially the girl's father is antagonistic toward the stranger. Krzysztofhopes for a job at the harbor building site to help the young couple stay together. They secretly wed and soon after that discover that the foreign investment has collapsed. The small village of Gdynia seems to loose its chance to grow in to a city, until Denmark and Belgium decide to engage in the project, creating several job for the Pomeranian workers. The unusual story of the birth of a city is based on the novel titled Tak trzymać by StanisÅ‚awa Fleszarowa. The script covers three years between 1923 and 1926.The movie was shot between August and December 2008 in GdaÅ„sk, Gdynia, Sopot, Kluki, Hel, Babie DoÅ‚y and Wejherowo. City of The Sea is directed by Andrzej Kotowski, a film and television director and a teacher at the Warsaw Film Academy. The director invited a talented cast of both experienced and young Polish actors to this project including Julia Pietrucha, MaÅ‚gorzata Foremniak, Jakub Strzelecki, Piotr DomagaÅ‚a and Marian DziÄ™dziel.  Kotowski had planned to shot this picture 20 years, ago but was blocked by the government, and later was hindered by the lack of sufficiant funding. The film was finally produced by Profilm with the support of the Polish Film Institute and the Munincipal Offices of Gdynia and GdaÅ„sk. City of the Sea is produced by Profilm Agencja Filmowa in co-operation with Polish Public Television - Film Agency (www.tvp.pl). ProFilm informed FNE that the total budget of the project was 6.5 million PLN ( €1.5 million). The movie received 3 million PLN financing from the Polish Film Institute (www.pif.pl).The Polish premiere is planned for October 9, 2009.  The official website of the film is: www.miastozmorza.plCredits: Director - Andrzej Kotowski Screenwriter - Andrzej Kotowski Cinematographer - Adam Bajerski Set design - Jacek Osadowski Music composer - Tomasz GÄ…skowski Cast: Julia Pietrucha MaÅ‚gorzata Foremniak Jakub Strzelecki Piotr DomagaÅ‚a Marian DziÄ™dziel  Production contact:Al. NiepodlegÅ‚oÅ›ci 809A, 87-810 Sopot tel.: 58 524 73 72 fax: 58 524 73 7 email: sekretariat@profilm.com.pl www: http://www.profilm.com.pl |
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