02-05-2013

FESTIVALS: Krakow Announces 2013 Documentary Competition

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    'Where Heaven Meets Hell', by Sasha Friedlander 'Where Heaven Meets Hell', by Sasha Friedlander

    KRAKOW: Twenty international films will compete in the documentary feature film competition of the 53rd Krakow Film Festival, 26 May – 2 June 2013, vying for the Golden Horn.

    The competition will include ten films over 60 minutes and ten films between 30 – 60 minutes. The documentary competition is taking place for the seventh time.

    Four films from Poland and one film each from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, and Finland are among the contenders. The selection also includes the unique case of screening two complementary films, Paweł and Marcel Łoziński’s documentaries Father and Son and Father and Son on a Journey.

    The complete documentary competition line-up follows: 

    Feature-length documentary: 

    1.    Colombianos, Tora Martens, Sweden/Finland, 90’

    2.    The Road: A Story of Life and Death, Marc Isaacs, UK, 75’

    3.    The Captain And The Pirate, Andy Wolff, Germany/Belgium, 76’

    4.    Trucker and the Fox, Arash Lahouti, Iran, 78’

    5.    A World Is Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel, UK/United Arab Emirates/Liban, 93’

    6.    Father and Son on a Journey, Marcel Łoziński, Poland, 75’

    7.    The Last Black Sea Pirates, Svetoslav Stoyanov, Bulgaria, 72’

    8.    Sadhu. Seeker of Truth, Gaël Métroz, Switzerland, 93’ 

    9.    Salma, Kim Longinotto, UK/India, 90’

    10.  In the Darkroom, Nadav Schirman, Germany/Israel/Finland/Romania/Italy, 88’

     

    Mid-length documentary:

    1.    White Black Boy, Camilla Magid, Denmark, 57’

    2.    A Diary of a Journey, Piotr Stasik, Poland, 54’

    3.    Gilad and All That Jazz, Golriz Kolahi, UK, 60’

    4.    Camera/Woman, Karima Zoubir, Marocco, 59’

    5.    Another Night on Earth, David Munoz, Spain, 52’

    6.    Where Heaven Meets Hell, Sasha Friedlander, Indonesia/USA, 54’

    7.    The Father, Marat Sargsyan, Lithuania, 60’

    8.    Father and Son, Pawel Łoziński, Poland, 54’

    9.    Seekers, Yishai Oren, Israel, 60’

    10.  The Lust Killer, Marcin Koszałka, Poland, 43’