10-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Body

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    Body / Ciało Body / Ciało

    GDYNIA: Małgorzata Szumowska’s Body, awarded the Silver Bear and Best Director ex-aequo at Berlin Film Festival, will compete in the main competition of the 40th Gdynia Film FestivalFestival (14-19 September 2015).

    Małgorzata Szumowska fuses drama and crime thriller in the story of a cynical prosecutor and his anorectic daughter who try to find peace after the tragic death of a loved one. They meet an eccentric therapist, who claims that she can establish paranormal contact that
    can help them.

    The leading roles are played by Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska and Justyna Suwała, and the cast includes Ewa Dałkowska, Adam Woronowicz, Tomasz Ziętek, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik and Ewa Kolasińska.

    Shooting took place in Warsaw in April-May 2014. NOWHERE is producing in coproduction with D35 Marcin Kryjom, Mazovia Film Fund and Kino Świat. The budget of the film was 1.3 m EUR / 5.7 m PLN of which 474,500 EUR /2 m PLN a production grant from the Polish Film Institute.

    Body was released in the Polish cinemas by Kino Świat on 6 March 2015, and sold 281,736 tickets so far. The international sales are managed by Memento Films International.

    Production Information

    Nowhere Sp. z o.o.
    ul. Narbutta 27/4
    02-536 Warsaw
    Poland

    Credits
    Directed: Małgorzata Szumowska
    Screenwriters: Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
    DoP: Michał Englert PSC
    Sound: Marcin Jachyra, Kacper Habisiak MPSE, Marcin Kasiński MPSE

    Cast: Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwała, Ewa Dałkowska, Adam Woronowicz, Tomasz Ziętek, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Ewa Kolasińska, Roman Gancarczyk, Władysław Kowalski, Zbigniew Waleryś, Ireneusz Kozioł