19-10-2018

FESTIVALS: Nine Polish Films Compete at Camerimage

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    WARSAW: The 26th EnergaCamerimage IFF, which runs 10 – 17 November 2018 in Bydgoszcz, has selected nine films for the Polish competition.

    The award in the Polish competition will go to both the director and the cinematographer, in keeping with the festival’s focus on the art of the cinematographer.

    The competition includes films from some of Poland’s most notable directors, as well as by several lesser known names. Among them are films from Jan Jakub Kolski, Krzysztof Zanussi and Filip Bajon. Only three of the films are coproductions.

    The films in the Polish competition are:

    53 Wars (Poland)
    Directed by Ewa Bukowska
    Cinematography by Tomasz Naumiuk
    Produced by Jacek Bromski
    Coproduced by Canal +, The Chimney Pot, Wojciech Kabarowski Digital Movies, Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Back Home (Poland)
    Directed by Magdalena Łazarkiewicz
    Cinematography by Wojciech Todorow
    Produced by Argomedia Production
    Coproduced Dreamsound and Chimney
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute and the Wroclaw Film Commission

    Breaking the Limits / Najlepszy (Poland)
    Cinematography by Piotr Sobociński Jr.
    Directed by Łukasz Palkowski
    Produced by Iron Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    The Butler / Kamerdyner (Poland)
    Directed by Filip Bajon
    Cinematography by Łukasz Gutt
    Produced by Filmicon Dom Filmowy
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    A Cat with a Dog / Jak pies z kotem (Poland)
    Directed by Janusz Kondratiuk
    Cinematography by Witold Płóciennik
    Produced by Akson Studio
    Coproduced by Telewizja Polska, Studio Produkcyjne Orka, Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny (FINA)
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Ether / Eter (Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Ukraine)
    Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
    Cinematography by Piotr Niemyjski
    Produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Telewizja Polska, Canal+(Poland)
    Coproduced by Studio Uljana Kim (Lithuania), Lakoon Film (Hungary), Interfilm Production Studio (Ukraine)
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Podkarpackie Film Fund, the Ukrainian State Film Agency, the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Hungarian Film Fund

    Fugue / Fuga (Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden)
    Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
    Cinematography by Jakub Kijowski
    Produced by Mental Disorder 4
    Coproduced by Axman Production, CommonGround Pictures, Odra Film, Mazovia Film Fund, Film I Vast
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Nina (Poland)
    Directed by Olga Chajdas
    Cinematography by Tomasz Naumiuk
    Produced by Film It

    Pardon / Ułaskawienie (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Jan Jakub Kolski
    Cinematography by Julian A. Ch. Kernbach
    Produced by Centrala
    Coproduced by Mimesis Film and Sentimentalfilm
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute