8th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides » Laureates

2013 | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

alicja — Tue, 13 May 2014 23:06:28 +0000

Urszula is preparing a traditional Easter breakfast to welcome her daughter and her new fiancé.
When the couple arrives, the man turns out to be thirty years older than Urszula’s daughter. Easter breakfast turns into supper, while Urszula goes through the worst day of her life.

JULIA KOLBERGER (1978)
She studied English language and literature, film studies, and applied linguistics in Tours and in Paris. She graduated in directing from the Polish National Film School in Łódź. “I won’t be here tomorrow”, her graduation film, won a number of awards, including the Second Prize at the Kustendorf International Film Festival in Serbia, a Golden Tadpole at Camerimage 2010, a Special Prize in the Young Polish Cinema competition at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the first prize at the Polish Film Festival in New York, and the third prize at the Łodzią po Wiśle festival in 2010.

AWARDS
2013 FFD YOUTH AND FILM Koszalin – „Jantar” Award for feature film (Short Film Competition)
2013 FF KAMERALNE LATO Radom – Jury Special Award (Best Feature Fim), Audience Award
2013 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Main Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2013 PFF Gdynia – Jury Special Award in „Young Cinema Competition”
2013 PFF Los Angeles – „Bridging The Borders” Award
2014 IFMF KÜSTENDORF – „Silver Egg” Award
2014 IFF ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA Jelenia Góra – Best Feature Fim
2014 FEBIOFEST Bratysława – Audience Award

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VOCUUS | Vocuus | dir. Patryk Jurek | PL | 2012 | 18 min

After his wife’s death, Paweł is left to care for their daughter with whom he never had an emotional connection. A lost girl and broken man must connect in an empty house. They attempt to invoke the slowly fading mother and wife. Can a red sweater help them? The film asks whether there are good and bad ways of dealing with trauma and who has the right to judge?

PATRYK JUREK (1984)
Graduate of the School of Photography in Katowice. In 2006, he also received a degree in Directing and Editing from the Film and Television Academy in Warsaw. Since 2008, he has been conducting annual workshops for actors in the Drzwi Film Festival. He directs and edits television programs, music videos and alternative films, is involved in casting for TVN productions. In addition, he has produced documentary, short features and ads.

AWARDS
2013 IFF ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA Jelenia Góra – Best Feature Film
2013 SIREN FF Charków – Best Feature Film
2013 SOPOT FF – 2nd Award in Short Films Competition „World Shorts & Short Anima”
2013 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition

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GREAT | Dyktator | dir. Andreas Henn | DE | 2013 | 23 min

May 10th, 1942: a relatively minor event on the brink of world history, which, had it not really happened, would certainly be worth of being dreamt up. All of Yugoslavia is occupied by Nazi-Germany. Nikola, a young Serbian projectionist, has had more than enough. Instead of emulating his violent Partisan friends, Nikola decides to teach the Germans a lesson all by himself. His weapon of choice: ,The Great Dictator‘ by Charlie Chaplin. His target: a cinema for German soldiers right in the heart of Serbia. What happens there, Nikola couldn’t possibly have imagined in his wildest dreams.

ANDREAS HENN (1983)
He was born in Munich. In 2004 he decided to move to Austria to study Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Vienna. He graduated in 2009, receiving honors for his dissertation on „Stanley Kubrick and the model of chess”. Following this, he started working for the brand-agency KMS TEAM in Munich and the Imagination Group ltd. In London. In the same year, he founded the production company Dog Ear Films together with cinematographer Alexander Wasielewski. Andreas Henn’s debut short fiction film „Tel” was shown at numerous international film festivals. „Great” is his second short film.

AWARDS
FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2013 ISFF ALMERÍA – Audience Award, Best Short Film
2013 ASPEN SHORTSFEST – BAFTA/LA Certificate of Excellence
2013 EBERSWALDE FF – Audience Award

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2012 | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

alicja — Mon, 12 May 2014 23:06:12 +0000

WOULD YOU BE KIND TO LEAVE SIR (Je Vous Prie De Sortir / Czy mógłby pan stąd wyjść?) – dir. Valérie Théodore, 1st Prize | WHEN THE LIGHTS OF DAWN ARISES (Kiedy ranne wstają zorze) – dir. Mateusz Głowacki, 2nd Prize | COYOT (Kojot) – dir. Jędrzej Bączyk, 3th Prize

WOULD YOU BE KIND TO LEAVE SIR | Je Vous Prie De Sortir | Czy mógłby pan stąd wyjść? | dir. Valérie Théodore | FR | 2011 | 18 min

Rémy, a homeless man, comes into possession of a voucher for a gastronomic diner at a fancy restaurant. Almost incognito after having freshened up, he manages to start enjoying his meal rather discreetly when he is mistaken by the maitre d’ for a famous novelist.

VALÉRIE THÉODORE (1977)
Born in Paris. After her acting career, she decided on making her own short film “Would You Be Kind To Leave Sir”

AWARDS
2011 LUCHON FF – Best Short Film Award
2012 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 1st Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2012 IFF FEST’AFILM Montpellier – Audience Award
2012 LOCMINE FF – Best Short Film Award
2013 LUSSACAIS FF – Main Jury Award
2013 IFF PAUL SIMON – Best Short Film Award
2013 IFF CLEVELAND – Best Short Film Award

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WHEN THE LIGHTS OF DAWN ARISES |Kiedy ranne stają zorze | dir. Mateusz Głowacki | PL | 2012 | 29 min

The sixties in Poland. A group of office workers goes mushroom picking by bus. Director announces a contest: the one who finds the biggest mushroom, will get a bonus. The competition begins. However, it turns out that toady to director is way more important to the competitors than mushroom picking.

MATEUSZ GŁOWACKI (1982)
Born in Brzeg Dolny. Student of Film Directing at the Radio and Television Department of SilesiaUniversity in Katowice. Director and screenwriter. Award-winning author of over a dozen short films, including: “Richard” (2011), “When the lights of dawn arises” (2012), “Survey about women” (2012).

AWARDS
2012 PFF Gdynia – Grand Prix in „Young Polish Cinema” competition
2012 IFF NOWE HORYZONTY Wrocław – nomination in „Polish Short Films” competition
2012 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 2nd Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2012 WĘGIEL SFF Katowice – Best Director
2012 ISFF BAREJADA Jelenia Góra – „Grand Miś” Award in „Tribute to Bareja” category
2014 BEST OFF Warszawa – Best Film

COYOT | Kojot | dir. Jędrzej Bączyk | PL | 2012 | 30 min

Young Adas once made a promise to himself to lose his virginity only to a woman he would be in love with. And so he falls for beautiful Marysia. Adas is most romantic – to impress Marysia he sets up a music band – a punk rock one, as it happens. Punk rock reality proves very difficult for romantic fellows. A simple and colourful film on punk rock, love and youthful ideals.

JĘDRZEJ BĄCZYK (1983)
Director, screenwriter, graphic artist, musician. He graduated in Graphic Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (2005) and in Directing at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz. Author of short fiction films and documentaries.

AWARDS
2012 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 3th Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2013 KFF Kraków – „Silver Hobby-Horse” Award for the Director of the Best Fiction Film
2013 IFF CK OFF Przemyśl – Audience Award
2013 IFF KAN – Main Prize „KANewki” in „Best Student Film” category

2011 | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

alicja — Sun, 11 May 2014 23:05:50 +0000

Marek is a fledgling filmmaker who, together with his mother, is taking care of his grandmother suffering from Alzheimer. She is convinced that in the past she used to be a great actress. As her condition worsens, the grandmother loses both memory and recognition turning more and more agressive and domineering. Marek decides to turn his camera on her. Shot as a home video, the film is a poignant study of family and generation relations. Even though the grandmother used to unconsciously act heartless toward her dear ones, in the end her portrait, shot by Marek, will help the family to retain warm memories of her.

MARCIN BORTKIEWICZ (1976)
Film and theatre director, dramatist, screenwriter and actor, was born in Słupsk in 1976. Graduated from the University of Gdańsk and the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, his theatre work to date has encompassed Theatre Rondo, Słupsk, the Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz, the Witkacy New Theatre in Słupsk and Ecce Homo Theatre in Kielce. His short documentary forms include: „Cisza” (2003), „Reguły gry” (2004), „Zrobię film dla Ciebie – Gdynia” (2007) i „Row, row, row” (2008).

AWARDS
2011 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Main Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2011 IFIFF CINEMAFORUM – Additional Prize
2012 Whistler FF – International Shortwork Award
2013 BEST OFF Warsaw – Grand Prix

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41 | 41 | dir. Massimo Cappelli | IT | 2010 | 18 min

An ordinary man, a gorgeous museum, a strange audio-guide. An existential thriller.

MASSIMO CAPPELLI
Graduated in law, he made his first short film in 1999.

AWARDS
2011 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition

SHIVERING TRUNKS | Drżące trąby | dir. Natalia Brożyńska | PL | 2010 | 4 min

prod|pro PWSTviT scen|wr Natalia Brożyńska zdj|ph Malin Nicander muz|mus Paweł Sołtysiak

Pafnucy – furry butterfingers with a latex trunk – is dissatisfied with his face. He looks at the photos of Kalasanty with envy thinking that Kalasanty is a real role model, vibrant with health and cheerfulness. At the same time lonely Kalasanty experiences similar dilemmas… A simple story exploding with amazing sense of humour and full of wisdom, a story about the destructive power of negative emotions where the narration based on the director’s monologue.

NATALIA BROŻYŃSKA (1990)
In 2009 she started to study Animation and Special Effects at the Film School in Łódź. Her first animated film Shivering Trunks was a puppet animation made at the end of Brożyńska’s first year at universit

AWARDS
2011 IFF ZOOM – Best Student Film
2011 SFF ŁODZIĄ PO WIŚLE Warsaw – The Chairman of the Association of Polish Filmmakers’ Award, 2nd Audience Award
2011 KFF Kraków – Additional Prize
2011 IFF NOWE HORYZONTY Wrocław – Best Animation in „Polish Short Films” competition
2011 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2011 Se-Ma-For Film Festival – Special Award
2011 IFF Etiuda&Anima – Student Jury Award

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2010 | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

alicja — Sat, 10 May 2014 23:05:27 +0000

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK ROOM (Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać) – dir. Kuba Czekaj, Main Prize | 8 STORIES THAT HAVEN’T CHANGED THE WORLD (8 historii, które nie zmieniły świata) – dir. Ivo Krankowski, Additional Prize | TOMORROW I’LL BE GONE (Jutro mnie tu nie będzie) – dir. Julia Kolberger, Additional Prize

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK ROOM | Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać | dir. Kuba Czekaj | PL | 2009 | 38 min

„Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room” is a story about the limitless love of 11-year old girl Lata for her father. Lata is preparing a song for the school academy organized for the coming Father’s Day. It makes her watch her father closer than usual. While trying to describe her feelings for him, she starts to uncover his secrets.

KUBA CZEKAJ (1984)
He’s on his last year of University – Radio and Television Faculty University of Silesia in Katowice. Holder o Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarsip. His works (among others): „Twist&Blood” (2010), „Za horyzont” (2007).

AWARDS
2009 FPFF Gdynia – Grand Prix in „Young Polish Cinema” competition
2010 KFF Kraków – “Silver Hobby-Horse” Award for Best Short Feature Film
2010 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Main Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2010 IFF Vancouver – Jury Special Award
2010 FFD YOUTH AND FILM Koszalin – Additional Prize for short feature film
2010 ISFF Kioto – Grand Prix

8 STORIES THAT HAVEN’T CHANGED THE WORLD | 8 historii, które nie zmieniły świata | dir. Ivo Krankowski | PL | 2010 | 35 min

Eight characters – Polish Jews and Jewesses born between 1914 and 1923 – introduce us to the world of their youth, children memories and adventures. The story is build on the earliest memories and events. Personal stories, which combine into colorful image of the lost world.

IVO KRANKOWSKI
Director, producer. He produced „Kuchenne marzenia” (2009) and „Godzina z nocy na dzień” (2008), which he also directed and edited. PR manager of an artistic group „Defekt masy”.

AWARDS
2010 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2010 SFF Nowa Sól – Grand Prix
2010 IFF JEWISH MOTIFS – Special Award, Warsaw Phoenix
2010 KAN Wrocław – Additional Prize

TOMORROW I’LL BE GONE | Jutro mnie tu nie będzie | dir. Julia Kolberger | PL | 2010 | 28 min

Thirty-year-old Marta is tired of living with her invasive mother and trying to get away from this toxic relationship.

JULIA KOLBERGER (1978)
She studied English, film studies and applied linguistics in Tours and Paris. She worked as a secretary, a translator and an English teacher at school. Graduate of directing at Łódź Film School. She made short films, documentary and features: „Mi mama nie przeszkadza” (2005), „Powiedz mi coś jeszcze” (2006), „Przez dotyk” (2007), „Trening” (2008).

AWARDS
2010 FFS ŁODZIĄ PO WIŚLE Warsaw – 3rd Award
2010 FPFF Gdynia – Special Award in „Young Polish Cinema” competition
2010 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2010 IFF CAMERIMAGE – Golden Tadpole, Student Etudes Competition
2011 PFF New York – Special recognition for Best Short Film

2009 | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

alicja — Fri, 09 May 2014 23:05:01 +0000

In July 1995 in a small mountain town Srebrenica, on the southern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina the biggest genocide since World War II took place. „Grobari – The Gravediggers” is the author’s reflection about one of the darkest period in history of former Yugoslavia.

BARTEK CIERLICA
Born in 1979. For one year, he was studying at FAMU film school in Prague, Czech Republic, now he is a graduate of Polish National Film School in Lodz in Poland. In 2007 he made his debut as a cinematographer of a short feature film “Obcy”. He also works as a cinematographer in commercials and music videos.

AWARDS
2008 IFF CAMERIMAGE – Silver Tadpole, Student Etudes Competition
2009 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Main Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2009 SFF ŁODZIĄ PO WIŚLE Warsaw – The Chairman of the Association of Polish Filmmakers’ Award
2009 FFD YOUTH AND FILM Koszalin – Additional Prize for editing

WEIGHTLESS | Nieważkość | dir. Erika Janunger | SE | 2007 | 7 min

Story about what happens when you look at the world from a different angel. Two dancers are guiding us through the experience although the main character of the film actually turns out to be the room they are using. The room turns into a choreographer and creates completely new basic conditions for the dancers to move. It allows them the most fantastic motions, but at the same time keeps them on a tight leash.

ERIKA JANUNGER (1979)

She had completed her masters’ degree in the field of interior architecture and furniture design. Her masters’ project, the film “Weightless” in which she had managed to combine her artistic- as well as her musical skills, was awarded with the highest of the schools scholarships.

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THE CITY SAILS ON | Miasto płynie | dir. Balbina Bruszewska | PL | 2009 | 17 min

Poland is situated in the centre of Europe, and in the centre of Poland there is Lodz. The name of it means „a boat” although there is no active river nearby and there are no water basins around. Escapes from Lodz (from „a boat”) happen most often through the dry land to Warsaw and Great Britain. But many return because the closest world is where the heart and memories live. Film was awarded with main prize for the Best Polish Film 2009 at the International Animated Film Festival ReAnimacja.

BALBINA BRUSZEWSKA (1982)
Author of short animations, video clips, above 100 TV programmes and documentaries.

AWARDS
2009 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – Additional Prize, Independent Short Films Competition
2009 SFF ŁODZIĄ PO WIŚLE Warsaw – Grand Prix
2009 IFF REANIMACJA Łódź – The Association of Polish Filmmakers’ Award for Best Polish Film