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DOCS TO START PRESENTATION OF POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN DEVELOPMENT 4.06.2015 DOCS TO GO! PRESENTATION OF UPCOMING POLISH DOCUMENTARIES 5.06.2015 DOC LAB POLAND PRESENTED PROJECTS PROGRAM DOC LAB POLAND Docs To Start DOC LAB START – II sesion 1 – 3.06.2015 Docs To GO! 8 The Divines! 32 21 x New York Director: Barbara Białowąs, Katarzyna Trzaska Producer: Katarzyna Trzaska Director: Piotr Stasik Producer: Agnieszka Wasiak 10 I Would Like to Tell You Everything 34 The Hypnotist Director: Zvika Gregory Portnoy Producer: Maria Krauss Director: Przemysław Kamiński Producers: Anna Kępińska, Maciej Kubicki 12 Diagnosis 36 Jarocin – The Rise of Freedom Director: Ewa Podgórska Producer: Małgorzata Wabińska Directors: Leszek Gnoiński, Marek Gajczak ProducerS: Aneta Zagórska, Witold Bereś 14 Where Are You, Teresa O.? Director: Arkadiusz Bartosiak Creative Producer: Paweł Nazaruk Producer: Paweł Biniek 10.00 – 19.00 Individual consultations and workshop (closed) DOCS TO GO 4.06.2015 38 The End of the Valley of Tears Director: Jarosław Wszędybył Producer: Przemysław Miękinia 10.00 – 19.00 40 At the Bottom of the Sea Individual consultations and workshop (closed) Director: Marcin Sauter Producer: Barbara Ławska 16 New Blood Director: Paweł Ziemilski Producer: Łukasz Długołęcki, Haukur M. 42 Noiselessly 18 Mr Jan And His 40 Girls Director: Jacob Dammas Producer: Jacob Dammas Directors: Giles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki Producer: Anna Wydra 20 Such a Little Town Batory 44 Trophy 9.30 Welcome Coffee Director: Anna Dejczer Producer: Anna Dejczer Directors: Mateusz Romaszkan, Marta Wójtowicz‑Wcisło Producer: Kuba Kosma 10.00 – 13.00 Public Presentations (MOS‑1) 22 The Wind 46 When You Return Director: Michał Bielawski Producer: Maciej Kubicki, Anna Kępińska 24 Ahead of Bill DirectiOR: Anna Zamęcka ProducerS: Anna Wydra, Zuzanna Król–Maziarzewska, Anna Zamęcka Director: Paulina Gawęcka Producer: Tomasz Gaj 48 Walking Spark! Director: Marcin Kopeć ProducerS: Dawid Janicki, Joanna Szymańska 50 White Cube Director: Wojciech Pustoła Producer: Marta Golba 52 The Dragon Spring Director: Jarosław Wszędybył Producer: Magdalena Bryk Docs To Start SPECIAL GUESTS 26 People, Animals And Things Director: Aistė Žegulytė Producer: Giedrė Burokaitė 28 El Padre Medico Director: Vytautas Puidokas Producer: Paulius Juoceris SPECIAL GUEST 54 Land of the Homeless Director: Marcin Krawczyk Producer: Marcin Krawczyk DOCS TO START 4.06.2015 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (Pauza‑In‑Garden) 14.00 – 17.00 One‑To‑One Meetings (MOS‑3) 17.00 – 18.00 Cocktail (MOS – Industry Zone Meeting Point) 21.00 Industry Party (Metaforma Cafe, ul. Powiśle 10) DOCS TO GO 5.06.2015 9.30 Welcome Coffee 10.00 – 13.00 Public Presentations (MOS‑1) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (Pauza‑In‑Garden) 14.00 – 17.00 One‑To‑One Meetings (MOS‑3) 17.00 – 18.00 Cocktail (MOS – Industry Zone Meeting Point) 1 ORGANIZERS ORGANIZERS Adam Ślesicki director DOCS TO GO! ph. T.Korczynski DOC LAB POLAND / DOCS TO START Barbara Orlicz PRODUCER Katarzyna Ślesicka Katarzyna Wilk director Program / coordinator Weronika Czołnowska program Kinga Gałuszka Program coordinator Anna Zajączkowska Marta Sikorska coordinator Promotion Iwona Kamińska‑Gosk Kamil Mularz press oficer Assistant DOC LAB POLAND – the biggest Polish pitching and consultation program for professional documentary filmmakers. The program is divided into two parts: DOC LAB START, for projects in development or at initial shooting stage, and DOC LAB GO, for projects at the editing stage and with first cuts ready. DOC LAB POLAND is created by The Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, in association with the Krakow Film Festival and in cooperation with DOK Leipzig and European Documentary Network – representatives of these institutions will participate in both parts, evaluating the submitted projects and providing consulting for the selected ones. Applications for both parts are open to Polish or Poland‑based filmmakers who have already produced their first projects. This is not a training program, but a consultation one, where consultants and participants are equal partners; they have discussions and jointly look for best solutions for the submitted projects. The program focuses on auteur documentaries with a creative approach – not only dealing with social, but also historical and educational issues, as well as sports and music. It welcomes projects where the author’s point of view and his interpretation is significant, and which are not just observation of reality. The program is aimed at Polish filmmakers who wish to consult their projects or edit versions with the support of other artists and consultants (renown filmmakers from Poland and abroad) in the search for new solutions and want to present their films to an international group of producers, distributors, representatives of institutions supporting film production, film co‑financing institutions, major film festival selectors, TV commissioning editors, and others. The key events of DOC LAB POLAND are DOCS TO START and DOCS TO GO! pitching sessions held at the Krakow Film Festival. DOCS TO START is a presentation of Polish projects in development stage followed by co‑production forum: one‑to‑one meetings with international decision‑makers, and producers who are open to cooperation with Poland. DOCS TO GO! initiated and co‑organized by Polish Film Institute since 2012 is a presentation of Polish documentary rough‑cuts followed by meetings with buyers and programmers. www.doclab.pl 2 Władysław Ślesicki Film Fundation DOC LAB POLAND is the most important initiative of the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation. The Foundation focuses on training and development programs, mainly concentrated on documentary films, film production and promotion of Polish cinema. One of the goals of the foundation is also popularising films of Władysław Ślesicki, one of the most renowned Polish documentary filmmakers of the ‘50s and ‘60s. The founders: Adam and Katarzyna Ślesicki, while working for many years for Wajda School & Studio, have produced dozens of documentary films, awarded at international festivals, including Oscar nomination. They have also run training programs for emerging producers and documentary directors. Our mission is to strengthen the position of Polish, especially feature documentary films on the international market. We believe this goal can be achieved by linking high artistic values with the audience‑oriented approach. www.fundfilm.pl KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION For more than ten years, Krakow Film Foundation has been actively supporting the promotion of Polish documentary cinema through a series of actions for the benefit of the films, filmmakers and producers. Thanks to the Polish Docs project, Polish documentary cinema reaches the cinema halls and the audience of several hundred international film festivals around the world winning more than 100 awards per year, the filmmakers have the chance to meet international viewers and the producers have an easier access to the international film market. For the same purpose we organise the fourth edition of Docs to go! – a joint initiative of Polish Film Institute and Krakow Film Foundation, presentation of Polish documentary films in post‑production, organised this year in co‑operation with Doc Lab Poland. The projects shown previously had their international premières at the most important film festivals (IDFA, Hot Docs, Locarno FF, DOK Leipzig, Moscow FF) and won a number of prestigious awards. We count on that the next 12 projects, shown this year, will follow in their footsteps. www.kff.com.pl Polish Film Institute Polish Film Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Throughout the decade documentary film has been one of our priorities. Our dream was to bring back the spirit of the legendary ‘Polish School of Doc’. We succeeded, thanks to many wonderfully talented and creative filmmakers, both veteran and first‑timers. Polish documentaries are being shown, and awarded, at top international festivals. We’re proud to present the 4th edition of the Docs To Go! program – and this anniversary year’s twelve great projects. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for all them. And in the upcoming decade we wish all the Polish documentary filmmakers even more passion, relentlessly inquiring gaze, and worldwide audiences hooked on Polish docs. www.pisf.pl DOC LAB POLAND is organized by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation, in association with the Krakow Film Festival. Co‑organizers of the program are: HBO Europe, Creative Europe Desk Poland, Warsaw‑Mazovia Film Commission, Mazovian Institute of Culture, Cracow Film Commission, Krakow Festival Office, Polish Film Institute. Partners are: Lithuanian Film Centre, DOK Leipzig, European Documentary Network, Film Commission Poland, National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers, Media Patron of the program are: Wyborcza.pl, Gazeta Wyborcza, Film & TV Kamera, Film Pro. 3 TUTORS TUTORS Leena Pasanen Maria Zmarz‑Koczanowicz Managing and Artistic Director of DOK Leipzig, the international film festival for documentary and animated film; expert, tutor and lecturer at several training Programmes (EDN, Discovery Campus, EURODOC and Television Business School). A member of the international advisory committee at Hot Docs. A board member of IDFA Forum, INPUT and the Bonnier’s Journalistic Award in Finland; also served as a jury member at several international festivals, among others Sundance and IDFA. The head of the Finnish Institute and a cultural attaché at the Finnish Embassy in Budapest in 2011ñ2014. Previously director of EDN, European Documentary Network in Copenhagen. Since 1993 worked for Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE as a reporter, political commentator, subeditor and TV presenter; Head of Documentaries for YLE TV1 (1999‑2000), Head of Programmes responsible for cultural, factual and fiction programmes in YLE Teema, Coordinator of Programmes at YLE Fact and Culture and Coordinator and Senior Advisor at YLE Media and Customer Relations. A graduate of the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice (1982) and of the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Arts. A director of the feature film “Kraj świata” (1993) and almost 50 documentaries, among others: “I Am a Man” (1985), “The Office” (1986), “The Bread Monger” (1988), “I Don’t Believe Politician’s (1989), “Bara, Bara” (1996), “Turn Me into a Long Snake” (1997), “A Night with the General” (2001), “Generation 89” (2002), “Dziennik.pl” (2004) and numerous portraits of the most important personalities of Polish culture: Irena Krzywicka, Jerzy Turowicz, Jerzy Grotowski, Czesław Miłosz, Leszek Kołakowski, Krzysztof Kieślowski. A winner of numerous festival awards, among others, in Paris, Gdańsk and Krakow. A lecturer and tutor at the Film School in Łódz. Paul Pauwels Director of the European Documentary Network. Previously Managing Director for the Belgium production company Congoo bvba. Paul has a long track record of working with international documentary co‑productions from both a commissioning and production point of view. He has been the managing director of the media academy ETMA, commissioning editor for the Belgium public service broadcaster VRT and has almost 30 years of experience with producing documentaries for the national and international market. A tutor, moderator and expert at many European workshops and seminars, member of Eurovision Documentary Workgroup and one of the first Chairmen of EDN. Irena Taskovski The founder and Managing Director of Taskovski Films, producer of documentaries, incl. “Village B” dir. Filip Remunda (Best Documentary at Karlovy Vary in 2002) and “Czech Dream” dir. Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda (Best Czech Documentary 2004 Jihlava IDFF, FIRPESCI prize at IFF Ljubljana 2004, Best Documentary San Francisco Film Fest Denmark 2004). In autumn 2007 founded the Film Institute in Banjaluka and initiated the Banjaluka International Film Festival. A jury member at the Festroja IFF Portugal 2005, the Trieste FF 2008, the Krakow IFF 2008, and ZagrebDox 2009. She is a lecturer and tutor (the Prague Film Academy (FAMU), the Prague Institute of Documentary Film, SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshop and many different panels). A jury member at: Festroja IFF Portugal 2005, Trieste FF 2008, Krakow IFF 2008, ZagrebDox 2009, Vilnius IFF 2011, DOK Leipzig 2011. Rada Šešiċ Born in Croatia, lived in Sarajevo, worked as a film critic and a film maker, now lives in The Netherlands. Program advisor of IFFR, is on the HB Fund selection comity. One of the selection comity members of IDFA. Head of the documentary competition at Sarajevo FF and co‑head of the Docu Rough Cut Boutique. Previously Master of the NFTA Amsterdam and lecturer at University of Amsterdam at Film and Media studies. Artistic director of the Eastern Neighbours FF in The Hague. Mentor at documentary workshops in Europe and Asia. Her films were screened at some 60 festivals, exhibited and bought by MOMA. 4 Paweł Łoziński Director, scriptwriter and producer of documentary and fiction films born in 1965 in Warsaw. He earned his degree from the Film Directing Department of Łódź Film School. His numerous documentary films include Birthplace (1992), The Way It Is (1999), Sisters (1999), Between the Doors (2004), Wygnańcy (2005), Kitty, Kitty (2008) and Chemo (2009). He has won prestigious awards at festivals in Bornholm, Paris, Leipzig and Krakow. Bartek Konopka Director, scriptwriter, journalist. His documentary “Goat Walker” (2004) was awarded at Berlinale 2004. Short fiction “Three For The Taking” (2006) was one of the most awarded Polish short. Documentary “Rabbit a la Berlin” received over 20 awards, was nominated for an Oscar, broadcasted in 40 countries, shown at 70 festivals. His feature fiction debut “Fear of Falling” (2011) premiered in IFF Montreal, was awarded in Mannheim, Mumbai, Lecce, Vincennes, Gdynia. In 2013 he made “The Art of Disappearing” (Special Mentions in RIDM Montreal and IFF Jihlava) and directed Polish version of In Treatment for HBO Poland. Bartek was granted by Polish Ministry of Culture and Nipkow Berlin scholarships. Participated in EAVE, Documentary Campus and Ex Oriente workshops. Led master classes in Germany, Lithuania, Poland. A member of EFA and Polish Film Institute Board. Wojciech Staroń Graduate of the Cinematography Department of the Polish Film School in Lodz and of the Postgraduate Programme at the Institute of Developing Countries of Warsaw University. Cinematographer of many documentaries, feature films (among others “Plac Zbawiciela” by Krzysztof Krauze) and TV shows. He is also professionally occupied with photography and has had a number of individual exhibitions and awards (for example the Grand Prix Europeen de la Photographie in Lille, 1991). In 2001‑2003 he cooperated with the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers, where he worked on multimedia projections accompanying shows directed by Régis Obadia. 5 DOCS TO START PRESENTATION OF Polish documentaries in development 4.06.2015 9.30 Welcome Coffee 10.00 – 13.00 Public Presentations (MOS‑1) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (Pauza‑In‑Garden) 14.00 – 17.00 One‑To‑One Meetings (MOS‑3) 17.00 – 18.00 Cocktail (MOS – Industry Zone Meeting Point) 21.00 Industry Party (Metaforma Cafe, ul. Powiśle 10) dir. Barbara Białowąs, Katarzyna Trzaska The Divines! The film is the portrait of three courageous young women – graduates of fine art academy – facing lack of money, extreme opinions on their art and hard rivalry in the art milieu. This is also a story of becoming a grown‑up, about losing one’s illusions and a severe clash of high academic expectations with the everyday compromises. Ada Kaczmarczyk (“Adu”), Dominika Olszowy and Maria Toboła (ex‑duet “Cipedrapskuad”) – all fine art academy graduates and friends live and work in Warsaw. Their work combine photography, video art, performance, sculpture, theatre set design. Their songs attracted both a huge group of Internet fans (70 000) as well as hate reactions due to provocation and slang erotic language. Girls set for themselves ambitious goals to be obtained within 2 years: they want to be famous, recognized, able to live on their art. We would like to follow their artistic and private paths and see if they succeed. So far, they had to pay big prices for their first successes: 31‑year‑old Dominika and her boyfriend, a talented sculptor, struggle with a lack of money, 28‑year‑old Maria, fights with the “golden youth” image and bourgeoisie stereotypes, 30‑year‑old Ada suffers from anorexia and overprotective parents. It is not going to be a typical film on art – it is going to be a film on three women who are extraordinary in their art and ordinary in their lives. It is going to convey universal message, understandable, not only for Polish, but also for European viewer. Original title: Boskie! English title: The Divines! Director: Barbara Białowąs, Katarzyna Trzaska DOP: Aleksander Duraj, Filip Cichecki Editor: Marek Kucharski Producer: Katarzyna Trzaska Production company: ZYGIZAGA Production country: Poland Production stage: development Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 60’ Language: Polish Shooting period: JANUARY 2015 – DECEMBER 2017 Postproduction: JANUARY 2018 – JUNE 2018 Estimated date of Film delivery: JULY 2018 Total budget: 120 000 EUR Secured budget: 15 000 EUR Still needed: 105 000 EUR Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: equipment contributor Mediolia Aleksandra Skowron Looking for: TV station, coproducers, pre‑buys, Katarzyna Trzaska DIRECTOR, PRODUCER A film director, script writer, producer. Katarzyna Trzaska’s documentary debut after studying at the Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Department of Film and Television in Katowice, in Poland: “10 Years to Nashville” was shown at 11 festivals in Poland and abroad and received numerous awards. Author of “Maximum Pleasure” and “Village of Swimming Cows” (preproduction). She is a member of the Board of Polish Female Filmmakers Association. Katarzyna Trzaska’s production debut was a documentary film “Maximum Pleasure” (48min, 2014) co‑produced with Polish National TV, portraying a group of female pensioners fascinated with buying expensive household gadgets. The film was shown at competitions of 9 prestigious international film festivals, including Vision du Reels in Switzerland and Festroia in Portugal. Currently Katarzyna Trzaska produces a documentary film “The Village of Swimming Cows” showing clash of attitudes towards ecology and wildlife of German eco enthusiasts and Polish farmers in a beautiful Biebrza National Park. The co producers are TVP SA and INDIFILM from Germany. Contact: Katarzyna Trzaska, [email protected], tel +48 694 603 212, ul. Równa 17/6, 03‑418 Warsaw Poland Director’s email: [email protected]; [email protected] Barbara Białowąs DIRECTOR The author of number of short films, including “Eve, jump!”, the award – winning “Candy”. As part of the “Poland – Russia. New Gaze” project, she made a documentary titled “Moscow Wife”, shot in Russia. In 2009, her short film “My New Life” won the Koszalin Screen Debuts Festival “Young and Cinema”. In 2012 she completed her full‑feature debut “Big Love” (it won Discovering Eye Emerging Artist Award at the 24th edition in the PFF in America, held in Chicago). Participant of Berlinale Talents. Since 2012 a lecturer of media and film at the Opole University, and tthe University of Wroclaw. President of Polish Female Filmmakers Association. ZYGIZAGA’s production debut was a documentary film “Maximum Pleasure” (48min, 2014) co‑produced with Polish National TV, portraying a group of female pensioners fascinated with buying expensive household gadgets. The film was shown at competitions of 9 prestigious international film festivals, including Vision du Reels in Switzerland and Festroia in Portugal. Currently ZYGIZAGA produces a documentary film “The Village of Swimming Cows” showing clash of attitudes towards ecology and wildlife of German eco enthusiasts and Polish farmers in a beautiful Biebrza National Park. The co producers are TVP SA and INDIFILM from Germany. DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 8 9 dir. Zvika Gregory Portnoy I Would Like to Tell You Everything Original title: CHCIAŁBYM CI POWIEDZIEĆ WSZYSTKO English title: I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING Director: ZVIKA GREGORY PORTNOY DOP: ZUZANNA SOLAKIEWICZ Editors: ZUZANNA SOLAKIEWICZ, MATEUSZ ROMASZKAN Producer: MARIA KRAUSS Production company: PLESNAR & KRAUSS FILMS, SYBILLA FILM Production country: POLAND Production stage: IN PRODUCTION Shooting format: 16 x 9, HD Estimated running time: 79’ Language: Polish, English subtitles Shooting period: MARCH 2014- OCTOBER 2015 Postproduction: NOVEMBER 2015- MARCH 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: APRIL 2016 Zvika Gregory Portnoy DIRECTOR A graduate of photography at the Academy of Art and Design BEZALEL (2007, Jerusalem) and the Faculty of Direction of Photography and Film Direction at the Sam Spiegel School for Cinema (2011, Jerusalem). Member of the Israeli Association of Photographers. Author of photographic and video- art exhibition (i.e: “A moment before leaving” in Jerusalem, “Israeli beauty” in Tel Aviv). Dop to a number of shorts and feature diploma films and documentaries. Since 2011 he has lived and worked in Poland (at that time directed the documentary short film and has photographed two other documentaries). Since 2012 he has been a member of the Association of Polish Filmmakers “Koło Młodych”. Total budget: 100 000 EUR Secured budget: 35 000 EUR Still needed: 65 000 EUR In every human being, love to his child is deeply encoded. This movie is about parental love that desires to be fulfilled, but was suddenly interrupted. The protagonists did not choose to be isolated for many years from their children. It was a side effect of their criminal life. Their relation to the children is the only one dimension of their innocence that have not been ruined yet. One was a professional financial offender. Other hit a man to death. Third has almost killed his ex‑wife with a knife, in public. Three tough criminals, being locked in long‑term offenders’ jail, are strongly fighting with their former life and present reality to be good people. The film has a form of video‑letters of protagonists to their children with whom they lost a contact many years ago, while going to prison. They sit alone in front of the camera, looking straight into lenses, deal with crucial questions: Do they deserve to be fathers to their children? And if yes, what they can do for them? After years of isolation and lack of contact is it still possible?! They are ordinary human beings with no intellectual background. At the beginning the word “I love you” is not filled with emotions. When their words are finally full of true love, they fall into despair. Why? Because they realize their love have no recipient. The end is tragic. Life is passing by. The time they struggle to change themselves and prove their children they are good people, puts them in front of a painful fact: they win – but the victory is to realize and accept the loss. Maria Krauss Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: – Looking for: co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters Contact: Plesnar & Krauss FILMS Sp. z o.o., ul. Wiktorska 8 lok. 3, 02‑587 Warsaw, Poland, tel. + 48 605 935 018 Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: Zvika Portnoy [email protected] PRODUCER Born in 1981, filmmaker and historian. Graduated in history at Warsaw University, in the past literary magazine and books editor. Collaborator of historical institutions i.e Historical Museum of Warsaw. In 2007 started to work with film producer Ozumi Films In 2012, with Joanna Plesnar founded a production company Plesnar & Krauss FILMS. She worked on such a titles: “At the Edge of Russia” by Michał Marczak (doc.), “The Art of Chopin” by Gerald Caillat; (doc.), “The Dead and The Living” by Barbara Albert (feat.), “Bloody daughter” by Stephanie Argerich (doc.), “Nous filmons le peuple!”, by Ania Szczepanska (doc.), “Secret Sharer”, by Peter Fudakowski (feat.), “Strange Heaven”, by Dariusz Gajewski (feat.). Plesnar & Krauss FILMS is a production company founded by Joanna Plesnar and Maria Krauss in 2012. We have been working together for many years, therefore the idea to establish a company came as a natural one. We specialize in international co‑production (with a very wide spectrum of genres), film services on each stage of production. Our passions and interests are reflected in the films which have already been finished, or the ones we have been working on i.e.: Polish‑French co‑production “The Art of Chopin” by Gerald Caillat, “Bloody daughter” by Stephanie Argerich, Polish‑Norwegian “Salt” by Maria Lloyd; French documentary “The Yatzkans” by Anna Kendall‑Yatzkan; on Polish‑Indian “Jam Saheb’s children” by Magdalena Łazarkiewicz; French‑Polish co‑production “We Film the People”! by Ania Szczepanska. DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 10 11 dir. Ewa Podgórska Diagnosis Original title: DIAGNOZA English title: DIAGNOSIS Director: Ewa Podgórska DOP: Maciej Twardowski Editor: tba Producer: Małgorzata Wabińska Production company: Entertain Studio Production country: Poland Production stage: development Shooting format: HD, 16:9 Estimated running time: 60’ Language: POLISH, FRENCH Shooting period: SEPTEMBER 2015 – APRIL 2016 Postproduction: MAY 2016 – NOVEMBER 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: DECEMBER 2016 Total budget: 90 000 EUR Secured budget: 30 000 EUR Still needed: 60 000 EUR The world’s first ever urban psychoanalyst comes from France to a city in the heart of Poland, invited by its residents. He lays the city on the therapeutic couch, defines its traumas, goes back in history and provides diagnoses. “Diagnosis” is positively psychedelic. The film’s narrative is inspired by the actual process of therapeutic sessions. Laurent invites the city’s residents to his couch and starts with seemingly banal and abstract questions (“What animal is your city?”, “If the city were a human body, in which part of it would You live?”) When asked about the city, his subjects begin to reveal the most internal issues of citizens – the feeling of suspension and alienation, their ambitions and desires. The camera follows some of the residents. Marked by an emotional intensity, it travels through the labyrinths of the city, going into the residents’ private lives only to come back to the starting point, i.e. the therapeutic couch. The diversity of places, people and events contributes to an image of a contemporary post‑industrial metropolis. Reaching the city’s hidden subconscious, which influences the residents’ lives, will become the psychoanalyst’s chief goal. He believes that acquiring consciousness and discovering one’s identity may bring about changes and true happiness. Ewa Podgórska DIRECTOR Graduated from National Film School in Łódź and University of Łódź (filmology and journalism). She also graduated DOK PRO – documentary program at Wajda School. Her documentary school film “Love” was released on DVD with the best school films. Her debut was “The chicken and the egg”, 26 minute long documentary film about difficult relation between mother and daughter. World premiere was on Festival Film de Femmes in Paris. Film was released on dvd “The best Polish debut 2012”. She also wrote script to full – length documentary film – “Beyond mountains”. Presently, she is during postproduction of 52min. documentary – “Blind course” abut blind sailors. Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: Polish Film Institute (development fund), Polish Institute in Paris, Toya Studios Looking for: co‑producer, broadcaster Contact: Entertain Studio, Piotrkowska 276 lok. B2, 90‑361 Łódź, Poland, tel. +48 515 579 790 www.entertainstudio.pl Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] Małgorzata Wabińska PRODUCER Graduated of the Film and TV Production Department at the National Film School in Łódź and Program for Creative Producers at Wajda School. Studied also Economy and Econometrics at University of Łódź. Participant of the following programs: MAIA Workshops and SCENE Insiders. She has experience at different stages of film and tv production, sound postproduction coordination and marketing and PR. She was also manager of one of the largest sound studios in Poland and one of the creators of a project about the first Postwar Film Factory in Łódź. Entertain Studio is a film production company based in Łódź, established in 2013 by Małgorzata Wabińska, who has almost 10 years of experience in the film industry. The company’s mission is to produce formally interesting documentary movies for a wide audience. We create ideas for films and we also look for interesting ideas to develop. The company has its own equipment and editing stations. Our activity in the IT sector enables us to freely use of IT solutions in the production process and promotion. Entertain Studio is a member of the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce. DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 12 13 dir. Arkadiusz Bartosiak Where Are You, Teresa O.? Original title: GDZIE JESTEŚ, TERESO O.? English title: WHERE ARE YOU, TERESA O.? Director: ARKADIUSZ BARTOSIAK DOP: PAWEŁ NAZARUK Editor: MARCIN CZARNY Creative Producer: PAWEŁ NAZARUK Producer: PAWEŁ BINIEK Production company: MEDION ART STUDIO Production country: POLAND Production stage: DEVELOPMENT Shooting format: HD (PRO‑RES HQ) Estimated running time: 75’ Language: POLISH, GERMAN, ENGLISH Shooting period: TBC Postproduction: TBC Estimated date of Film delivery: 2016 Arkadiusz Bartosiak DIRECTOR Born in 1975. Graduated from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and the Institute of Journalism at the University of Warsaw. Worked as a reporter and foreign correspondent, covering mostly the Middle East. He has also conducted hundreds of interviews with public figures and published three collections of his works. He is a student of film directing at the Warsaw Film School. Author of awarded short films. He has recently finished filming his feature‑length documentary debut. Paweł Nazaruk Total budget: 250 000 EUR Secured budget: 25 000 EUR Still needed: 225 000 EUR Where are you Teresa O.? tells the story of Teresa Orlowski, an exceptional and strong woman who decided to achieve something in life, against the regime and the social mores of 1980s Poland, but in accordance with her own self. Teresa Orlowski is famous for being an international porn‑star but pornography is not a central theme of our movie. It focuses on the life story of this intriguing woman who successfully built a true sex‑Empire, achieved great wealth and fame, only to fall so badly that she decided to hide from the world. It is a Cinderella story with a twist and an unobvious ending. It is a story of the fulfillment of the ‘Western dream’, getting to the top, then back to the bottom and... the sudden disappearance. Today Teresa Orlowski is 61 years old. Few people know where she lives and what she does now. But her legend is still alive as evidenced by the legions of fans around the world. The incredible life story of Teresa Orlowski, full of personal determination, situational humor and unexpected twists is very cinematic. The image of Europe of our times – the height of the cold war, social and institutional divisions determined by the Iron Curtain, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the new members of the European Union reveling in freedom – is reflected in her fate like in a funhouse mirror. Our film is a cinema of grotesque, full of absurd humor, but at the same time a social drama, posing questions about life’s fundamental dilemmas. DOcs to start Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: POLISH FILM INSTITUTE, HBO Looking for: CO‑PRODUCERS Contact: MEDION ART STUDIO PAWEŁ BINIEK, tel. +48 602 129 079 Producer’s e-mail, mobile: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Creative producer Born in 1977, a Director of Photography and film producer with independent filmmaking background, author of award‑winning shorts and documentaries. He is the creative producer behind the feature‑length documentary Searching For Hell, an international coproduction scheduled to premiere in June 2015. Paweł Biniek PRODUCER Born in 1971.Graduated from the faculty of film production of the Łódź Film School. Experienced producer and production manager of various movie and television projects. Since 2003, the owner of Medion Art Studio – company producing i.a. television programs, series, advertisements, and documentaries, e.g. “Wine – the history of culture” – a film dedicated to the European wine culture, “Love at first click” – a miniseries investigating the phenomenon of online dating, “We’ll call you back” – documentary series about amateur actors and extras attempting to make careers in the show business. Medion Art Studio is an independent production company established in 2003, responsible for many movie and television projects, cooperating with various Pol‑ ish TV stations, such as TVP, Polsat, TVN, TLC. The company’s portfolio includes documentaries, e.g. a movie “Wine – history of culture” dedicated to the Euro‑ pean wine culture, and “Love at first click” a miniseries intently investigating the phenomenon of online dating. Medion Art Studio currently co‑produces a docu‑ mentary series focusing on amateur actors and extras attending castings, who are trying to make a name for themselves in the show business. Medion Art Studio is a producer of TV programs, (including formats) as well, i.a. “Galileo” – the most popular Polish popular‑science program, and “Dragon’s Den – how to become a millionaire”, an entertaining program about investing. Polish documentaries in development 14 15 dir. Paweł Ziemilski New Blood Original title: Nowa Krew English title: New Blood Director: Paweł Ziemilski DOP: Filip Drożdż Editor: Kacper Plawgo Producer: Łukasz Długołęcki, Haukur M. Production company: NUR Production country: Poland, Iceland Production stage: development Shooting format: HD, 16:9 Estimated running time: 52’ & feature length Language: Polish, Icelandic Shooting period: June 2015 – January 2016 Postproduction: February 2016 – April 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: May 2016 Total budget: 187.000 EUR Secured budget: 72.000 EUR Still needed: 115.000 EUR In 1980, Valdi, an Icelander in his thirties working as a telegraphist on ships, was travelling through Poland. A lady conductor on a train caught his eye. Attempts of a conversation in broken English left Valdi with information she was single… and lived in Stare Juchy. He decided to visit this obscure place. And so began the fateful adventure of a young man in a foreign that would lead to the almost complete migration of the youth of Stare Juchy to Iceland. Today, Iceland and Stare Juchy are bonded by marriage and the internet. This film follows some of the families and how the two cultures have grown together in the intervening years. The film exposes the changes that occurred in the area, the connection between these who are left behind and these who migrated, as well as the ways of the Polish Icelandic integration. Focusing on the evolution of the individuals, families and the whole society it shows what does the values like freedom, openness towards the world and the possibilities of the rapid mobility and modern technologies change in the understanding of oneself and the ones around us, as well as the understanding of controlling one’s ways of life. Paweł Ziemilski DIRECTOR Born in 1981, graduated from the the the Polish National Film School in Łódź and from the Wajda School in Warsaw. Short documentary and fiction films he made so far received wide publicity at numerous film festivals around the world and got many prestigious awards. His documentary “Rogalik’ got IDFA nomination in 2012. It has also been shown and awarded at festivals such as Zagreb Dox, Alcine Festival (First Prize), festivals in Oberhausen, Beijing, Bucharest, Cracow and others. Apart from directing, Paweł Ziemilski is involved in social animation, organizing workshops for so‑called troubled youth. Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: Join Motion Pictures (Icelandic co‑producer), Polish Film Institute (fund), National Polish TV – TVP (Letter of Intent from a national broadcaster) Looking for: distribution, pre‑sales Contact: Łukasz Długołęcki, NUR, Kamińskiego st. 26/5, 90‑220 Łódź, Poland, tel +48 664 466 072 Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Łukasz Długołęcki PRODUCER Born in 1989, holds a MA from the Polish National Film School in Łódź. There, he produced and co‑produced over a dozen student films, both fiction and documentary. For many years Łukasz also worked for an independent theater. In 2011, while working professionally as a production manager both on commercials and feature films he decided to go independent. He directed his first short the same year. Observing the rapid evolution of the European film production sector and the role of a creative producer in contemporary film making led him to co‑found NUR. NUR is a foundation established by three people from Poland and Iceland during their studies in The National Polish Film School in Łódź, Poland. After its’ establishment in May of 2012 NUR foundation managed to accomplish production of seven short films and started development of two feature documentaries: “Cult of Concrete” and “New Blood” (both of which already secured development fund from The Polish Film Institute). NUR has also started long‑term projects such as: bringing back to life abandoned monument as an open film center and a venue for all foundation’s activities. DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 16 17 dir. Jacob Dammas Mr Jan and His 40 Girls Original title: Pan Jan i jego 40 dziewczyn (working title) English title: Mr Jan and his 40 girls (working title) Director: Jacob Dammas DOP: tbc Editor: tbc Producer: Jacob Dammas Production company: GRANIZA Production country: Poland (+ looking for coproducers) Production stage: development Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 52‘ Language: Polish (+ some English, German, French, Italian, Danish) Shooting period: JULY 2015 – JUNE 2016 Postproduction: JULY 2016 – OCTOBER 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: OCTOBER 2016 A lighthearted portrait of Olimpia, the only female brass band in Poland, which consists of 40 vibrant teenage girls – and one single man, the 75‑year‑old Mr Jan Skroś, who is the orchestra’s conductor, manager, music teacher, marketing director, ‘psychologist’, mechanic of instruments, repairer of concert uniforms, and much more. This year, however, Olimpia is facing huge challenges: the budget is descreasing; so is the number of new candidates wanting to join the orchestra, whereas some band members, e.g. 1st trombone player Agnieszka, wish to go abroad for work and thus leave the orchestra; and what is more, Mr Jan himself is considering to retire after more than half a lifetime with music. Who will replace him to continue Olimpia? Total budget: 70 400 EUR Secured budget: 11 900 EUR Still needed: 58 500 EUR Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: Polish Film Institute (development grant) Looking for: broadcasters, distributors, coproducers (+ funds) Contact: Jacob Dammas, GRANIZA, ul. Grochowska 341/80, PL‑03822 Warsaw, Poland, +48 506642021, www.graniza.pl Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Jacob Dammas DIRECTOR, producer Born and raised in Copenhagen as the son of Polish political refugees from his mother’s side. After completing a M.A. in communication studies in Denmark, he decided to go to Poland in the search of an old family credenza, which he made a film about in the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw (“Kredens”, 2007). Jacob’s latest documentary film is “Polish Illusions”, a tragicomical portrait of the changing times in small‑town Poland, coproduced with ARTE (Grand Format), TVP1 and MDR.Together with two other bi‑cultural filmmakers, Jacob belongs to the informal film group “Polish Bastards”. Jacob Dammas produces creative documentaries through his own company GRANIZA, among other projects: “On the Track of Europe”, in development, a series about European long distance trains. “Kruzensthern: From Dima to Dorota”, 2014, short doc about the Tall Ships’ Races Szczecin. “Polish Illusions“, 2012, 72 min, coproduced with ARTE, MDR, TVP1, shown at HotDocs, Karlovy Vary, CPH:DOX, Krakow, etc. “ABCinema“, 2009, 28 min, produced for the Danish Film Institute, about a Danish film collective before Dogmañ95. “Kredens”, 2007, 26 min, coproduced with Andrzej Wajda Film School, broadcasted on TVP1, Kino Polska, shown at HotDocs, DokLeipzig, Cinema du Reel, Krakow, DocLisboa, etc. GRANIZA was founded in 2007 in Warsaw, Poland, with the aim of producing creative documentaries of various forms and lengths. Today the company also works with transmedia storytelling. International coproduction is a natural feature of our projects. We therefore eagerly engage in cooperation with international partners and creators who share the experience of living and working in more than one culture. GRANIZA is a member of The Polish Producers’ Organization (KIPA). DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 18 19 dir. Anna Dejczer Such a Little Town Batory Original title: TAKIE MAŁE MIASTECZKO BATORY (working title) English title: SUCH A LITTLE TOWN BATORY (working title) Director: ANNA DEJCZER DOP: MACIEJ FIJAŁKOWSKI, MATEUSZ SKALSKI Editor: ALEKSANDRA GRUZIEL Producer: ANNA DEJCZER Production company: GRIFILM Production country: POLAND Production stage: in production Shooting format: 16x9, HD Estimated running time: 70’ Language: polish Shooting period: July 2014 – October 2015 Postproduction: November – December 2015 Estimated date of Film delivery: January 2016 Total budget: 120 000 EUR Secured budget: 12 000 EUR Still needed: 108 000 EUR My grandmother was a sailor. And my childhood was systematized by her faraway sea cruises. We named her ‚Gradma, the Sailor‘ in our family. She was somebody ‚absent‘, ‚unreachable‘, ‚from somewhere else‘. She was someone, who was working on the biggest and most famous Polish transatlantic ‚Stefan Batory‘ ship. A Polish trademark of the 70s and 80s. A ‚coctail shake‘ made of gratest Polish artists, honoured passangers, professional and nobilitated crew, spies, agents and administrative officials. An icon of Poland under communist regime. The only bond between ‚grey and miserable‘ Poland and the colourful ‚West‘ as well as dreamed‑of America. The constant ‚ingredient‘ of this ‚coctail‘ was the crew. 300 people – one mixed family. People of different motivation to build together Stefan Batory’s history. To live and work together for more than 30 years. To sacrifice their lives to the sea and to the great and legendary ship. Will they meet together on their last collective cruise? Will they ‚jump‘ into their ancient roles and positions? Anna Dejczer DIRECTOR, producer Born 1980 in Gdańsk – links her education, work and projects always with social aspects of life. Graduated from Indology at the Jagiellonian University, Visual Anthropology in Leiden, Netherlands, she continues education during her phd studies at the Institute of Social Studies at Warsaw University, where she explores the issues of innovative movements in culture and religion. She spent some time in India working on her project in a female community of Pune, Maharashtra. She is fascinated by the possibilities of permeation of the two views: the academic and the cinematic one by using the tools of the two different fields. GRIFILM is a young production company established by the director and producer, Anna Dejczer in 2014 in order to produce ‚Such a little town Batory‘ film. For more info please see the producer’s bio and working profile. Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: Gdyński Fundusz Filmowy, TVP1, polish distributor: Roman Gutek, Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty Looking for: co‑producers, funds, broadcasters Contact: Anna Dejczer, GRIFILM, Al. Solidarnosci 75/44, 00‑090 Warsaw, Poland +48 604 297 980 Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 20 21 dir. Michał Bielawski The Wind Original title: WIATR (working title) English title: THE WIND Director: Michał Bielawski DOP: Bartek Solik Editor: Grzegorz Mazur Producer: Maciej Kubicki, Anna Kępińska Production company: TELEMARK Production country: Poland Production stage: development Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 90‘ Language: Polish Shooting period: October 2015 – March 2016 Postproduction: March 2016 – September 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: October 2016 Total budget: 200 000 EUR Secured budget: 20 000 EUR Still needed: 180 000 EUR The halny wind is the most unpredictable element in the Polish mountains. It comes in cycles, in every spring and autumn. One never knows if or when it turns into a destructive gale. Halny particularly affects the inhabitants of Zakopane and its area, changing picturesque mountain trails into a set for an untamed performance of nature. It triggers fear and unusual behaviour. When it arrives, people become more anxious and aggressive, drink significantly more alcohol, and the police intervene more frequently than usual. The number of suicides is at its highest level and many patients with heart conditions are admitted to hospitals. The multi‑thread documentary observation takes us to meet people dependent on the wind’s actions: doctors, police officers, foresters, meteorologists, and average inhabitants of the Podhale region. We watch them struggle against the element and experience their tension as the wind arrives. Our attention travels from intense human behaviour to the changing nature: scared animals, trees swaying in the wind, the majestic passage of tumbling clouds, which spill over the Tatra ridges. The combination of the multi‑thread narrative and the observation of natural phenomena results in a documentary symphony filled with emotions. Its structure – exposition, development, and coda – overlaps one life cycle of halny in the Podhale region. Michał Bielawski DIRECTOR A graduate of the University of Warsaw. An author of documentaries and tv forms. Worked for TVP Kultura and the Warsaw Planete Doc Review Film Festival. Awarded the Polish Film Institute Prize for One Scene, a series of interviews with accomplished Polish filmmakers. His first widely recognised documentary was Twin Quay made for TVP in 2007. His cinematic debut was a 2013 feature documentary Mundial. The Highest Stakes, which won the Special Jury Mention Award at the 10th Planete Doc Review and awards at festivals in New York, Los Angeles, and Zamość. In 2014, Bielawski directed two feature documentaries: 1989, about the year of political and social changes in Poland and the Eastern Bloc, and The Team, about the Polish national volleyball team. Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: – Looking for: funds, co‑producers, investors. Contact: Maciej Kubicki, TELEMARK, Ordynacka 14/9 02‑057 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 508 154 480 Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] Maciej Kubicki PRODUCER A graduate of the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw and the Program for Creative Producers at the Wajda School. A film and TV producer with a story editor background who works as a creative producer and a board member for Telemark, where he develops ideas for creative documentaries, premium TV series and feature forms. Maciej’s last documentary productions include Entangled by Lidia Duda (KFF The Winner of Polish Competition 2012, DOK Leipzig 2012 Main Competition), One Man Show by Jakub Piątek (KFF Polish Competition 2014, DOK Leipzig International Programme 2014) and Talk to Me by Marta Prus (KFF Polish Competition 2015). TELEMARK is a Warsaw based film and TV boutique production company established in 2003. Managed by two young producers Anna Kępińska and Maciej Kubicki, it is well known for documentary films and TV formats, both original and adapted. Telemark develops its own projects as a creative producer but is also hired to manage productions. Telemark has cooperated with the biggest Polish TV stations such as TVP1, TVP2, Polsat, MTV Poland, and HBO Europe. Its producers and shareholders gained considerable experience while working with European TV stations including German ZDF, ARD, and ARTE. The company’s portfolio contains a number of high quality tv series and documentaries that touch on important issues. DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 22 23 dir. Paulina Gawęcka Ahead of Bill Original title: WYPRZEDZAJĄC BILLA English title: AHEAD OF BILL Director: PAULINA GAWĘCKA DOP: JACEK SZYMAŃSKI, JULIAN KERNBACH Editor: TBC Producer: TOMASZ GAJ Production company: WORKSHOP Production country: POLAND Production stage: DEVELOPMENT Shooting format: 16:9, HD Estimated running time: 70‑80’ Language: POLISH, ENGLISH Shooting period: April 2015 – January 2016 Postproduction: February 2016 – May 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: End of May 2016 Paulina Gawęcka DIRECTOR Since over 7 years she’s connected with film branch and media world. A graduate of Journalism Faculty at the Warsaw’s University and of postgraduate studies – TV production faculty at the Film School in Łódź. She produced many TV commercials, image and social campaigns and TV programs. She directed a 44 minute long episode of documentary program about music festival in Barcelona for MTVNHD. She directed a short film about Baltic sea for WWF Poland Foundation and numerous image and social spots. Total budget: 150.000 EUR Secured budget: 0 EUR Still needed: 150.000 EUR Here is a story of a man who built the first portable computer. His name was neither Bill nor Steve. His name was Jacek. And he changed the history of computers as much as computers have changed all of our lives. AHEAD OF BILL is a true story of Jacek Karpiński who invented and constructed in one of the first desktop computers in the world overcoming multiple obstacles of the communist regime. It took place not in the ‘80s, but in the late ‘60s in Poland. By doing so he went ahead of his era by several dozens years. If he had lived nowadays and not at the time of PRL, who knows, maybe it would have been American visionaries comparing themselves to just this man… This is a film essay by his granddaughter, who sets off to discover the truth behind the life and work of this remarkable man. A man that had knowledge, talent, vision and imagination, a man that had unbelievable stubbornness in turning his ideas into action and stirring up enthusiasm in his team, a man who was a Pioneer, Inventor, Engineer, Programmer, Scientist, Genius, Constructor, Soldier, Farmer, Friend, Boss, Father & Grandfather. A great talent and mind awarded by UNESCO remained almost unknown and forgotten. Tomasz Gaj Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: – Looking for: funds and distributors Contact: Tomasz Gaj, Workshop, ul. Dworkowa 5/20, 00‑784 Warsaw, Poland, tel. +48 506 146 530 Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] PRODUCER Graduate of production faculty at the Film School in Łódź. Founder of production company Workshop. Since 2004 he has worked in TV programs and commercials for Disney Channel, CBS, Discovery, National Geographic Channel as well as MTVNHD. He gained the work experience as line producer of documentary “Penderecki. Paths through the Labyrinth“ and production manager of documentary movies such as “The Harbour of Hope” and “Two Rembrandts in the garden”. Workshop company specializes in film and TV production. The company owner – Tomek Gaj before starting his own business has gained broad experience in production of films and TV shows such as ‘The Amazing Race’ in Poland, Kazachstan, Romania and Estonia, ‘MTV Uncompressed’ in Thailand and South Africa for MTVNHD, documentary movies “Penderecki. Paths through the Labyrinth”, “The Harbour of Hope”, “Two Rembrandts in the garden“ as well as TV series “As the bell rings” for Disney Channel. The latest Workshop productions include “Poland’s Toughest” program for NGC, image campaign “Disney Idents”, clips for Star Wars Day and social spot “Add Friend” for Disney Channel and a short film for WWF. DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 24 25 dir. Aistė Žegulytė People, Animals and Things Original title: Apie žmones, žvėris ir daiktus English title: People, Animals and Things Director: Aistė Žegulytė DOP: Vytautas Katkus Editor: Aistė Žegulytė Producer: Giedrė Burokaitė Production company: Meno avilys Production country: Lithuania Production stage: Early development Shooting format: RED Estimated running time: 60’ Language: Lithuanian Shooting period: NOVEMBER 2015 – JUNE 2016 Postproduction: JUNE 2016 – NOVEMBER 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: NOVEMBER 2016 Aistė Žegulytė DIRECTOR Aistė was born in Lithuania 29 years ago. She doesn’t speak a whole lot, but that doesn’t mean that she has nothing to say. Maybe that’s why Aistė can’t exist without photography or film making. That’s her personal language. Right now she wants to speak about taxidermy, it’s a phantasmagorical art form and at the same time – allegory for social relationships. Raising questions and searching for answers, Aistė wants to talk with the audience about the imperfect human and perfect trophies. Total budget: 90 000 EUR Secured budget: 6 000.EUR Still needed: 84 000 EUR The main criteria in the taxidermy competition are two: the animal’s posture and gaze. In the words of the master of stuffed birds and animals, “Anyone who is not afraid of blood can pick out the brains, guts and meat, but not everyone can produce a proper posture”. 16 years ago Vasilijus, Egidijus and Kęstutis all together – as a team of taxidermists representing Lithuania – won the First Prize at World Taxidermy Championship. However, as Lithuania achieved economic crisis, the trio disbanded. Even though each of them names a different cause of the conflict, the three men have not been talking to each other since that time. Nevertheless, they still are in competition with each other, so they continue to produce trophies: to skin the wild animals, and mould their figures, looking for still livelier poses and more real looks, in their life‑long attempt to do what is naturally impossible – to re‑create a wild animal. But can their fight possibly have a winner? Or it is just a mindless desire to appropriate? And whose “posture” and “gaze” are more important in this fight? Those of the stuffed animal or those of the craftsman? Giedrė Burokaitė Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: – Looking for: Co‑producers, Sales agents. Contact: Giedrė Burokaitė, Meno avilys, Vilniaus 39, Vilnius, Lithuania +370 675 21161 Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] PRODUCER Born in 1985, an aspiring Lithuanian film producer. She is currently finishing MA degree in Film Producing at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Giedre works as a project coordinator and producer in a media education center “Meno Avilys” (since 2008) and as a junior producer in a Lithuanian film production company “Fralita Films” (since 2012). She have produced a number of short films and is currently working on her first feature. Also a big analog photography admirer, cultural anthropologist and cat owner. NGO “Meno Avilys” operates in audio‑visual field in a targeted way since the beginning of its activities. The company has been acting in the area of film education and heritage since 2005. In 2006 it initiated the first national film education project in Lithuania “Film at My School”. The NGO publishes film compilations on DVD which are accompanied by teaching guides. In 2009 “Meno avilys” became a member of international video education network “Viducate” and organised “European Video Education Forum 2009” in Vilnius. Since 2014 “Meno avilys” has become a member of the two European projects in the framework of Audience Development: A Framework for Film Education in Europe led by BFI (UK) and Moving Cinema led by A Bao A Qu (Spain). Since 2015 NGO “Meno Avilys” started to work in film production field with an aim to promote Lithuanian film industry and to cooperate with young filmmakers. SPECIAL GUEST DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 26 27 dir. Vytautas Puidokas El Padre Medico Original title: El Padre Medico English title: El Padre Medico Director: Vytautas Puidokas DOP: vacat Editor: vacat Producer: Paulius Juoceris Production company: Ironcat Production countries: Lithuania, Brazil, Germany Production stage: Late Development Shooting format: DCP Estimated running time: ~90’ Language: English, Spanish, Portugese, German Shooting period: FEBRUARY – APRIL 2016 Postproduction: APRIL 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: Late 2016 Vytautas Puidokas DIRECTOR After successfully graduating from the Film Studies programme at the University of Surrey (UK) Vytautas was offered to direct a weekly TV show in Lithuania. In his 1.5 years in television Puidokas has worked as a director, scriptwriter and producer on various projects. His first mid‑length documentary ‘Mission Siberia. Khakassia’, premiered on Lithuanian National Television (LRT). Currently, he dedicates most of his time and energy for the development of feature length documentary ‘El Padre Medico’. Puidokas also directs educational films and works as a freelance director for TVC production companies. Total budget: 260 000 EUR Secured budget: 120 000 EUR Still needed: 60 000 EUR While wandering in the vast South American jungle, I came across traces of a man who, strangely enough, was born in the same Eastern European village as I was. Lithuanian‑born priest, missionary, doctor, aristocrat and “Great White Father” to the natives, Alexander Bendoraitis (1919‑1998) had created an entire empire in the heart of the Amazon: a boat‑clinic system, two modern hospitals, a brick factory, the first jungle radio and even a football team. However, my quest to understand how one becomes a great man shifts dramatically as I discover the dark side of glory: a cult, a macabre murder and the biggest mystery – Bendoraitis’ past in Europe. Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: co‑producer – Lente Viva Filmes (Brazil), National fund -Lithuanian Film Center, Private investor – Charity Foundation “Bedu turgus” Looking for: Co‑production (Europe), Gap financing, Distribution, broadcasters Contact: Paulius Juočeris, Ironcat, A.Jakšto 3 -14, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel. +37061887174 Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Tadas Vaitmonas roducer, Co‑writer His career in film production started in the year 2012 working as props on set for a TV show. The experience in TV was followed by a feature film where he got production office assistant position. Continuing as an assistant in foreign productions, he gained experience working on shooting set. In between films he has been continuously nourishing his skills in TVCs, mainly working as Production Manager. In January 2014 he started working on a feature documentary “Alexander the Grand” from the very beginning along with the director. To this day he has been working on the film as a Producer and a Screen co‑writer. Paulius Juoceris PRODUCER Paulius started film management studies in “Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy”, later extended studies in “University for Creative Arts” Great Britain, where he acquired film production (producing) bachelor’s degree. While studying Paulius as a producer twice participated in “Summer Media Studio 2008, 2009” International film workshop. After graduation Paulius started working as a freelancer and established film company PI. Ironcat. Lately Paulius was selected to participate in Emerging Producers, Berlinale Talents and MAIA workshops. SPECIAL GUEST DOcs to start Polish documentaries in development 28 PI “IRONCAT” manly works with documentary, feature film and cultural projects that have a historic, educational and artistic value. Having a goal to produce projects of great quality “IRONCAT” has proven trustworthy as a partner for many Lithuanian official institutions that perceive the importance of our projects and are willing to fund them. Company provides development, producing, partnership research and coproduction services for feature and documentary films. Organise film camps, online film platforms/competitions, educational film screenings. 29 DOCS TO GO! PRESENTATION OF UPCOMING POLISH DOCUMENTARIES 5.06.2015 9.30 Welcome Coffee 10.00 – 13.00 Public Presentations (MOS‑1) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (Pauza‑In‑Garden) 14.00 – 17.00 One‑To‑One Meetings (MOS‑3) 17.00 – 18.00 Cocktail (MOS – Industry Zone Meeting Point) dir. Piotr Stasik 21 x New York Original title: 21 x Nowy Jork English title: 21 x New York Director: Piotr Stasik Script: Piotr Stasik DOP: Piotr Stasik Editor: Tomasz Wolski Production company: Lava Films Producer: Agnieszka Wasiak Production country: Poland Production stage: Editing /Post‑production Shooting format: 16:9 (digital, Super 8mm) Estimated running time: 75‘ Language: English (main), Spanish, Polish Shooting period: February 2014 – October 2014 Postproduction: November 2015 – October 2015 Film delivery: November 2015 Piotr Stasik DIRECTOR Born in 1976, graduated from Department of Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. He completed documentary course at Wajda School. He co‑founded the Association for Artistic Initiatives “ę”, an NGO supporting cultural undertakings in small towns. He lectured at Film Kindergarten at Wajda School and was the president of Young Polish Filmmakers Association Film1,2. His recent films include Diary of A Journey (awards at Lagow FF, DocuDays UA and special mention at Krakow FF) and The Last Day of Summer (awarded at goEast FF, Flahertiana FF, Camerimage FF and DocFilm FF). He currently works on 21xNew York, which he likes to call a documentary essay about life and the city. Total budget: 120 000 EUR Secured budget: 85 000 EUR Still needed: 35 000 EUR How often do you catch yourself trying to figure out who the person sitting next to you on a train is? Or that lonely man in a café? Who are they? Imagine that you are in New York, in the subway, and you have the power to hear the thoughts of your fellow commuters. You can follow them, enter their home, find out who they are, know about their lives. This is what this documentary does. It follows the characters to the surface and observes moments in their lives, from funny and absurd to sad and dramatic. 21 x New York discusses the human condition in the 21st century western society through personal stories of 21 people met in the NYC subway. People seek love but are unable to handle it. Interpersonal bonds disintegrate into social media networking pulp. Sex is the new meaning of intimacy. This multi‑layered symphony about longing for emotions, need for communication, contemplation of loneliness is also an essay discussing eccentric, extravagant or plain funny life philosophies we make up in order to get by. The collage of portraits is interweaved with oneiric images of New York. Creative sound, intimate narration and atmospheric music aims at putting audience in a trance allowing them to get closer to complete strangers and ponder upon their fate. Ultimately, the film is a mirror we can look into if we are brave enough. Agnieszka Wasiak Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: Polish Film Institute, TVP, Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund (pending) Looking for: TV pre‑sales, sales‑agent, distribution Contact: Agnieszka Wasiak, Lava Films, Mahatmy Gandhiego 7/30, 91‑012 Łódź, Poland Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] PRODUCER Lava Films is an independent film production company collaborating with aspiring and established filmmakers from Poland and abroad. The company’s goal is to help artists transform their potential into features, documentaries and animated films bearing hallmarks of creative individuality, yet reflecting valid issues of our times. Believing that international co‑productions are the most accurate answer to the needs of multicultural audience, Lava Films engages in projects with worldwide potential as the main or minor producer as well as conducts service productions. Their latest film, “The Here After” (dir. Magnus von Horn) premiered in Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at Cannes Film Festival 2015. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 32 33 dir. Przemysław Kamiński The Hypnotist Original title: Hipnotyzer (working title) English title: The Hypnotist (working title) Director: Przemysław Kamiński Script: Przemysław Kamiński DOP: Przemysław Kamiński Editor: Anna Wagner Production company: TELEMARK Producers: Anna Kępińska, Maciej Kubicki Production country: Poland Production stage: editing Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 52‘ Language: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian Shooting period: AUGUST 2014 – MAY 2015 Postproduction: MAY 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2015 Film delivery: OCTOBER 2015 Przemysław Kamiński DIRECTOR Director of photography and a graduate in Cinematography at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice. As a DOP, he has worked on internationally awarded feature films such as Erratum by Marek Lechki and Aria Diva by Agnieszka Smoczyńska. Total budget: 59 000 EUR Secured budget: 33 000 EUR Still needed: 26 000 EUR The Hypnotist is a creative documentary, whose protagonist Yuriy is a Ukrainian immigrant with an unusual gift for hypnotising people. Yet, his extraordinary talent doesn’t make it easier for Yuriy to take life‑changing decisions or solve problems all of us face every day. He is caught in a real dilemma: he wants to help people by means of innovative treatment methods for addiction but he also needs to succeed in commercial terms. Namely, he wants to heal patients at any price, even by paying part of the rent for the office where he conducts therapy sessions. At the same time, however, he gives in to economic temptation to make a comfortable living by performing stage hypnosis shows that have become his specialty. Torn between easy money and his wish to be well‑off on the one hand and his need to develop his spirituality and his talent in good conscience on the other, Yuriy is experiencing a strong inner conflict similar to existential dilemmas of his generation. The final choice between self‑realisation and life stabilisation will always lead to irreversible consequences. It is a universal story about a man in a mid‑life crisis who is searching for his own path, a man with an exceptional talent who feels it’s being frittered away. This all‑too‑familiar story will nevertheless take us to see the outstanding setting of stage hypnosis shows, therapy sessions, and exams for illusionists. The film will be told with bitter humour in a visually innovative form of creative photography by a director making his debut. Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: Polish Film Institute, Krakow Film Commission Looking for: co‑Producers, broadcasters, sales agents, festivals Contact: Telemark Sp. z o.o., Ordynacka 14/9, 00‑358 Warsaw, Poland Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Maciej Kubicki PRODUCER TELEMARK is a Warsaw based film and TV boutique production company established in 2003. Managed by two young producers Anna Kępińska and Maciej Kubicki, it is well known for documentary films and TV formats, both original and adapted. Telemark develops its own projects as a creative producer but is also hired to manage productions. Telemark has cooperated with the biggest Polish TV stations such as TVP1, TVP2, Polsat, MTV Poland, and HBO Europe. Its producers and shareholders gained considerable experience while working with European TV stations including German ZDF, ARD, and ARTE. The company’s portfolio contains a number of high quality tv series and documentaries that touch on important issues. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 34 35 dir. Marek Gajczak Jarocin — the Rise of Freedom Original title: Jarocin. Pod prąd English title: Jarocin – the rise of freedom Directors: Leszek Gnoiński, Marek Gajczak Script: Leszek Gnoiński, Marek Gajczak DOP: Marek Gajczak Editor: Marek Gajczak Production company: Stowarzyszenie Film Kraków/Cracow Film Society Producer: Aneta Zagórska, Witold Bereś Production country: Poland Production stage: Postproduction Shooting format: 2,35:1 Estimated running time: 80’ Language: Polish Shooting period: July 2014 – August 2014 Postproduction: September 2014 – July 2015 Film delivery: July 2015 Marek Gajczak DIRECTOR Graduate of the Łódź Film School at the cameramen faculty (1998). In 2006 he debuted as a director and screenwriter with a feature film “Pod powierzchnią” (Underneath). In recent years he was responsible for cinematography for feature films, such as: “Oszukanie” (Deceit), directed by Marcin Solarz and “Bokser” (Boxer) (2012) directed by Tomasz Blachnicki, as well as documentaries: “Bartoszewski. Droga” (Bartoszewski. The Road) (2011) directed by Artur Więcek, “Boris Dorfman – A Mentsh” (2014) directed by Uwe and Gabriela von Seltmann and “Endrju” (2014) directed by Tomasz Blachnicki and Robert N. Wachowiak. Leszek Gnoiński Total budget: 131 750 EUR Secured budget: 106 750 EUR Still needed: 25 000 EUR Jarocin, a small town in Greater Poland becomes a symbol of independence, rebellion and freedom in a system of oppression. And it was all thanks to rock music. Before 1989 Poland was a country ruled by communism and censorship. The country was steeped in economic crisis, food was limited and issued in exchange for “coupons”. Polish citizens were becoming increasingly dissatisfied and frustrated. In this world, like an island in a sea of communist absurdity, emerges the Jarocin festival – an enclave of freedom and normality. That music becomes the voice of a generation of Poles dissatisfied with their contemporary reality and pushes them to action. It acts as a catalyst for more and more musicians to create art of rebellion and liberation from the shackles of totalitarian absurdity. The cry of freedom echoes throughout the country and beyond its borders. The symbolic song lyrics speak to the Polish citizens, “underground” magazines and records are distributed outside of government control. The film about Jarocin will be a film about freedom. Not just seen as freedom of the individual in a totalitarian world, but also freedom of art, freedom of creation and expression, freedom in all dimensions. It will show what freedom meant between 1970 and 1990, but also what it means today and how it is understood by the contemporary man. On the canvas of the Festival’s history, the film will show the difficult period of life in a communist system and the Poles’ musical road to freedom. Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: Regional Museum in Jarocin, National Centre for Culture, TVP, National Audiovisual Institute, Cracow Film Society Looking for: Co‑producers, foreign distributors, sales agents. Contact: Aneta Zagórska, Stowarzyszenie Film Kraków /Cracow Film Society, Plac Inwalidów 7/14, 30‑033 Kraków, Poland Producer’s e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] DIRECTOR Journalist, author of books and films about music. The greatest popularity he achieved thanks to the film “Beats of Freedom – zew wolności” which in a novel way shows the influence of rock music on changes in the young Poles minds, especially in 80s. It is one of the most popular Polish documentaries last fifteen years Gnoiński is also a co‑author of a six part series “Historia polskiego rocka” (History of Polish Rock) and an author of widely read books about music groups Kult, Acid Drinkers, Myslovitz, and recently he published his book “Marek Piekarczyk. Zwierzenia kontestatora” (Marek Piekarczyk. Confessions of a contestator). Aneta Zagórska PRODUCER Witold Bereś PRODUCER DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 36 Cracow Film Society is a non‑governmental organization (NGO) operating in Cracow, gathering Cracow’s art and culture creators, especially filmmakers. The Society started its operations in November 2012. The mission: producing culturally and socially important artistic authorial documentary films, finding and supporting young and débuting filmmakers, carrying out actions aiming at integrating Cracow’s filmmaking society and promoting artistic endeavours in Cracow and Lesser Poland, organising exchanges of experience and developing contacts and cooperation between artists from Lesser Poland and artists from other European countries, acting in favour of European integration and creating interest in art. 37 dir. Jarosław Wszędybył The End of the Valley of Tears Original title: Koniec Świata w Dolinie Łez English title: THE END OF THE VALLEY OF TEARS Director: Jarosław Wszędybył Script: Jarosław Wszędybył DOP: Michał Gruszczyński Editor: Tomasz Mączka Production company: Before My Eyes Producer: Przemysław Miękinia Production country: Poland, Romania Production stage: Shooting Shooting format: 16:9 Estimated running time: 75’ Language: Romanian Shooting period: In shooting Postproduction: 2016 Film delivery: 2016 Total budget: 160 000 EUR Secured budget: 50 000 EUR Still needed: 30 000 EUR This is the story of Tichilesti, the last leper colony in Europe. Located in Romania, the Valley of Tears is marked by a tragic history as it was pushed into obscurity for decades by the Communist government. In a town where hundreds of people lived, only 15 remain. With each passing year, more die off. When the last inhabitant dies, the village will disappear off the maps for good. “The End Of The Valley of Tears” will be a documentary that creatively links various styles of film narrative. The film will tell two stories: one being about the dramatic past of the Valley of Tears as remembered by the last living inhabitants; and the other story showing everyday life in Tichilesti today, a place that is waiting for its end. The film will be a group portrait of the main characters: Hima (86), the oldest inhabitant of Tichilesti, and Grisza (60), the youngest person living there. Striving for universal story, “The End Of The Valley of Tears” will not limit itself to simply presenting a place and people. The film will pose an important question about openness and tolerance in present day society. To what end are we free of xenophobia, superstition, and prejudices? How do we overcome them? How important is our humanity? Jarosław Wszędybył DIRECTOR Studied under the giants of Polish documentary Kazimierz Karabasz and Lidia Zonn. As their student, he completed two shorts: “Jaguars Prowl The Streets” (2006) and,,Colors Of Hope” (2008). His next film “Playing With Time” (2010) was screened at numerous polish festivals and won one of main prizes at the Festival of Media in Lodz, helmed that year by Marcel Łoziński. Jaroslaw Wszedybyl also works in fiction (e.g.: II director of “The Caged Swallow” by Bartosz Warwas and script doctor of “My Name Is Ki” by Leszek Dawid) and as an academic teacher. Currently he is preparing two feature‑length documentaries – “The Dragon Spring” and “The End Of The Valley of Tears”. Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: Hai‑Hui Entertainment, TVP2 Looking for: sales agents, distributors, coproducers, tv, funds Contact: Przemysław Miękinia, ul. Słowackiego 5/13, 01‑592 Warszawa, Poland, tel. +48 697921642 Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] Przemysław Miękinia PRODUCER Before My Eyes – member of the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce.The company was established in 2009. It is run by Przemyslaw Miekinia and Magdalena Sztorc. Their objective is to deliver a new quality of feature films, documentaries, television programs, music videos and adverts. They collaborate with auteur filmmakers helping them to fulfil their artistic visions. They also work on mainstream and commercial projects. One of their short films – “Fragments“ by Agnieszka Woszczynska was selected for Quinzaine des Realisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) in Cannes 2014. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 38 39 dir. Marcin Sauter At the Bottom of the Sea Original title: NA DNIE MORZA English title: AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA Director: Marcin Sauter Script: Marcin Sauter DOP: Marcin Sauter Editor: Agnieszka Glińska Production company: Film Studio Kronika Producer: Barbara Ławska Production country: Poland Production stage: Postproduction Shooting format: 16:9 Estimated running time: 52’ Language: polish Shooting period: APRIL 2015- MAY 2015 Postproduction: MAY 2015 – NOVEMBER 2015 Film delivery: NOVEMBER 2015 Marcin Sauter DIRECTOR Born in 1971, studied at the Photography Department at the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. He has been working for four years as a news photographer at “Gazeta Wyborcza”, member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. In 2005 he graduated from the Documentary Course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Laureate several dozen awards for documentary films at international film festivals. Total budget: 110 000 EUR Secured budget: 70 000 EUR Still needed: 40 000 EUR The film will be the collective memory of the inhabitants of Aralsk. This used to be beautiful,rich port town, full of hope and people, who were coming to work from entire Soviet Imperium. Today’s buried in poisonous, present Mokondo. Dying Ghost Town. Aralsk is the place where The Sea is eternal legend. The Sea is in people’s talks, dream and memories. Older are reminiscing the Sea, talk about it among themselves, youngsters tells the legends about beautiful Sea. They are fed by those stories which are the symbols of “better“ times. “At the bottom of the sea” will be universal film, tells about memory, about the power of memories of dying “better” world, but also firmly documents the bigest world ecological disaster. Marcin Lenarczyk Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: Presales Planete+, distributor Torus Film Looking for: Co‑Producers producer’s representative Contact: Studio Filmowe Kronika, Chełmska 21, 00 -724, Warsaw, Poland Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Paweł Kurzacz producer Film Studio KRONIKA (SFK) was established in 1990. Part of SFK is the Polish Film Chronicle, which appears in the form of notation archival record the most important events in the country carried out continuously on the film reel, which is unique in Europe. Studio has to his credit about 250 films, documentaries and other audiovisual forms. Films produced by the studio are awarded at prestigious festivals in the country and abroad. In The Studio their films shot many recognized artists such as Marcel Lozinski, Kazimierz Karabasz, Paweł Kędzierski, Wojciech Staron, and many others. SF Chronicle productions are broadcast by TVP, Canal +, Planete, Discovery History. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 40 41 dir. Gilles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki Noiselessly Original title: Bozgłośnie. Statyści pustyni English title: Noiselessly Directors: Giles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki Script: Giles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki DOP: Gilles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki Editiors: Gilles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki Production company: Otter Films Producer: Anna Wydra Production country: Poland /France Gilles Lepore DIRECTOR Maciej Mądracki Production stage: post‑production Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 70’ Language: Arabic, Tamazight, French Shooting period: winter 2013 – winter 2014 Postproduction: March 2015 – September 2015 Film delivery: Autumn 2015 DIRECTOR Michał Mądracki Total budget: 145 000 EUR Secured budget: 118 000 EUR Still needed: 27 000 EUR At the doors of the desert, in the south of Morocco lies a small town called Ouarzazate. It was founded by the French legions in the early 20’s of the past century as the furthest military base for colonial conquest of the East in the region of North Africa. As one of the tools used for this “civilizing mission”, as it was named and believed by the French empire, came the new apparatus – camera. Seduced with the blue, the ochre and the ample light, the Western eye will never quit Ouarzazate, moving in for good with its dream factory, the cinema. And from this day on, fiction and reality will mix together inextricably, bathing in this ocean blue sky. Ouarzazate and its long lasting relation with cinema served as a point of departure from which whole film developed. Since 2010 we start to collect and capture signs relating the fiction and the reality of Ouarzazate, city growing to the modernity influenced by the economical and imaginary emphasis of film production. As the story evolved, it grew to include the immediate surroundings and the people living there and working for the movies, the world and the people devoting their lives to the cinematic illusion. Confirmed co‑Producers,distributors, broadcasters, funds: Polish Film Institute, Haut les Mains (FR), CNAP (FR) Looking for: pre‑sales, sales agent Contact: Anna Wydra, Otter Films, 609 841 445, www.otterfilms.pl Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] DIRECTOR MML is a collective formed in 2008 that experiments with film, video, its production, its forms of writing, narratives and montages. Their theoretical vision intertwines the fictional and the real, taking its shape by the empirical practice of the image. Their filmic objects are shown in cinema’s screenings as well as in the form of video installation. Their first film “The Work of Machines” was shown at many international film festivals and as well exhibited at art galleries. It was awarded Grand Prix for Interantional Competition on FID Marseilles. MEMBERS: Gilles Lepore, 1972 (CH), graphic designer and illustrator, filmmaker, graduated from art school in Biel /Bienne (CH); Maciej Mądracki 1984 (PL), filmmaker, theorist of the image, graduate of the Institute of Audiovisual Arts of the Jagiellonian University (Krakow, PL) and Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School (Katowice, PL); Michal Mądracki 1979 (PL), writer – performer – director – producer, graduated from the Jagiellonian University (Krakow, PL). Anna Wydra producer DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 42 OTTER FILMS – the Warsaw‑based production company established by Anna Wydra, focused on art‑house fiction and documentary films for cinema and TV, with an emphasis on the international market. Most of our projects are international co‑productions shot in many places all over the world (incl. Haiti, USA, Mexico, Abkhazia, Morocco, Mongolia). We are very proud that we work on projects with great filmmakers. With B. Konopka and P. Rosołowski we have completed “Rabbit à la Berlin” (Oscar nomination) and “The Art of Disappearing”. Lately we premiered “Deep Love” by J. P. Matuszyński (produced with Cor Leonis Production and HBO), “6 Degrees” by B. Dombrowski (produced with HBO and East Pictures) and “Domino Effect” by E. Niewiera and P.Rosołowski (produced with zero one film and RBB/ARTE). 43 dir. Mateusz Romaszkan, Marta Wójtowicz‑Wcisło Trophy Original title: TROFEUM English title: TROPHY Directors: MATEUSZ ROMASZKAN, MARTA WÓJTOWICZ‑WCISŁO Script: ZUZANNA SOLAKIEWICZ DOP: N/A Editor: MATEUSZ ROMASZKAN Production company: TAKFILM SP. Z O.O. Producer: KUBA KOSMA Production country: POLAND Production stage: EDITING Shooting format: N/A Estimated running time: 52’ Language: POLISH Shooting period: N/A Postproduction: July 2015 – June 2016 Film delivery: July 2016 Total budget: 70.000 EUR Secured budget: 60.000 EUR Still needed: 10.000 EUR The protagonist of the film is a Tourist – mental heir of the colonisers, a provincial from the West – who takes part in a trip organized by a travel agency. During the trip he does not stop filming all that he sees. The Tourist desires to experience something real and exceptional, but his very presence makes everything around him turn into kitsch and trinkets. TROPHY is a film about a global journey seen through the eye of an amateur camera. It will be assembled out of amateur videos filmed by tourists during their trips. The Tourist’s aim during his journey is to gain a trophy – unique and authentic shots. In order to obtain them he wants to get to the most distant places, see exotic nature and people or witness some extraordinary situation. But in the mass tourism context, where everything is prearranged, there is no place for genuine encounter. Only when he finally gets off the beaten track the Tourist comes close to the real life. While wondering in the Local’s crowd at the Ganges banks the protagonist presents rituals that constitute the nerve of civilisation. But with the camera in his hand he does not inspire confidence of Locals and the fear makes him unable to contact and understand them. As his journey would be lost without gaining a trophy, he decides to buy a unique shots of someone else. Mateusz Romaszkan DIRECTOR Independent film editor working with varied projects for producers, studios, schools, institutions and broadcasters: Wajda School, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Centre for Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski, MS Films, Otter Films, Kosma Films, Handmade Pictures, Eureka Media, TVN, TVP, Polsat and others. In 2006/2007 he worked as editor for TVN. In 2005/2006 he created audiovisual publications of the Archive of Oral History at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. He worked with the A4 magazine and the American ISSUE magazine as author and photo reporter. Among his works is 2009 RABBIT A LA BERLIN – 40’, documentary, dir. Bartosz Konopka, prod. MS Films – editing, screenplay collaboration, nominated for the Oscars® for short documentary subject. Marta Wójtowicz‑Wcisło Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: POLISH FILM INSTITUTE Looking for: distributors, broadcasters, festivals Contact: KUBA KOSMA, TAKFILM SP. Z O.O., AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 121/123 LOK. 39, 02‑017 WARSZAWA, POLAND, tel. +48 602 435 513 Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] DIRECTOR Graduated from cultural studies and doctor of political studies. She worked as a guide in Africa and Latin America. In 2010 she carried out a research in El Colegio de México, as a beneficiary of scholarship awarded by the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. In 2012‑2013 she was assistant lecturer at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, at the Jagiellonian University. Translator and author of articles on Latin America. Currently she is working on the project on political aspects in nahua culture. Kuba Kosma producer Tak film is a Warsaw‑based production company, established by Dariusz Gajewski and Kuba Kosma. The main goal of the company is to develop and produce polish films with the potential to cross borders and intrigue european audiences. TAK FILM is open for minority co‑productions, which could engage polish talents (e.G. Prominent dops) or have potential for local financing bodies. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 44 45 dir. Anna Zamęcka When You Return Original title: KIEDY WRÓCISZ English title: WHEN YOU RETURN DIRECTOR: Anna Zamęcka Script: Anna Zamęcka DOP: Małgorzata Szyłak EDITOR: Agnieszka Glińska, Wojciech Janas Production company: Otter Films, Wajda Studio Producers: Anna Wydra, Zuzanna Król‑Maziarzewska, Anna Zamęcka Production country: Poland Production stage: postproduction Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 75’ Language: Polish Shooting period: April 2013 – March 2015 Postproduction: March 2015 – October 2015 Film delivery: Autumn 2015 Anna Zamęcka DIRECTOR A graduate of Cultural Anthropology and Journalism at the University of Warsaw. She also studied at the Film and Media Department at the Copenhagen University. She completed training programmes and courses for filmmakers (Wajda School’s DOK PRO Documentary Programme, ESODOC 2011, IDFAcademy Workshop 2014, among others). ‘When You Return’ is her full‑length documentary debut. Anna Wydra Total budget: 140 000 EUR Secured budget: 75 000 EUR Still needed: 65 000 EUR Before Ola turned eight, her mother had moved out. She just disappeared one day. She didn’t come back the next day or any other day after that. The girl can’t remember when she stopped waiting, but she remembers very clearly the moment she realized that from now on, she has to take care of her alcoholic father and autistic brother. While she was learning to read and write at school, at home she had to set her father’s alarm so that he wouldn’t be late for work, she had to look after her brother. She was determined to do whatever it takes to make him a “normal boy”. She taught him to play football, fight and swear. The problem was that Nikodem didn’t want to be a boy anymore. He believed that he was a chimpanzee and that one day he will grow fur and strong claws. Now Ola is an adolescent of fourteen. She wants to have a normal home. That is why she is so eager to send her brother to First Holy Communion; she wants to have a family dinner and gifts, like everyone else. But there is one more reason why she teaches him the catechism so stubbornly. For Ola the celebration of the First Communion is most of all an opportunity to meet her mum. She promised she would come. The truth is Ola never stopped waiting for her. Confirmed co‑Producers,distributors, broadcasters, funds: Wajda Studio, Polish Film Institute Looking for: sales agent, co‑producers, pre‑sales Contact: Anna Wydra, Otter Films, +48 609 841 445, www.otterfilms.pl Producer’s e‑mail: [email protected] Director’s e‑mail: [email protected] producer OTTER FILMS – the Warsaw‑based production company established by Anna Wydra, focused on art‑house fiction and documentary films for cinema and TV, with an emphasis on the international market. Most of our projects are international co- productions shot in many places all over the world (incl. Haiti, USA, Mexico, Abkhazia, Morocco, Mongolia). We are very proud that we work on projects with great filmmakers. With B. Konopka and P. Rosołowski we have completed “Rabbit à la Berlin” (Oscar nomination) and “The Art of Disappearing”. Lately we premiered “Deep Love” by J. P. Matuszyński (produced with Cor Leonis Production and HBO), “6 Degrees” by B. Dombrowski (produced with HBO and East Pictures) and “Domino Effect” by E. Niewiera and P.Rosołowski (produced with zero one film and RBB/ARTE). Zuzanna Król-Maziarzewska producer DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 46 Wajda Studio is focused on development and production of art house films, both fiction and documentary with a strong artistic vision. The Studio makes a difference through artistic supervision from the best Polish and European artists, and by playing an emphasis on project development. Among the achievements of the Wajda Studio there are more than 50 documentary and fiction films, and over 200 shorts. In addition, our films have been screened and awarded at major festivals including Berlinale, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, Hot Docs, IDFA, DOK Leipzig and European Film Awards and Oscars nominee. The Studio has twice been awarded the Best Documentary and Short Films Producer prize at the Krakow Film Festival, in 2008 and 2010. 47 dir. Marcin Kopeć Walking Spark Original title: NAUKA CHODZENIA English title: WALKING SPARK Director: Marcin Kopeć DOP: Filip Drożdż Editor: Anna Maria Filipow Producer: Dawid Janicki, Joanna Szymańska Production company: SHIPsBOY Ltd. Production country: Poland Production stage: start ediNng the film Shooting format: 16:9 Estimated running time: 52’ or 70’ Language: polish Shooting period: 2013 – 2015 – completed Postproduction: beginning of 2016 Estimated date of Film delivery: the first half of 2016 Marcin Kopeć DIRECTOR Marcin Kopec graduated from the University of Gdansk, field of study: Philosophy, School of Photographic in Sopot, School of Music in New York and the School of Wajda’s on the documentary course DOK PRO 2012/2013. Author of reportages, music videos of Polish off bands and adverNsing spots. He was the bassist in the Tri‑band opeat “Pancerne Rusalki” and was producing music. “Walking Spark” is his directorial debut. Total budget: 85 000 EUR Secured budget: 85 000 EUR Still needed: 0 EUR (guaranteed financing) The main character is multidimensional – a gangster who tries to be a good man. Unfortunately, in his case it is not so easey. For the whole life he made people suffer and aroused fear in them. Peter – forty‑five years old former member of Warsaw’s mafia auer leaving the prison has been trying to make a new start in life. Trying to put the sins of the past behind him, he is taking the first legal job in a hospice. The viewer is observing a character who takes the first steps in normal society, breaks its internal and external lock and is struggling with weakness. His avempts to transfer the hospice’s patients a livle human warmth got emotional. At the same time we are witnessing his relation to the gangster past – still glorifies it. Objectively, he is aware what he did wrong, but subjectively it was the best period in his life, the only one when he had ‘family’, Money and power. Today his is all by himself and have troubles with finding himself in society. A person who begins to approach him is Magda – artist, ASP’s graduate. Touched by his tragic childhood, she decides to create a stop motion animation about his fate. Peter visits Magda in her home in the country- side full of warmth and family atmosphere. The relationship between them is not easy, yet both will gain a lot. At the end of the film there is one question: will Peter be able to adjust to his new life based on other values than those previously confessed, will his transformation last? Confirmed co‑producers, funds, distributors, broadcasters: Polish Film InsNtute, Mazovia Film Fund, Public Polish Television (TVP2) Looking for: sales agent, the premiere internaNonal fesNval Contact: Joanna Szymańska, SHIPsBOY sp. z o.o. Bukowińska 30/7, 02‑703 Warszawa, Poland Producer’s email: [email protected] mobile: +48 607 816 342 Director’s email: [email protected] Joanna Szymańska producer Joanna Szymańska. Producer and executive producer. Partner at SHIPsBOY. For three years, she was head of the Production Department at Wajda Studio, producing over a dozen short feature and documentary films (including being involved in the Oscar‑nominated Joanna directed by Aneta Kopacz). Graduate of the Berlinale Talent Campus (2011), participant of 2015 EAVE. She has completed a four‑month internship with Ed Guiney (Element Pictures, Dublin), with whom she continues cooperating as an independent consultant since January 2015. In 2014, she was awarded the Best Short and Documentary Film Producer award during the 54th Kraków Film Festival for Mleczny brat [Milky Brother] (directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan, produced by Wajda Studio). Joanna is a voting member of the European Film Academy. SHIPsBOY Ltd. movie production company was founded in 2013, focuses on the development and implementation of movie projects with international potential. The company already has in possessions highly successful series of animated documentaries “Wartime Portraits”, awarded by the Silver Medal in the category of ‘History and Society’ at the New York Festivals World’s Best TV&Films 2015. Individual team membes’experience includes the realizaNon of both short feature and documentaries movies as well as full‑lenght feature movie projects (indluding “Out Of Love” and “Sanctuary”). DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 48 49 dir. Wojciech Pustoła White Cube Original title: White Cube English title: White Cube Directing: Wojciech Pustoła Script: Wojciech Pustoła DOP: Wojciech Pustoła, Bartosz Świniarski Editing: TBC Production company: ENDORFINA studio Producer: Marta Golba Production country: Poland Production stage: pre‑production Shooting format: HD Estimated running time: 52‘ Language: Italian, English, Polish Shooting period: SEPTEMBER 2015 – APRIL 2016 Postproduction: MAY 2016 – SEPTEMBER 2016 Film delivery: OCTOBER 2016 Total budget: 120 000 EUR As every precious thing white marble of Carrara has its worshippers – stone sculptors. They indulge their passion hidden in countless laboratories covered with marble dust from head to toe. It has always been that way. It is no more. Contemporary engineering has shaken foundations of that world by developing a robot, which can produce virtually any 3D marble form from a computer file. The robot’s name is Antropomorfo. Streams of data gather a cloud of points in its steal head. The robot doesn’t have much choice – it executes given matrix. Conceptual artists from all over the globe thrive on the idea of marble forms being created straight from an e‑mail. Stone is patient. It doesn’t mind the peculiarity of art production, but for stone sculptors and craftsmen it means a slow and painful death. Some of the survivors desperately try to keep the conservative agenda going. Others collaborate with the enemy, being forced to forsake their identity. ‘White Cube‘ depicts people torn by a conflict between conservative and progressive aproach in contemporary art. Carrara is a scene of an uneven fight, where old confronts the new and the stake is survival. Wojciech Pustoła DIRECTOR Born in 1980 in Warsaw. A visual artist. His area of interest is film making, sculpture, performance and scenography. Graduate of Sculpture Department and Multimedia Department on Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Poznan. Showed his works in various exhibitions such as ‘Coming Soon’ in Temporary Gallery Cologne; Vordemberge‑Gildewart Fund Award in Museum of Contemporary Art Cracow; Wro Biennale. Affiliated with ‘Centrum w Ruchu’, a contemporary dance platform for choreographers and performers, as an author of video installations and scenography notable for its minimalistic and functional approach. Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. Confirmed co‑Producers, distributors, broadcasters, funds: Polish Film Institue (Development) 7 000 EUR, confirmed, Own investment (Development), 8 000 EUR, Confirmed, Polish Film Institue (Production), 45 000 EUR, TBC /in process; TVP 30 000 EUR TBC; other sources (TV, international partners, art foundations PL & INT) 30 000 EUR TBC /in process Looking for: co‑production, sales Contact: ENDORFINA studio: Marta Golba, tel. +48501065821, Marta Bacewicz, [email protected], tel. +48502099080, Producer’s e-mail: [email protected] Director’s e-mail: [email protected] Marta Golba producer ENDORFINA studio – We keep a close watch on the changes of the film market, which enables us to find new opportunities for financing, distributing and promoting our films, aimed both for the cinema and for TV. The founder of the company, producer Marta Golba, has long been part of the film milieu paving new paths for film development. With Marta Bacewicz, curator and project coordinator in national and international cultural institutions, they combine different experiences from the fields of culture and art. First film produced by ENDORFINA studio was multiply awarded documentary ’15 Corners of the World’ by Zuzanna Solakiewicz. Film was premiered at IFF Locarno and won Critics’ Week Award there. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 50 51 dir. Jarosław Wszędybył The Dragon Spring Original title: WIOSNA SMOKÓW English title:THE DRAGON SPRING Director: JAROSŁAW WSZĘDYBYŁ Script: JAROSŁAW WSZĘDYBYŁ DOP: MICHAŁ OPALA Editior: ARKADIUSZ IWANIUK Production company: MOTH FILMS MAGDALENA BRYK Producer: MAGDALENA BRYK Production country: POLAND Production stage: POSTPRODUCTION Shooting format: 16:9 hd color Estimated running time: 65’ Language: POLISH Shooting period: DECEMBER 2014 – MAY 2015 Postproduction: JUNE 2015 – OCTOBER 2015 Film delivery: NOVEMBER 2015 Jarosław Wszędybył DIRECTOR Studied under the giants of Polish documentary Kazimierz Karabasz and Lidia Zonn. As their student, he completed two shorts: “Jaguars Prowl The Streets” (2006) and,,Colors Of Hope” (2008). His next film “Playing With Time” (2010) was screened at numerous polish festivals and won one of main prizes at the Festival of Media in Lodz, helmed that year by Marcel Łoziński. Jaroslaw Wszedybyl also works in fiction (e.g.: II director of “The Caged Swallow” by Bartosz Warwas and script doctor of “My Name Is Ki” by Leszek Dawid) and as an academic teacher. Currently he is preparing two feature‑length documentaries – “The Dragon Spring” and “The End Of The Valley of Tears”. Total budget: 79 500 EUR Secured budget: 79 500 EUR Still needed: 0 EUR Football is more than a sport. It’s a religion. All over the world, on all of the Earth’s continents millions of people play football. Brwiny Red Dragons do it as well. Although the results they achieve are quite mediocre, it does not deprive them of hope that their fate will change one day. “The Dragon Spring” tells the story about this team and their coach Paweł, a man whose goal is to get The Dragons up from their knees. The story is based on the real life of the football team during the season’s final round. It is full of sensations and twists and turns because just like the real life, football can be painfully predictable but totally astonishing as well. The story begins when young 25 year old coach Paweł, dreaming of working in London Arsenal, visits Mikołaj, Red Dragons football club president to offer his coaching to the Dragons team. Paweł is extremely motivated. He conducts his first training sessions. The Dragons are not used to such a stressful aproach. Soon the hard times begin. Only two or three guys come back for the next trening sessions. Paweł realizes that his job will be more demanding than he expected... “The Dragon Spring“ is the story about outsiders and their pure and impeccable passion for life. In a wider perspective this is the story of harsh and frequently ruthless world of football. Microcosmos of Dragons is in fact a macrocosmos of a sport as such and of football in particular. Magdalena Bryk Confirmed co‑Producers,distributors, broadcasters, funds:. PISF (Polish Film Institute, HBO Poland) Looking for: sales agents, distributors, tv buyers, festivals Contact: MOTH FILMS Magdalena Bryk, Gzinka 36, 99‑420 Łyszkowice, Poland, tel.+48 517242 675 Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] producer Moth Films Magdalena Bryk, a company operating in Warsaw since 2014, specializing in the production of films, commercials and music videos. MOTH FILMS works with polish and foreign clients. In April of 2015 commercial created for the customer BOSE took 5th place in the global advertising competition. Movies in production: “The Dragon Spring”, documentary, dir. Jarosław Wszędybył, “Wolta”, documentary, dir. Monika Kotecka & Karolina Poryzała, “A Story found in Wistula“, animation, Polish – Finnish coproduction, dir. Michał Barylski. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 52 53 dir. Marcin Krawczyk Land of the Homeless Original title: ZIEMIA BEZDOMNYCH English title: Land of the homeless Director: Marcin Krawczyk Script: Marcin Krawczyk DOP: PAWEŁ DylLus, Marcin Kukielski Editor: Aleksandra Panisko Production company: Janos Film Production Marcin Krawczyk Producer: Marcin Krawczyk Production country: Poland Marcin Krawczyk DIRECTOR, producer Born in 1978 in Tomaszów Lubelski. He works as an actor. He graduated from Documentary Course in the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Author of award winning short documentary films “Rendez‑vous” (premiered at Berlinale), “Six Weeks” (Best Short at IDFA) and “Mother 24/7”. Total budget: 121 000 EUR Secured budget: 51 000 EUR Still needed: 70 000 EUR It is a documentary film project dedicated to a group of homeless people who, since 2007, have been building an ocean‑going yacht. Their goal is to complete the construction of the “Ark” and to set off on a one‑and‑a‑half‑year cruise around the world, as a kind of therapy helping them come out of their homelessness. The idea was instilled in them by a Camillian, Father Boguslaw, who died in 2009. Since then, the idea to build the yacht and sail around the world has become even more of a challenge for his “charges”. The mission continues. The homeless, led by Captain Waldemar Rzeznicki realise the common dream not only of breaking the stereotypical thinking about homeless people, but primarily to help themselves. The protagonists are nonconformists, maladjusted to life in society, but wishing a decent living. These are losers who cannot accept the rules of reality, or those whom dramatic twists of fate have thrown overboard of everyday life in society. Now they have a chance for adventure, a lesson, a therapy, quitting their bad habits and gaining independence. They can find the motivation to fight for themselves. Excluded from the scope of the society, they now take the challenge – they build their ark, their asylum. The film attempts to answer the question of the meaning of our existence, the needs of the individual, and how great a role in the life of a man is played by a Father, or lack thereof. Will they manage to complete the work they have started? What gives them the strength and motivation to continue their noble cause? Will any of the heroes manage to drag themselves out of homelessness? What is the role of the father in the life of a man? Confirmed co‑Producers,distributors, broadcasters, funds: Presales – TVP, distributor – Torus Film Looking for: Co‑Producers, festivals Contact: Janos Film Production, Promenada 23/8, 00‑778 Warsaw, Poland Producer’s email: [email protected] Director’s email: [email protected] Paweł Dyllus © Hubert Komerski Production stage: Postproduction Shooting format: 16:9 Estimated running time: 52‘ Language: Polish Shooting period: MARCH 2014 – APRIL 2015 Postproduction: MAY 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2015 Film delivery: OCTOBER 2015 DOP Born in 1981. Feature and documentary cinematographer. His lates works are “Life feels good” by Maciej Pieprzyca, “Superunit” by Teresa Czepiec and “+\-” by Bogdan Dziworski. Last year he has spend on filming new feature projects for Armenian and Indian directors. JANOS FILM PRODUCTION was established in 2010. The main aim of the company is to produce art house documentary projects by Marcin Janos Krawczyk, the director of the films “Rendez‑Vous” (2006), “Six Weeks” (2009), “Mother 24/7” (2013), frequently awarded at international film festivals. Currently, the film “The Land of the Homeless” and the documentary series “The Homeless’ Cruise Around the World” are at the production stage. The company’s mission is to bring attention to social issues. DOcs to GO! upcoming Polish documentaries 54 55 POLAND – LITHUANIA CO‑PRODUCTION MEETINGS POLAND – LITHUANIA CO‑PRODUCTION MEETINGS LITHUANIA DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION PARTNERS Main distributors Documentary production companies ACME Film www.acmefilm.com Garsų pasaulio įrašai www.gpi.lt Forum Cinemas www.forumcinemas.lt A‑One Films Baltic www.a‑onefilms.lt Planetos filmai www.skalvija.lt Kino pasaka www.kinopasaka.lt MEED Films www.meedfilms.com Theatrical Film Distribution dukine.lt/contact Visos Mūzos www.kinofestivalis.lt/lt Kino centras “Garsas“ www.garsas.lt/filmai/garso‑platinami‑filmai Top Film Baltic www.topfilm.lv Prior Entertainment www.prior.lt/lt Incognito Films www.incognitofilms.lt/en/apie‑mus Studio Nominum (the only distributor for documentaries) arunasmatelis.com/en Priem Field www.primefield.lt Artbox www.artbox.lt Monoklis www.monoklis.lt Ironcat www.caritasetamor.lt Studija Ju www.studijaju.lt Moonmakers www.moonmakers.lt Nominum www.nominum.lt Tremora www.treora.com Ūkų Studija www.stonys.lt Fralita Films www.fralitafilms.lt Čiobreliai www.ciobreliai.lt Studija “Kinema” www.kinema.lt Ketvirta versija www.unnecessaryfilms.eu TV Europa www.tveuropa.lt Gin‑Dia www.filmuoja.gindia.lt Just a Moment www.justamoment.lt Ramūno atelje www.ramuno‑atelje.lt Porta Artis [email protected] 10 MUST–KNOW FACTS & RULES FUNDING Funding bodies (public sources) Lietuvos kino centras. Seeking to encourage the development of Lithuanian film sector, Lietuvos kino centras provides funding for film development, production, distribution, promotion, education projects and preservation of film heritage. Debut films are also eligible for support. State funding may not exceed 50% of the film production budget and 75% of a low‑budget film or experimental budget film. Not more than 20% of state funding allocated to film production may be used outside Lithuania. Films produced under co‑production conditions are given priority in allocating state funding. Projects submitted for funding are evaluated by the Film Council. It is a collegial advisory institution of the Lietuvos kino centras and consists of 7 members from film creators, film experts, film producers, and representatives of the Lietuvos kino centras. State Support for Film 2015 State Support to Film Industry 2015 State Support for Film 2014 State support to Lithuanian Film Industry 2014 State Support for Film 2013 Film associations & promotion agencies: Alliance of cinema auteurs www.autoriniokinoaljansas.lt Lithuanian Filmmakers union www.kinosajunga.lt Independent Producers’ Association www.filmproducers.lt Film Industry Association [email protected] Lithuanian Association of Cinematographers lac.lt Lithuanian Shorts agency filmshorts.lt More information: www.lkc.lt/en/financing Documentary film festivals Lithuanian Council Of Culture. funded activities: Professional film art promotion in Lithuania: • Film programes, retrospectives, film presentations, lectures, seminars; • publications that represent the evolution of cinema art (books, monographs, albums, magazines); • information about the art of film accumulation and dissemination of professional critical, analytical reflection articles in the press and on the Internet. Vilnius Documentary Film Festival (VDFF) is proud to have a loyal and intellectual audience, as well as appreciation from documentary filmmakers from the Baltic States, who annually make appearances at the festival. The organizers have always been searching for a dialogue with its audience; therefore various discussions are organized to bring the spectators together with the filmmakers. Many renowned documentary gurus had participated in these meetings. The master classes are meant to strengthen international networking within documentary field and create space to produce new ideas, cooperation opportunities and to enrich the knowledge of the new generation of documentary filmmakers. www.vdff.lt More information: ltkt.lt/en Main television stations producing documentary content. Main TV station that produces documentary content is Lithuanian National Radio and Television. Other funding – regional funds & tax incentives Tax incentives. The new Lithuanian Tax Incentives went into effect in January 2014. From now on Lithuania offers you up to 20% of Lithuanian production budget. The new scheme involves a foreign production company, a Lithuanian production company, a local donor providing financial support to the film and the Lietuvos kino centras that administers the scheme. More information: www.lkc.lt/en/tax‑incentives/ 56 Inconvenient Films – international documentary film festival, taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania. Established in 2007 as an annual film event it is currently the biggest documentary film festival in the country. The festival invites filmmakers, experts, activists and festival audience to appreciate and discuss the role of documentaries in reflecting and shaping our understanding of reality. The mission of this festival is to use award winning author driven films in raising awareness about human rights issues around the world, encouraging public debate on ways to address them. www.nepatoguskinas.lt/site/en English language websites about national filmmaking Lithuanian Film Centre (LFC). The purpose of the LFC is to promote Lithuanian cinematography. The principal goal of LFC is to collect information about Lithuanian film artists and provide the latest news about Lithuanian cinema. These goals are reflected in the structure of the website with a news and events section updated on a regular basis and an ever‑expanding database offering comprehensive information about people professionally associated with Lithuanian film. Film schools Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Study programmes in theatre and film: Acting, Cinematography, Film Directing, Screenwriting, Theatre Directing. www.lmta.lt/en Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Arts New Media Art – a programme designed to prepare professional media specialists for creative work and media art projects management. The study of art (photography, video, sound art, computer graphics and multimedia technologies) is complemented by studies of audiovisual culture, communication, analysis and management of contemporary art processes, curatorship and principles of personal carrier management. Acting – a programme designed to prepare highly qualified performing artists for success in the fields of acting, screenwriting, directing, dance and vocal performance. VMU acting students receive guidance in all of these areas, and are made ready for their careers in theatre, cinema, TV and other forms of contemporary art. The programme fosters independence and encourages openness to new forms of art, promoting the integration of different areas of contemporary art and sustainable collaboration within the creative industries. www.menufakultetas.vdu.lt Multimedia art and design Multimedia Art course at Šiauliai University Art Faculty was introduced in 2002. Since then it is preparing students to integrate contemporary media through current computer video and audio technologies. Most of the students work with stop motion animation by which contemporary visual and audio ideas are being addressed. This course was led by many well know multimedia and contemporary Lithuanian artists such as Regina Šulskytė, Tomas Andrijauskas, Remigijus Venckus, Rimantas Plungė, Alvydas Lukys, Virginijus Malčius, Arūnas Uogintas and many more. www.su.lt/en/siauliai‑university‑su Vilnius Gediminas Technical University one of the largest schools of higher education in Lithuania, which strives for a leading position among the Baltic countries in technical and engineeringeducation as well as in the field of scientific research.The study programme Multimedia and Computer Design offers students a possibility to specialise in production, programming and creative multimedia projects. This study programme encompasses visual design, 2D and 3D animation, movement graphic, graphic design, interactive design, audio and video production, special effects, video games design, 3D modelling, human‑computer interface. In the study programme the emphasis is put on 2D and 3D animation. Upon completion of the study programme students receive BA in Information Technologies. www.multimedija.vgtu.lt Vilnius College of Technologies and Design (VTDK) Offers more than twenty courses in design, engineering, sciences, technology and transport. Studies focus on practical activities, enabling students to gain professional knowledge and gain a bachelor’s degree. Multimedia design study programme is aimed at fostering creative and innovative specialists who would suit the needs of the dynamic market of creative industries, and to prepare a multimedia product creator who is able to implement their own or others’ creative multimedia projects through both individual work and teamwork. Multimedia design program allows students to choose one of four specializations: animation, audiovisual editing, sound design and interactive design. Studies are available in full‑time form. Duration of full‑time studies is 3 years. Students learn the basics of creative industries production and specialise in a chosen field. Multimedia design studies are based on a system of modules, the core of which is problem‑solving‑directed design learning. The study process combines individual activities and project group work, oriented towards business and constant changes in the media culture. www.vtdko.lt/en/ Animation Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA) the leading visual art university in Lithuania. The Department of Photography and Media Art offers two specializations: photography and media art (BA and MA) and animation (BA). It aims at raising professional artists with a broad expertise in humanities and arts, knowledgeable in and having a good command of contemporary photography and media technologies, and able to create original and professional art works. The new animation program is based on undergraduate studies. Summer practice and a summer academy, led by professional artists is an integral part of the learning process. Studies are completed by publicly defended thesis, which is sometimes presented in international animation festivals. During the four years of study graduates are prepared to work not only in Lithuania, but also in animation studios of other European countries. www.media.vda.lt Ten must–know names in documentary filmmaking (directors) 1. Algirdas Tarvydas 2. Arūnas Matelis 3. Audrius Stonys 4. Edmundas Zubavičius 5. Giedrė Beinoriūtė 6. Giedrė Žickytė 7. Janina Lapinskaitė 8. Oksana Buraja 9. Rimantas Gruodis 10. Robertas Verba 57 POLAND – LITHUANIA CO‑PRODUCTION MEETINGS POLAND – LITHUANIA CO‑PRODUCTION MEETINGS POLAND 10 MUST–KNOW FACTS & RULES FUNDING Funding bodies (public sources) The Polish Film Institute (Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, PISF) provides subsidies and loans. For 2015, the Institute has allocated a sum of EUR 20.7 million for film production programmes: • Project Development A subsidy from PISF under the Project Development objective may not exceed 70% of the planned costs of the undertaking and the limits set out in the table. • Film Production A subsidy granted by the PISF for features, documentaries and animated films under the Film Production objective may not exceed 50% of the planned costs of the undertaking and the limits set out in the table below. The exception to this is a difficult film project*, which may receiving a subsidy of up to as much as 70% of the production costs. When applying for production funding, the producer is obliged to contribute a minimum of 5% of the planned costs of the undertaking. This contribution may be financial or a combination of financial and contribution in kind. At the same time, a contribution in kind may constitute no more than 95% of the producer’s entire contribution. Documentary films: arthouse | artistic | auteur >70 min max subsidy 233 000 € difficult film 140 000 € arthouse | artistic | auteur 40‑70 min maximum subsidy 70 000 € difficult film 47 000 € arthouse | artistic | auteur <40 min maximum subsidy 47 000 € difficult film 23 000 € historical >70 min maximum subsidy 349 000 € difficult film 233 000 € historical 40‑70 min maximum subsidy 140 000 € difficult film 58 000 € historical <40 min: maximum subsidy 58 000 € difficult film 35 000 € * a film of artistically ambitious content and form, with limited commercial appeal, or a directorial debut or second film Main television stations producing documentary content Telewizja Polska is a state enterprise and the only public broadcaster in Poland. It transmits thirteen television channels, which include genre‑based channels devoted to history and to culture, as well as Belsat TV, a satellite channel broadcasting in Belarusian. The TVP VoD channel also belongs to Telewizja Polska. The organisational unit responsible for production within TVP is the Television and Film Production Agency. In turn, the tasks of the International Affairs Office include the purchase and sale of rights and licences and the co‑ordination of international co‑productions. TVP also has sixteen regional divisions. HBO Polska, which is part of HBO Europe, belongs to the American Home Box Office holding. A premium television broadcaster, it transmits eleven film channels. HBO Polska 58 produces documentaries and television series and is occasionally involved in the co‑production of feature films. Documentary films made with the participation of HBO Polska are frequent award winners at both national and international festivals. Other funding – regional funds Regional film funds There is a well‑developed network of regional film funds in Poland and their operations encompass most of the Polish regions. There are currently nine operating funds and more will be launched. In the case of Lower Silesia, Łódź, Małopolska, Mazovia, Silesia, and Poznań, the regional film commissions work alongside the film funds. In general, the Polish regional film funds seek film projects by announcing competitions. One basic condition for entering a project for a competition is that it is related to a city, town or the region, either in its theme or its setting, or through the participation of local people and companies in its production. Support is also contingent on the expending of at least 100% of the funding within the region (in some cases 150%). The funds are interested in consolidating and enhancing the positive image of the city, town or region, which is why projects intending to use distinctive locations, sites and buildings receive the most favourable assessments. Foreign producers are also welcome to submit projects, though preferably as partners to Polish producers. All the documentation must be completed in Polish. In addition, the Krakow International Film Fund (Międzynarodowy Fundusz Filmowy w Krakowie) was launched in 2014. A competition is held for the purpose of co‑financing international co‑productions intended primarily for cinema distribution and with the aim of developing cooperation between the European audiovisual sector and that of other countries. Film projects must be connected to Krakow in terms of their theme or topic, the authors and, most importantly, the place of production. They must also involve the participation of at least two producers from other countries. GDYNIA FILM FUND www.ckgdynia.pl LOWER SILESIAN FILM COMPETITION www.wroclawfilmcommission.pl/dkf LUBLIN FILM FUND www.film.lublin.eu ŁÓDŹ FILM FUND www.lodzfilmcommission.pl KRAKOW REGIONAL FILM FUND www.film‑commission.pl MAZOVIA FILM FUND www.mff.mazovia.pl POZNAN FILM FUND www.poznanfilmcommission.pl SILESIAN FILM FUND www.silesiafilm.com WESTERN POMERANIAN FILM FUND www.pomeraniafilm.pl DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION Main distributors of the documentary films AGAINST GRAVITY www.againstgravity.pl | www.docsag.pl GUTEK FILM www.gutekfilm.pl HAGI www.hagi.pl KRAKOWSKA FUNDACJA FILMOWA www.kff.com.pl SOLOPAN www.solopan.com.pl SPECTATOR www.spectator.com.pl STOWARZYSZENIE NOWE HORYZONTY www.nowehoryzonty.pl Film associations & promotion agencies FILM COMMISSION POLAND www.filmcommissionpoland.pl POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION www.sfp.org.pl POLISH AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (KIPA) www.kipa.pl POLISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS www.psc.pl POLISH ASSOCIATION OF EDITORS (PSM) www.psm.org.pl UNION OF POLISH ACTORS (ZZAP) www.zzap.aktorzy.org DIRECTORS GUILD OF POLAND DIRECTORS www.polishdirectors.com FILM PROMOTION AGENCY (KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION) www.kff.com.pl | www.polishdocs.pl | www.polishshorts.pl POLISH ANIMATION PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (SPPA) www.sppa.eu Documentary film festivals Krakow Film Festival The Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest events in Europe which is devoted to documentary, animated and short feature films. Around two hundred and fifty films from Poland and all over the world are shown in a programme consisting of the competition sections and special screenings such as thematic cycles, retrospectives and archival materials. The films compete for the main awards; the Golden Dragon, the Golden Hobby Horse, the Golden Horn and the Golden Heynal. The festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open‑air screenings, meetings with filmmakers and the Krakow Film Market, where industry screenings are held. The Krakow Film Festival is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF), the European Film Academy (EFA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. www.krakowfilmfestival.com Docs Against Gravity Film Festival Docs Against Gravity Film Festival presents a selection of the best, and often award‑winning, feature‑length documentaries from around the world. The organisers’ collaboration with cinemas throughout Poland means that the festival takes place not only in Warsaw, but also in twenty other cities across the country. It includes the presentation of eleven awards.,. The programme of films is accompanied by discussions with the filmmakers, as well as the Documentary Academy, a series of masterclasses for film professionals and lectures and workshops for teachers and young filmgoers. www.docsag.pl WATCH DOCS WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film is one of the oldest and largest human rights film festivals in the world, which annually gathers several dosen thousand viewers in the whole country. WATCH DOCS harnesses the strength of documentary cinema (the power of testimonial, representation of reality) exposing viewers to their own immediate and more distant contexts from the angle of human rights. www.watchdocs.pl OFF CINEMA International Documentary Film Festival OFF CINEMA taking place in Poznan is a competition festival, which presents documentary films from around the world. The best documents a jury of eminent filmmakers, film critics and entertainers awards: Gold, Silver and Bronze Castle. www.offcinema.pl English language websites about national filmmaking www.pisf.pl/en www.filmcommissionpoland.pl www.international.kipa.pl www.polishdocs.pl www.polishshorts.pl PARTNERS Documentary production companies AFILM www.afilm.pl AGENCJA ARTYSTYCZNA PARTUS www.partus.pl AKSON STUDIO www.akson‑studio.pl ARKANA STUDIO www.arkanastudio.pl BERES&BARON MEDIA PRODUCTIONS www.swiatmasens.pl BWM ART www.bwmart.pl CENTRALA www.centralafilm.pl CHILLI PRODUCTIONS www.chilliproductions.com COLAB PICTURES www.colabpictures.com DARKLIGHT FILM STUDIO www.darklight.pl DRYGAS PRODUCTION [email protected] ENDORFINA STUDIO www.endorfinastudio.com EUREKA MEDIA www.eurekamedia.info FILMICON DOM FILMOWY www.filmicon.pl FUNDACJA FILMOWA im Władysława Ślesickiego www.fundfilm.pl GRANIZA www.graniza.pl KAMEROVID [email protected] KIJORA [email protected] OTTER FILMS www.otterfilms.pl PLESNAR & KRAUSS FILMS www.plesnarandkrauss.com POKROMSKI STUDIO www.pokromskistudio.pl RAGUSA FILM www.ragusafilm.pl SCORPIO STUDIO www.scorpio‑studio.com SHIPSBOY www.shipsboy.com STAROŃ – FILM www.staronfilm.pl STUDIO FILMOWE EVEREST www.studioeverest.pl STUDIO FILMOWE KALEJDOSKOP www. kalejdoskopfilm.pl STUDIO FILMOWE LOGOS www.logosfilm.pl STUDIO MUNKA (THE MUNK STUDIO) www.studiomunka.pl TOUCH FILMS www.touchfilms.pl VIDEO STUDIO GDAŃSK www.videostudio.com.pl WAJDA STUDIO www.wajdastudio.pl WYTWÓRNIA FILMÓW OŚWIATOWYCH www.wfo.com.pl ZOYDA ART PRODUCTION www.zoyda.pl 59 POLAND – LITHUANIA CO‑PRODUCTION MEETINGS Film schools Polish National Film School in Łódź This oldest and biggest Polish film school was founded in 1948. Each year, it produces around 300 short films. In the recent years, the school produced a wide range of films, diversified both in terms of subjects as well as form. Among them were the widely acclaimed fiction film Arena by Martin Rath, an animation Ab Ovo by Anita Kwiatkowska Naqvi, and Fragments by Aga Woszczyńska, screened in Cannes. The school also produces documentaries such as Croissant by Paweł Ziemilski (2012), which received a special distinction at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival in 2013 and was nominated to the main award at the IDFA Festival in 2012. www.filmschool.lodz.pl Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television The school was created in 1978 at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Each year, around 60 films are produced at the faculty. The school has been known for excellent fiction films, like the acclaimed All Souls’ Day by Aleksandra Terpińska or Magma by Paweł Maślony. However, the school’s documentaries are also doing quite well: for instance, The Fourth Man by Krzysztof Kasior had screenings at dozens of festivals all around the world, like Tampere, Belgrade, and Uppsala. www.writv.pl Wajda School The Wajda School, created in 2001, produces around 10 documentaries and fiction films each year. The school’s biggest recent success was an Academy Award nomination for Joanna, directed by Aneta Kopacz (2013). The film, shot by an Oscar nominated cinematographer Łukasz Żal only in 2014, was screened at 26 international festivals and it received 13 awards, including two main awards at the Palm Springs International Shortfest and a Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Awards. Another film produced at the Wajda School, When I Am A Bird by Monika Pawluczuk, was the third best Polish short documentary of 2014 in terms of the number of festival screenings and awards.. Another film worth mentioning is Paparazzi by Piotr Bernaś, a Best Short Film nominee at the 2011 European Film Awards. www.wajdaschool.pl Warsaw Film School Each year, the Warsaw Film School produces around 15 films. Until recently, they were mostly fiction films; however, great international success and this year’s Academy Award nomination for Our Curse by Tomasz Śliwiński boosted interest in documentary among students and brought on changes in the school’s curriculum. The film had its international premiere at the Locarno Film Festival; since then, it was screened at 45 film festivals and it received around 30 awards. www.szkolafilmowa.pl 60 Gdynia Film School Gdynia Film School was founded in 2010, but despite being one of the youngest film schools in Poland, it has already had considerable success. In 2013, a short fiction Olena by Elżbieta Benkowska was featured in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. As to documentaries, the most successful so far was Seven Men at Different Ages directed by Sławomir Witek (2013). The documentary had many festival screenings, including DocAviv Festival in Tel Aviv, Doc en Courts in France, Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Qatar, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival in Brazil, and Cinema Vérité IDFF in Iran. www.gsf.pl Classics of a Polish documentary filmmakers according to “Polish School of Documentary” – DVD series published by NINA, National Audiovisual Institute: Jacek Bławut Maciej J. Drygas Krystyna Gryczełowska Danuta Halladin Irena Kamieńska Kazimierz Karabasz Krzysztof Kieślowski Andrzej Munk Marcin Koszałka Marcel Łoziński Paweł Łoziński Marek Piwowski Władysław Ślesicki Andrzej Titkow Wojciech Wiszniewski Maria Zmarz‑Koczanowicz The hottest names of emerging Polish documentary filmmakers you can find in this catalogue. Sources: Film Commission Poland „Production Guide”, 2015 (point 1‑8) “Focus on Poland”, Katarzyna Wilk, Weronika E. Czołnowska, 2015 (point 9) NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES Krakow Film Foundation / Krakow Film Festival Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow, Poland www.kff.com.pl www.krakowfilmfestival.pl [email protected] Katarzyna Wilk [email protected] Polish Film Instiutute Krakowskie Przedmieście 21/23 00-071 Warsaw, Poland www.pisf.pl Kinga Gałuszka [email protected] Marta Sikorska [email protected] Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation / Doc Lab Poland Inspektowa 9 02-711 Warsaw, Poland www.fundfilm.pl www.doclab.pl info@fundfilm [email protected] Katarzyna Ślesicka [email protected] Adam Ślesicki [email protected] DOC LAB POLAND organizer: main partner: partners, Co-organizers: partners: media patrons: INDUSTRY ZONE AT 55TH KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL prodUCer: partners: proJeCt Carried oUt WitH tHe FinanCiaL sUpport oF: media patrons: www.krakowfilmfestival.pl / [email protected]