THE PHOTOGRAPH
[ZDJECIE]
by Maciej Adamek
Poland/Germany/Hungary 2012 82 min. Polish original version with German subtitles
sat 16 nov 5:30 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Maciej Adamek, DoP: Tomasz Michalowski, Editor: Slawek Gozdzik, Production: Koncept Media, busse & halberschmidt Filmproduktion, Inorg Studio, Producer: Radek Stys, Cast: Maciej Lagodzinski, Karolina Gorczyca, Antoni Pawlicki, Andzej Chyra, Aleksandra Konieczna, Stanislawa Celi´nska, Beata Kawka, Marek Litewka
A beautifully shot film with a very convincing protagonist: 17-year-old Adam discovers an old photograph of his pregnant mother, seeming to be very happy with an unknown man. He begins to doubt his family and sets off to find his supposed real father. He experiences his first love, true friendship and finally unveils a secret from the past.
Biography: Maciej Adamek, born in 1968 in Gdansk/Poland, is a graduate of Polish Language Department at Gdansk University and of Directing Department at Polish National Film Theater and Television School in Lodz. The director and script writer is member of the European Film Academy and his documentary AND I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTIL THE DAY I DIE was nominated for the European Film Award 2000. In 2006, his script for THE PHOTOGRAPH won the first prize in the Polish edition of the Hartley-Merrill competition and came in third in the international edition.
Filmography (selection): 1996 HOROSKOP (short film), 2000 AND I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTIL THE DAY I DIE, 2004 JESTEM (short film), 2006 FABRYKA, 2012 THE PHOTOGRAPH
Awards: Silver Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature Film (Montréal World Film Festival, Canada 2012)
Contact:
busse & halberschmidt
Filmproduktion oHG
Markus Halberschmidt
Kurze Straße 3
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 211 862 85 95
markus@bussehalberschmidt.de
www.bussehalberschmidt.de
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