The Faces of Westpomeranian Cinema

Szczecin European Film Festival 2014: 02.10.2014, Thursday, 13:00
Studio TVP3 Szczecin, Niedziałkowskiego 24a (where is that?)
Blok tematyczny: West Pomerania cinema

Films

  • Gdy oczy nie widzą...11'

    Gdy oczy nie widzą... / When the eyes don't see...
    Production: POL 2011

    At first glance Patryk seems to be just like his peers. He is young, he studies, is passionate about music, plays the piano. He can not wait for Christmas to come. But Patryk is not like the other boys his age. He has been suffering from retinopathy of prematurity, which causes blindness. The boy does not want pity or admiration. He wants to be seen not as a blind pianist, but – just a pianist.

     

     

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  • Mamo, gdzie jesteś?11'

    Mamo, gdzie jesteś? / Mom, where are you?
    Production: POL 2014

    In 2010 the fate of little Adrian moved the hearts of people so deeply that the boy did not only receive material help, but also his biggest dream came true – abandoned by his biological parents, he found new ones. Adrian, fighting an incurable disease, wanted to have a new home and, finally, a wonderful childhood. But the new parents put the boy into foster care in less than a year after taking him in. Will someone finally love Adrian?

     


     

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  • Na wnuczka12'

    Na wnuczka / Grandson style
    Production: POL 2010

    Honourable mention at PiK 2011

    “Bilked out of 5 thousand zł!”, “He lost his life savings!”, “The grandson strikes again – an elderly lady lost 70 thousand zł!” – the author saw such headlines in the newspapers and received such information from the police every day. He decided to make a cautionary reportage. He did not expect the case to take the sensational track that it did. To reveal how the fraud works, the author decided on a journalist provocation. By taking on the identity of a fraudulent grandson, he got in touch with the real criminals. 

     

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  • Ucieczka z raju25'

    Ucieczka z raju / Escape from paradise
    Production: POL 2011

    Nine-year-old Nikola, the daughter of Polish parents, has been living in Norway for 5 years. The officials decided to take her away from home, basing their decision on the fact that the girl was sad. The child was put with a foster family, where she was to wait for adoption from a Norwegian family. Nikola's desperate father hired detective Rutkowski. In the documentary we will see the planning process and the attempt to get the girl back.

     

     

     

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  • Łukasz Zwycięzca15'
    Łukasz Zwycięzca / Łukasz, the Champion
    Production:POL 2013

    Łukasz was born very ill. The doctors diagnosed him quickly, but so far there is no effective medicine for Crohn's disease. Nonetheless, the boy and his family have a great will to live, strength to fight, and love. Although it is unknown when, or if, Łukasz will recover, and often there is not enough money for the treatment, the Berezaks prove that one can fight the adversities with dignity, and enjoy each and every day. “Faith can move mountains,” as the protagonist of the reportage says, and instead of writing letters to Saint Nicholas, he writes letters to God. In those letters he talks about his life, himself, his dreams.

     

     

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Associated artists

  • Ernest Saj

    Ernest Mikołaj Saj was born on December 6th 1983 in Krasnystaw (Lublin Voivodeship). He graduated from primary school and secondary technical school of electronics (major: computer networks and systems) in Chełm, where he lived until 2004. He then moved to Szczecin, where he began studying at the Maritime University. In 2009 he was admitted to the degree of Master of Science, Engineer (major: Logistics and Management in European Transport System). His adventure with film began in 2006. During his stay in Alaska he shot his first amateur film on a keelboat. In 2008 he started working for the Szczecin branch of Polish Television as a journalist. He specialises in social and interventionist journalism. He does reportages for “Wokół Nas,” “Magazyn Ekspresu Reporterów,” Celownik,” “Telekurier,” and “Raport z Polski.” He helps people who stopped believing in justice. He made his first documentary film in the summer of 2011. With his camera he accompanied the parents of nine-year-old Nikola, who was awaiting adoption in a foster family that had been assigned to her by Norwegian officials. The desperate parents decided to free the child at any cost. This story served as the basis for the documentary “Escape from Paradise,” which was one of two films to represent Poland at the world's biggest international festival for public television held in May 2012 in Sydney. The film was also presented at the 25th Dallas VideoFest, and Asia's biggest documentary film festival in Guangzhou.

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  • Fabian Zając

    TVP journalist. Works for the local editorial board of the Wokół Nas program. Does reportages for Magazyn Ekspresu Reporterów and Reporter Polski on TVP 2. His main area of interest are interventional-social topics. For his reportage Grandson Style he was awarded at the Polish Journalist Review and Competition in Gdańsk 2011. For Łukasz the Champion he was awarded the SENI prize at the Festiwal Sztuki Faktu in Toruń 2014.

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