MIRIAMFROMPOLAND

REPRESENTED BY KFF

Miriam Synger is a strong woman in a patriarchal society. She is struggling for her identity as an orthodox Jewess wanting to live in contemporary Poland.

Miriam is a mother of five children who has a mission. She wants to prove that Jewish life is still possible in Poland. Coming from an assimilated Polish family, she is a third generation Holocaust survivor. And she believes that Poland is not a big cementary.

"@miriamfrompoland" is a two years intimate insider look into the life of a small Jewish society in Łódź made with the method of Direct Cinema.

The main topic is the inner conflict of identity. Who am I? A Pole or a Jew or both? Where is my community?

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
77'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Piotr Szczepański
SCRIPT:
Piotr Szczepański
DOP:
Piotr Szczepański
EDITOR:
Piotr Szczepański
MUSIC:
Dawid Gurfinkiel, Jiydyszkajt
SOUND:
Robert Sędzicki
PRODUCTION:
Anagram Film
COPRODUCTION:
EC1 Łódź, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Piotr Szczepański

Piotr Szczepański »

Born in 1975 in Łódź. Member of the Polish Film Academy, Polish Film Directors' Guild, Polish Documentary Directors' Guild and Polish Society of Cinematographers. He specializes in long observation documentaries shot in direct cinema method. His documentary debut "C.K.O.D. Generation" brought him the Golden Hobby Horse in Kraków in 2004. He is a cinematographer by education and works also as director of photography. He collaborated among others with Krzysztof Zanussi, Sławomir Fabicki and Krzysztof Wodiczko.
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