CHEMO / CHEMIA
Patients in an oncology clinic receive chemotherapy. Their faces can be seen in a close-up. They lie in pairs and talk. They hold fascinating conversations. Life seen from a different perspective, a distance offered by a hospital, reveals its value, sense and charm. Why so late?
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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 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.
at festivals:
II Festiwal Filmu Środkowoeuropejskiego w Luksemburgu , 2009 (screening)
East Silver Market 2009, Czech Republic , 2009 (screening)
DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival , 2010 (screening)
Beldocs, International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia , 2010 (screening)
Munich International Documentary Film Festival , 2010 (screening)
MIDA International Documentary Award, China , 2010 (screening)
Documentarist, Turkey , 2010 (screening)
Split Film Festival, Croatia , 2010 (screening)
dokumentART - European Documentary Film Festival, Germany / Poland , 2010 (screening)
14th DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival, Spain , 2011 (screening)
DOX BOX, Syria , 2011 (screening)
6th Dockanema Documentary Film Festival, Mozambique , 2011 (screening)
9. International Film Festival Era New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland , 2009 (competition)
Prix Europa, Berlin, Germany , 2009 (Nagroda w kategorii: TV Documentary )
DOK Leipzig, Germany , 2009 (MDR Film Prize )
Minsk International Film Festival Listapad , 2009 (competition)
ZagrebDox International Festival of Documentary Films, Croatia , 2010 (competition)
One World – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic , 2010 (Best Director Award )
12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century, Greece , 2010 (competition)
Docudays Ua - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine , 2010 (competition)
It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil , 2010 (competition)
Anasy Documentary Awards, United Arab Emirates , 2010 (Best Director )
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival , 2010 (competition)
New York Festivals - International Television & Film Awards, USA , 2010 (Gold World Medal )
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada , 2010 (DOXA Feature Documentary Award )
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia , 2010 (competition)
XXIV Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia , 2010 (competition)
DOKUFEST, The International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo , 2010 (competition)
DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival , 2010 (competition)
X International Documentary Film Festival FLAHERTIANA, Russia , 2010 (“Silver Nanook” for the best short film )
"Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary Film Festival , 2010 (First Prize of International Mid-Length Documentary Competition )
3th International Documentary Festival in Agadir FIDADOC, Morocco , 2010 (Grand Prize )