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A FILM FOR YOU: GDYNIA

POLISH TITLE: ZROBIĘ FILM DLA CIEBIE: GDYNIA

A set of documentary shorts about Gdynia based on the ideas sent by its inhabitants.
 

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
40'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Maciej Cuske, Piotr Stasik, Magdalena Kowalczyk, Edyta Wróblewska, Paweł Ferdek, Kalina Alabrudzińska, Marcin Bortkiewicz, Bartek Konopka, Agnieszka Smoczyńska
PRODUCTION:
Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy (obecnie: Wajda Studio), Katarzyna Ślesicka

Maciej Cuske »

Director and screenwriter of documentaries. He is fascinated by ordinary life, where he looks for unusualness, humour and warmth. He is a co-creator of the Bydgoszcz Film Chronicle - a project addressed for young filmmakers, and also he runs a documentary film classes at the Warsaw Film School. An author of the following films "Station Warszawa" (2013), "Far from the City" (2011) "Andrzej Wajda: Let's take a picture! " (2009) "Decalogue III. Remember to celebrate the holy day" (2008) or "In heaven on earth" (2007).

Piotr Stasik »

Graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. He is a co-initiator of the “ę” Society of Creative Initiatives and worked as a lecturer in the Film Kindergarten of the Wajda School as well as a chairman of the Film 1,2 Association. He made a film series which includes How to Make a Movie (2010) and Muzykoteka szkolna (2011). His documentaries "Diary of Journey" (2013), "The Last Day of the Summer" (2010), "7 x Moscow" (2005) were screened and awarded at many festivals. In 2016 he was nominated for the European Film Award for his film "21xNew York".

Magdalena Kowalczyk »

Was born in 1983 r. in Warsaw. She graduated from documentary course in the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Her film “Reflection” was made during the „Film Kindergarden” Course in Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. The film was awarded on the XII IFF "ETIUDA&ANIMA" 2005. She’s a one of director’s in “Silence II” – a set of etudes made by students of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and a co-director in the Polish-German project “Reflection” – a set of shorts made as a result of cooperation of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and the International Filmschul Koln in 2006. Her last short documentary is called “By the river” (2006)

Edyta Wróblewska »

director and producer, a graduate of Wajda School, Camerimage Film School and Berlinale Talent Campus, PhD student at Łódź Film School. Author of awarded documentaries ("PRL de Luxe", "Girl from a Reading Primer", "Small Instruments"), which have been screened at dozens of film festivals, including Vision du Réel, Sheffield Doc, Vancouver IFF, Guangzhou Doc, Docs Lisboa, ZagrebDox and many others. She has also directed a short fiction film "The Road" and a theatre play "Mulholland Drive/Diane". A tutor in film directing, an expert of the Polish Film Institute, a member of the Polish Film Academy. 


 

Paweł Ferdek »

Scriptwriter,  documentary filmmaker, globtrotter. A graduate of Warsaw University (International Relations), Akademia Praktyk Teatralnych "Gardzienice" and  European film programme EKRAN in Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.

Kalina Alabrudzińska »

born in 1983 in Płock. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated from Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Finishing master studies at Directing Departement in Lodz Film School. Her short films were presented at many international film festivals: Berlinale, MFF New Horizons, San Sebastian Film Festival, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival and many more.

Marcin Bortkiewicz »

Born in 1976 in Słupsk. This graduate of the University of Gdańsk and th Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing since 1991 has been associated with Rondo Theatre in Słupsk as an actor, scriptwriter and director. In 2006 he began cooperation with producer Darek Dikti and Biuro Pomysłów, a film production company. His short documentary forms include Cisza (2003), The Rules of the Game (2004), Zrobię film dla Ciebie – Gdynia (2007) and Row, row, row (2008).

Bartek Konopka »

Oscar nominated for the “Rabbit a la Berlin” (2009) documentary that was shown at more than 70 festivals, received a dozen prizes and had been sold to 40 countries. His feature fiction debut “Fear of Falling” (2011) premiered at Montreal IFF (awarded at Mannheim, Mumbai, Lecce, Vincennes, Gdynia). Released in cinemas in France, Spain, Iran and  Poland. Author of many documentaries and couple of fictions that gained an international acclaim. Bartek is a graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University Krakow and Film Directing at the Silesian University in Katowice. Member of European Film Academy and the Board of Polish Film Institute.

Agnieszka Smoczyńska »

A graduate of the history of art at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (2001), cultural studies at the University of Wroclaw (2002), directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department at the Silesia University in Katowice (2005) and the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw (2006). The author of short fiction and documentary films: Guanipa (2003), Kapelusz (2003), 3 Love (2004), Orphans (2005), Article 567 (2006). A laureate of many festival awards.