CHARCOAL BURNERS / SMOLARZE
Marek and Janina work every summer in the Bieszczady mountains making charcoal. Far from civilization, they live in the midst of the mountains following the rhythm dictated by nature.
Piotr Złotorowicz »
Born in 1982 in Dębno Lubuskie. A graduate of the Electrical Engineering Faculty at Szczecin University of Technology. In 2006 begins studying film directing at Polish National Film School in Łódź. "Charcoal Burners" is his documentary debut.
at festivals:
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil , 2010 ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid , 2010 FilmPOLSKA, Germany , 2011 12th Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Canada , 2011 European Media Art Festival, Germany , 2011 International Environmental Film Festival ECOZINE, Spain , 2011 Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea , 2011 58th Sydney Film Festival, Australia , 2011 7th International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany , 2011 9th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria , 2011 19th Curtas Vila do Conde International FIlm Festival, Portugal , 2011 OpenEyes FilmFest, Germany , 2011 ONE Country ONE Film, France , 2011 Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA , 2011 Nevada City Film Festival, USA , 2011 Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival Dokubazaar, Slovenia , 2011 Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania , 2011 21. FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany , 2011 XXIV Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia , 2010 (Best Short Documentary ) Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland , 2010 IX Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia , 2010 (Best Documentary Film ) International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig, Germany , 2010 Short Film Festival of Dijon - "Fenêtres sur courts", France , 2010 (Grand Prix ) Festival Filmer le Travail, France , 2011 (Grand Prix ) NextFrame International Student Film and Video Festival, USA , 2011 (2nd Place Documentary Award Winner ) 3rd Derby City Film Festival, USA , 2011 Festival De Cine Kinoki, Mexico , 2011 7th ZagrebDox, Croatia , 2011 ("Little Stamp" Award ) Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA , 2011 (Grand Jury Award For Short ) Taos Shortz Film Fest, USA , 2011 (Award for the Best Documentary ) Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia , 2011 REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada , 2011 (The Best Documentary Award ) Flicks International Student Short Film Festival, The Netherlands , 2011 4th Early Melons - International Student Film Festival, Slovakia , 2011 GO SHORT International Short Film festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands , 2011 8th WorldFilm festival in Tartu, Estonia , 2011 International Short Film Festival Cortisonici, Italy , 2011 Semaine du Cinéma de Sciences Po, France , 2011 ("Golden Fox" ) Wisconsin Film Festival, USA , 2011 West-Östliches FilmFestival, Germany , 2011 (Special Mention For Documentary ) Lewiston Auburn Film Festival, USA , 2011 Kansas City FilmFest, USA , 2011 (Best Documentary Film ) goEast Film Festival, Germany , 2011 Riverside International Film Festival, USA , 2011 Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico , 2011 Indie Spirit Film Festival, USA , 2011 8th IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal , 2011 VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria , 2011 EfeboCorto Film Festival, Sicilia , 2011 (Best Student Film ) Manlleu Film Festival, Spain , 2011 Mediawave "Another Connection" International Film and Music Festival, Hungary , 2011 EMERGEANDSEE Media Arts Festival, Germany , 2011 (Honorable Mention ) Strawberry Shorts Film Festival, UK , 2011 Curt.doc Short Documentary Festival, Spain , 2011 Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival, UK , 2011 (Best Documentary Film ) Euganea Film Festival, Italy , 2011 Ventura Film Festival ,USA , 2011 Lume International Film Festival, Brazil , 2011 (Honorable Mention ) Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico , 2011 (Best Documentary ) Brazilian Student Film Festival, 2011 (competition)5th International FIlm Festival Kratkofil Plus, Bosnia and Herzegovina , 2011 Ruby Mountain Film Festival, USA , 2011 8th International Short Film Festival FATFILMFEST, Italy , 2011 3rd Iñigo Film Festival, Spain , 2011 (First Prize ) NEW-MEDIA FEST - Phoenix Christian Film Festival, USA , 2011 17th Film Festival Della Lessinia, Italy , 2011 (First Prize ) Con i minuti contati - International Short Film Festival, Italy , 2011 (Best Documentary Prize ) Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival, Canada , 2011 (Best Documentary ) EDINDOCS – Documentary Film in Edinburgh, UK , 2011 SunChild 3rd International Environmental Festival, Armenia , 2011 Un Festival C'est Trop Court! Le Festival du Court Métrage de Nice, France , 2011 MiradasDoc Festival, Spain , 2011 20. European Film Festival for Documentaries dokumentART, Germany/Poland , 2011 56th Cork Film Festival, Ireland , 2011 Ostrava-Picture, Czech Republic , 2011 (Best Documentary )
