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THE SIBERIAN LESSONS

POLISH TITLE: SYBERYJSKA LEKCJA

 In 1996, Wojciech Staron documented Malgosia, his girlfriend, as she traveled the Siberian city Usolie-Sibirskoe and gave Polish language lessons to the descendants of exiled Poles. Captured on beautiful 16mm film, Siberian Lesson is the candid diary of a young teacher acclimating and falling in love, as well as a portrait of a community still reeling from the collapse of the Soviet Union.

TRAILER
GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
58'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Wojciech Staroń
SCRIPT:
Wojciech Staroń
DOP:
Wojciech Staroń
EDITOR:
Zbigniew Osiński
MUSIC:
Agata Steczkowska
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe KRONIKA

Wojciech Staroń »

Cinematographer and director. Winner of the Silver Bear at the 61st Berlinale for cinematography of the film "El Premio" directed by P. Markovitch. His directorial debut "Siberian Lesson" (1998) was awarded at festivals in Krakow FF, IDFA and Cinema du Reel. "Argentine Lesson" (2011) won awards including at Cinema Eye Honor, Krakow FF, DokLeipzig and Camerimage. The film "Brothers" (2015) won Semaine de la Critique in Locarno. “Passion According To Agnieszka”(2025) won Golden Hobbyhorse on Krakow FF. As a cinematographer, he collaborated with Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze on "Plac Zbawiciela" (Golden Frog Polish Competition Camerimage 2006), "Papusza" (Manaki Brothers Bronze Camera 2013), with Laila Pakalnina on “Dawn” (PSC Award 2018) with Lidia Duda on "Entangled" (Cinematography Award Krakow), “Fledglings”(PSC Award 2023), with Jerzy Sadkowski “Don Juan”(2015 IDFA GrandPrix), “Bitter Love”(2020 CPH Dox), with Diego Lerman on "Refugiado" (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2014), M. Mubarak on "Autobiography" (Venice Orizzonti 2022), with V. Kairis on "January" (Tribeca 2022 Best feature) and with L. Achour on "Red Path" (Locarno, Camerimage 2024). Professor of Polish National Film School in Lodz.
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