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POLISH TITLE: BUDKA

A story of an older woman who spends several hours every day in a bakery. From the perspective of her small store she watches the village life. Trivial situations like women going to church or a dog wondering in the neighbourhood assume the proportion of the major events of the day. 

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
6'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Grzegorz Zariczny
SCRIPT:
Grzegorz Zariczny
PRODUCTION:
Studio Dokumentu i Reportażu "Kontrapunkt" TVP Kraków

Grzegorz Zariczny »

Grzegorz Zariczny is a Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1983). He studied film directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (Faculty of Radio and Television) of the University of Silesia in Katowice and completed a documentary programme at the Wajda School in Warsaw. His documentary debut The Dog Hill (Marysina Polana, 2010) marked the start of his career and was widely awarded in Poland and abroad. His short documentary The Whistle (Gwizdek, 2012) went on to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Zariczny later directed fiction work including Waves (Fale, 2016), which had its world premiere in the Main Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Simple Things (Proste rzeczy, 2020). He is known for combining documentary sensitivity with narrative storytelling and intimate, character-driven cinema. He is known for combining documentary sensitivity with narrative storytelling and intimate character-driven cinema.