At this year’s Inter­na­tional Youth Film Fest­ival in Sankt Peters­burg the film “Take a Look” by Adam Palenta was given the best doc­u­ment­ary film award.

The film’s prot­ag­on­ists, sight­less chil­dren, take the viewer for a jour­ney into their world of sens­it­iv­ity and ima­gin­a­tion, show­ing how they read off pic­tures using the sense of touch.

“Take a Look”, pro­duced by Andrzej Wajda Mas­ter School of Film Dir­ect­ing, was repeatedly shown at fest­ivals in Poland and abroad, where it won great acclaim from crit­ics and the audi­ence alike. It was also given the first prize at the film fest­ival in Vil­nius (Inter­na­tional Youth Film­makers Short Film Festival).

At this year’s Fest­ival in Sankt Peters­burg, films from over 20 coun­tries were shown. From 6^th to 11^th Octo­ber, young film­makers had the oppor­tun­ity to con­front their own works with the out­put of dir­ect­ors from all over the world. The most import­ant awards, apart from Palenta’s film, were given to films from Spain, Ger­many, Great Bri­tain and USA.

Adam Palenta – cam­era­man and dir­ector, gradu­ate of the doc­u­ment­ary film at Andrzej Wajda Mas­ter School of Film Dir­ect­ing. At present he is fin­ish­ing another doc­u­ment­ary, devoted to a story of the Home Army sol­dier who was con­victed dur­ing the times of Sta­lin­ism – this film is also pro­duced by Andrzej Wajda School.