The third edi­tion of Inter­na­tional Stu­dent Film Fest­ival Early Mel­ons 2010 ended in Brat­is­lava. The Best Doc­u­ment­ary Film Award went to the dir­ector of “Flight­less Birds.”

Early Mel­ons is a fest­ival pro­mot­ing stu­dents’ films, from Slov­akia as well as other coun­tries. The aim of this event is not only to bring the films made by stu­dents closer to Slov­akian audi­ence, but also to cre­ate oppor­tun­it­ies for estab­lish­ing cooper­a­tion between film schools from dif­fer­ent corners of the world as well as the base for inter­cul­tural exchange of exper­i­ence and ideas. 

The fest­ival offers sev­eral pro­grammes, includ­ing the inter­na­tional con­test, for which one Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary was qual­i­fied, “Flight­less Birds” by Michał Daw­id­ow­icz, and what’s more, it won the best doc­u­ment­ary film award. 

Michał Daw­id­ow­icz is a pan­to­mime actor and film dir­ector. He gradu­ated from Art School in Wrocław, and now he is a stu­dent of The Leon Schiller’s National Higher School of Film, Tele­vi­sion and Theatre in Łódź. The doc­u­ment­ary “Flight­less Birds” is one of the school etudes. The film shows a story of a man who leads simple life in the coun­try. Every­day life and mono­tony changes when the prot­ag­on­ist enters his garage.

More inform­a­tion on the festival’s web­site.