BATTLE OF THRONE

POLISH TITLE: BITWA O TRON

UPCOMING

The idea of the movie Battle of Throne is to show the world of young freestyle rappers. Freestyle is a genre of hip hop in which rap lyrics are improvised on the spot. Rappers are holding a freestyle battles in which each competitor’s goal is to „diss” the opponent through clever rhymes about others weaknesses and appearances by all means. There are no taboo topic and battles are extremely offensive. The plot of the movie is a parallel story of number of young freestyle rappers who are practicing to the great battle – Battle of Throne. It’s a chance for them to compete with the best rappers, to gain respect, to make money and to sign a contract for their first album.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jakub Maciejko
SCRIPT:
Jakub Maciejko
DOP:
Tomasz Woźniczka
EDITOR:
Daniel Gąsiorowski
PRODUCTION:
TELEMARK Sp. z o.o.

Jakub Maciejko »

Born in 1979. Scriptwriter and director. A graduate of Wajda School. He was involved in Development Lab at Wajda School and „Doc Pro” programme. As a result he directed numer of award winning documentaries: Bon Appetit (2010) – Young Cinema Award at Polish Film Festival in America, Best Student Documentary at Optimistic Film Festival, Maciej Szumowski‘s Award at Krakow Film Festival, EURO 2012 (2010), Ekran (2010), Lord of the Rims (2008) Maciej Szumowski’s Award at Krakow Film Festival, Ekipa (2007).