EVOLUTION

POLISH TITLE: ROZWÓJ

In the very middle of the Ojców National Park there is a house. The house is a shelter for about seventy old and ailing men. Some of them are mentally retarded or ill, some disabled, and others blind or deaf. They are waiting for death. They are doing their best to fight against overwhelming matter. Any instance of overcoming matter, and getting closer to another human being becomes a heroic act, a mind-over-matter victory for them.

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
45'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Borys Lankosz
SCRIPT:
Marcin Koszałka, Borys Lankosz
DOP:
Marcin Koszałka
EDITOR:
Marek Król
MUSIC:
Abel Korzeniowski
PRODUCTION:
CONTRA STUDIO

Borys Lankosz »

Born in 1973 in Krakow. A graduale of the Faculty of Directing at the Lodz Film School. His Evolution (2001) received the Golden Gate award at the festival in San Francisco and the Silver Dragon and Bronze Hobby Horse at the 42ndKrakow Film Festival; he also won at the festival in Dubrovnik. The film Poles, Poles (2002) was qualified for festivals in: Leipzig, Rome and Guangzhou. The documentary Kurc (2005) was nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the festival in Biarritz and won at the Film Festival in Cieszyn. Lankosz is the author of From a Different Perspective, a documentary series shot in Iran, France and China, and of the film Alien VI (2007), made as part of the 30 minutes project.