THE DECLARATION OF IMMORTALITY
POLISH TITLE: DEKLARACJA NIEŚMIERTELNOŚCI
In his new film Marcin Koszałka returns to a forgotten genre, namely a mountain film. The protagonist of his story is Piotr “Mad” Korczak, somewhere in the background there is his rival Andrzej Marcisz. The director focuses on the decline of the career of the great master, provoking his reflection on his future life, when he will no longer be able to climb mountains. It’s a moving story about inability to come to terms with old age and about desire of immortality.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRYI:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 29'
- YEAR:
- 2010
- DIRECTING:
- Marcin Koszałka
- SCRIPT:
- Marcin Koszałka
- DOP:
- Marcin Koszałka
- PRODUCER:
- Agencja Filmowa TVP, Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)
Marcin Koszałka »
Born in 1970 in Krakow. He is a graduate of the K. Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. He works as a cameraman of fiction films and a cameraman and director of documentaries. He has been a laureate of numerous festival awards (Nyon, Berlin, Gdynia, Krakow, Wrocław).
AT FESTIVALS:
- Trieste Film Festival 2016, Italy, 2016 (screening)
- Climbing Film Festival - Bohemian Paradise, Czech Republic, 2015 (competition)
- American Documentrary Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- International Mountain Film Festival in Poprad, Slovakia, 2012 (Grand Prix)
- Dokubazaar 2012, Slovenia, 2012 (competition)
- Mezinárodní horolezecký filmový festival - MHFF Teplice nad Metují, Czech Republic, 2012 (Main Award)
- In the Palace Balchik International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2012 (screening)
- 6th International Mountain Film Festival Domzale, Slovenia, 2012 (screening)
- 6th Mountain Film Festival Domžale, Slovenia, 2012 (Best Climbing Film Award)
- 15th Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Canada, 2012 (Best Rock Climbing Film Award)
- Mendi Film Festival 2011, Spain, 2011 (competition)
- 9th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal, 2011 (screening)
- Encounters Bristol International Film Festival, UK, 2011 (Documentary Award)
- 23rd International Mountain & Adventure Filmfestival Graz, Austria, 2011 (Kamera Alpin in Gold)
- Bolzano Short Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (Special Jury Award)
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, Canada, 2011 (competition)
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2011 (screening)
- 18th International Young Filmmakers Festival Of Granada, Spain, 2011 (Best Experimental Documentary)
- 7th Camden International Film Festival, 2011 (screening)
- Reikäreuna Film Festival, Finland, 2011 (screening)
- Silhouette Film Festival 2011, France, 2011 (screening)
- Cervino CineMountain Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)
- 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2011 (Best Documentary Film)
- 33th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2011 (screening)
- 39th Huesca International Film Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
- 59th Trento Film Festival 2011, Italy, 2011 (Silver Gentian for the best artistic-technical contribution)
- 47. Hugo Television Awards, USA, 2011 (Silver Hugo Award for the Best Documentary Film)
- Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland, 2011 (Diploma of Merit)
- 7th ZagrebDox, Croatia, 2011 (competition)
- 10th DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland, 2011 (screening)
- 22nd Trieste Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)
- PLUS CAMERIMAGE 2010 - International Film Festival Of The Art Of Cinematography, Poland, 2010 (competition)
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Netherlands, 2010 (screening)