RETURNS

POLISH TITLE: POWROTY

REPRESENTED BY KFF

From the mist there emerges the runway of Warsaw airport. The guard of honour of the Polish Army is waiting to solemnly welcome those who have just arrived in Poland. But there is no one to welcome this time. On their shoulders the soldiers carry invisible coffins in front of invisible spectators and carefully place them on special racks - all to the rhythm of Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’. We observe all the intricate choreography, which turns out to be a rehearsal for the ceremony. This short black-and-white film is a record of events that took place after 10 April 2010, one of the most important dates in modern Polish history. On that day, 96 people, including the Polish president and government representatives died in a plane crash near Smolensk. They were on their way to Russia to participate in a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, the mass murder of Polish officers carried out by the NKVD.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
7'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Krzysztof Kadłubowski
SCRIPT:
Krzysztof Kadłubowski
DOP:
Krzysztof Kadłubowski
EDITOR:
Tomasz Sławiński
MUSIC:
Frideric Chopin
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe Plus Tv

Krzysztof Kadłubowski »

 Krzysztof Kadłubowski, born 1965, residing in Warsaw

Graduate of Film School in Łódź

Graduate of the Artistic Photography Institute, Prague

Last film  „Returns” had its premiere at the Cracow Festival od Doc. Films in 2010 and made it to the first 12 best Polish doc. “Polish Shorts 2010”. 

Awards :

2012 - The 8th International Doc. Films Festival ZagrebDox – Grand Prix

2011 - Festivalducourt – Lille, France – best doc.

2011 - Couch Fest Films, Reykjavik – best experimental doc.

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