ARENA
A hitchhiker is taken in by an remote Polish mountain community. Absorbed by the charismatic locals and unforgiving harshness of his new environment he constitutes his presence in the mountains. But to whom do we have to prove of what we’re made?
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRYI:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 23'
- YEAR:
- 2013
- DIRECTING:
- Martin Rath
- SCRIPT:
- Martin Rath
- DOP:
- Bartosz Świniarski
- EDITOR:
- Patrik Eriksson
- MUSIC:
- Artur Walaszczyk
- PRODUCER:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna), NUR
Martin Rath »
Martin Rath grew up in East Berlin. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and is currently studying at the directing department of the National Polish Film School in Lodz. His short documentary “Written in Ink” has been shown at more than 100 international film festivals including SXSW and Hot Docs. In 2013 Martin completed his 23 min. fiction short film “Arena”.
AT FESTIVALS:
- The Student International Film Festival, Croatia, 2015 (competition)
- Ningbo Film Festival, China, 2015 (screening)
- "Amirani" Tbilisi International Student Film Festival, Armenia, 2015 (competition)
- 25th Mediawave International Film and Media Gathering, Hungary, 2015 (competition)
- 17th International Festival of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona MECAL, Spain, 2015 (competition)
- 17th MECAL - International Festival of Short Film and Animation, Spain, 2015 (competition)
- Anchorage International Film Festival 2014, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 11th Kinoproba International Student Film Festival, Russia, 2014 (Best Fiction Student Film Award)
- 32nd Tous courts International Short Film Festival, France, 2014 (competition)
- 20th Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, 2014 (competition)
- 34th VGIK International Student Festival, Russia, 2014 (competition)
- 17th Arpa International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (Best Short Film Award)
- International Bosphorus Film Festival 2014, Turkey, 2014 (screening)
- 37th Denver Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 29th Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2014 (competition)
- 20th Kolkata International Film Festival, India, 2014 (competition)
- 10th Early Bird Student Film Fest, Bulgaria, 2014 (Best Foreign Film, Special Mention for the Best Cinematography)
- 24. Cottbus Film Festival, Germany, 2014 (competition)
- Berkeley Video & Film Festival, USA, 2014 (Student Visionary Award)
- THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki 2014, Greece, 2014 (competition)
- Timishort Film Festival, Romania, 2014 (competition)
- 10th European Short Film Festival at MIT, USA, 2014 (competition)
- Crested Butte International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 11th Fresh Film Fest, Czech Republic, 2014 (competition)
- Open Place Short Film Festival, Latvia, 2014 (competition)
- Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, 2014 (Best Short Film)
- 14th T-mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2014 (competition)
- 21st Twin Rivers Multimedia Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- Trenton International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 17th Brooklyn International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 33th New Jersey International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (Special Mention)
- 19th Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2014 (competition)
- Kustendorf International Film & Music Festival 2014, Serbia, 2014 (Vilko Filač Award for the best Cinematography)
- 2013 Sleepwalkers International Film Festival, Estonia, 2013 (competition)
- 58th Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2013 (Grand Prix)