CANNES 2004
MAY 12 - 25
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
SYMMETRY ("Symetria")
Highly emotional prison drama. Łukasz, a young, educated man gets arrested and is placed in a cell with hard criminals. The more time he spends with them, the more his personality and behavior are being influenced by the specific prison code of ethics. When a child molester becomes their next inmate, Łukasz is forced to choose between the rules of the outside world and the prison code.
Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2003 Journalists Award
Feniks Award for the biggest individuality
Main Competition Karlowy Vary Film Festival 2004
Directed by Konrad Niewolski
Screenplay Konrad Niewolski
Cast Arek Detmer, Andrzej Chyra,
Kinga Preis
Running time 99'
Budget 700.000 USD
Screenings Thursday, May 13th at 3:30 p.m (15:30)
Palais J
Monday, May 17th at 1:30 p.m.(13:30)
Riviera 3
THE BODY ("Ciało")
Biggest Polish Box Office hit of 2003 is a hilarious black comedy involving petty thieves, secret agents, twin brothers joined at hip, grandmother-assassin teaching her granddaughter secrets of the trade and, of course, the body. Goldi, a small time crook is traveling by train. His suitcase filled with jewelry stolen from a church hits Wolter (who was already dead) on the head. Goldi tries desperately to hide the body. And this is how their journey begins.
Directed by Tomasz Konecki, Andrzej Saramonowicz
Screenplay Andrzej Saramonowicz
Cast Rafał Królikowski, Edyta Olszówka, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Running time 98'
Screening Saturday, May 15th at 4:00 p.m (16:00)
Riviera 6
UBU ROI (Ubu Król)
Internationally acclaimed director Piotr Szulkin brings to the big screen famous play of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi . In this timeless, grotesque fable about greed, stupidity and mechanisms of power we are invited to surreal world of Ubu and Ubica scheming to become King and Queen of Foland.
Directed by Piotr Szulkin
Screenplay Piotr Szulkin
Cast Jan Peszek, Kasia Figura
Running time 90'
Screening Friday, May 14th at 1:30 p.m (13:30)
Riviera 7
NO MERCY ("Sfora: Bez litości")
Crime thriller featuring best Polish actors. Four childhood friends (three cops and D.A.) are fighting crime. When one of them gets assassinated the others swore revenge. In an all out war with the mafia boss they have to show no mercy.
Directed by Wojciech Wójcik
Screenplay Wojciech Wójcik
Cast Paweł Wilczak, Olaf Lubaszenko, Radosław Pazura
Running time 116'
SOME LIKE IT COLD ("Pół serio")
Hilarious debut of Andrzej Saramonowicz and Tomasz Konecki. Three young filmmakers are trying to fulfill wishes of a producer and get their shot at theatrical fame. Unfortunately the producer's demands are never clear which results in many unfinished but highly unusual projects...
Gdynia Polish Film Festival Awards for:
Best Comedy, Best Comedy Role, Best Editing
Jury Special Award for: director Tomasz Konecki, script writer Andrzej Saramonowicz and cinematographer Tomasz Madejski
Directed by Tomasz Konecki
Screenplay Andrzej Saramonowicz
Cast Rafał Królikowski, Edyta Olszówka, Maria Seweryn
Running time 87'
SECRETS OF POLISH SHOWBUSINESS ("Nakręceni")
Satirical documentary about shady dealings of Polish music majors - companies deciding who can exist, perform and sell on the market. The movie features biggest music stars and reveals their secrets and disappointments and few figures from major companies telling the true story.
Directed by Sylwester Latkowski
Screenplay Sylwester Latkowski
Cast Krzysztof Krawczyk, Marek Kościkiewicz, Maciej Maleńczuk, Michał Wiśniewski
Running time 95'
TORN ("Zerwany")
Mateusz, a 12-year-old orphan, is surrounded by a world of violence. Everywhere - in a foster family, in the orphanage, in the young offenders' institution, in the police station - the stronger harass the weaker. When Mateusz finally finds the courage to rebel, he gets severely punished.
Will Mateusz's situation change for better? Is it possible to learn life and social relationship in places which deprive young people of dignity and cause more harm than help?
Will Mateusz find anybody to look up to?
Directed by Jacek Filipiak
Script Jacek Filipiak
Cast Krzysztof Ciupa, Jan Frycz, Krzysztof Globisz
SKIN HUNTERS ("Łowcy skór")
Medical thriller based on a true story. Patients of one of Polish ER's die in mysterious circumstances. It turns out the paramedics were involved in their deaths. The information about dead bodies was sold to the funeral parlours. Such a morbid business resulted in almost 150 "accidental" deaths over last years and was discovered only thanks to journalistic investigation in 2002.
Directed by Rafal Lipka
Screenplay Tomasz Wojtczuk, Rafał Lipka
Cast Tomasz Bednarek, Sławomir Orzechowski, Krzysztof Kolbasiuk
PRODUCTION
CHAOS
Visually stunning movie about the feeling of loss of young generation in today's world.
Three step-brothers, three different personalities, three different worlds. Search for freedom and love amidst antiglobalistic rebellion makes for a unique and highly emotional movie. .
We are proud to be a producer of Xawery Żuławski's debut.
Directed by Xawery Żuławski
Screenplay Xawery Żuławski
Cast Maria Strzelecka, Marcin Brzozowski
Running time 99'
Budget 800,000 USD
BABYLON.PL
The present day Iraq. Worn out by war, bombing, booby - traps, ambushes.
Human tragedies on both sides of barricades.
The number of American soldiers killed has just hit 700. The number of Iraqi people killed since the beginning of the war - unknown.
Since it is still growing.
Babilon.PL was created by a group of Polish journalists who managed to reach places no others have ever been allowed to access. Their efforts added up to a truly shocking, feature length documentary telling a story of Polish and American soldiers quartering in and around Camp Babylon, the Polish military zone.
Enter the world where no one is safe anymore. Where no one knows which direction this war is going.
Enter Babylon.
MY BIG POLISH WEDDING ("Wesele")
She was beautiful and young. He loved her dearly. The wedding cake was as sweet as ever and the wedding gift made the guests gape in jealousy.
Everything was as planned which didn't come as a surprise since HE was the man here. The loving father of the bride, the future beloved father-in-law. And the plan was simple: the wedding of HIS daughter was to be remembered.
Or so it seemed as in the evening it turned out that she wasn't that innocent, he wasn't that much in love and the father didn't pay for everything.
Black comedy about love and money. Or rather the love for money....
Director Wojtek Smarzowski
Cast Bartek Topa, Maciej Stuhr, Paweł Wilczak, Iwona Bielska
MARY AND THE DWARVES ("Sierotka Marysia")
Welcome to the magic world of a classic fairy tale ... with a modern twist.
A long, long time ago, in a remote Crystal Cave, Seven Dwarves guarded the Earth's treasures. They looked for the first signs of Spring which was unusually late this year. Two of them - Underberry and Jabber Blabber - were send for a dangerous quest to help the Spring to come.
On their way, they meet an unusual bunch of fairy tale characters. Fatso the Fox, the gangster who ravishes the magic forest, Femme Fatale the Mouse, the little hip-hop Dwarf Pete MC and finally the poor orphan Mary, who has just lost her job and is searching for a loving home and family. That's how this exciting journey begins.
At the end of the story, the Earth is saved from the eternal winter, Mary finds her dream home, bad guys get what they really deserve and the Dwarves become richer for the experiences they never expected to find on Earth......
Maybe one day they will help you too?
Director TBA
Script Cezary Harasimowicz
Budget 3,000,000 USD
Contact in Cannes:
Piotr Reisch
+48 603 193 820
piotr_reisch@spi.pl
Stand 26.01, Palais 01 (Film Polski)
SPI POLAND
Tyniecka 38a, 02-621 Warsaw
phone: +48 22 854 03 37
fax: +48 22 848 45 70
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