STRONG COFFEE ISN’T SO BAD, THE (Mocna kawa wcale nie jest taka zła) – dir. Alek Pietrzak, 1st Prize | COLD FEET (Gorzko, gorzko!) – dir. Julia Rogowska, Magdalena Załęcka, 2nd Prize | SURVEY ABOUT MEN (Sonda o mężczyznach) – dir. Mateusz Głowacki, 3rd Prize

STRONG COFFEE ISN’T SO BAD, THE | Mocna kawa wcale nie jest taka zła | dir. Alek Pietrzak | PL | 2014 | 45 min

prod|pro Maja Zupok scen|wr Norm Foster, Alek Pietrzak zdj|ph Mateusz Pastewka muz|mus Łukasz Targosz mon|ed Mateusz Rybka ob|cast Marian Dziędziel, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Dorota Pomykała

Jacek has not seen his son in 18 years. Unexpectedly, the son visits his father in the countryside. The film tells the story of these two men who are too stubborn to reconcile and tell each other what they feel. They receive help in getting along from the vigorous woman, whom Jacek has been living with for several years, and a certain little boy.

ALEK PIETRZAK
Student of directing at the Warsaw Film School. Graduated from 2nd-level music school in piano.

AWARDS
2014 FF SOLANIN Nowa Sól – Grand Prix
2014 LUBUSKIE FILM SUMMER Łagów – Golden Grape Award in Short Feature Films Category
2014 PFF Los Angeles – Bridging The Borders Award
2014 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 1st Prize, Independent Short Films Competition

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COLD FEET | Gorzko, gorzko! | dir. Julia Rogowska, Magdalena Załęcka | PL | 2014 | 15 min

prod|pro Maciej Ślesicki scen|wr Julia Rogowska, Magdalena Załęcka zdj|ph Fredrik Olsson muz|mus Adam Dąbrowski mon|ed Zbigniew Niciński ob|cast Sławomir Orzechowski, Małgorzata Zajączkowska, Michał Sękiewicz, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Milena Lisiecka, Piotr Garlicki, Paula Bąk, Adam Bobik, Konrad Kapica, Szymon Milas, Karol Zakrzewski

The pedantic Włodek has been running a banquet house for years. He organises all kinds of events – from proms to retirement parties. A small mistake makes Włodek in charge of a wedding reception and a memorial service, both taking place at the same time and inside the same building. Włodek has to make sure that the gatherings remain unaware of each other.

JULIA ROGOWSKA, MAGDALENA ZAŁĘCKA (1989)
Third-year students of film directing. Together they received the Director of the Year award at the Genero Awards. In 2013, the short “Mała Odyseja” (written and directed by Julia and Magdalena) entered cinema distribution. As a team they have produced several short films and official music videos for Polish and foreign artists (including The Milk, Karolina Skrzyńska, Heroes Get Remembered).

AWARDS
2014 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 2nd Prize, Independent Short Films Competition

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SURVEY ABOUT MEN | Sonda o mężczyznach | dir. Mateusz Głowacki | PL | 2014 | 30 min

prod|pro Wojciech Janio scen|wr Mateusz Głowacki zdj|ph Marcin Banasiak, Kacper Sędzielewski mon|ed Mateusz Głowacki

A film about men from the perspective of young women.

MATEUSZ GŁOWACKI (1982)
Student of Film Directing at the Katowice Film School. Author of short feature films, including: “Richard” (2011), “When the Lights of Dawn Arises” (2012), “Killing Auntie” (2014), and short documentaries: “Survey About Women” (2012), “Survey about Men” (2014).

AWARDS
2014 IDFF Kijów – Grand Prix
2014 IFIF of Ireneusz Radzio PUBLICYSTYKA Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Grand Prix in Student Films Category
2014 FAF TWO RIVERSIDES Kazimierz Dolny, Janowiec nad Wisłą – 3rd Prize, Independent Short Films Competition