THE EXAM
POLISH TITLE: EGZAMIN DOJRZAŁOŚCI
In his study Filip Gieldon, a film student, follows the lives of three girls who will soon take their final secondary school exams. The worlds of Aleksandra, Joanna and Paulina are divided by almost everything: life experience, social background and plans for the future. The eponymous maturity exam is a pretext for the director to build three detailed film portraits. Thanks to the omnipresent camera and strong characters, Gieldon’s documentary is a colourful and wise story about coming off age.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 45'
- YEAR:
- 2015
- DIRECTING:
- Filip Gieldon
- SCRIPT:
- Filip Gieldon
- DOP:
- Michał Łuka
- EDITOR:
- Marcin Sucharski
- SOUND:
- Anna Przegendza
- PRODUCTION:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
Filip Gieldon »
was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Polish parents in 1983. After studying English literature and language and political science in Stockholm, he moved to London where he continued he focused on political science and film theory, also learning poetry and screenwriting. Returning to Sweden, he spent two years at the Stockholm Film School while simultaneously studying political journalism at the Stockholm University.He finally decided to move back to his parents home country after being accepted to the Polish National Film School in Łódź. He is currently on the fourth year, promoting his first fiction film „The kiss” on film festivals around the world.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Ningbo Film Festival, China, 2015 (screening)