UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
POLISH TITLE: MIŁOŚĆ BEZWARUNKOWA
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The self-referential nature of Rafał Łysak’s documentary enables the viewer to gain a better understanding of the unique relationship between a twenty-something-old grandson and his grandma. The woman is unable to accept the boy’s homosexuality although he is someone very important for her. Teresa is a women of set views who, due to traditional religiousness, perceives Rafał’s sexual orientation in moral categories. At the same time, she is concerned about his future because she cannot see a different way of life for a young man than a marriage with a woman.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 40'
- YEAR:
- 2018
- DIRECTING:
- Rafał Łysak
- SCRIPT:
- Rafał Łysak
- DOP:
- Michał Łuka, Zofia Dąbrowska, Rafał Łysak
- EDITOR:
- Piotr Wójcik
- MUSIC:
- Rafał Łysak
- PRODUCTION:
- Produkcja Filmów Jacek Bławut
Rafał Łysak »
Rafał Łysak made his debut with the documentary "Unconditional Love", which won many awards at film festivals in 2018 and 2019, including the Golden Hobby-Horse at the Krakow Film Festival, „Filmmaker of the Year” award at West Lake International Documentary Festival, the best short movie award and audience award at Molodist Festival, Grand Prix at Zobroffka, OFF Cinema and Solanin festivals and many others. His second documentary "The Beating Heart of Warsaw" is currently being broadcast by Polish Television. In 2024 he finished his next two documentaries: „Two Cigarettes” and „Casting”. „Casting” was made as part of the „Young Poland” Scholarship awarded by the Minister of Culture. He also makes short feature films; one of the scripts made it to the finals of the Script Pro 2025 competition. He is working on a full-length feature debut (the script received the main prize in the Script Mentoring competition organized by the Mazovian Film Fund).
AT FESTIVALS:
- Festival de Cine MÁS, 2019 (screening)
- 58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (Golden Hobby-Horse)
- IDFA, 2018 The Netherlands, 2018 (competition)
- One World IHR Documentary FF, Czech Republic, 2019 (competition)
- Film Fest Sundsvall, Sweden, 2019 (competition)
- Neisse Film Festival 2019, Germany, 2019 (The City of Zittau Award)
- 48th Kyiv International Film Festival «Molodist», Ukraine, 2019 (Best Short Film, Audience Award)
- Documentarist 12th Istanbul Documentary Days, 2019 (competition)
- Rudnik International Film Festival, Russia, 2019 (competition)
- MakeDox 2019, Macedonia, 2019 (competition)
- DOKUart Bjelovar, Croatia, 2019 (competition)
- Nice European Short FF2019, France, 2019 (competition)
- 3rd West Lake International Documentary FF, China, 2019 (competition)
- Más Film Festival, Nicaragua, 2019 (competition)
- Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2019 (competition)
- La Cabina Festival, Spain, 2019 (competition)
- 34th Festival Mix Milano, Italy, 2020 (competition)