BRAVE BUNCH IN INDIA
POLISH TITLE: FAJNA FERAJNA W INDIACH
An exceptional story of a 10-year-old Wiesio, one of thousands of Polish children who were saved from the hell of World War II by an Indian Maharajah. In the Easter of 1940 the boy, together with his mother and brother, was arrested by NKVD and deported to Siberia. He shared the dramatic fate of thousands of Polish deportees. His rescue arrived from the least expected direction. This multimedia webdoc tells an authentic story of Wiesław Stypuła using comic strips, animation and archival materials.
- GENRE:
- documentary / animation
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- YEAR:
- 2021
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Tomasz Stankiewicz
- SCRIPT:
- Tomasz Stankiewicz, Monika Kowaleczko - Szumowska
- DOP:
- Tomasz Stankiewicz, Robert Gajzler
- EDITOR:
- Tomasz Stankiewicz
- MUSIC:
- Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak
- PRODUCTION:
- Zofia Pręgowska, Monika Kowaleczko - Szumowska, Fundacja Nil Desperandum
AT FESTIVALS:
- SIFFCY Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth New Delhi, India, (screening)
- 61st Krakow Film Festival, 2021, Poland, 2021 (screening)
- New Media Film Festival Los Angeles, USA, (competition)
- Jaipur International Film Festival, 2022, India, 2022 (competition)
- Slamdance FIlm Festival 2022, USA, 2022 (competition)
- Aryan International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur-ICFF, 2022, India, 2022 (Best Documentary Film)
- Chinh India Kids Film Festival, 2022 (Chinh Special Award)