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POLISH TITLE: WARSZAWA DO WZIĘCIA

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Ania, Gosia and Ilona live in former state farm villages separate from each other. Ania wishes to be a hairdresser, Gosia dreams of leaving home, where life seems to have no prospects, and Ilona yearns for a better future for herself and her little son. All three take the decision to go to Warsaw and change what have been their fates. Warsaw for them is the “great wide world”, which they know only from television, they start on their journey believing that they will also find a life for themselves. They are linked by the same start and similar hopes; will they succeed in the unknown city? How does Warsaw look to the eyes of girls from former state farm villages?

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
51'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Karolina Bielawska, Julia Ruszkiewicz
SCRIPT:
Karolina Bielawska, Julia Ruszkiewicz
DOP:
Bartosz Piotrowski, Kacper Czubak, Dominik Danilczyk, Tomasz Woźniczka, Dominik Zadęcki
EDITOR:
Agnieszka Kowalczyk
MUSIC:
Jarosław Januszewicz, Tymon Tymański
PRODUCTION:
Krzysztof Kopczyński - Eureka Media

Karolina Bielawska »

Graduate of film directing at the Radio and Television Department of The University of Silesia in Katowice and the feature film course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Directed short feature films and documentaries which have been shown and awarded at film festivals in Poland and abroad. Her film “The End of Summer” have won the following awards: Golden Cat Award for the best film at the International Izmir Short Film Festival in 2007, Golden Medal of the Union Internationale du Cinema at the World Independent Film Festival UNICA in Tunisia (2008), Bronze Medal in the category:  works by film school students at the 49th International Competitive Festival of Short Fiction Films BRNO SIXTEEN 2008. „Warsaw available” co-direct with Julia Ruszkiewicz have won The Golden Hobby-horse of Best Polish Film at 50th Krakow Film Festival 2010.

Julia Ruszkiewicz »

Graduate of screenplay department at Camerimage Film School and Krzysztow Kieślowski's department of directing at the University of Silesia in Poland. The author of several student's films (“Master's return” “World Bar” “Wild Duck Season”). Her Graduation movie “Wild duck season” won multiple film prizes worldwide, and was screened during many film festivals. Among others awarded with: Grand Prix at the Lille Short Film Festival in France 2007, Best fiction short movie at International Film Festival “ALCIME” in Aubagne (France) 2007, Best ficton movie at International Student Film Festival “Zlin Dog” in Czech Republic 2007 and Golden Tadpole at Camerimage Film Festival in Poland 2006. “Wild duck season” also took part in over than 50 competitions during international film festivals. In 2007 she was invited to the Polish President Palace as one of most talented young filmmakers. In 2008 she was a member of the jury during International Film Festival Cinema Jove in Spain.
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AWARDS AT POLISH FESTIVALS:

* 50. Krakow Film Festival - "The Golden Hobby-Horse" for the Director of the Best Film* 43. WorldFest-Houston Independent International Film Festival - Special Jury Award