ON THE ROAD
POLISH TITLE: W DRODZE
The film tells a story of a travel of Mieczysław Bieniek, a retired miner, from the Wieczorek mine in Katowice to Dalai Lama living in northern India. The protagonist, after an accident in the mine, could not go back to work; yet, instead of taking a rest during his retirement, he sets off on his own on a three‑month journey to faraway Asia.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 50'
- YEAR:
- 2008
- DIRECTING:
- Paweł Wysoczański
- DOP:
- Paweł Wysoczański, Michał Sosna
- EDITOR:
- Cezary Grzesiuk
- PRODUCTION:
- Uniwersytet Śląski - Wydział Radia i Telewizji
Paweł Wysoczański »
born in 1980 in Głogów - Poland. Graduated University of Silesia in Katowice, Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television. Author of documentary and feature films: ‘Point of view’, ’Flying education’, ’On the road’, ’We will be happy one day”, awarded at film festivals in Poland and abroad. Author of photo exhibition ‘In the shadow of sun’ documenting his travels to Ethiopia and Sudan. His last work, a documentary ‘Jurek’ about a famous mountaineer Jerzy Kukuczka, is distributed in cinemas. Currently working on a film about Somalia.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 7th Kenya International Short Film Festival, Kenya, 2012 (competition)