DOCS TO GO! – PITCHING OF UPCOMING POLISH DOCUMENTARIES

03.06.2016, 10.00 – 13.00 – PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
MOS 1 (access with passes: INDUSTRY, MEDIA, MARKET)

3.06.2016, 14.00 – 17.00 – ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS 

MOS 3 (for participants and experts only)

Docs to go! is a presentation of Polish documentaries-in-progress and at the rough-cut stage. Filmmakers and producers will present the excerpts from the edited material in front of the invited distributors, sales agents, buyers, festival programmers and all the others experts and decision makers.

PITCHING MODERATED BY: Tue Steen Müller (Denmark) 

SELECTED PROJECTS:

The Art of Understanding
ENGLISH TITLE: THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING
ORIGINAL TITLE: SZTUKA ZROZUMIENIA
DIRECTOR: MATEJ BOBRIK
DOP: MICHAŁ STAJNIAK
EDITOR: TOMASZ CIESIELSKI
PRODUCER: AGNIESZKA DZIEDZIC,
AGNIESZKA SKALSKA
PRODUCTION COMPANY: KOI STUDIO
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 52’
LANGUAGE: POLISH, JAPANESE
Twelve young Japanese students decide to sign up for the Polish Language and Culture
Studies at the Tokyo University. One of the compulsory tasks for them is to stage a play in
Polish.

Artur
ENGLISH TITLE: ARTUR
ORIGINAL TITLE: ARTUR
DIRECTOR: WIKTORIA SZYMAŃSKA
DOP: WIKTORIA SZYMAŃSKA
EDITOR: TOMASZ MĄCZKA
PRODUCER: MARIA KRAUSS, JOANNA PLESNAR
PRODUCTION COMPANY: PLESNAR & KRAUSS FILMS
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND, UK
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 60’
LANGUAGE: POLISH
The modern alien, whom everyone calls an idiot lives in the outskirt of reality but it seems
that the world around is unable of embracing his wisdom.

Border Cut
ENGLISH TITLE: BORDER CUT
ORIGINAL TITLE: GRANICZNE CIĘCIE
DIRECTOR: IGOR CHOJNA
DOP: JAKUB CZERWIŃSKI
EDITOR: TBA
PRODUCER: MARIUSZ WŁODARSKI, MICHAELA
PŇAČEKOVÁ, GUNTER HANFGARN, MARC BAUDER
PRODUCTION COMPANY: LAVA FILMS, HANFGARN & UFER, SIREAL FILMS, BAUDERFILM
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND, GERMANY
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 79’
LANGUAGE: POLISH, GERMAN
The colorful inhabitants of a small Polish border village, with the highest concentration
of hairdressers in the world, struggle to survive as the number of their elderly German
customers is decreasing.

Concerto for Two
ENGLISH TITLE: CONCERTO FOR TWO
ORIGINAL TITLE: KONCERT NA DWOJE
DIRECTOR: TOMASZ DROZDOWICZ
DOP: ANDRZEJ WOJCIECHOWSKI
EDITOR: TBA
PRODUCER: BEATA HYCZKO
PRODUCTION COMPANY: STUDIO FILMOWE
AUTOGRAF
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 70’
LANGUAGE: POLISH, ENGLISH
Marriage of Ewa and Jerzy Maksymiuk. While the eminent conductor struggles with four
bars of Prokofiev, she sacrifices herself to protect him and their life. A story about passion,
talent and great love.

Over the Limit
ENGLISH TITLE: OVER THE LIMIT
ORIGINAL TITLE: OVER THE LIMIT
DIRECTOR: MARTA PRUS
DOP: ADAM SUZIN
EDITOR: MACIEJ PAWLIŃSKI
PRODUCER: MACIEJ KUBICKI, ANNA KĘPIŃSKA
PRODUCTION COMPANY: TELEMARK
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 52’/90’
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN, ENGLISH
What can you sacrifice to fulfill a dream? A film about a Russian top rhythmic gymnast on
her way to gold in Rio 2016.

The Ugliest Car in the World
ENGLISH TITLE: THE UGLIEST CAR IN THE WORLD
ORIGINAL TITLE: NAJBRZYDSZY SAMOCHÓD
ŚWIATA
DIRECTOR: GRZEGORZ SZCZEPANIAK
DOP: MAREK KOZAKIEWICZ
EDITOR: WOJCIECH JANAS
PRODUCER: GRZEGORZ SZCZEPANIAK
PRODUCTION COMPANY: WYDAWNICTWO
FONOGRAFICZNE ANAGRAM
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 52’
LANGUAGE: POLISH, GERMAN
Retired Bogdan has nothing, except 51‑years‑old wartburg, officially named The Poland’s
Ugliest Car and nobody but his 94‑years‑old sick mother, who wants to live only when her
son takes her on a journey in his rusty car.

Unconditional Love
ENGLISH TITLE: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
ORIGINAL TITLE: MIŁOŚĆ BEZWARUNKOWA
DIRECTOR: RAFAŁ ŁYSAK
DOP: RAFAŁ ŁYSAK, ZOFIA DĄBROWSKA
EDITOR: PIOTR WÓJCIK
EDITING CONSULTANT: KATARZYNA BONIECKA
PRODUCER: JACEK BŁAWUT, VICTORIA OGNEVA
PRODUCTION COMPANY: JACEK BLAWUT FILM
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 52’/65’
LANGUAGE: POLISH
80‑year‑old Catholic woman and her gay grandson are trying to find a way towards mutual
understanding, acceptation and unconditional love. Will they endure on their emotional
journey?

Village of the Swimming Cows
ENGLISH TITLE: VILLAGE OF THE SWIMMING COWS
ORIGINAL TITLE: WIEŚ PŁYWAJĄCYCH KRÓW
DIRECTOR: KATARZYNA TRZASKA
DOP: ANDRZEJ WOJCIECHOWSKI
EDITOR: JOANNA WOJTULEWICZ
PRODUCER: KATARZYNA TRZASKA
PRODUCTION COMPANY: ZYGIZAGA ROBERT
ZYGMUNTOWSKI
PRODUCTION COUNTRY: POLAND
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 52’/90’
LANGUAGE: GERMAN, POLISH
Milk farmer from eastern Poland hosts three Berliners: eco activists and neo‑hippies.
Documentary comedy on culture clash and seeking agreement and understanding despite
contradictory life views.
 

DOC LAB GO TUTORS IN KRAKOW:

Elizabeth Radshaw
Industry Programmes Director at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto. Elizabeth Radshaw oversees the festival programmes supporting filmmakers, such as the Hot Docs Collection, Shaw Media‑Hot Docs Funds, the Hot Docs‑Blue Ice Group Documentary and the CrossCurrents Doc Fund. At Hot Docs she curates the conference, workshops and the Hot Docs Forum and Hot Docs Deal Maker, both unique pitching forum and work‑in‑progress meeting services that put filmmakers in front of financiers. Prior to this appointment, Elizabeth worked at TVF International and the National Film Board of Canada and also directed the Montreal premiere of the Rooftop Short Film Festival.

Peter Jäger
Born in Belgium, Peter studied law and philosophy. As a young film fanatic starting for a Film‑magazine became ‘Commercial & Marketing Director’. Following his passion for film, Peter became ‘Marketing and Acquisitions Director’ for Benelux theatrical distributors and cinema‑exhibitors handling over a 100 films like ‘Mulholland Drive’, ‘The Lord Of The Rings’. In 2005 Peter founded Autlook Filmsales together with Austrian producers becoming CEO. Today Autlook is a leading global distributor for documentaries and Peter is Partner & consultant for Autlook, a Jury member of the Flemish Film Fund & Vienna Film Fund, distribution/ sales expert and lecturer/tutor at Film Academies, Workshops and Festivals.