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Film of the Week: Out of Reach

Out of Reach (dir. Jakub Stozek, Poland 2010)

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18.01.2011 author:
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Hope and disillusionment follow two teenage sisters who start planning a reunion with their negligent and long-absent mother. Out of Reach by Polish filmmaker Jakub Stozek will be screened at the Sundance Film Festival (January 20 - 30, 2011). The film is part of the East Silver catalogue.

Film of the Week
January 17 - 23, 2011
Out of Reach

Out of Reach will be included in the Shorts section of the Sundance Film Festival (January 20 - 30, 2011, Park City, Utah, USA).

The film is part of the East Silver catalogue; it is also avaiable for streaming in East Silver's Online Video Library. Documentary professionals who don't yet have access to the video library can contact Miriam Šimková at office@eastsilver.net for more details.

Out of Reach

Director: Stożek Jakub

Producer: Bartkowicz- Koszalka Natalia

Production company: Darklight Film Studio

Poza zasięgiem , Poland, 2010, 30 min, Digi Beta, Portrait

Karolina and Natalia seek refuge from their domineering father and reminiscence about sad childhood without a mother in a basement of their block of flats. When the younger sister’s poor eyesight starts to deteriorate, the girls decide to find Bożena, their mother, who left the family when they were young. The director, Jakub Stożek, accompanies Karolina on her journey to Paris where the older sister is supposed to meet the mother whom the girls know only from the voice message left on the phone she never answers. Will the daughter be able to establish a bond with the mother she has not seen for fourteen years?

East Silver 2010

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