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Argentinian Lesson

Argentyńska lekcja, Poland, 2011, 56 min, Digi Beta, Creative, Personal View, Society, Travel
In 1998 Wojciech Staroń made the documentary film "The Siberian Lesson". The film told the story of a young teacher who emigrated to the vicinity of Lake Baikal in order to teach Polish deportees’ descendants their native language. Many years later, as a married couple with two children, the director and his wife are leaving for Argentina. For their little son, this trip will not only be an encounter with an unknown language. Influenced by their Argentinian friend, Janek enters the fascinating world of imagination, and is introduced to the bitterness of childhood prematurely contaminated by the problems of grown-ups.
Director:
Wojciech Staroń
Producer:
Malgorzata Staroń
Director of photography:
Wojciech Staroń
Screenplay:
Wojciech Staroń
Editor:
Agnieszka Bojanowska, Wojciech Staroń, Zbigniew Osinsk
Sound:
Malgorzata Staroń
Music:
Agata Steczkowska
World Sales:
Katarzyna Wilk
Languages:
Polish, Spanish
Subtitles:
English
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East Silver 2011 Silver Eye nominee
Golden Horn for the Director of the Best Film, Award of the Polish Association of Cinematographers PSC, Student Jury Award for creative and personal approach to the documentary form and for great visual sensitivity, Award for the Best Cinematography, The - 51st Krakow Film Festival 2011, Poland
Award of the Polish Association of Cinematographers (PSC) for the best cinematography in the documentary film - 51st Krakow Film Festival 2011, Poland
President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award - 51st Krakow Film Festival 2011, Poland
President of TVP S.A (Polish Television) Award for the Best Cinematography - 51st Krakow Film Festival 2011, Poland
Student Jury Award - 51st Krakow Film Festival 2011, Poland
Silver Dove Award - DOK Leipzig, 2011, Germany
Grand Prix - 18th International Film Festival ”Listapad”, 2011, Belarus
The Best Director Prize - 52nd Festival dei Popoli in Florence, 2011, Italy
Grand Prize - International Documentary Film Festival in Guangzhou, 2011, China
Docudays UA 2012, Ukraine
Golden Frog - Plus Camerimage FF 2011, Poland
Documentary Fortnight 2012. MoMA, USA
Best Creative Documentary - MakeDox 2012, Macedonia
DokuFest 2012, Kosovo
Polish Film Institute; TVP1

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