The Last Day of Summer
Koniec lata, Poland, 2010, 30 min, HD, Creative, Docu Series, Personal View, Youth Documentary
Almost everyone would like to turn back the hand of time and once again become a child. Why do we come back to those years with such nostalgia? When does the childhood end and when does the adulthood start ? What do we loose when our childhood comes to an end? “The Last Day of Summer” is an emotional journey to the times of childhood and a story about difficulties of entering the world of adults. The film consists of 5 parts. Each of them presents a cadet in different age and his ordinary day. It starts from the youngest one that is 7 and finishes with the oldest one that is 17. Within one hour we show how the cadets’ life changes together with their age. Apart from everyday activities we would like to show some interesting events and behaviors typical for cadets at different age ( e.g.: the first day at school – a 7 year old boy, the first date with a girl – a 15 year old boy). We want to take a closer look at the relations between peers, between children and adults (teachers, parents) to see what are the stages of growing up, how do they differ and what is typical for different age groups. During 50 minutes of the film we observe the process of growing up – from 7 year old kid who learns how to read to a 17 year old graduate who has to decide about his future. This film is a journey to the times of childhood. The first and the youngest characters are to recall our memories from those times, which will allow us to identify with them.
Director:
Piotr Stasik
Producer:
Jacek Nagłowski, Agnieszka Janowska
Director of photography:
Piotr Stasik
Screenplay:
Piotr Stasik
Editor:
Piotr Stasik, Dorota Wardeszkiewicz
Music:
Tomasz Gwincinski
Sound:
Maciej Diduszko
Languages:
Russian
Subtitles:
English
Centrala Sp. z o.o.
Sienkiewicza 52/37
90-058 Łódź, Poland
TVP S.A. - Telewizja Polska
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00-999 Warsaw, Poland
Centrala Sp. z o.o.
Sienkiewicza 52/37
90-058 Łódź, Poland
Planete Doc Review 2010, Poland
Golden Frog Award 2010 -
Plus Camerimage, Poland
Documentary Award “Remembrance and Future” -
11th goEAST Film Festival, 2011, Germany
Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania, 2011
Prix RTP2 Onda Curta -
Festival Tous Courts, AixenProvence 2011, France
“Silver Nanook” Award for the best short film -
International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana” 2011, Russia
“Onda curta” Prize -
International Short Film Festival Tous Courts in Aix-en-Provence
Mediawave Festival 2012, Hungary
Special Mention -
Gdansk DocFilm Festival 2012, Poland
IFF T-Mobile New Horizons 2011, Poland
Lubuskie Film Summer 2011, Poland
Warsaw Film Festival 2011, Poland
Off Cinema Festival 2011, Poland
54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig 2011, Germany
28th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival 2011, Germany
59th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 2012, Serbia
Doclisboa International Film Festival 2011, Portugal
Cortopotere International Short Film Festival 2011, Italy
Minsk International Film Festival Listapad 2011, Belarus
Pärnu Film Festival 2012, Estonia
Polish Film Institute