- Occupation
Director - Country
Poland
Adamek Maciej
Competition
The characters in this film - girls aged from 6 to 11 years, take part in a beauty contests for small children - Mini Miss Poland. The film shows their dreams, which usually concern quick and easy success.
Getting Back
The documentary addresses the problem of the return of prisoners to normal life in society. Andrzej is 50 years old man, released from prison after 10 years. We watch him for a year as he practically starts over. He has no sustenance whatsoever and his old apartment is ruined. So he has to move in with his mother who supports him in these difficult times. Is he likely to returtn to normal life?
A Life To Live
An optimistic and warm story of the blind children who are being prepared for an independent adult life by the instructors at the Centre for the blind in Laski.
I`m With You
The leads of this film are parents accompanying their sick children to hospitals. In hospital wards (often completely unprepared for that) the parents spend weeks, months in very harsh conditions: sleeping in chairs, on the floor, often without dining facilities, and with no bathrooms to wash themselves.Little does it matter to them, though. Most important, they may be by their children`s bedside all the time. The leads are three parents and their children: the mother of David ill with cancer, the father of Patrycja who has had a kidney transplant, and the mother of Alicja with a heart condition. The camera accompanies the parents and kids during their daily routines (talks with doctors, keeping watch over the kid, games, etc.) as well as during dramatic situations. This is a film about parental love and devotion.
Kids Play
The film "Kids Play" shows the world of adults reflected in a "distorting mirror" of the behaviors, games and plays of the pre-school age children.
The characters in this film - girls aged from 6 to 11 years, take part in a beauty contests for small children - Mini Miss Poland. The film shows their dreams, which usually concern quick and easy success.
Getting Back
The documentary addresses the problem of the return of prisoners to normal life in society. Andrzej is 50 years old man, released from prison after 10 years. We watch him for a year as he practically starts over. He has no sustenance whatsoever and his old apartment is ruined. So he has to move in with his mother who supports him in these difficult times. Is he likely to returtn to normal life?
A Life To Live
An optimistic and warm story of the blind children who are being prepared for an independent adult life by the instructors at the Centre for the blind in Laski.
I`m With You
The leads of this film are parents accompanying their sick children to hospitals. In hospital wards (often completely unprepared for that) the parents spend weeks, months in very harsh conditions: sleeping in chairs, on the floor, often without dining facilities, and with no bathrooms to wash themselves.Little does it matter to them, though. Most important, they may be by their children`s bedside all the time. The leads are three parents and their children: the mother of David ill with cancer, the father of Patrycja who has had a kidney transplant, and the mother of Alicja with a heart condition. The camera accompanies the parents and kids during their daily routines (talks with doctors, keeping watch over the kid, games, etc.) as well as during dramatic situations. This is a film about parental love and devotion.
Kids Play
The film "Kids Play" shows the world of adults reflected in a "distorting mirror" of the behaviors, games and plays of the pre-school age children.
Born in 1968 in Poland. Graduated from Gdansk University (Polish literature) and Lodz Film School (film directing). Member of the European Film Academy. Filmography: W drodze (On The Road), 27 min, documentary, 2005; Best Documentary Award at Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival; Jestem (I Am With You), 27 min, documentary, 2004; Silver Award at the Aljazeera International Television Production Festival, Qatar, Best Documentary Award at DocuDays, Beirut Documentary Film Festival, Grand Prix (Golden Award) at Roshd International Film Festival, Finalist at New York International Television Programming Festival, 2005; Konkurs(Competition), 27 min, documentary, Best Documentary Award at Shanghai Television Film Festival, Zycie przed toba (A Life To Live) 23 min, documentary, Best Short Film at Chicago International Children Film Festival, Best Documentary Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival, Grand Prix (Golden Gate Award) at San Francisco International Film Festival, Second Prize at Munich Film Festival The Way We Live; Powrot (Getting Back) 25 min, documentary; I nie opuszczie ci az do smierci (I Will Not Leave You Until I Die) 27 min, documentary, FELIX nomination by European Film Academy, Second Prize Documentary Award at Munich Film Festival The Way We Live.
1. “W zawieszeniu” (“Waiting”, doc.) 2 “Horoskop” (“Horoscope”)3. “Zapomniec przyszłosc” (“To Forget the Future”, doc.) 4. “I nie opuszcze Cie az do smierci” (“I Will Not Leave You Until I Die”, doc.) 5. “Co dzien blizej nieba” (“Every Day Closer to Heaven”, doc. )6. “Konkurs” (“Competition”, doc.)7. "Zycie przed Toba" ("A Life to Live", doc.)8. “Powrót” (”Getting Back”, doc.)9. “Jestem” (“I am with You” doc.)10 “ W drodze” (“On the road “ doc)11. “Fabryka” (“Factory” short fiction )