- Occupation
Director - Country
Poland
Marczak Michał
A Woman Sought
The film is a portrait of people searching for love. A French aristocrat hires a professional matchmaker to help him find a wife from Poland. Meetings with successive candidates reveal the women’s fears, expectations and concealable wishes. Will the search end successfully?
At the Edge of Russia
Alexei is a nineteen year old recruit being flown in to perform his military service on the frontier of northern Russia. The base is one of few such remaining outposts on the Arctic Ocean. There are five other seasoned and long serving soldiers stationed here, each with their own personal story or secret that has caused them to retreat from the real world. Their training and breaking in of the new arrival is sometimes humorous, at times harsh. Gradually, they each reveal something of themselves in their daily interactions and private moments as they continue their absurd duty in this snow covered no man's land, hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement.
F*ck for Forest
Berlin’s Fuck For Forest is one of the world’s most bizarre charities. Based on the idea that sex can save the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the internet. Meet Danny, a troubled soul, as he accidentally discovers this exuberant, neo-hippy world where sexual liberation merges with global altruism, and joins their already colourful operation. From the streets of Berlin to the depths of the Amazon, together they are on a planet-saving mission to buy a piece of forest and save the indigenous peoples from the sick, sick West.
The film is a portrait of people searching for love. A French aristocrat hires a professional matchmaker to help him find a wife from Poland. Meetings with successive candidates reveal the women’s fears, expectations and concealable wishes. Will the search end successfully?
At the Edge of Russia
Alexei is a nineteen year old recruit being flown in to perform his military service on the frontier of northern Russia. The base is one of few such remaining outposts on the Arctic Ocean. There are five other seasoned and long serving soldiers stationed here, each with their own personal story or secret that has caused them to retreat from the real world. Their training and breaking in of the new arrival is sometimes humorous, at times harsh. Gradually, they each reveal something of themselves in their daily interactions and private moments as they continue their absurd duty in this snow covered no man's land, hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement.
F*ck for Forest
Berlin’s Fuck For Forest is one of the world’s most bizarre charities. Based on the idea that sex can save the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the internet. Meet Danny, a troubled soul, as he accidentally discovers this exuberant, neo-hippy world where sexual liberation merges with global altruism, and joins their already colourful operation. From the streets of Berlin to the depths of the Amazon, together they are on a planet-saving mission to buy a piece of forest and save the indigenous peoples from the sick, sick West.
For the past 5 years Michał has been committed to working on documentary and fiction projects, both as a director and cinematographer. Prior to this, from 1999 to 2003, he directed numerous music videos and commercials. Filmography: 2006 - Stillness, documentary short, 3 min. 2009 - A Woman Sought, documentary short, 15 min. 2010 - At the Edge of Russia, feature documentary, 72 min.
2012 Fuck For Forest – Documentary film – 85 min Warsaw International Film festival / Best Feature Documentary 2012 Thou Shall Not Steel – Documentary film – 55 min (funded by HBO & Polish film Institute))2010 At the Edge of Russia – Documentary film – 72 min Zagreb IFF / Best feature-length documentaryCinema Eye Honors / Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feaure FilmHot Docs / HBO Emerging artist awardHot Docs / Filmmakers award for best documentary of the festivalVisions du Reel, Nyon / Etat d'Esprit (special mention)Planete Doc Review, Warsaw / Grand Prix: Magic Hour AwardPrix Europa, Berlin / Nominated: Best European Documentary FilmMFFD Jihlava / Main Award: Silver Eye AwardInternational Doc Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm / FIPRESCI prize2009 A woman Sought – Documentary short – 15 min Off Cinema, Poznań / Second prize: Brązowy ZamekMłodzi i Film, Koszalin / Award for best debut
Silver Eye Award 2010