THE LUCKY ONES

SZCZĘŚCIARZE

The field of observation is limited to the seat of the Registry Office in Nowa Huta within its hours of operations, or more specifically to its three rooms. One of them is used to register births, the second one – deaths and the third one – weddings. The observation of the clients’ and clerks’ behavior in each room unveils a picture of our everyday life as well as fate.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: pl
  • Running time: 27
  • Year: 2009

Director: Tomasz Wolski

Script: Tomasz Wolski

DOP: Tomasz Wolski

Editing: Tomasz Wolski

Production company: KIJORA / Anna Gawlita

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About the director:

Tomasz Wolski

Tomasz Wolski

Tomasz Wolski – a member of Guild of Polish Documentary Directors, Polish Film Academy and European Film Academy. Director of short film “Daughter” (Grand Prix at Angers Premiers Plan) & director, editor, cameramen of 13 documentaries awarded at many international festivals incl. Los Angeles Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, Punto de Vista, Nancy – Aye Aye Film Festival, Evora – FIKE, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Camerimage & Kraków Film Festival.

At festivals:

9. International Film Festival Era New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland, 2009 (Award for Best Short Documentary)

II Festiwal Filmu Środkowoeuropejskiego w Luksemburgu, 2009 (screening)

East Silver Market 2009, Czech Republic, 2009 (screening)

Alcine 39 Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares/Comunidad de Madrid, 2009 (competition)

DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 2010 (screening)

ZagrebDox International Festival of Documentary Films, Croatia, 2010 (competition)

DOX BOX International Documentary Film Festival, Syria, 2010 (competition)

Doc à Tunis, Tunisia, 2010 (screening)

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2010 (screening)

Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2010 (screening)

Los Angeles Film Festival 2010, USA, 2010 (Best Documentary Short Film)

Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA, 2010 (Special Jury Mention)

Documentarist, Turkey, 2010 (screening)

XXIV Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia, 2010 (competition)

Odense Film Festival, Denmark, 2010 (competition)

Aye Aye Film Festival, France, 2010 (Grand Prix)

X International Documentary Film Festival FLAHERTIANA, Russia, 2010 (screening)

ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, 2010 (screening)

27. Kasseler Dokfest, Germany, 2010 (Honorary Mention)

16th MedFilm Festival, Italy, 2010 (competition)

Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers, Estonia, 2010 (competition)

20th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (National Geo­graphic Award - Best Documentary)

6th Kenya International Film Festival in Nirobi, Kenya, 2011 (screening)

Play Poland Film Festival, travelling, 2012 (screening)

DocsDF 2012, Mexico, 2012 (screening)

17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)