WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY

CO MÓWIĄ LEKARZE

A seen-it-all doctor knocked out of her daily routine confesses the biggest mistake of her life.Brain-death examination of a teenage girl and a liver transplant for a patient unlikely to survive the operation. That’s the daily routine of Doctor Glik, an anesthesiologist with long-gone passion for her job. Confronted by Ms. Knap, a rich and demanding family member of one of her patients, Doctor Glik says something that she really should not. The disproportionate conflict puts Doctor Glik in a position she would never expect to find herself in.

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 25
  • Year: 2009

Director: Michał Wnuk

Script: Michał Wnuk

DOP: Michał Popiel-Machnicki

Editing: Michał Wnuk, Michał Popiel-Machnicki, Marek Mirkiewicz

Production company: TVP S.A., Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Tandem Taren-To

About the director:

Michał Wnuk

Michał Wnuk

Born in 1980. He got his degree in Film Directing from the University of Silesia. After his studies, he worked as an assistant director in feature film productions and as a TV writer. He is a holder of scholarships from Berlin-based Nipkow Programm and Goethe Institut Stiftung (2006), and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005).  He attended Archidoc program run by La Fémis, Paris (2011). Since 2012 he is a member of the Board of the Polish Filmmakers Association. What the Doctors Say was his film debut, for which he was awarded Golden Amber Award for the best short film during the 28th Koszalin Film Festival in 2009; the film was also screened at the festivals in Cannes, Brest, Moscow, Paris and Tehran among others.

At festivals:

Festival de Cannes, Short Film Corner, France, 2009 (screening)

9. International Film Festival Era New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland, 2009 (competition)

Toronto Polish Film Festival, 2009 (screening)

Austin Polish Film Festival 2009, 2009 (competition)

24th Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2009 (screening)

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

31st Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2013 (screening)

3rd Parvin Etesami International Film Festival, Iran     , 2013 (competition)