THE WORK OF MACHINES

PRACA MASZYN

Poland. A typical industrial town. Here begins “The Work of Machines”. This dance was created in 1968 to celebrate the Factory. Following the memories, it was possible to recreate the forgotten dance. This reconstruction becomes a time vehicle to the past, allowing for a trip to the era where production was supposed to mean a happy life.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 40
  • Year: 2010

Director: Gilles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki, Michał Mądracki

Script: Michał Mądracki

DOP: Gilles Lepore

Music: Igor Kłaczyński

Editing: Gilles Lepore

Production company: Samorządowe Centrum Kultury w Mielcu, MML Produkcja

About the directors:

Gilles Lepore

Gilles Lepore

Born in 1972 in Porrentruy [Switzerland]. Film-maker, author of comic books and illustrations. 1998 graduated School of Visual Arts in Bienne, Switzerland. In 2000 film director internship in Belgium with Jean-Jacques Adrien. 2003 scholarship managed by Professor Jerzy Kucia in the animation studio of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. His first short, animated movie “The Cage” was presented on numerous film festivals. Member of SwissFilm and the Swiss Association of Film Animators.

Maciej Mądracki

Maciej Mądracki

Born in 1984 in Cracow [Poland]. Graduate student of film studies in the Institute of Audiovisual Arts of the Jagiellonian University. Since 2007, student of directing in the Krzysztof Kieślowski Department of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Author of experimental movies and short video forms.

Michał Mądracki

Michał Mądracki

Born in 1979 in Cracow. In 2003 he graduated from religious studies in the Jagiellonian University. Writer, scenarist, author of short literary and film forms.

At festivals:

FIDMarseille, France, 2010 (Grand Prix)

Era New Horizons International Film Festival 2010, Poland, 2010 (competition)

Festival du cinéma européen en Essonne, France, 2010 (screening)

East Silver Market 2010, Czech Republic, 2010 (SILVER EYE AWARD - Special Mention)

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Netherlands, 2010 (screening)

KINOTEKA - 9th Polish Film Festival, London, UK, 2011 (screening)

Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine, 2011 (competition)

8. Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg, Germany, 2011 (screening)

8. Festival Du Cinema De Brive, France, 2011 (screening)

Documenta Madrid 11, Spain, 2011 (competition)

6th Human Rights Film Festival PRAVO LJUDSKI, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2011 (screening)

Alcine Festival de Cine, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2011 (screening)