Marek and Janina work every summer in the Bieszczady mountains making charcoal. Far from civilization, they live in the midst of the mountains following the rhythm dictated by nature.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
Director: Piotr Złotorowicz
Script: Piotr Złotorowicz
DOP: Malte Rosenfeld
Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
born on May 22nd, 1982 in Debno. In 2007 he graduated from the Electrical Engineering Faculty at Szczecin University of Technology with a M.Sc. degree. He began shooting his first amateur films in 2001. In 2006, Piotr entered the Polish National Film School in Lodz to study film directing. His student documentary “Charcoal Burners” (2010) was screened at about 120 international festivals, including DOK Leipzig, and garnered recognition in the form of over 30 prizes and awards. Another of his short films, a fiction titled “Normal People” (2011), premiered at the 51st Krakow Film Festival and was awarded the Silver Tadpole for cinematography at Plus Camerimage 2011.
XXIV Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia, 2010 (Best Short Documentary)
Era New Horizons International Film Festival 2010, Poland, 2010 (competition)
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2010 (screening)
IX Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia, 2010 (Best Documentary Film)
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2010 (competition)
Short Film Festival of Dijon - "Fenêtres sur courts", France, 2010 (Grand Prix)
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, 2010 (screening)
Festival Filmer le Travail, France, 2011 (Grand Prix)
NextFrame International Student Film and Video Festival, USA, 2011 (2nd Place Documentary Award Winner)
3rd Derby City Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
Festival De Cine Kinoki, Mexico, 2011 (competition)
7th ZagrebDox, Croatia, 2011 ("Little Stamp" Award )
Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2011 (Grand Jury Award For Short)
Taos Shortz Film Fest, USA, 2011 (Award for the Best Documentary)
Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (competition)
REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2011 (The Best Documentary Award)
Flicks International Student Short Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2011 (competition)
4th Early Melons - International Student Film Festival, Slovakia, 2011 (competition)
GO SHORT International Short Film festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2011 (competition)
8th WorldFilm festival in Tartu, Estonia, 2011 (competition)
International Short Film Festival Cortisonici, Italy, 2011 (competition)
Semaine du Cinéma de Sciences Po, France, 2011 ("Golden Fox")
Wisconsin Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
West-Östliches FilmFestival, Germany, 2011 (Special Mention For Documentary)
Lewiston Auburn Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
Kansas City FilmFest, USA, 2011 (Best Documentary Film)
goEast Film Festival, Germany, 2011 (competition)
Riverside International Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico, 2011 (competition)
FilmPOLSKA, Germany, 2011 (screening)
Indie Spirit Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
12th Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2011 (screening)
European Media Art Festival, Germany, 2011 (screening)
8th IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal, 2011 (competition)
International Environmental Film Festival ECOZINE, Spain, 2011 (screening)
Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2011 (screening)
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2011 (competition)
EfeboCorto Film Festival, Sicilia, 2011 (Best Student Film)
Manlleu Film Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
Mediawave "Another Connection" International Film and Music Festival, Hungary, 2011 (competition)
EMERGEANDSEE Media Arts Festival, Germany, 2011 (Honorable Mention)
Strawberry Shorts Film Festival, UK, 2011 (competition)
58th Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (screening)
7th International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany, 2011 (screening)
Curt.doc Short Documentary Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
9th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2011 (screening)
Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival, UK, 2011 (Best Documentary Film)
Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)
Ventura Film Festival ,USA, 2011 (competition)
19th Curtas Vila do Conde International FIlm Festival, Portugal, 2011 (screening)
Lume International Film Festival, Brazil, 2011 (Honorable Mention)
OpenEyes FilmFest, Germany, 2011 (screening)
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2011 (Best Documentary)
ONE Country ONE Film, France, 2011 (screening)
Brazilian Student Film Festival, 2011 (competition)
5th International FIlm Festival Kratkofil Plus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011 (competition)
Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)
Ruby Mountain Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
8th International Short Film Festival FATFILMFEST, Italy, 2011 (competition)
3rd Iñigo Film Festival, Spain, 2011 (First Prize)
NEW-MEDIA FEST - Phoenix Christian Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)
Nevada City Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)
17th Film Festival Della Lessinia, Italy, 2011 (First Prize)
Con i minuti contati - International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (Best Documentary Prize)
Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival, Canada, 2011 (Best Documentary)
EDINDOCS – Documentary Film in Edinburgh, UK, 2011 (competition)
Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival Dokubazaar, Slovenia, 2011 (screening)
Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2011 (screening)
SunChild 3rd International Environmental Festival, Armenia, 2011 (competition)
Un Festival C'est Trop Court! Le Festival du Court Métrage de Nice, France, 2011 (competition)
MiradasDoc Festival, Spain, 2011 (competition)
21. FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany, 2011 (screening)
20. European Film Festival for Documentaries dokumentART, Germany/Poland, 2011 (competition)
56th Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2011 (competition)
Ostrava-Picture, Czech Republic, 2011 (Best Documentary)
Watersprite Student Film Festival, UK, 2012 (Best Sound)
Globians Documentary Film Festival, Germany, 2012 (competition)
Clapstick Film Festival, India, 2012 (competition)
Reikäreuna Film Festival, Finland, 2012 (screening)
Santa Rosa Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
Magma Short Film festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)
15th Festival du Cinema Europeen en Essone, France, 2013 (screening)
17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)
26th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal, 2018 (screening)
42nd Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2020 (screening)
21st European Film Festival in Vannes, France, 2023 (screening)