TONIA AND HER CHILDREN

TONIA I JEJ DZIECI

Tonia and Her Children is a film about the consequences of the parents’ ideological choices, which are borne by their children. The director presents a story of siblings, Wera and Marcel Lechtman, who were sent to a children’s home while their mother, a pre‑war communist, was arrested. In the film the protagonists recollect the past and are trying to understand their mother’s choices. They speak about their very personal experiences.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Running time: 54
  • Year: 2011

Director: Marcel Łoziński

Script: Marcel Łoziński

DOP: Paweł Łoziński, Magdalena Kowalczyk, Jacek Petrycki

Editing: Przemysław Chruścielewski

Production company: Studio Filmowe KRONIKA

About the director:

Marcel Łoziński

Marcel Łoziński

Born in 1940 in Paris. He earned his degree in Film Directing from Łódź Film School. He has made a number of excellent documentaries, which include The Visit (1974), Front Collision (1975), How to Live (1977), Microphone’s Test (1980), Practice Exercises (1984), Anything Can Happen (1995), So It Doesn’t Hurt (1998), How It’s Done (2006) and was nominated to the European Academy Award and American Oscar for his documentary film entitled 89 mm from Europe (1993). For the past four years he has been the head of the documentary programme at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.

At festivals:

It's All True - 17th International Documentary Film Festival, Brazil, 2012 (competition)

Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine, 2012 (screening)

12th GoEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, 2012 (competition)

Docaviv - The 14th Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, 2012 (competition)

"Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary FilmFestival, Iran, 2012 (Best Mid-Lenght Film)

Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany, 2012 (competition)

21st dokumentART Film Festival, Germany, 2012 (The Award of the Foundation of the German-Polish Cooperation)

International Film Festival Watch Docs - Human Rights in Film, 2012 (screening)

Human Rights Film Festival in Zagreb, Croatia, 2012 (competition)

Festival dei Popoli – International Documentary Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (screening)