LA ETIUDA

A prisoner murders his guard and tries to hide the body in the forest. When a woman accidentally witnesses this, the killer pursues her. Against all odds, she refuses to become another easy victim.It turns out that disposing of a body is not that easy.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 7
  • Year: 2015
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Martin Rath

Script: Yann Seweryn

DOP: Yann Seweryn

Music: Thomas Briand

Editing: Nikodem Chabior

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

About the director:

Martin Rath

Martin Rath

Martin Rath grew up in East Berlin. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and is currently studying at the directing department of the National Polish Film School in Lodz. His short documentary “Written in Ink” has been shown at more than 100 international film festivals including SXSW and Hot Docs. In 2013 Martin completed his 23 min. fiction short film “Arena”.

At festivals:

15th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2015 (Second Prize in the Polish Short Film Competition)

31st Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (screening)

14th St Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films Beginning, Russia, 2015 (competition)

56th Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2016 (competition)

56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)

22nd Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, The United Kingdom, 2016 (competition)

12th Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 2016 (screening)

Tacoma Film Festival, USA, 2016 (competition)

Brno 16 - International Short Fiction Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2016 (competition)

42nd FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain, 2016 (competition)

Kaohsiung Film Festival 2016, Taiwan, 2016 (competition)

Bronx World Film Cycle 2016, USA, 2016 (screening)

6th Pehuajo International Short Film Festival, Argentina, 2017 (Best International Short Film)

19th Mecal Pro - International Short Film and Animation Festival, Spain, 2017 (screening)

The Globe International Silent Film Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

MEDIAWAVE – “ANOTHER CONNECTION” International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2017 (competition)

Ljubljana International Short Film Festival 2017, Slovenia, 2017 (competition)

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2017, Japan, 2017 (competition)

25th Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal, 2017 (screening)

4th Short Form International Short Film Festival, Serbia, 2017 (competition)

Film Festival Film Night at the Castle 2018, Slovakia, 2018 (screening)