LAST SEASON

OSTATNI SEZON

Economical with words, this documentary tells the story of fishermen working on cutters at the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea. Fishing using nets is hard work performed in silence as it is the best way to bear the harsh conditions in the sea. Despite the unfavourable weather, slanting rain and often modest catch, young people follow in the footsteps of their ancestors in order to arrive at the port in the pale dawn with a few cod on the deck.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 13
  • Year: 2016
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Sławomir Witek

Script: Sławomir Witek

DOP: Sławomir Witek

Editing: Sławomir Witek, Piotr Chomczyk

Sound: Piotr Pastuszak

Production company: Studio Munka

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About the director:

Sławomir Witek

Sławomir Witek

graduated at Gdańsk University (History Studies) and at Gdynia Film School. He is currently working as director and cinematographer of short fiction and documentary films. Cinematographer of "Olena" by Elżbieta Benkowska and "Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski, director and cinematographer of the films "The real honey" and "Seven men at different ages".

At festivals:

23rd Hot Docs, Canada, 2016 (competition)

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

16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2016 (competition)

24th International Film Festival Camerimage, Poland, 2016 (competition)

BOGOSHORTS - Bogota Short FF, Colombia, 2016 (competition)

Go Short - International Short FF Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2017 (competition)

San Francisco Green FF, USA, 2017 (competition)

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

20th CinemAmbiente – Environmental FF, Italy, 2017 (screening)

31st Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2017 (competition)

PerSo Documentary FF, Italy, 2017 (competition)

CinEast - Central and Eastern European FF, Luxembourg, 2017 (competition)

DocsMX, Mexico, 2017 (competition)

34th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany, 2017 (screening)

13th Paris Courts Devant Festival, France, 2017 (competition)

35th Festival Tous Courts, France, 2017 (competition)

Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOshorts, Colombia, 2017 (screening)

19th BUNTER HUND – International Short Film Festival Munich, Germany, 2018 (competition)

World Film Festival, Estonia, 2018 (competition)

Fastnet FF, Ireland, 2018 (competition)

7th Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea, 2022 (screening)