CLOSE TIES

WIĘZI

Forty five years of marriage is an impressive anniversary. Barbara and Zdzisław could be proud of themselves if not for the fact that the husband left the wife for his lover eight years ago. But now they are together again, although Barbara claims that if it were not for his infirm legs, Zdzisław would still be chasing skirts around Kraków. Despite the past resentment, everyday problems with paying bills, an occupied bathroom and rearranging furniture, they have a hard to define bond.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 18
  • Year: 2016
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Zofia Kowalewska

Script: Zofia Kowalewska

DOP: Weronika Bilska

Editing: Jerzy Zawadzki

Sound: Krzysztof Ridan

Production company: Studio Munka

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About the director:

Zofia Kowalewska

Zofia Kowalewska

Film director, a diploma year student of Film Direction at The National Film School in Lodz, a graduate of Wajda School Documentary Film Program. Director of “Close Ties” (2016) – a short documentary that has won over 40 awards worldwide, including Silver Dragon at Krakow Film Festival and IDFA Special Jury Award for Student Documentary. Zofia is currently working on her diploma films at the Lodz Film School. “Siskin” is her debut feature documentary.

Filmography:

“Siskin” (in postproduction)

“Loves ones” (2018)

“Close Ties” (2016)

At festivals:

56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (Silver Dragon for Best Documentary Film)

16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2016 (3rd Prize in Polish Film Cometition)

32nd Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)

DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2016 (Golden Dove)

IDFA, The Netherlands, 2016 (IDFA Special Jury Award for Student Documentary)

57th Festival dei Popoli, Italy , 2016 (competition)

26th Flickerfest's International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2017 (Best Short Documentary)

Sundance Film Festival 2017, USA, 2017 (competition)

Docpoint Helsinki, Finland, 2017 (competition)

Docpoint Tallinn, Estonia, 2017 (screening)

11th MiradasDoc, Canary Islands, 2017 (competition)

ZagrebDOX, Croatia, 2017 (Special Mention)

Sharm Film Festival, Egypt, 2017 (Silver Djed Pillar for the Best Director)

Green Mountain Film Festival in Vermont , USA, 2017 (screening)

Vilnius International FF “Kino pavasaris", Lithuania, 2017 (Best Film in Short Competition)

The Women+Film Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

34th International Women's Film Festival Dortmund|Cologne, Germany, 2017 (screening)

29th Filmfest Dresden - ISFF, Germany, 2017 (screening)

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

Crossing Europe, Austria, 2017 (competition)

Hot Docs, Canada, 2017 (competition)

IndieLisboa – International Independent FF, Portugal, 2017 (Grand Prix)

DocuTIFF, Albania, 2017 (competition)

DocEdge Festival, New Zealand, 2017 (Best International Short)

Doc Aviv, Israel, 2017 (competition)

43rd Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

DokuMA Film Festival, Croatia, 2017 (competition)

Greenwich International FF, USA, 2017 (competition)

Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 2017 (competition)

AFI DOCS, USA, 2017 (competition)

Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA, 2017 (competition)

Edinburgh International FF, UK, 2017 (screening)

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

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

Cisterna Film Festival, Italy, 2017 (screening)

Film Festival Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 2017 (Grand Prix)

7th Quebec City Film Festival, Canada, 2017 (competition)

Helsinki International FF, Finland, 2017 (screening)

Encounters - 23rd Short Film & Animation Festival, UK, 2017 (competition)

DMZ DOCSInternational Documentary FF, South Korea, 2017 (screening)

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

47th Alcine - Alcalá de Henares Film Festival, Spain, 2017 (Primer Premio “Alcine”)

DocsMX, Mexico, 2017 (competition)

Ânûû-rû Âboro Documentary FF, Nouvelle Caledonie, 2017 (competition)

Astra Film Festival, Romania, 2017 (competition)

Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad", Belarus, 2017 (Student Award)

Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017, The United Kingdom, 2017 (screening)

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

PÖFF Shorts Short Film and Animation Festival 2017, Estonia, 2017 (screening)

Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOshorts, Colombia, 2017 (Best Short Documentary)

Budapest International Documentary Festival, Hungary, 2018 (competition)

3rd Go East Film Festival, Switzerland, 2018 (competition)

Mittelpunkt Europa Film Fest, Germany, 2018 (screening)

Pow Film Fest, USA, 2018 (screening)

Cleveland International FF, USA, 2018 (competition)

Imagine Euro Tolerance Festival, Azerbaijan, 2018 (screening)

European Film Festival, Trinidad and Tobago, 2018 (screening)

58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (screening)

Molodist IFF, Ukraine , 2018 (Best Student Film)

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

Wilde Möhre Festival, Germany, 2018 (screening)

Open Place Film Festival, Latvia, 2018 (screening)

Look&Roll International Short FF, Switzerland, 2018 (competition)

Poland Now/Istanbul Modern, Turkey, 2018 (screening)

Cellu l'Art Polish Shorts Day 2018, Austria, 2018 (screening)

IDocs - International Documentary Forum, China, 2018 (screening)

Festival Film Dokumenter, Indonesia, 2018 (screening)

Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil, 2019 (screening)

Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)