ON THE ROAD

NA DRODZE

During a long ride a woman picks up a hitchhiker. From the very beginning the man does not come across as trustworthy and the woman, anxious and feeling the growing threat, decides to pick up one more person. In the confined space of the car the three strangers begin a tense game. The characters hide some secrets that, revealed in small steps, will lead to tragic events.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 24
  • Year: 2017
  • Color: colour

Director: Bartosz Nowacki

Script: Bartosz Nowacki

DOP: Michał Sterzyński

Music: Marcin Staniszewski

Editing: Miron Broda, Bartosz Nowacki

Sound: Paweł Paczkowski, Grzegorz Prałat, Jacek Hamela

Production company: ALISTAN

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About the director:

Bartosz Nowacki

Bartosz Nowacki

Bartosz Nowacki was born in 1985, in Koło. In 2010, he graduated from the Philology Department of the University of Lodz, where he studied Film Studies and New Media. He received his masters degree for his thesis on the work of Val Lewton and was also awarded with a diploma given by the Organisation of Film and Television Production in Cracow Film School and Audiovisual Communication. During his studies he participated in screenplay classes where he made his first attempts at screenplay creation. There he was notoiced by his lecturer Maciej Świerkocki (author of There and back) and by his inspiration he decided to continue his adventure with film. Bartosz Nawrocki started to work in the film industry as a member of a production department but he quickly moved to directing department as assisstant of such famous creators as Andrzej Wajda (Wałęsa. The Man of Hope") or Michał Rosa (Time of Honor). As a director, he has had 190 commercials broadcast in Poland and abroad. The film On the Roadis his first film.

At festivals:

LA Shorts International Film Festival 2017, USA, 2017 (competition)

33rd Annual Boston Film Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

11th Byron Bay Film Festival, Australia, 2017 (competition)

Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, USA, 2017 (Special Jury Award)

14th Another Hole in the Head Festival 2017, USA, 2017 (Best thriller/suspense short)

4th Goa Short Film Festival, India, 2017 (competition)

Winchester Short Film Festival, The United Kingdom, 2017 (competition)

Lancaster International Film Festival 2017, USA, 2017 (competition)

30th Foyle Film Festival, UK, 2017 (competition)

20th San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2018, USA, 2018 (competition)

XV International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools Kinoproba, Russia, 2018 (screening)