THE TUNERS

STROICIELE

In the shadows of the world’s most important piano competition, a group of expert tuners spend a month trying to achieve the perfect pitch so that the champion pianist will win on their instrument.

Genre: Documentary
Country: Poland
Running time: 20
Year: 2026
Color: colour

Director: Paweł Piotr Chorzępa

Script: Paweł Piotr Chorzępa

DOP: Paweł Piotr Chorzępa, Maciej Kwaśniewski

Editing: Kosma Kowalczyk, Jakub Darewski

Sound: Michał Robaczewski

Production company: Bees Film House sp. z o. o.

Trailer

About the director:

Paweł Piotr Chorzępa – director and cinematographer. Author of cinematography for documentary and feature films. Winner of awards for directing and cinematography at the international film festivals. Screened at IDFA, Berlinale, Visions du reel, Clermond-Ferrand, Dok Leipzig and others.

Filmography:

2024 – Dust

2019 – Sonny

At festivals:

FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, 2026, France, 2026 (competition)

48th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, 2026, France, 2026 (screening)

56th Tampere Film Festival, 2026, Finland, 2026 (competition)

IFF FEBIOFEST Bratislava, 2026, Slovakia, 2026 (competition)

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2026, Japan, 2026 (Non-Fiction Best Short Award)

66th Krakow Film Festival, 2026, 2026 (The Silver Dragon )

Bali International Film Festival, 2026, Indonesia, 2026 (The Best Short Film Award)

49th Norwegian Short Film Festival 2026, Norway, 2026 (competition)

DC/DOX Documentary Film Festival 2026, USA, 2026 (competition)

32nd Palm Springs International ShortFest,2026, USA, 2026 (competition)

Doc Edge Festival 2026, New Zealand, 2026 (competition)

Indy Shorts Film Festival, 2026, USA, 2026 (competition)

Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2026, USA, 2026 (competition)

22nd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) 2026, South Korea, 2026 (competition)

Tripoli Film Festival 2026, Lebanon, 2026 (competition)

Warsaw International Film Festival 2026, Poland, 2026 (screening)

35th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2026, USA, 2026 (competition)

19th CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2026, Luxembourg, 2026 (competition)

27th Kerry International Film Festival 2026, Ireland, 2026 (competition)

DocsMX International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City 2026, Mexico, 2026 (competition)

21st Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market 2026, Japan, 2026 (competition)

In-Edit Barcelona International Music Documentary Film Festival 2026, Spain, 2026 (competition)

St. Louis International Film Festival 2026, USA, 2026 (competition)

Alcine 55 Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares 2026, Spain, 2026 (competition)