AMERICA

AMERYKA

Once upon a time in America… Two friends – Anka and Dzastina – dream of a better life. When they decide to hitch-hike, an innocent adventure irreversibly changes their mutual relations.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2015
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Aleksandra Terpińska

Script: Aleksandra Terpińska

DOP: Bartosz Bieniek

Editing: Przemysław Chruścielewski

Production company: Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)

About the director:

Aleksandra Terpińska

Aleksandra Terpińska

Polish filmmaker based in Warsaw. Director and screenwriter of short films, commercials and music videos. Studied Directing at the University of Silesia in Katowice, and Psychology at the University of Wroclaw. She has made 3 shorts films – Chicken, All Souls’ Day and America – and a documentary – Czech Swan. Her last film America (2015) is now in festival cirut. Untill now it recived 16 awards including Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury at  Filmfest Dresden, Best Short Film at Sehsuchte International Student Film Festival in Potsdam, Golden Tadpole at Camerimage IFF, Early Bird Grand Award in Bulgaria and The Flaming Faun at Shnit International Shortfilm Festival. Her previous film "All Souls’ Day" was shown on over 100 film festivals among them San Sebastian, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Clermont-Ferrand. Received 16 awards, including Grand Prix at Short Film Festival in Drama, Best Short Film at Cottbus Film Festival and PFI and Mastershot Award at Camerimage IFF.

At festivals:

55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition)

15th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2015 (Special Prize in the Zoom Competition)

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

23rd IFF Camerimage, Poland, 2015 (Golden Tadpole)

23rd International Short Film Festival Febiofest, Slovakia, 2016 (competition)

28th Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2016 (Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury in the International Competition)

45th Sehsuchte International Student Film Festival, Germany, 2016 (Best Short Film)

26th Mediawave – Another Connection International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2016 (competition)

18th Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2016 (competition)

24th Art Film Fest, Slovakia, 2016 (Special Mention)

24th Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2016 (screening)

16th Sopot International FIlm Festival, Poland, 2016 (competition)

One Country One Film Apchat IFF 2016, France, 2016 (competition)

31st Alpinale Short Film Festival, Austria, 2016 (competition)

Odense Film Festival 2016, Denmark, 2016 (competition)

Fer Film International Film Festival, Kosovo, 2016 (competition)

10th Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2016 (Cinematic Achievement Award)

3rd Sose International Film Festival, Armenia, 2016 (competition)

13th Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany, 2016 (Jury Award Short Feature Film)

shnit International Short Film Festival 2016, Switzerland, 2016 (shnit TRIBUTE Award)

Student International Film Festival, Croatia, 2016 (Best Fiction Film)

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

46th Kyiv International Film Festival «Molodist», Ukraine, 2016 (competition)

12th Early Bird International Student Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2016 (Early Bird Grand Award)

9th La Cabina International Medium Length Film Festival, Spain, 2016 (Best Actress Award)

5th Winchester Short Film Festival, UK, 2016 (Special Mention)

KUKI 9th International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin, Germany, 2016 (screening)

3rd Cinema of Tomorrow International Competition, Egypt, 2016 (competition)

15th Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy, 2016 (Special Mention)

Poitiers Film Festival 2016, France, 2016 (competition)

Kyoto Intenational Student Film and Video Festival 2016, Japan, 2016 (competition)

7th Festival of Young European Cinema in Betton, France, 2016 (competition)

22nd Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, 2016 (competition)

12th Prague Shorts Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2017 (competition)

11th International Female Film Festival Malmo, Sweden, 2017 (competition)

Acko - Student Film Festival 2017, Slovakia, 2017 (screening)

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