ATLAS

Philosophy, humour, Tomasz Kot, Marian Opania and the music by Łukasz Targosz. What secret is Adam aka Atlas hiding? Day and night, he is standing with his arms up and remains stubbornly silent. Who is he? Why is he in this, slightly crazy, psychiatric hospital? And what will happen when he lowers his arms?

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 28
  • Year: 2018
  • Color: colour

Director: Maciej Kawalski

Script: Maciej Kawalski

DOP: Paweł Dyllus

Music: Łukasz Targosz

Editing: Marek Klimaszewski, Magdalena Chowańska

Sound: Jerzy Murawski, Jędrzej Podolak, Olga Kaniewska

Production company: Studio Munka

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About the director:

Maciej Kawalski

Maciej Kawalski

is a graduate of Medicine from the Medical University of Silesia. Currently, he is studying film directing at the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. He is an author of the script and a director of an animated film "Tribute to Solidarity" that have been shown as a teaser to the movie "Walesa: Man of hope" directed by Andrzej Wajda. His short film “The Watchmaker” was shown at a few international film festivals such as film festivals in Budapest, Shanghai, Cairo and Krakow. He was awarded the second prize at SXSW Festival 2013 in the Chevrolet and Mofilm contest in Austin, Texas. Furthermore, he received commercial grants for Chevrolet at the Cannes Lions 2013 and Fidelity Investments at SXSW 2012. He has been participating in the photography masterclass organized by the agency VII, as well as in the screenwriting workshop conducted by Robert Mckee in London and London Screenwriter’s Festival 2013.

At festivals:

58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (Silver Hobby-Horse)

28th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2019 (competition)

Bermuda International Film Festival 2019, USA , 2019 (2019 Bermuda Shorts Winner)

10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2019 (competition)

47th Huesca International Film Festival, 2019 (First International Danzante Award)

DC Shorts International Film Festival 2019, USA, 2019 (competition)

Nice European Short FF, France, 2019 (competition)

19th Nice European Film Festival Un Festival C'est Trop Court, France, 2019 (competition)

18th Miami Short Film Festival, USA, 2019 (competition)

28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, USA, 2019 (competition)