CONNECTED

POŁĄCZENI

One day in the life of a 50-year-old couple. Blind Krzysztof goes skiing with Wiola, who is his wife and guide. They prepare for skiing in the early morning. Krzysztof mounts bluetooth kits on the helmets that will connect them to each other. They go to the top of the mountain in a chair lift, and the higher they go, the more we learn about their life. At the same time, weather conditions are changing, thickening mist falls on the mountain slopes. When Wiola and Krzysztof finally reach the summit, they must find each other and connect in the surrounding fog. A short documentary about love and passion.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 18
  • Year: 2018
  • Color: colour

Director: Aleksandra Maciejczyk

Script: Aleksandra Maciejczyk

DOP: Maciej Edelman

Editing: Sabina Filipowicz, Kamil Grzybowski

Production company: Lodz Film School

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About the director:

Aleksandra Maciejczyk

Aleksandra Maciejczyk

Born in Łodź, in 1993. She is a 5th year student of Lodz Film School, Film and Television Directing department. During studies she shoot many documentary and fiction short etudes and took part in film festivals in Poland and abroad. Her short documentary film "Nils" was awarded in International Documentary Film Festival in Świdnica. In 2015 she took part in a screenwriting workshop MIDPOINT, held in FAMU. Presently she is pre-producing her diploma film, writing a feature film script under Central European Feature Project and writing a children book adaptation under Films for Kids Pro workshop. She affirms reality and is interested in a mix of genres

At festivals:

IDFA, The Netherlands, 2018 (competition)

28th Aspen ShortsFest, USA, 2019 (competition)

2nd International Student Film Festival USHQYN, Kazachstan, 2019 (competition)

Hot Docs, Canada, 2019 (competition)

Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2019 (competition)

59th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (Silver Dragon)

Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 2019 (competition)

Palm Springs International ShortFest and Film Market 2019, 2019 (competition)

Nantucket Film Festival, USA, 2019 (competition)

XV Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan, 2019 (competition)

Cervino CineMountain, Italy, 2019 (competition)

MakeDox, Macedonia, 2019 (competition)

Rural Encounters on Environment and Films, Lebanon, 2019 (competition)

Ulju Mountain FF, South Korea, 2019 (competition)

Message to Man IFF 2019, Russia, 2019 (Best Short Documentary Film)

12th Central and Eastern European Film Festival CinEast, Luxembourg, 2019 (competition)

Drunken Film Festival Oakland, USA, 2019 (Best Documentary )

Hamptons International FF, USA, 2019 (competition)

39th Cambridge Film Festival, UK, 2019 (competition)

Listapad IFF, Belarus, 2019 (Special Mention)

Kendal Mountain Festival 2019, UK, 2019 (competition)

Budapest International Documentary Festival 2020, Hungary, 2020 (competition)

Victoria Film Festival, Canada, 2020 (competition)

60th Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2020 (competition)

Porto Femme International Film Festival, 2020, Portugal, 2020 (competition)

OUTDOCS, The International Outdoor Documentary Film Festival of China, 2020 (competition)

10th Boston ReelAbilites Film Festival, USA, 2021 (screening)