THE DAM

TAMA

A father and a son on a trip. They meet to spend some time together after the period when they broke off contacts. But it is not a carefree weekend at a hut in the Bieszczady mountains. The drunk father asks a rhetorical question: “And what, did you think it would be easy?” Building the eponymous dam on a mountain stream may be understood as fighting your own weakness, making joint efforts to overcome bias and mutual grievances. In the pool thus created, they may find expurgation and (temporary) solace.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 22
  • Year: 2018
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Natalia Koniarz

Script: Natalia Koniarz

DOP: Stanisław Cuske

Editing: Natalia Koniarz, Stanisław Cuske

Sound: Dariusz Wancerz, Bartłomiej Majewicz

Production company: Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School

About the director:

Natalia Koniarz

Natalia Koniarz

At festivals:

58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)

34th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (screening)

Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)

Skopje Film Festival, Macedonia, 2019 (competition)

11th Go Short - International Short Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2019 (The Encouragement Award)

Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, Russia, 2019 (Special Mention)

FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival 2019, Portugal, 2019 (Honorable Mention)

Szczecin Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (competition)

Listapad IFF, Belarus, 2019 (competition)

Scanorama, Lithuania, 2019 (competition)

Sound & Image Challenge International Festival, China, 2019 (Best Documentary)

FIPADOC, France, 2020 (The Tënk Award)

4th Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, UK, 2020 (competition)

The Pigeon International Film Festival, 2021, Iceland, 2021 (competition)