EDUCATION

NAUKA

In one elementary school children are told to learn Julian Tuwim’s poem “Science” by heart as homework. The poetic phrase is sometimes incomprehensible, some words require explanation, but parents come to their aid. Unfortunately, not all metaphors can be explained in an unambiguous way and poetry clashes with the prose of life, in particular when a football match of Legia Warszawa is broadcast on television. Some will get Bs, some will fail, but everyone will learn something from this lesson.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 20
  • Year: 2016
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Emi Buchwald

Script: Emi Buchwald

DOP: Tomasz Gajewski

Editing: Anna Gontarczyk

Production company: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

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About the director:

Emi Buchwald

Emi Buchwald

Raised in Dąbrowice, Mazovia. Director and screenwriter. Graduate of Lodz Film School’s directing faculty and Wajda School’s documentary program where she made her first short documentary Brothers. Maker of short features and documentaries, including the award-winning Education (2016) and Heimat (2017).

Creator of the Instagram photo project @dobrestylowkistarszychpan

At festivals:

56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (competition)

16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2016 (1st Prize in Polish Film Cometition)

Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2016 (Audience Awards for Best Short Film)

32nd Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)

23rd International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland, 2016 (The Grand Prix Golden Dinosaur)

CineMAiubit, Romania, 2016 (competition)

FIPA New Talent, France, 2017 (competition)

Vilnius International FF “Kino pavasaris", Lithuania, 2017 (competition)

AFI DOCS, USA, 2017 (competition)

Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA, 2017 (competition)

31st Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2017 (competition)

Traverse City Film Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

MakeDox, Macedonia, 2017 (competition)

Astra Film Festival, Romania, 2017 (BEST DOCUMENTARY IN THE DOCSCHOOL COMPETITION)

Verzio Film Festival 2017, Hungary, 2017 (competition)

Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOshorts, Colombia, 2017 (screening)

Docville, Belgium, 2018 (screening)

In The Palace International Short FF, Bulgaria, 2018 (competition)

Leuven Short Film Festival 2018, Belgium, 2018 (screening)