FIVE DAYS OF FEAR

PIĘC DNI LĘKU

The central characters of the film are randomly selected residents of a capital city in a country that lies at the heart of Europe. Do they fear the same thing as you do? Look them in the eye. Listen.

Genre: Documentary
Country: Polska
Running time: 12
Year: 2020
Color: colour

Director: Bartłomiej Żmuda

Script: Bartłomiej Żmuda

DOP: Michał Opala

Editing: Ewa Golis, Weronika Pliszka

Producer: Ewa Jastrzębska

Production company: Studio Munka

About the director:

Born in 1981 in Nysa, Poland. A graduate from The National Film School in Lodz. He has won multiple awards for his student fiction movie “The Barbican”, including Grand Prix in Teheran, Grand Prix in Bucharest, Best European Talent Award during “Interfilm” film festival in Berlin, Audience Award during Rio de Janeiro “Curta Cinema” and more. His short documentary „Five Days of Fear” has been officially selected by The New York Times for the award-winning series Op-Docs 2022. For his feature documentary he has won M. Szumowski Award during 62^nd Krakow Film Festival and Journalists’ Award during 41^st Koszalin Debut Film Festival 2022.

Filmography:

2022 – God and Lunaparks Warriors
2022 – Five Days of Fear
2015 – Sandland
2014 – Freedom
2013 – Jadzia
2011 – The Barbican
2010 – Home
2010 – Five Minutes from Heaven

At festivals:

Indiecork Festival of Independent Film & Music, Ireland, 2021 (competition)

9th FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021 (screening)