LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE

LEWA POŁOWA TWARZY

The film ‘Left Side of the Face’ follows photographer Leszek Krutulski as he creates an interesting artistic project. Travelling the length and breadth of Poland, he invites people (of all ages, races, nationalities, outlooks on life and sexual orientations) to an impromptu photographic studio. If they agree, he then takes a photo of the left side of their face. He will photograph the right side in ten years time. 

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 12
  • Year: 2013

Director: Marcin Bortkiewicz

Script: Marcin Bortkiewicz

DOP: Łukasz Żal

Editing: Piotr Mendelowski

Production company: PS Film

Trailer

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About the director:

Marcin Bortkiewicz

Born in 1976 in Słupsk. This graduate of the University of Gdańsk and th Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing since 1991 has been associated with Rondo Theatre in Słupsk as an actor, scriptwriter and director. In 2006 he began cooperation with producer Darek Dikti and Biuro Pomysłów, a film production company. His short documentary forms include Cisza (2003), The Rules of the Game (2004), Zrobię film dla Ciebie – Gdynia (2007) and Row, row, row (2008).

At festivals:

21st Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (competition)

21st Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (screening)

Festival dei Popoli – International Documentary Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (Syracuse University in Florence Award )

Peace and Love Film Festival, Sweden, 2014 (competition)

20th Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2014 (screening)

9th International Short Film Festival VILNIUS FILM SHORTS, Lithuania , 2014 (competition)

7th CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2014 (competition)

Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival, Qatar, 2014 (Best Camera Work Award)

Doku Bazaar Ljubljana IDFF, Slovenia, 2014 (competition)

44th ALCINE International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)

8 th "Cinema Verite" Iran IDFF, Iran, 2014 (competition)

3rd Europe Orient Documentary Film Festival, Morocco, 2015 (competition)

22nd International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany, 2016 (screening)

Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017, The United Kingdom, 2017 (screening)

Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil, 2019 (screening)