MY POOR HEAD

MOJA BIEDNA GŁOWA

After the death of his wife, the father of 16-year-old Wojtek, succumbs to a nervous breakdown and loses touch with reality. The school authorities where Wojtek is a student already know about this problem. If Wojtek’s father doesn’t prove he is able to look after his son, Wojtek will be taken to an orphanage. Wojtek is left with a few hours to master the situation and overcome the problem. The film is based on the short story ‘ON’ [He] by Joanna Łabuz and corresponds to the fourth Commandment: ‘Honour your father and your mother’.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 21
  • Year: 2009

Director: Adrian Panek

Script: Adrian Panek

Music: Tomasz Stroynowski

Editing: Marcin Konarzewski

Production company: Instytut Promocji Edukacji

About the director:

Adrian Panek

Adrian Panek




Born in 1975; scriptwriter and director; a graduate of University of Silesia Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department in Katowice and a film course at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing; lives in Warsaw. The author of a short film ‘Męczeństwo Mariana’ [Marian’s Martyrdom] made within the first edition of the programme ’30 minutes’.


At festivals:

Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films, Egypt, 2010 (competition)

B16 - International Competitive Festival Of Short Fiction Films, Czech Republic, 2010 (competition)

25th Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2010 (competition)

22st Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2010 (screening)

Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium, 2011 (competition)

Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images, Italy, 2012 (screening)

10th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2012 (screening)