PAPARAZZI

‘Kasia Cichopek has bought a potty’ – Polish paparazzi wait for hours to take a photo illustrating this sensational news; they wait near shops, in streets or by the celebrities’ homes. The film documents the life of a Polish paparazzo who, just like his Western colleagues, follows the rich and the famous, hunting for sensation. But unlike those in Los Angeles, Polish celebrities lead boring lives. That is why the paparazzo, tempted by big money, dumps Kasia Cichopek’s potty and decides to play for really high stakes.

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  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 33
  • Year: 2011

Director: Piotr Bernaś

Script: Piotr Bernaś

DOP: Łukasz Żal, Piotr Bernaś

Music: Marcin Steczkowski

Editing: Marek Skrzecz

Production company: Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy (obecnie: Wajda Studio)

About the director:

Piotr Bernaś

Piotr Bernaś

Director, cinematographer, photographer, documentalist, member of European Film Academy. He used to work a war photographer for Gazeta Wyborcza. He won numerous awards at Polish and International Press Photography competitions for his photo-reportages from Poland, Iraq, Iran, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Great Britain. Graduated from documentary course at Andrzej Wajda Masterschool of Film Directing in 2010. Nominated for European Film Award in 2011 for his short film ‘Paparazzi’. Participant of DOK.INCUBATOR 2013 (with Life of a Butterfly film project).

At festivals:

International Music&Film Festival, Latvia, 2011 (Best Documentary)

11th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2011 (competition)

Batumi International Art House Film Festival, Georgia, 2011 (competition)

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), The Netherlands, 2011 (competition)

19th PLUS CAMERIMAGE, Poland, 2011 (The Golden Frog — Grand Prix in the Short Documentary Films Competition)

Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine, 2012 (screening)

Brooklin Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)

Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2012 (competition)

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

Lemesos International Documentary Festival, Greece, 2012 (competition)

7th Pentedattilo Film Festival - International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)

8th Busho Budapest International Short Film Festival, Hungary , 2012 (screening)

Pro Beginning Film Festival, Russia, 2012 (competition)

Play Poland Film Festival, travelling, 2012 (screening)

24. Polish Film Festival in America, 2012 (screening)

LISTAPAD Film Festival, Belarus, 2012 (Best short-lenght Documentary Film)

"Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary FilmFestival, Iran, 2012 (competition)

DocsDF 2012, Mexico, 2012 (screening)

URBAN-TV 2012, X International Television Festival on Urban Life and Ecology, Spain, 2012 (competition)

GZDOC 2012, China, 2012 (competition)

Kyiv International Documentary Film Festival "Kinolitopys-2013", Ukraine, 2013 (competition)

Let's Cee Film Festival, Austria, 2013 (screening)

IDFF "Flahertiana", Russia, 2015 (screening)