POLONAISE

POLONEZ

In the small, central Polish town of Aleksandrów Kujawski, the director of the local culture centre announces a competition. The theme … a creative presentation of your personal patriotic attitude. Entrants are free to demonstrate their creativity in whatever form they like; in song, recitation or gesture, by giving a speech or staging their piece. Anything goes. There’s just one requirement; entrants may only present their own, original work. The eleventh day of the eleventh month arrives … Poland’s Independence Day. And on this very day, the jury, consisting of the director, the mayor, a priest and a local poetess, will select the region’s number one patriot.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Running time: 16
  • Year: 2016
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Agnieszka Elbanowska

Script: Agnieszka Elbanowska

DOP: Paweł Chorzępa

Editing: Agnieszka Elbanowska

Production company: Studio Munka, IMPAKT FILM

Trailer

https://vimeo.com/162384268

About the director:

Agnieszka Elbanowska

Agnieszka Elbanowska

Director, editor and photographer. She graduated from the University of Warsaw’s Italian Department, from the History, Theory and Criticism of Cinema and Audiovisual Department of the Roma Tre University, from the Academy of Film and Television in Warsaw, and from the Wajda School. She has collaborated with Polish Television, and has co-created documentary films for TVP Polonia ("Liberta", "Prelude"). Her latest film, “The Love Equation of Henry Fast” was awarded on national and international festivals.

At festivals:

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

24th International Film Festival Camerimage, Poland, 2016 (competition)

True/False Film Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2017 (competition)

It’s All True - 22nd International Documentary Film Festival, Brazil, 2017 (Honorable Mention)

Doc Aviv, Israel, 2017 (competition)

DOKer, Russia, 2017 (competition)

Encounters - South African IDFF, South Africa, 2017 (competition)

Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA, 2017 (competition)

Dokufest, Kosovo, 2017 (competition)

23rd Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017 (competition)

Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia, 2017 (competition)

7th Quebec City Film Festival, Canada, 2017 (competition)

Camden International Film Festival, USA, 2017 (screening)

CinEast - Central and Eastern European FF, Luxembourg, 2017 (competition)

10th Wiz-Art - Lviv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2017 (Special Mention)

62nd Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, 2017 (competition)

34th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany, 2017 (screening)

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

Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2018 (competition)

Mittelpunkt Europa Film Fest, Germany, 2018 (screening)

Bucharest International Experimental FF, Romania, 2018 (competition)

Rooftop Films, USA, 2018 (screening)

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2018 (screening)

International Human Rights Film Festival In Albania, 2018 (competition)

Poland Now/Istanbul Modern, Turkey, 2018 (screening)

Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2018 (screening)

2Annas FF, Latvia, 2018 (competition)

Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil, 2019 (screening)

Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)