SATI

A film reminiscence about Piotr Morawski, a conqueror of six eight-thousanders and a participant of the first in history winter expedition to Shishapangma who died in the Himalayas, at the slope of Dhaulagiri, on 8 April 2009. His story is reported by the mountaineer’s wife, Olga, full of both grief and respect for her husband’s passion. The meetings with Olga Morawska, edited in the film, occurred over a period of a few months following her husband’s death. The first one was just a month after the accident.

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  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 25
  • Year: 2013

Director: Bartłomiej Świderski

Script: Bartłomiej Świderski

DOP: Dariusz Załuski

Editing: Bartłomiej Świderski

Production company: HI Movies

About the director:

Bartłomiej Świderski

Bartłomiej Świderski

at first he thought that he wants to work in film production. He even graduated Faculty of Film and TV Production at Silesian University. However his love for observing the reality and will to describe it, got in his way of becoming a Producer. He started studying at Faculty of Film and TV Directors at the same University, he was also a student of Wajda Film School. During his work Bartek directed several short movies, commercials, tv programmes and music videos. But what he would like to do the most is making documentaries. “Sati” is his documentary debut.

At festivals:

62nd Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (Italian Alpine Club Golden Gentian Prize)

2014 BCN Sports Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)

16th Doc Aviv Film Festival, 2014 (screening)

AFI Docs, USA, 2014 (competition)

13th DokuFest International Documentary and Short FF, Kosovo, 2014 (competition)

31st International Mountain FF Teplice nad Metuji, Czech Republic, 2014 (competition)

11th Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary, 2014 (competition)

Szczecin European Film Festival, Poland/Germany, 2014 (competition)

12th International Mountain Film Festival in Poprad, Slovakia, 2014 (The Prize of the Jury)

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

Doku Bazaar Ljubljana IDFF, Slovenia, 2014 (competition)

21st Mountain Filmfestival Salzburg, Austria, 2014 (competition)

2014 International “Gold Panda” Awards for Documentary, China, 2014 (competition)

International Film Festival for Mountains Bansko, Bulgaria, 2014 (competition)

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

Festival International du Film de Montagne d'Autrans, France, 2014 (Prix Festivals Connexion – Région Rhône Alpes)

Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (Best Mountaineering Film Award)

5th Dutch Mountain Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2015 (competition)

21st High Mountains Film Festival, Slovakia, 2015 (screening)

Climbing Film Festival - Bohemian Paradise, Czech Republic, 2015 (competition)

9th PICURT Pirineos Mountain Film Festival, Spain, 2015 (competition)

38th Outdoor Short Film Festival of Grenoble, France, 2015 (screening)

12th Jameson CineFest Miskolc IFF, Hungary, 2015 (screening)

Graz Mountain Festival, Austria, 2015 (competition)

13th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal, 2015 (competition)

Ushuaina SHH, Festival Internacional de Cine Montania, Argentina, 2016 (competition)