SUBURBAN TRAIN

ELEKTRYCZKA

If you have ever traveled from Moscow to Petushki with Venedikt Erofeev, then undoubtedly you must wonder what traveling by the suburban train is like nowadays. The film by Maciej Cuske is an answer. A child making his first steps, a well-dressed man talking on the cell phone, a man with a suitcase and many other characters observed on the train represent Russia’s society today. The film was made within the framework of the "Russia-Poland. New Gaze" project.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: pl
  • Running time: 18
  • Year: 2005

Director: Maciej Cuske

Script: Maciej Cuske

DOP: Marcin Sauter

Editing: Tymek Wiskirski

Production company: Krzysztof Kopczyński - Eureka Media

About the director:

Maciej Cuske

Maciej Cuske

Born in 1972 in Bydgoszcz. He is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He started as an amateur (What do you think about it, Gałuszko?, 12000 kilometres), during his studies he participated in the production of Silence (2003). The Cure (2004), Old Book Store (2005) and The Suburban Train (2007) were awarded at the Krakow Film Festival. He is also the author of documentaries: Ahoy (2006), Katyń. 60 Days on the Film Set (2007), In the Sky, on Earth (2007). An award winner at the festivals, among others, in Győr, Paris, Cieszyn, Łagów, Wrocław and Toruń.

At festivals:

13 l'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain, 2006 (competition)

GZDOC, Guaghzou, China, 2006 (screening)

Weinerei, projekt Towarzystwa Wspierającego Sztukę i Kulturę w Europie, Norymberga, 2007 (screening)

Cinerail, International Festival Train & Metro on Film, Paris, France, 2007 (competition)

Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland, 2007 (competition)

Mediawave "Another Connection" International Film and Music Festival, Hungary, 2007 (Special Jury Prize)

International Festival of Short Films and New Images Arcipelago, Italy, 2007 (competition)

Docusur: International Southern Documentary Film Festival, 2007 (screening)

Évora International Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2007 (competition)

Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol, UK, 2008 (screening)

Short Film Festival of Nice, Un Festival C'est Trop Court, France, 2010 (screening)

Ljubl­jana Indepen­dent Documen­tary Film Festival DOKUBAZAAR, Slovenia, 2010 (screening)

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