THE GIRL FROM A READING PRIMER

ALA Z ELEMENTARZA

Marek Edelman was a widely recognized leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. But how many people have heard of his wife, Ala? Ala’s life was extraordinary from the very beginning. Before the war, as a little girl, she became a major character in the most popular reading primer in Poland. She was a ghetto survivor, afterwards she devoted all her attention to children of the world – in Asia, in Africa and in Europe. She helped to save lives and heal hundreds of kids. The film, enriched with some animated footage, tells the fascinating story of Ala from the Polish reading primer.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 28
  • Year: 2010

Director: Edyta Wróblewska

Script: Edyta Wróblewska

DOP: Piotr Niemyjski

Music: Marcin Kuczewski

Editing: Grzegorz Mazur

Production company: Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop

About the director:

Edyta Wróblewska

Edyta Wróblewska

Graduated from Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and Camerimage Film School in Poland. Also graduated from Warsaw School of Economics and French Institute of Management. For several years she has been working for media companies (Agora S.A., Wizja TV, AtomicTV, The Warsaw Voice). In 2006 she took part in Berlinale Talent Campus. Her filmmaking experience includes directing, scriptwriting and production. Her documentary films were screened at many international film festivals (Toronto, New York, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, London, Sheffield, Nice, Zagreb, Kiev, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Cracow, Wroclaw and many more). A member of Polish Filmmakers Association. 

At festivals:

Era New Horizons International Film Festival 2010, Poland, 2010 (competition)

The Boston Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2010 (competition)

Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago, USA, 2010 (screening)

Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)

31st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)

21st San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)

UK Jewish Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2011 (competition)

interfilm 27th Shortfilm Festival Berlin, Germany, 2011 (competition)

Dokubazaar 2012, Slovenia, 2012 (competition)

1st Film Festival Buenos Aires Polonia, Argentina, 2013 (screening)