THE NEWBIE

NOWA

A lonely 17 –year-old Ania (the Newbie) is seeking acceptance in a group of peers playing risky urban games. She pays for her strivings with a loss of faith in values. With nothing to lose, Ania invents a daredevil game, supposed to provoke the group and especially its leader-Czarny, to think. The surprising end of the film gives a new chance to return to normality for its characters. The film is based on the short story ‘Moc słowa’ {The Power of Word] by Anna Czajka and corresponds to the second Commandment: ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain’.

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 19
  • Year: 2009

Director: Tomasz Olejarczyk

Script: Tomasz Olejarczyk

DOP: Radosław Ładczuk

Music: Tomasz Stroynowski, Łukasz Olejarczyk

Editing: Tymek Wiskirski

Production company: Instytut Promocji Edukacji

About the director:

Tomasz Olejarczyk

Tomasz Olejarczyk




Born in 1974, lives in Łódź, an actor, scriptwriter and director; a graduate of The Ludwik Solski State Theatre School in Wrocław; a co-director (together with a director Jarosław Sztandera)  of the short film ‘Luksus’ [The Luxury] much awarded both in Poland and abroad.

At festivals:

Short Film Corner, France, 2010 (screening)

Art Film Fest, Slovak Republic, 2010 (competition)

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2010 (competition)

Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, 2010 (competition)

22st Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2010 (screening)

EU Shorts - European Shortfilm Festival, Hungary, 2010 (screening)

20th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (screening)

6th Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2011 (competition)

Jameson Cinefest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary, 2011 (competition)

6th Kenya International Film Festival in Nirobi, Kenya, 2011 (screening)

5th LISFF, Slovenia, 2013 (screening)