THE PACK

SFORA

Tomasz Wojciechowski, captain of the Prison Service, runs the author’s rehabilitation program. A group of detainees gets into the care of aggressive dogs from the shelter. Under the captain’s guidance, they have 8 weeks to train them to be suitable for adoption. If they fail, the dogs will be put down. Among the students is Rafał – a tough and shrewd prisoner with a long sentence for murder. Work with his ward Odi, step by step, he is letting to surface his hidden emotions. For Captain Tom, this edition of the course is the last one. The prison bureaucracy machine effectively undercuts the wings of his ideals.  With the feeling of defeat, he is leaving the service right after the course. Rafał is already a different man. His friendship with Odi has reset his life priorities.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 52
  • Year: 2022
  • Color: colour

Director: Tadeusz Chudy

Script: Bartosz Łuniewski

DOP: Tadeusz Chudy

Music: Krzysztof Maciejowski

Editing: Tadeusz Chudy, Krzysztof Nowak

Sound: Jakub Chojnacki

Production company: Story Vehicle

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About the director:

Tadeusz Chudy

Tadeusz Chudy

Tadeusz Chudy is a filmmaker and photographer. His work stems from the belief that experience leads to understanding, and understanding leads to tolerance. He undertakes long-term documentary projects to tell stories about people and places from a perspective of genuine engagement.
He studied philosophy and film studies at the Jagiellonian University, and then film, television, and photography at the University of Silesia and at the Visual Narrative Laboratory at the Łódź Film School.

Filmography:

2022 – Self

2022 – Sfora

2018 – Backfist

2017 – Kinky

At festivals:

62nd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2022 (competition)

17th Iran International Documentary Film Festival “ Cinema Verite” 2023, Iran, 2023 (competition)