THE STREETLIGHT MAN

LATARNIK

A short story about a man who sits on a street lamp. A couple of friends returning home at dawn by spot the man. No force or arguments can bring him down. It’s a metaphor of human relations, intolerance, aggression and lack of comprehension.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 13
  • Year: 2007

Director: Mateusz Rakowicz

Script: Mateusz Rakowicz, Paweł Zarzycki

DOP: Artur Sienicki

Music: Jarosław Januszewicz

Editing: Krzysztof Paluchowski

Production company: Mateusz Rakowicz

About the director:

Mateusz Rakowicz

Mateusz Rakowicz

Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Andrzej Wajda’s School of Film Directing. Directed short films, including the „Streetlight Man”, for which he received several awards. Mateusz directed also commercials and video clips. Co-directed feature film "Warsaw Stories". In November 2015 he shot in Paris a short feature film "Romantik", a Polish-French coproduction. Currently working on a new feature and TV War movie.

At festivals:

B16, Brno, Czech Republic, 2007 (competition)

MedFilm Festival, Roma, Italy, 2007 (competition)

24th European Film Festival of Lille, France, 2008 (competition)

Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival, Greece, 2008 (competition)

12th Ismalia International Festival For Documentary & Short Films, Egypt, 2008 (screening)

Festival International de Filmets, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 2008 (competition)

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