THROUGH GLASS

PRZEZ SZYBĘ




A young man arrives late for his aunt’s funeral, in a tiny village in central Poland. He’s confronted by a number of woman, who challenge his presence, as he is the only outsider that has interrupted the life this hermetic community. After he misses his last bus he is forced to stay for the night.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION



  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 15
  • Year: 2009

Director: Igor Chojna

Script: Igor Chojna

DOP: Jakub Czerwiński

Music: Akurat

Editing: Barbara Snarska

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

About the director:

Igor Chojna

Igor Chojna




Born in Warsaw in 1978. He graduated from the faculty of  History and Political Science at the University of  Toronto and Film Directing at the Polish National Film School in Łódź. He participated in photography workshops in Canada and  Poland. The author of short fiction movies such as Julia (2007), Through glass (2009) and Unwilligness (2009). A screening at the “Tatry” cinema (2010) is his second documentary film.




At festivals:

IX Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia, 2010 (Diploma of the Jury for the sharp vision)

International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, 2010 (screening)

International Kustendorf Film and Music Festival, Serbia, 2011 (screening)

International Film and Music Festival Küsrendorf, Serbia, 2011 (competition)

4th Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa, 2011 (competition)

GO SHORT International Short Film festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2011 (competition)

KINOTEKA - 9th Polish Film Festival, London, UK, 2011 (screening)

17th European Short Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)

goEast Film Festival, Germany, 2011 (Audience Award (Short Feature Film))

Tiburon International Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)

23. Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2011 (screening)

Tbilisi International Student Film Festival, Georgia, 2011 (competition)

Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2011 (screening)

Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2011 (competition)

8th Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany, 2011 (competition)

Shnit International Shortfilmfestival, Austria, 2011 (competition)

Marbella International Film Festival, 2011 (competition)

ALTER-NATIVE 19 International Short Film Festival, Romania, 2011 (competition)

Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cusco - FENACO, Perú, 2011 (competition)

Cineast, Luxembourg, 2012 (competition)