VIVA MARIA!

A documentary devoted to Maria Fołtyn, eminent Polish opera singer and director, founder of the Moniuszko Music Lovers Society. It was because of her love to opera, and especially to Moniuszko, that she sang in front of Joseph Stalin or Fidel Castro. Today, when she is past her prime, she focuses on didactic work, with great passion and amazing energy educating her successor. It is also a symbolic story of handing over the voice.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION 

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 17
  • Year: 2010

Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Script: Agnieszka Smoczyńska

DOP: Magdalena Kowalczyk

Editing: Stefan Paruch

Production company: Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy (obecnie: Wajda Studio)

About the director:

Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Agnieszka Smoczyńska

A graduate of the history of art at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (2001), cultural studies at the University of Wroclaw (2002), directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department at the Silesia University in Katowice (2005) and the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw (2006). The author of short fiction and documentary films: Guanipa (2003), Kapelusz (2003), 3 Love (2004), Orphans (2005), Article 567 (2006). A laureate of many festival awards.

At festivals:

Era New Horizons International Film Festival 2010, Poland, 2010 (Best Polish Short Documentary Film)

Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania, 2010 (competition)

FIKE - International Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2010 (competition)

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Netherlands, 2010 (competition)

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

FilmPOLSKA, Germany, 2011 (screening)

“Golden Apricot” 8th Yerevan Film Festival, Armenia, 2011 (screening)

EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF), Korea, 2011 (screening)

Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2011 (screening)

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

2nd Central European Film Festival V4, Turkey, 2016 (screening)

Central European Film Festival V4 in Izmir, Turkey, 2017 (screening)