VOLTE

WOLTA

Zuzia -12, has been training vaulting for two years and has extraordinary role topping the acrobatic pyramid. She is “flyer” lifted by the stronger and more experienced vaulters-“base”. Another intensive season begins. During training sessions it becomes apparent that the girl has lost some of her grace and lightnes. At first the coach blames the “base” but they admit that Zuzia is too big to lift her. It became clear that she is “just growing” and her role is given over to a younger girl.

Genre: Documentary
Country: Poland
Running time: 14
Year: 2017
Color: kolorowy

Director: Karolina Poryzała, Monika Kotecka

Script: Monika Kotecka, Karolina Poryzała

DOP: Monika Kotecka

Editing: Katarzyna Sawicka

Production company: Studio Munka

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About the directors:

Photographer and screenwriter. She studied zoology at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, then completed the film directing programme at the Audiovisual Arts School. She studied photography at the Łódź Film School and finished a scriptwriting course at the Kraków Scriptwriting School. Her graduation project “Troma Trip America” was shown at numerous galleries, including the prestigious FOAM in Amsterdam. She is working on a TV-series script and developing her debut feature film screenplay.

Filmography:

2021 The Herd / Stado

2017 Volte / Wolta

Cinematographer, director; she graduated in sociology from the University in Wrocław, in photography from the European Academy of Photography (EAF) in Warsaw, and in DoP studies from Łódź Film School. Her works have been presented at many festivals, including Cannes and the Berlinale. She formed the Kurkot Kollektiv with Karolina Poryzała. Their debut “Volte” was an award-winner at Hot Docs 2017 in Toronto, nominated for a Silver Eye Award in Jihlava, and presented at Sundance and IDFA. Their feature-length documentary “The Herd” received support from the PFI and HBO.

Filmography:

2021 The Herd / Stado

2017 Volte / Wolta

At festivals:

Hot Docs, Canada, 2017 (Honourable Mention)

39th Moscow International Film Festival, Russian Federation, 2017 (screening)

18th New Horizons Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (screening)

Camden International Film Festival, USA, 2017 (screening)

Helsinki International FF, Finland, 2017 (screening)

Hot Springs International Documentary Festival, USA, 2017 (competition)

33rd Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (screening)

25th Camerimage Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (screening)

34th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany, 2017 (screening)

IDFA, The Netherlands, 2017 (competition)

Olympia International Film Festival, Greece, 2017 (competition)

Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOshorts, Colombia, 2017 (competition)

GZDOC 2017, China, 2017 (competition)

Sundance FF, USA, 2018 (competition)

12th Miradas Doc International Documentary Film Festival, Spain, 2018 (competition)

Children’s Film Festival CineDoc Kids, Greece, 2018 (competition)

20th Mecal Pro IS Film and Animation Festival, Spain, 2018 (Second Jury Price)

Short Waves 2018, Poland, 2018 (competition)

Salem Film Fest, Canada, 2018 (competition)

The March Festival - 65th Belgrad Documentary and Short FF, Serbia, 2018 (competition)

Aspen Shortfest, USA, 2018 (competition)

DOKer Moscow, Russia, 2018 (screening)

Sarasota Film Festival, USA, 2018 (competition)

BCN Sports FF, Spain, 2018 (competition)

Doc Aviv, Israel, 2018 (competition)

Rooftop Films, USA, 2018 (screening)

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2018 (competition)

Lago Film Festival, Italy, 2018 (competition)

Odense FF, Denmark, 2018 (competition)

Omladinski Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018 (competition)

CinEast - Central and Eastern European FF, Luxembourg, 2018 (competition)

Indie Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2018 (competition)

BFI London FF, UK, 2018 (screening)

15 Short Film Festival, USA, 2018 (screening)

Escales Documentaiers, France, 2018 (screening)

Kuki - International Short FF for Children and Youth, Germany, 2018 (competition)

2Annas FF, Latvia, 2018 (competition)

Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2019 (competition)

IFEMA - International Female Film Festival Malmö 2019, Sweden, 2019 (screening)

Mediawave IFF, Hungary, 2019 (screening)

Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil, 2019 (screening)

ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy, 2019 (competition)

Maremetraggio, Italy, 2019 (competition)

27th Curtas Vila do Conde Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2019 (screening)

Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)

Flahertiana - IDFF, Russia, 2019 (screening)

Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany, 2019 (screening)

Short Film Biennale Vicenza 2021, Italy, 2021 (screening)

An Ordinary Day Film Festival, Sweden, 2022 (screening)

Interaction: Short Docs Festival, Serbia, 2022, 2022 (screening)