FAVOURITE THING
POLISH TITLE: ZABAWKA
Igor dreams of a beautiful toy but he gets a piggy bank instead. He initially dislikes the Piggy but it gradually becomes his friend as well as a sort of MacGuffin, thanks to which we are to discover Igor's inner world and know his parents from closer perspective. As a result of particular coincidence, the boy is surprisingly forced to make a dramatically hard decision..
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2012
- DIRECTING:
- Piotr Iskra
- SCRIPT:
- Piotr Iskra, Olga Surma
- DOP:
- Piotr Pawlus
- EDITOR:
- Tomek Krzeszowiec
- CAST:
- Mikołaj Strusiński, Joanna Niemirska, Dominik Stroka
- MUSIC:
- Marcin Oleś
- PRODUCTION:
- Rondo Picture
Piotr Iskra »
was born in 1978 in Siedlce. He gratuated from Psychology at Jagiellonian Uniwersity in Krakow and Krakow Screenplay School. "Favourite Thing" is his first production as director, producer and screenwriter.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 6th International Children Film Festival, Bangladesh, 2013 (screening)
- 17th Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2013 (screening)
- 11. Ischia Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (screening)
- Isle of Wight Film Festival, UK, 2012 (competition)
- 11th Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning, Russia, 2012 (competition)
- 2nd Tashkent International Film Forum Golden Guepard, Uzbekistan, 2012 (competition)
- 7th Kenya International Short Film Festival, Kenya, 2012 (competition)
- 9th Festival International de Cortometrajes Fenaco- Lambayeque, Peru, 2012 (competition)
- 16th George Lindsey UNA Film Fest Florence, USA , 2013 (Best Professional Narrative, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Sound Design)
- 5 International Children Film Festival Lucknov, Indie , 2013 (competition)
- 24th European Media Art Festival Osnabrueck, Germany, 2013 (competition)
- Salon Internacional La Luz, Columbia, 2013 (competition)
- Voghera Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (Best Directing)
- 16th Festival Inventa un Film, Italy, 2013 (competition)
- 37th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany, 2013 (competition)
- Festival Internacional de Cine Estudiantil, Mexico, 2013 (competition)