IT’S REALLY AWESOME
POLISH TITLE: JEST NAPRAWDĘ EKSTRA
Iga, a student of Music Academy, finds out about being awarded an abroad scholarship, for which her father, a musician, applied without her knowledge. The protagonist in the heat of emotions, packs her bags and leaves her home. She comes back three months later, when she learns that her father is seriously ill. The last week of his life is a peculiar farewell for the family, but also Iga’s confrontation with herself.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 28'
- YEAR:
- 2017
- DIRECTING:
- Katarzyna Warzecha
- SCRIPT:
- Katarzyna Warzecha
- DOP:
- Piotr Pawlus
- EDITOR:
- Piotr Kremky
- SOUND:
- Bartosz Idzi
- PRODUCTION:
- Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)
Katarzyna Warzecha »
Born in Gdańsk in 1989, Katarzyna Warzecha graduated from the Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School in Katowice and the Wajda School & Studio in Warsaw. Her graduation film, It’s Really Awesome, was screened at numerous international festivals and won a series of awards. She has worked with directors such as Filip Bajon and Marcin Wrona. She loves good food and has a special fondness for potatoes.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 27th Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia, 2017 (competition)
- 30th Premiers Plans Film Festival, France, 2018 (Mention Spéciale Films D’écoles Européens)
- 11th International Film and Music Festival Küstendorf, Serbia, 2018 (Best Cinematography)
- Cinema Jove, Spain, 2018 (competition)
- 5th Taratsa International Film Festival, Greece, 2018 (Best Directing)
- Autumn in Voronet International Film Festival, Romania, 2018 (Best Directing Award in the Student Competition)
- Student International Film Festival STIFF, Croatia, 2018 (competition)
- 41st Poitiers Film Festival, France, 2018 (competition)