THE LAST WHISTLE
POLISH TITLE: OSTATNI GWIZDEK
A searingly hot summer. A lone caravan on a beach not far from a small seaside town. Two brothers devoting their time to swimming training in the sea. This is going to be a unique holiday for the younger one. His father is preparing him to tackle a very long-distance swim. Will he succeed in overcoming his fear and fulfilling his father’s ambitions?
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2020
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Karol Lindholm
- SCRIPT:
- Karol Lindholm
- DOP:
- Martyna Jakimowska
- EDITOR:
- Maciej Szydłowski
- CAST:
- Olaf Śnioch, Przemysław Bluszcz, Maciej Rębacz, Mateusz Kmiecik, Małgorzata Bekisz
- MUSIC:
- Daniel Spaleniak, Tomasz Mreńca
- PRODUCTION:
- TVN, Studio Munka
- COPRODUCTION:
- Zjednoczenie Artystów i Rzemieślników
Karol Lindholm »
He comes from two sides of Baltic Sea. Born in 1990 in Koszalin, Poland. He studied Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, and Jagiellonian University. He attended summer course in European Film Collage in Denmark. Now he is studying Film and Cinematography, Directing and Art Photography at the University of Silesia in Katowice.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 36th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2020 (competition)
- 37th European Film Festival of Lille, France, 2021 (competition)
- OFF - Odense International Film Festival, Danemark, 2021 (competition)
- La Cabina International Film Festival, 2021, Spain, 2021 (Grand Prix, Best Scenography)
- 18th International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools Kinoproba, 2021, Russia, 2021 (Best Fiction Film Debut Jury Award)
- IFF Febiofest Bratislava 2022, Slovakia, 2022 (competition)