RUST
POLISH TITLE: RDZA
Artist Mariola Wawrzusiak-Borcz roams post-industrial areas in search of scrap metal. During the welding process she creates the sculptures of endangered animals and children affected by war. Her critique of the ravages of civilization drives her obsessive need to create in spite of her painful hand condition. When the air quality in the city deteriorates, she leaves home together with her family to wait out the difficult time in close contact with nature. Mariola Wawrzusiak-Borcz is the professor of the Acadamy of Fine Arts and a renowned Polish sculptress.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2020
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Rafał Małecki
- SCRIPT:
- Rafał Małecki
- DOP:
- Wawrzyniec Skoczylas
- EDITOR:
- Rafał Małecki
- SOUND:
- Karina Będkowska, Wojciech Szuperski, Michał Wójcik
- PRODUCTION:
- Moviematic, Michał Żołnowski
Rafał Małecki »
Graduate of the AMA Film Academy and the Wajda School. Screenwriter, director and editor of feature films and documentaries. He is interested in politically and socially engaging cinema and arthouse films. Co-founder of the Moviematic postproduction studio. “Rust” is his documentary debut.
AT FESTIVALS:
- London International Documentary Festival, 2021, United Kingdom, (screening)
- Zerkalo Andrey Tarkovsky Film Festival, 2021, Russia, (screening)
- Fear No Film, 2021, USA, (screening)
- Lugo Film Week,2021, Spain, 2021 (screening)
- Atlantidoc, 2021, Uruguay, 2021 (screening)
- Cinemaking, 2021, Bangladesh, 2021 (screening)
- Formosa Festival Of International Filmmaker Award, 2022, Taiwan , 2022 (screening)
- Fic Autor, 2021, Mexico, (competition)
- Mediawave, 2021, Hungary, (competition)
- Kinoduel International Film Festival, 2021, Russia, (competition)
- Tortona Indie Film Session, 2021, Italy, (competition)
- TiSFF Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, 2021, Greece, (competition)
- Semana de Cine de Lugo, 2021, Spain, (Special Mention)
- Filmarte Festival, 2021, Spain, (Best Short Award)
- The Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, 2021, Portugal, (Best Medium or Feature Film, Best Debut Film)
- In Love with Art Festival, 2021, Russia, (competition)
- 14th Jaipur International Film Festival, 2021, India, 2021 (competition)
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- San Diego International Shortsfest, 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- The Fine Arts Festival Venice, 2021, USA, 2021 (Best Cinematography Award)
- River Film Festival, 2021, Italy, 2021 (Special Mention)
- 35th Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2021 (competition)
- Atlanta Docufest, 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- Terra Di Tutti, 2021, Italy, 2021 (competition)
- Bendfilm Festival, 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- Kadoma International Film Festival, 2021, Japan, 2021 (competition)
- Alexandre Trauner Art/Film Festival, 2021, Hungary, 2021 (competition)
- Princeton Environmental Film Festival, 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- International Portrait Film Festival, Sofia, 2021, Bulgaria, 2021 (competition)
- FIDBA, 2021, Argentina, 2021 (competition)
- Cortoglobo Film Festival Italia, 2021, Italy, 2021 (competition)
- 26th edition of the Rabat International Author Film Festival, 2021, Morocco, 2021 (competition)
- Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest, 2021, United Kingdom, 2021 (competition)
- Go Debut European Film Festival, 2021, Lithuania, 2021 (competition)