MOLOCH
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Roma, Stach and Chudy illegally earn extra money in a run-down steel mill in Ukraine. Roma, the oldest of the gang, has fallen in love and wants to quit in order to start a new better life far away from everyday problems. When Stach and Chudy learn about his plan, they try to talk him out of it, yet to no avail. Driven by jealousy and determination to have their way, they unexpectedly pay a visit to Roma’s girlfriend. Their friendship is put to the test.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2015
- DIRECTING:
- Szymon Kapeniak
- SCRIPT:
- Szymon Kapeniak
- DOP:
- Jacek Podgórski
- EDITOR:
- Paweł Laskowski
- PRODUCTION:
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka
Szymon Kapeniak »
Born in 1975. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at Warsaw University, at the Film Directing Department of the Film School in Łódź and in the Development Lab at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. His debut was a film study 5:41 (2001). He is the author of several reportage pieces and documentaries including Szkoła latania (2005), feature film studies including Poduszyciel (2007), Pies na torze (2007) and commercials.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 26th FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany, 2016 (screening)
- MFFK Febiofest Bratislava, Slovakia, 2019 (screening)
- 55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition)
- 15th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2015 (competition)
- 37th Durban International Film Festival, RPA, 2016 (competition)
- 24th Raindance Film Festival, The United Kingdom, 2016 (competition)
- Un festival c'est trop court! - Nice Short Film Festival 2016, France, 2016 (competition)
- 34th Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France, 2016 (Jury Prize)
- MEDIAWAVE – “ANOTHER CONNECTION” International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2017 (competition)