RED
POLISH TITLE: RUDY
Cigarettes, keys, a cell phone, a wallet – an unfinished life lying in a plastic police bag on the kitchen table. A father and daughter’s eyes meet as they take in the evidence of absence, silently measuring the distance between life and death. From the depths of the bag comes the sound of a phone ringing. That sound will become the echo of human grief.
The movie RED is about the scraps of life of Judyta and her father Zbigniew, shown across several days following the death of Judyta’s brother, Marcin, killed in a car accident. As they try to come to terms with the void left by a loss of a loved one, all their mutual resentment and finger pointing is unexpectedly interrupted by a stranger: Red.
Will he accept all the blame? And will it be enough? Will Judyta and Red be drawn closer together? Can anything new grow upon the sense of guilt? And what hides behind Zbigniew’s loneliness and heavy drinking? And who - really - deserves the noose the most?
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2019
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Karina Węgiełek
- SCRIPT:
- Karina Węgiełek
- DOP:
- Jacek Petrycki
- EDITOR:
- Oskar Handzlik
- CAST:
- Izabela Baran, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Bartosz Bednarski, Mariusz Czajka, Tomasz Traczyński
- MUSIC:
- Szymon Zygoń
- PRODUCTION:
- Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Karina Węgiełek »
First-time screenwriter and film director. Graduated from the Department of Film Directing at Warsaw Film School, the Department of Journalism at the Warsaw University (majored in Documentaries and Press, Advertising and Publishing Photography), and from the Private Acting School of Halina and Jan Machulski. In 2014 she passed an external exam before the ZASP-SPATiF committee in Warsaw (drama actress). So far she has mostly worked in acting, graphic design, film editing and writing.- 17th Tirana International Film Festival, Albania, 2019 (competition)
- Aesthetica Film Festival 2019, UK, 2019 (competition)
- Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2020, UK, 2020 (Best Student Film)
- Manchester Film Festival 2020, UK, 2020 (competition)
- Beeston Film Festival 2020, UK, 2020 (competition)
- Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020, USA, 2020 (competition)
- 3rd Fest Cine Pedra Azul 2020, Brazil, 2020 (competition)
- Islantilla Cineforum 2020, Spain, 2020 (competition)
- Salento International Film Festival 2020, Italy, 2020 (competition)
- FICLAPAZ - La Paz International Film Festival 2020, Bolivia, 2020 (competition)
- Filmzeitkaufbeuren Film Festival 2020, Germany, 2020 (competition)
- Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay & Music Festival, USA, 2020 (competition)
- 17 Kyiv International Film Festival KINOLITOPYS, Ukraine, 2020 (Diploma KIFFKinolitopys’ Review Committee)
- Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival 2020, Greece, 2020 (Cinematic Achievement Award)
- Rabat International Author Film Festival 2020, Morocco, 2020 (Best Direction)
- Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2020, Italy, 2020 (competition)
- Almaty IFF 2020, Kazakhstan, 2020 (competition)
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2020, USA, 2020 (competition)
- International Film Festival Prvi Kadar 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020 (Film Clapboard)
- Bucovina International Film Festival 2020, Ukraine, 2020 (Best International Short Film)
- Macau International Short Film Festival 2020, Macau, 2020 (competition)
- East Europe International Film Festial - Fusion 2020, Poland, 2020 (competition)
- Nexgn International Short Film Festival 2020, Indie, 2020 (competition)
- Kalaburagi International Short Film Festival 2020, Indie, 2021 (competition)
- KinoDUEL International Film Festival 2021, Russia, 2021 (competition)
- New Delhi Film Festival 2021, India, 2021 (competition)
- Arizona International Film Festival 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- Blackbird Film Festival 2021, USA, 2021 (competition)
- Women Make Waves Int'l Film Festival 2020. Taiwan, 2021 (competition)
- Brno Film Festival, 2021, Czech Republic , 2021 (Grand Prix: Best Student Film)