THE HERO
Cyprian, 10 years old orphan, raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly his grandmother dies and a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Now he has to confront with the real loss and realize what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 24'
- YEAR:
- 2021
- DIRECTING:
- Milena Dutkowska
- SCRIPT:
- Milena Dutkowska
- DOP:
- Igor Połaniewicz
- EDITOR:
- Nikodem Chabior
- CAST:
- Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan, Krzysztof Dracz, Bartłomiej Firlet
- SOUND:
- Adam Sypka
- PRODUCTION:
- Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego
Milena Dutkowska »
Graduate of Scenography on Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduate of Film Directing at Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice. ‘The Hero’ is her graduation project. Her films have been shown on festivals all around the world, including such as Palm Springs International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 43rd Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2021 (competition)
- 26th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience SCHLINGEL, 2021, Germany, 2021 (competition)
- 75. Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno, 2021, Italy, 2021 (competition)
- Harkat 16mm Film Festival, 2021, India, 2021 (competition)
- 45th Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage, 2022, Germany, 2022 (Jury film award "Eastern European Film")
- 62nd ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL International Film Festival for Children and Youth, 2022, Czech Republic, 2022 (Jury Award in the Live-Action Category)
- 28. Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2022, USA, 2022 (competition)
- 18th BuSho Film Festival 2022, Hungary, 2022 (competition)
- CRASH - International Fantastic Film Festival, Brazil, 2022 (competition)
- International Usak Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2022 (competition)