“ALL SOULS’ DAY” ANNOUNCED THE BEST FILM OF DRAMA ISFF
Aleksandra Terpińska, the author of a popular etude “All Souls’ Day”, won another award last weekend. This time, it came from the jury of the 19th edition of the international Short Film Festival in the Greek city of Drama, which ended on Saturday evening.
56 films from all over the world were screened in the international competition. Two student fiction films represented Poland, “Watermelon” directed by Tato Kotetishvili and the winning “All Souls’ Day” by Aleksandra Terpińska. The films in the international competition were evaluated by a jury chaired by the Cypriot director Ilias Dimitriou, accompanied by Dana Dimitriu-Chelba (director of the International Film Festival in Bucharest), Franck Dion (director), Barbara Douka (actress and director) and Insa Wiese (director of the International Short Film Festival in Regensburg).Finally, Aleksandra Terpińska’s “All Souls’ Day” was announced the Best Film and the laureate of the festival’s Grand Prix. So far her film has been selected to about 35 international festivals in the whole world. Until now, “All Souls’ Day” has already been awarded five times. The Greek award is its’ first Grand Prix. In October the film will be screened at the festivals in Brno, Lille and Brussels.
To be born on the All Soul’s Day is a paradox one has to face for the whole life. It’s the celebration and joy of the birth day and the sorrow for those, who are gone. It’s the day of the power of life and the force of death. There are candles on tombstones and candles on the birthday cake. It is also a turning point, as the heroine makes a plan to unravel a mystery. On this birthday, Lena will try to solve some of her problems and… she will grow up.
The producer of this film is the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice, and its’ promotion abroad is supported by the Krakow Film Foundation.
To read more about the festival, visit the official website