CHICKEN
POLISH TITLE: LESZCZU
Three mates, summer weekend at the lake... but things start to get a bit complicated. Feeling not so comfy anymore, friends turn one against another- bad instincts explode. The problem needs to be solved, and who's better in strategy then the three of them. And there it goes - the story of friendship, trust and fate.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2013
- DIRECTING:
- Aleksandra Terpińska
- SCRIPT:
- Aleksandra Terpińska
- DOP:
- Marcin Łaskawiec
- EDITOR:
- Przemysław Chruścielewski
- PRODUCTION:
- TVP S.A., Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Magic Production
Aleksandra Terpińska »
Polish filmmaker based in Warsaw. Director and screenwriter of short films, commercials and music videos. Studied Directing at the University of Silesia in Katowice, and Psychology at the University of Wroclaw. She has made 3 shorts films – Chicken, All Souls’ Day and America – and a documentary – Czech Swan. Her last film America (2015) is now in festival cirut. Untill now it recived 16 awards including Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury at Filmfest Dresden, Best Short Film at Sehsuchte International Student Film Festival in Potsdam, Golden Tadpole at Camerimage IFF, Early Bird Grand Award in Bulgaria and The Flaming Faun at Shnit International Shortfilm Festival. Her previous film "All Souls' Day" was shown on over 100 film festivals among them San Sebastian, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Clermont-Ferrand. Received 16 awards, including Grand Prix at Short Film Festival in Drama, Best Short Film at Cottbus Film Festival and PFI and Mastershot Award at Camerimage IFF.
- 23rd Film Festival Cottbus, Germany, 2013 (competition)
- 6th Pristhina International Film Festival, Kosovo, 2014 (competition)
- 13th International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014 (competition)