THE BIG LEAP
The financial crisis has brought three people to the edge or, to be more precise, to the roof of a sky scraper. Sarah, John and Ben reached a dead end. Everything divides them, even their faith, but they have only one thing in common – all of them have decided to commit suicide. Different questions arise in their conversation, which only strengthens their belief that the answers will be found only in the Big Leap. The Big Leap is a metaphoric story on ultimate questions made with gusto and a touch of humour.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 13'
- YEAR:
- 2013
- DIRECTING:
- Kristoffer Rus
- SCRIPT:
- Kristoffer Rus
- DOP:
- Krzysztof Rus
- EDITOR:
- Bartek Pietras
- CAST:
- Tilly Scott Pedersen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Arkadiusz Jakubik
- MUSIC:
- Kristian "Polarman" Eliasson
- PRODUCTION:
- TVP S.A., WFDiF (Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych), Prasa I Film Sp. z o.o., East of West Cinema AB, ATM FX
Kristoffer Rus »
He was born in 1979; a scriptwriter and director coming from a Polish-Swedish family; a graduate of the Film School in Stockholm and a film course at Wajda School. He lives in Warsaw. Author of films, including ”Red on White” (2000), ”Sista Ronden” (2002), ”Marrakech” (2003), ”Street Feeling” (2009).
AT FESTIVALS:
- Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, 2013 (screening)
- 29th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (screening)
- 3rd Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2014 (screening)
- Let's Cee Film Festival, Austria, 2014 (screening)
- Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (The President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award for the Best Film Editing)
- 10th Yerevan International Film Festival Golden Apricot, Armenia, 2013 (competition)
- Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)
- Palm Springs International Short Fest 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (competition)
- Rhode Island International Film Festival 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)
- Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- DC Shorts Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 23rd Message to man International Film Festival, Russia, 2013 (competition)
- Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2013 (competition)
- 21 st Raindance International Film Festival, UK, 2013 (Nomination for the Best International Short)
- 15th Woodstock Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- Tacoma Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 11th Tallgrass Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- KAOHSIUNG INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Taiwan, 2013 (competition)
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2013, UK, 2013 (competition)
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival 2013, Spain, 2013 (competition)
- 2013 Sleepwalkers International Film Festival, Estonia, 2013 (competition)
- 37th Goteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 2014 (competition)
- Los Angeles Movie Awards 2014, USA, 2014 (Honorable Mention and Best Editing Award)
- 19th Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2014 (competition)
- 9th Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan, 2014 (competition)