THE SHADOW FOREST
POLISH TITLE: LAS CIENI
A man, while hunting a wolf in a primordial forest, is startled by the sound of guns firing. Suddenly, in an explosion of movement there are people running, one of whom, a small boy, gets lost in the sinister forest. Even the wolves are overwhelmed by a sense of the impending danger.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 14'
- YEAR:
- 2014
- DIRECTING:
- Andrzej Cichocki
- SCRIPT:
- Andrzej Cichocki
- DOP:
- Andrzej Cichocki
- EDITOR:
- Cezary Grzesiuk
- MUSIC:
- Maciej Sztor
- PRODUCTION:
- Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)
Andrzej Cichocki »
studied at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television of University of Silesia in Katowice. A film director and cinematographer. He also creates with photography and music.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 20th Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2014 (screening)
- 38th Denver Film Festival, USA, 2015 (screening)
- 23rd IFF Camerimage, Poland, 2015 (screening)
- 14th T-mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2014 (competition)
- Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (Audience Award, Best Editing)
- Holly Shorts Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, 2014 (competition)
- 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 22nd International Film Festival Camerimage, Poland, 2014 (Silver Tadpole in Student Etudes Competition)
- San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2015, USA, 2015 (competition)
- 35th Image in Cabestany Short Film Meetings, France, 2015 (competition)
- Taos Shortz Film Fest 2015, USA, 2015 (Emerging Artist Honourable Mention)
- 22nd International Film Festival Febiofest, Slovakia, 2015 (competition)
- 5th New Vision International Film Festival, Ukraine, 2015 (competition)
- 42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival, USA, 2015 (competition)
- 48th Worldfest Houston, USA, 2015 (Gold Remi)
- 11th New York Polish Film Festival, USA, 2015 (Honorary Mention)
- Big Sur Screening Series 2015, USA, 2015 (competition)
- 43rd Huesca Film Festival, Spain, 2015 (competition)
- 10th Sardinia Film Festival, Italy, 2015 (School Over 18, Special Mention for Photography)
- 11th International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany, 2015 (competition)
- 13th In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2015 (competition)
- International ShorTS Film Festival 2015, Italy, 2015 (competition)
- Cisterna Film Festival 2015, Italy, 2015 (competition)
- Shorts Mexico 2015, Mexico, 2015 (competition)
- 10th Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus, 2015 (Best Cinematography in a First Short Film)
- 2nd MAFICI - International Film Festival Puerto Madryn, Argentina, 2015 (Best Short Fiction Film)
- 16th Los Angeles Polish Film Festival, USA, 2015 (Best Short Film / Best Indie Film)
- «Bridges» Peloponnesian International Film Festival 2015, Greece, 2015 (Best Cinematography in a Short Film)
- 8th Northern Wave International Film Festival, Iceland, 2015 (competition)
- 12th Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece, 2015 (Best SEE Talents)
- 15th Santa Cruz International Film Festival, Bolivia, 2015 (competition)
- 10th Austin Polish Film Festival, USA, 2015 (competition)
- Cinanima 2015, Portugal, 2015 (competition)
- 30th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA, 2015 (competition)
- 8th Poitiers Film Festival, France, 2015 (competition)
- 12th Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival, Spain, 2015 (competition)
- IN THE PALACE International Short FF 2015, Bulgaria, 2015 (competition)
- Pasadena International Film Festival 2016, USA, 2016 (competition)
- Watersprite Film Festival, The United Kingdom, 2016 (Best Sound Editing)
- Paphos International Film Festival, Cyprus, 2016 (Audience Award for Student Short Film)