CHILDREN CALLING

POLISH TITLE: DZIECI DZWONIĄ

"Children calling" is a film about the Telephone Helpline for Children and Youth 116 111. Counselors of 116 111 work in a small apartment in Warsaw. They receive daily more than 400 calls from whole Poland. Fear of air accident, parting with a boyfriend,an alcoholic father, an exhibitionist teacher, sleepiness caused by swallowing  a dozen pills - counselors must be able to face all the problems of the children...

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
30'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Andrzej Mańkowski
SCRIPT:
Andrzej Mańkowski
DOP:
Weronika Bilska
EDITOR:
Andrzej Mańkowski
MUSIC:
Tomasz Stroynowski
PRODUCTION:
TVP 2 S.A., BIAŁY SMOK Production

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Born in 1973; director, screenwriter and film producer; graduated from the Music Academy in Gdansk (1998); studied screenwriting at the Film School in Łódź (2000-2002); currently head of HARPOON FILMS Studio cooperating with OPERON Education House and "Institute of Promoting Education" Foundation; owner of BIALY SMOK Productions (www.bialysmokproduction.pl); inventor and producer of "Decalogue 89+" - a short feature films cycle (www.dekalog89plus.pl); author of the documentary THE MUSIC LESSON (Silver Medal at 2007 URTI Festival in Monte Carlo and Prix Italia 2007).