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:
- 2014
- DIRECTING:
- Andrzej Mańkowski
- SCRIPT:
- Andrzej Mańkowski
- DOP:
- Weronika Bilska
- EDITOR:
- Andrzej Mańkowski
- MUSIC:
- Tomasz Stroynowski
- PRODUCTION:
- TVP 2 S.A., BIAŁY SMOK Production
Andrzej Mańkowski »
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).
AT FESTIVALS:
- 20th Nancy-Lorraine International Film Festival, France, 2014 (screening)
- 14th International Film Festival Watch Docs, Poland, 2014 (screening)
- XIV International Documentary Film Festival «Flahertiana», Russia, 2014 (competition)
- 15th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA, 2014 (competition)
- 22nd International Film Festival Camerimage, Poland, 2014 (competition)