THE BEST FIREWORKS EVER
POLISH TITLE: NAJPIĘKNIEJSZE FAJERWERKI EVER
The plot of the film takes place in the contemporary world in one of the European cities. It depicts one day of life of three friends who, facing a military conflict in their country, must modify their plans for the future.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2017
- DIRECTING:
- Aleksandra Terpińska
- SCRIPT:
- Aleksandra Terpińska
- DOP:
- Michał Dymek
- EDITOR:
- Magdalena Chowańska
- CAST:
- Justyna Wasilewska, Malwina Buss, Piotr Polak
- PRODUCTION:
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka
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.
- 18th New Horizons Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (screening)
- Helsinki International FF, Finland, 2017 (screening)
- 33rd Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (screening)
- Tampere Film Festival 2018, Finland, 2018 (screening)
- 12th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2018 (screening)
- 11th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), India, 2018 (screening)
- Poland Now/Istanbul Modern, Turkey, 2018 (screening)
- Leuven Short Film Festival 2018, Belgium, 2018 (screening)
- IFEMA - International Female Film Festival Malmö 2019, Sweden, 2019 (screening)
- 29th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal, 2021 (screening)
- 56th Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes, France, 2017 (Canal+ Award for short films, Rail d'Or award)
- Dokufest, Kosovo, 2017 (competition)
- CinEast - Central and Eastern European FF, Luxembourg, 2017 (competition)
- Winchester Short Film Festival, The United Kingdom, 2017 (Special Mention)
- 22nd Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS, Latvia, 2017 (competition)
- 13th Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2018 (competition)
- Short Waves 2018, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- Let’s Cee Film Festival, Austria, 2018 (competition)
- 14th EURASIA International Film Festival, Kazachstan, 2018 (competition)
- Open Place Film Festival, Latvia, 2018 (Grand Prix, Best Actress)
- Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2018 (competition)
- 2018 PRINDIE: Princeton Independent Film Festival, USA, 2018 (Golden Cup, Grand Performance)
- IAS International Film Festival 2019, India, 2019 (competition)