HOLDING YOUR BREATH
POLISH TITLE: NA WSTRZYMANYM ODDECHU
Wojtek is an S11 class swimmer, a Paralympic silver medalist, and European and World Champion. He was meant to be the first blind freediver in Poland. However the pandemic prevents him from finishing his course in single breath diving, and competing in the Olympics and other championships. This causes him to reconsider his carrier in sports.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 14'
- YEAR:
- 2021
- DIRECTING:
- Katarzyna Sikorska
- SCRIPT:
- Katarzyna Sikorska
- DOP:
- Arkadiusz Powałka
- EDITOR:
- Katarzyna Sikorska, Aneta Bochnacka
- SOUND:
- Mikołaj Sosnowski
- PRODUCTION:
- Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego
Katarzyna Sikorska »
Student of Film Directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Director and screenwriter of feature and documentary shorts films.She has Lublin in her blood and soul.
AT FESTIVALS:
- International Film School Festival Tetouan, 2021, Morocco, 2021 (screening)
- 13. Iran International Sport Film Festival, 2022, Iran, (Best Directing Short Documentary Award)
- 4. Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, 2022, Japan, 2022 (competition)
- LJMU MA Short Film Festival, 2022, United Kingdom, 2022 (competition)
- 7. Golden Baklava Film Academy International Student Film Festival, 2022, Turkey, 2022 (competition)
- Bistre Reke Short Documentary Film Festival, 2022, Serbia, 2022 (competition)
- Monstrale International Short Film Festival, 2022, Germany, 2022 (competition)
- Ekurhuleni International Film Festival-EIFF 22, South Africa, 2022 (competition)