THE NEWBIE
POLISH TITLE: NOWA
A lonely 17 –year-old Ania (the Newbie) is seeking acceptance in a group of peers playing risky urban games. She pays for her strivings with a loss of faith in values. With nothing to lose, Ania invents a daredevil game, supposed to provoke the group and especially its leader-Czarny, to think. The surprising end of the film gives a new chance to return to normality for its characters. The film is based on the short story 'Moc słowa' {The Power of Word] by Anna Czajka and corresponds to the second Commandment: 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain'.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 19'
- YEAR:
- 2009
- DIRECTING:
- Tomasz Olejarczyk
- SCRIPT:
- Tomasz Olejarczyk
- DOP:
- Radosław Ładczuk
- EDITOR:
- Tymek Wiskirski
- CAST:
- Justyna Wasilewska, Marcin Korcz, Dorota Chotecka
- MUSIC:
- Tomasz Stroynowski, Łukasz Olejarczyk
- PRODUCTION:
- Instytut Promocji Edukacji
Tomasz Olejarczyk »
Born in 1974, lives in Łódź, an actor, scriptwriter and director; a graduate of The Ludwik Solski State Theatre School in Wrocław; a co-director (together with a director Jarosław Sztandera) of the short film 'Luksus' [The Luxury] much awarded both in Poland and abroad.
- Short Film Corner, France, 2010 (screening)
- 22st Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2010 (screening)
- EU Shorts - European Shortfilm Festival, Hungary, 2010 (screening)
- 20th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia, 2011 (screening)
- 6th Kenya International Film Festival in Nirobi, Kenya, 2011 (screening)
- 5th LISFF, Slovenia, 2013 (screening)
- Art Film Fest, Slovak Republic, 2010 (competition)
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2010 (competition)
- Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, 2010 (competition)
- 6th Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2011 (competition)
- Jameson Cinefest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary, 2011 (competition)