NORMAL PEOPLE
POLISH TITLE: LUDZIE NORMALNI
REPRESENTED BY KFF
George Orwell’s words ‘sanity is not statistical’ fully reflect the idea of the film. Daniel, who has just been released from prison, is trying to make a new life for himself. It is not easy – he must take care of his alcoholic mother and find a job. Maybe he can find some happiness in a new relationship with a medical rescuer he has just met? Normal People are people with their secrets and weaknesses but also with dreams about a better ‘normality.’ Will they manage to realize their dreams?
FILM REPRSENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- fiction
- RUNNING TIME:
- 25'
- YEAR:
- 2011
- DIRECTING:
- Piotr Złotorowicz
- SCRIPT:
- Piotr Złotorowicz
- DOP:
- Nicolas Villegas Hernandez
- EDITOR:
- Aleksandra Gowin, Justyna Król
- MUSIC:
- Fasolki
- PRODUCTION:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
Piotr Złotorowicz »
born on May 22nd, 1982 in Debno. In 2007 he graduated from the Electrical Engineering Faculty at Szczecin University of Technology with a M.Sc. degree. He began shooting his first amateur films in 2001. In 2006, Piotr entered the Polish National Film School in Lodz to study film directing. His student documentary “Charcoal Burners” (2010) was screened at about 120 international festivals, including DOK Leipzig, and garnered recognition in the form of over 30 prizes and awards. Another of his short films, a fiction titled “Normal People” (2011), premiered at the 51st Krakow Film Festival and was awarded the Silver Tadpole for cinematography at Plus Camerimage 2011.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 10th International Festival Signes de Nuit, France, 2012 (screening)
- 28th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2012 (screening)
- 2nd Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2013 (screening)
- 15th Festival du Cinema Europeen en Essone, France, 2013 (screening)
- Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival 'Beginning', Russia, 2011 (competition)
- 19th PLUS CAMERIMAGE, Poland, 2011 (Silver Tadpole)
- Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival, Germany, 2012 (Special Mention)
- Derby City International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia, 2012 (competition)
- Flicks Fest International Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2012 (Best Film)
- KINOKI International Student Film Festival 2012, Mexico, 2012 (Best Directing)
- Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa, 2012 (competition)
- 30th Uruguay Film Festival, Uruguay, 2012 (competition)
- Festival de cine de Lanzarote, Spain, 2012 (competition)
- Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)
- Tbilisi International Student Film Festival Amirani, Georgia, 2012 (competition)
- 29th Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea, 2012 (competition)
- 2nd Lume International Film Festival, Brazil, 2012 (Best International Short)
- Porto7 Film Festival, Portugal, 2012 (competition)
- SHQIP International Short Film Festival, Kosovo, 2012 (competition)
- Sardinia International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)
- Fest-International Film Festival, Portugal, 2012 (competition)
- Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania, 2012 (competition)
- Open Eyes Marburg Film Festival, Germany, 2012 (competition)
- Priverno Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)
- Brazilian Student Film Festival, Brazil, 2012 (competition)
- ShortsShorts Film Festival, Mexico, 2012 (Best International Short)
- FICP Puebla, Mexico, 2012 (competition)
- 9th Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece, 2012 (2nd Best Digital View South East Europe)
- Flimmer Norrköping Filmfestival, Sweden, 2012 (competition)
- 12th International Student Film Festival Pisek, Czech Republic, 2012 (Grand Prix)
- 13th Annual Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Fesancor, Chile, 2012 (competition)
- 12th Un festival c'est trop court, France, 2012 (Award for the Best Actor)
- 7th Kenya International Short Film Festival, Kenya, 2012 (Best Student Film)
- 18th annual Cucalorus Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival, Portugal, 2012 (competition)
- Barcelona International Audiovisual Festival - FIAB, Spain, 2012 (competition)
- Cine//B International Film Festival, Chile, 2012 (competition)
- FIIK – Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente, Brazil, 2012 (competition)
- Cinemaiubit Student Film Festival, Romania, 2012 (competition)
- 30th Festival Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence, France, 2012 (competition)
- Stoke your Fires Film Festival, UK, 2013 (Best Student Short Feature)
- International Short Film Festival of India, India, 2013 (competition)
- AYVALIK Film Festival, Turkey, 2013 (Best Script, Best Actress)
- Grand Junction Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)