GLASGOW BY PIOTR SUBBOTKO AWARDED IN ARMENIA
Glasgow directed by Piotr Subbotko has been awarded at the 8th International Film Festival Golden Apricot in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where it participated in the Short Film Competition. The film was produced as part of the 30 minutes programme, a joint initiative of the SFP Munk Studio, the Wajda School, TVP Kultura and the Polish Film Institute. The participation of this film in the competition was accompanied by a special screening of films from the Wajda School and Wojciech Marczewski's visit with his retrospective.
Glasgow directed by Piotr Subbotko has been awarded at the 8th International Film Festival Golden Apricot in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where it participated in the Short Film Competition. The film was produced as part of the 30 minutes programme, a joint initiative of the SFP Munk Studio, the Wajda School, TVP Kultura and the Polish Film Institute. The participation of this film in the competition was accompanied by a special screening of films from the Wajda School and Wojciech Marczewski's visit with his retrospective.Glasgow is a story of 12-year-old Damian who is convinced that his father is a football player for Celtic Glasgow. During vacation, to raise money for a trip to Scotland, Damian works on house renovation with his retired friend Miecio. In love with 15-year-old Monika, who is pregnant, he wants to take care of her child and take them both to a better world. The film features performances by Rafał Garnecki, Sandra Korzeniak, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Adam Graczyk, Filip Garbacz, Jowita Budnik and Marcin Tyrol. Glasgow, awarded the Golden Apricot prize in Yerevan, has so far been presented, among others, at festivals in Gdynia, Krakow, Wrzesnia, Koszalin, and in the Short Film Corner at the 64th International Film Festival in Cannes.
More about the film at www.wajdaschool.pl/1275 .
Another project produced by the Wajda School as part of the 30 minutes programme and directed by Vahram Mkhitaryan Fri The Milky Brother was presented at the "Directors Across Borders" pitching organized in cooperation with the German Robert Bosch Foundation. The Milky Brother is a story rooted in the Armenian tradition of fairy tales. It tells the story of a boy who wants to have a younger brother. The whole filming is planned on location in Armenia. The trailer is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGl_7pAwtVA.
One of the festival's special guests was Wojciech Marczewski, who went to the capital of Armenia, to honour the retrospective of his films, including (The Escape From The "Liberty" Cinema, Weiser, Shivers) and to give a lecture on How to Begin a Film.
His visit was accompanied by a special screening of documentary and feature films from the Wajda School: Aria Diva (dir. by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2007; coproduced by the SFP Munk Studio), Marysina Polana [the Dog Hill] (dir. Grzegorz Zariczny, 2010), Pogodna [Getting On](dir. Renata Gabryjelska, 2009), Przyrzeczona [Little Bride](dir. Lesław Dobrucki, 2010), Na północ od Kalabrii [North From Calabria] (dir. by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2007; coproduced by the SFP Munk Studio), Marysina Polana [the Dog Hill] (dir. Julia Popławska, 2010) and Viva Maria! (dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2010). In addition to the Wajda School screenings, there were also presentations of films from the Sapir College in Israel and Moscow's VGIK.
Detailed info on the festival at: www.gaiff.am/en/.
press release, Andrzej Wajda Studio and Film School