Section: Short Film Competition

NIEWOLNIK

Slave

Grzegorz Piekarski

PL , 2021, 29 Min

What if convicts, rather than serve their sentences in prison, were to work as domestic slaves? A dark parable about a distorted social order.

The film will be shown as part of the "Long Night of Short Films" in the Weltspiegel (large hall) in original version with English subtitles and simultaneous German translation.

Text: Jana Riemann
English: Peter Rickerby

Drehbuch
Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Gralek

Kamera
Antoni Gralek

Ton
Bartosz Idzi, Maciej Amilkiewicz

Schnitt
Nikodem Chabior, Grzegorz Piekarski

Musik
Teoniki Rozynek

Darsteller
Andrzej Chyra, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Marcin Czarnik

Produzent
Krystyna Doktorowicz

Produktion
KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI FILM SCHOOL

Grzegorz Piekarski - Grzegorz Piekarski was born in Warsaw. In 2014 he received a Master of Science in Mechatronics at Warsaw University of Technology. He is a Scholarship holder of the „Młoda Polska” programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Currently he is studying film directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice.

DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY:

2017 – Pasdar

2017 – Jet Lag

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:

29th EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival 2021, Poland (screening)18th FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival 2022, Portugal

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