"By the River" awarded at two festivals!
The film "By the River" directed by Agata Korycka was awarded at two international film festivals. Our short won at opposite ends of Europe: at Sweden's Luleå International Film Festival in the LGBT Film category and at Italy's Vesuvius International Monthly Film Fest in the Best LGBT Short Movie category.
Still from the film "By the River" – cinematographer: Olaf Malinowski
Two awards at foreign festivals are not the first honors for the film "By the River". This socially engaged drama won one of the most important events on the cultural map of Poland last year – the 11th LGBT Film Festival, where it received the award for the Best Short Film and the Audience Award. Agata Korycka's film has recently qualified for the Main Competition of the KAMERALNE LATO festival in Radom.
Still from the film "By the River" – cinematographer: Olaf Malinowski
Still from the film "By the River" – cinematographer: Olaf Malinowski
Starring: Aleksandra Pisula and Anna Gorajska. The director of photography is Olaf Malinowski. Anna Maria Filipow is responsible for the editing. Marek Brodzki was the artistic supervisor of the production.
A movie about the courage necessary to live a life in harmony with yourself. Policewoman Kinga falls in love with a woman. She engages in helping women beaten during the march against fascism. She breaks an order. This gives her the strength to reject the values she disagrees with and build herself anew. The film refers to real events - the Women's Strike and the Independence March (Marta Lempart appears in the film). These actions give her the strength to throw away the values she disagrees with and build herself anew.
Poster of the film "By the River"
BY THE RIVER
CAST: Aleksandra Pisula, Anna Gorajska, Anna Bielecka, Dobromir Dymecki, Łukasz Wójcik, Maciej Gośniowski
SCRIPT & DIRECTING: Agata Korycka DOP: Olaf Malinowski EDITING: Anna Maria Filipow SOUND: Patrycja Krysik, Zofia Węgrzyn MUSIC: Przemysław Książek ARTISTIC SUPERVISION: Marek Brodzki PRODUCTION MANAGER: Pamela Barbaś, Aleksandra Ziomka PRODUCER: Maciej Ślesicki PRODUCTION: Warsaw Film School
Agata Korycka – a graduate of Directing at the WFS and Journalism at the University of Warsaw, as well as sociology and geography at the UMK. She has worked as a journalist in radio and television. She directed short documentaries and feature films for television and hosted her own radio show. She co-wrote the documentary novel Europe According to Auschwitz.
Films by students of the Warsaw Film School are co-financed by the Polish Film Institute