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POLISH TITLE: IKONA
“Where is the human soul? Is it in the heart? In the brain? Or maybe elsewhere?”, wonders an old doctor who has spent his life working at a psychiatric hospital in the Siberian countryside. The place, which was inaccessible for film crews, can be shown thanks to its residents, some of whom spent several decades at the hospital. This discreet and, at the same time, insightful observation of the patients’ daily lives transforms into meditation on the human nature, which is not entirely penetrable.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 51'
- YEAR:
- 2016
- DIRECTING:
- Wojciech Kasperski
- SCRIPT:
- Wojciech Kasperski
- MUSIC:
- Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
- PRODUCER:
- Delta Film
Wojciech Kasperski »
film director, screenwriter, producer. Graduated from the Łódź Film School. Makes movies in Poland and Russia. Participated in INPUT conferences, the Cannes Film Festival (Tous Les Cinemas du Monde section); winner of the Prix Europa award. His films have received a number of prizes at international festivals, including the Great Silver Nanook in Perm and the Grand Sterling Award from the American Film Institute. Member of the Polish Film Academy.
AT FESTIVALS:
- World Film Festival, Estonia, 2018 (competition)
- Slamdance FF, USA, 2018 (competition)
- DocsMX, Mexico, 2017 (Jury Award)
- 31st Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2017 (competition)
- FEST - New Directors, New Films Festival (2017, Portugal), 2017 (competition)
- MEDIAWAVE – “ANOTHER CONNECTION” International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2017 (competition)
- Crossing Europe, Austria, 2017 (competition)
- Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt, 2017 (competition)
- Febio Fest, Slovakia, 2017 (screening)
- ZagrebDOX, Croatia, 2017 (competition)
- Docpoint Helsinki, Finland, 2017 (competition)
- Artdoc Fest, Russia, 2016 (competition)
- IDFA 2016, The Netherlands, 2016 (competition)
- 24th International Film Festival Camerimage, Poland, 2016 (competition)
- 56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (Polish Society of Cinematographers Award)