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THE SYMPHONY OF THE URSUS FACTORY

POLISH TITLE: SYMFONIA FABRYKI URSUS

The Symphony of the Ursus Factory is a creative documentary, which applies the methods of participatory art and social practice, and combines video art. With choreography and experimental music. Above all, though, it is a voice commemorating the Ursus Factory and the industrial and workers’ culture, a voice which fights for the dignity of the working people and for a historical politics that takes notice of their lives.

TRAILER
GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
60'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jaśmina Wójcik
SCRIPT:
Jaśmina Wójcik, Igor Stokfiszewski
DOP:
Kacper Czubak
EDITOR:
Aleksandra Gowin
MUSIC:
Dominik Strycharski
PRODUCTION:
Wajda Studio
COPRODUCTION:
Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, MX35, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Studio Filmowe Kronika Polska Kron

Jaśmina Wójcik »

 

Director, visual artist, and creator of listening-oriented participatory socio-artistic actions. She focuses on the inclusion and empowerment of communities that lack visibility and opportunities for expression. She is the author of the award-winning creative documentary “Symphony of the Ursus Factory” (2018), which has been screened at festivals including IFFR Rotterdam, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, DOC NYC, RIDM, and Millennium Docs Against Gravity. The film was also nominated for the Cinema Eye Honors and ORŁY film awards. She received grants from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2007 and 2013. Winner of prizes and awards for her artistic work, including first prize at the Samsung Art Master Competition in 2007. Her works have been exhibited and can be found in the collections of the Zachęta National Art Gallery, the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art and the Bunkier Contemporary Art Gallery. For several years she has been involved in empathic education, developing original practices for children’s artistic expression. She gives children agency and subjectivity, treating them as co-creators and inviting them into dialogue. Currently, Wójcik mainly focuses on bottom-up educational initiatives, resulting in her new film based on Janusz Korczak’s novel of the same name, “King Matt the First”. 


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