THE VOICE
POLISH TITLE: GŁOS
REPRESENTED BY KFF
The Jesuit Order novitiate is a severe form of a trial. During two years of isolation from society and the comforts of civilisation, young men have enough time to ponder the question: Is the religious life for me? In the documentary by Dominika Montean-Pańków, we can see, among other things, the first lectures for future clergy. ‘If you sit in a shack, you will see the fruits in everyday life’, says an elderly monk. Wojciech Staroń’s shots of the desert define the symbolic horizon of the experience of the novices, and the steady rhythm of Adam Bałdych’s score creates an aura of meditation.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 73'
- YEAR:
- 2022
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Dominika Montean-Pańków
- SCRIPT:
- Dominika Montean-Pańków
- DOP:
- Wojciech Staroń
- EDITOR:
- Milenia Fiedler
- MUSIC:
- Adam Bałdych
- SOUND:
- Leszek Freund, Piotr Pastuszak
- PRODUCTION:
- KALEJDOSKOP Film Studio
- COPRODUCTION:
- Telewizja Polska S.A.
Dominika Montean-Pańków »
Film director. She is a graduate of English Philology from the Jagiellonian University and Film Directing at Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School in Katowice, Poland. She’s the author of many short films, documentaries and TV programs. At present, she’s a doctoral student of Film Directing Department at Polish Film School in Lodz. Her latest work is a full-length documentary ”The Voice”.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 8th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea, 2023 (screening)
- Mysteries of Transition 2023 Eleusis Festival, Greece, 2023 (screening)
- 62nd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2022 (Best Editing, Best Cinematography Award)
- 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece, 2023 (The Golden Alexander Award)
- 24th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films, Egypt, 2023 (competition)