EVOLUTION
POLISH TITLE: ROZWÓJ
In the very middle of the Ojców National Park there is a house. The house is a shelter for about seventy old and ailing men. Some of them are mentally retarded or ill, some disabled, and others blind or deaf. They are waiting for death. They are doing their best to fight against overwhelming matter. Any instance of overcoming matter, and getting closer to another human being becomes a heroic act, a mind-over-matter victory for them.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 45'
- YEAR:
- 2001
- DIRECTING:
-
Borys Lankosz
- SCRIPT:
-
Marcin Koszałka, Borys Lankosz
- DOP:
-
Marcin Koszałka
- EDITOR:
-
Marek Król
- MUSIC:
- Abel Korzeniowski
- PRODUCTION:
- CONTRA STUDIO
Born in 1973 in Krakow. A graduale of the Faculty of Directing at the Lodz Film School. His
Evolution (2001) received the Golden Gate award at the festival in San Francisco and the Silver Dragon and Bronze Hobby Horse at the 42ndKrakow Film Festival; he also won at the festival in Dubrovnik. The film
Poles, Poles (2002) was qualified for festivals in: Leipzig, Rome and Guangzhou. The documentary
Kurc (2005
) was nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the festival in Biarritz and won at the Film Festival in Cieszyn. Lankosz is the author of
From a Different Perspective, a documentary series shot in Iran, France and China, and of the film
Alien VI (2007), made as part of the
30 minutes project.
