EL MISIONERO
POLISH TITLE: MISJONARZ
This documentary shows the missionary work of Kazimierz Strzępek, a Redemptorist who has been working in a Bolivian parish for sixteen years. There are forty chapels, scattered high in the Andes, in the parish. Wojciech Starońs camera accompanied the priest for a year in various situations, day and night.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 50'
- YEAR:
- 2000
- DIRECTING:
- Wojciech Staroń
- SCRIPT:
- Wojciech Staroń
- DOP:
- Wojciech Staroń
- MUSIC:
- Teresa Kruczek
- PRODUCTION:
- Studio Filmowe Wir
Wojciech Staroń »
Cinematographer and film director. Winner of the Silver Bear at the 61st Berlinale for his cinematography in “El Premio”, directed by P. Markovitch. His directorial debut "Siberian Lesson" (1998) was awarded at festivals in Krakow, at IDFA and Cinema du Reel. "Argentine Lesson" (2011) won awards at the Cinema Eye Honor, Krakow Film Festival, DokLeipzig and Camerimage, among others. The film “Brothers” (2015) won at the Semaine de la Critique in Locarno. As a cinematographer, he has collaborated with Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze on “Plac Zbawiciela” (Golden Frog, Polish Camerimage Competition 2006), “Papusza” (Manaki Brothers Bronze Camera 2013), with Lidia Duda on “Entangled”(Kraków, Cinematography Award), “Chicks” (PSC Award 2023), with Diego Lerman on “Refugiado” (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2014), M. Mubarak on “Autobiography” (Venice Orizzonti 2022), with V. Kairis on “January” (Tribeca 2022 winner) and with L. Achour on “Red Path” (Locarno, Camerimage 2024).
- 56th Festival dei Popoli IDFF, Italy, 2015 (screening)