52 PERCENT
POLISH TITLE: 52 PROCENT
Alla wants to become a ballet dancer very much. It is her another attempt to be admitted to the famous Russian Waganowa Ballet Academy in Sankt Petersburg. Entrance exams are extremely difficult for her. Alla needs to practice additionally to lengthen her legs since her proportions are not correct. 52% is an ideal ratio of legs to height. The film was made during the second edition of the project Russia – Poland. New Gaze.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRYI:
- pl
- RUNNING TIME:
- 20'
- YEAR:
- 2007
- DIRECTING:
- Rafał Skalski
- SCRIPT:
- Rafał Skalski
- DOP:
- Jakub Giza
- MUSIC:
- Łukasz Lach
- PRODUCER:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna), TVP S.A., Krzysztof Kopczyński - Eureka Media
Rafał Skalski »
Rafał Skalski - born 1985, 8 September. Film director and script writer of documentaries, fictions and commercials.A graduate of the Directing Department of the Polish National Film School in Lodz. His films “52 percent" (Polish National Television, 2007), “Girls” (Polish National Television, 2009), “Play with me” (Polish National Television, 2010),”Lovers” (HBO, 2010) have been awarded and screened at many international festivals such as Cannes, IDFA Amsterdam, DOXA Vancouver, London, Lisbon, Toronto, Cracow, etc.He has been awarded several scholarships for talented young artists in Poland, participated at the Berlinale Talent Campus and is a member of the Polish Film Academy.
AT FESTIVALS:
- DocsDF 2012, Mexico, 2012 (screening)
- 10th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia2012 (screening)
- MUJERDOC - II International Documentary Film Festival On Gender, Spain, 2011 (screening)
- Festival de Boca del Lobo, Spain, 2010 (screening)
- Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival DOKUBAZAAR, Slovenia, 2010 (screening)
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada, 2010 (DOXA Short Documentary Award)
- Austin Polish Film Festival 2009, 2009 (competition)
- Polish Film Festival – Journey to Poland, Bristol, UK, 2009 (screening)
- 12th edition of bAT?k Film Festival in Perugia , Italy, 2008 (competition)
- Bilbao Film Festival, Spain, 2008 (competition)
- ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, 2008 (competition)
- Leeds Film Festival, 2008 (competition)
- Cortopotere ShortFilmFestival, Bergamo, Italy, 2008 (competition)
- Doclisboa 2008, Portugalia, 2008 (screening)
- 52nd London Film Festival, 2008 (competition)
- Ourense International Film Festival, Spain, 2008 (screening)
- Docupolis, Barcelona, Spain, 2008 (competition)
- Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival "Beginning", 2008 (Special Diploma)
- Cinefest, Miskolc, Hungary, 2008 (Best Documentary Film)
- Fresh Film Fest - International Student Film Festival, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 2008 (competition)
- Concorto Film Festival 2008, 2008 (Special mention of the Program Direction)
- Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico, 2008 (competition)
- 7th DokuFest Film Festival, Kosovo, 2008 (competition)
- IBFF - International Bunker Film Festival, Ventimiglia, Italy, 2008 (competition)
- Curt.doc Short Documentary Festival, 2008 (competition)
- International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2008 (screening)
- Silverdocs Festival, USA, 2008 (competition)
- Message to Man - International Short and Documentary Film Festival, 2008 (competition)
- Huesca International Film Festival, Spain, 2008 (competition)
- Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 2008 (screening)
- Mo&Friese Children`s Short Festival Hamburg, Germany, 2008 (competition)
- IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival 2008, Portugal, 2008 (competition)
- Mediawave International Film and Music Festiwal, Hungary, 2008 (Special Mention)
- Hot Docs CanadianInternational Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2008 (competition)
- Vilnius Film Shorts, Lithuania, 2008 (Award for the Best Documentary)
- Belfast Film Festival, Ireland, 2008 (competition)
- Human Right Documentary Film Days, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2008 (competition)
- It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2008 (competition)
- 4. Zagreb Dox, Croatia, 2008 (Special Mention)
- International Documentary Festival of Navarra "Punto de Vista", Spain, 2008 (Award for the Best Short Film)
- Tous Court, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2007 (competition)
- GZDOC, Guaghzou, China, 2007 (competition)
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Holland, 2007 (competition)
- Tempo Documentary Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007 (screening)
- Sheffield Doc/Fest, 2007 (screening)
- 7th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2007 (competition)
- Fano International Film Festival, Italy, (Video Digitale First Award)