AGFA 1939 JOURNEY INTO WAR
POLISH TITLE: AGFA 1939 PODRÓŻ W CZASY WOJNY
REPRESENTED BY KFF
Mysterious box from 1939, hiding a 16 mm film and photographs triggers an investigation, which unveils family secrets and unknown chapters of Polish-German history.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland, Germany
- RUNNING TIME:
- 54'
- YEAR:
- 2015
- DIRECTING:
- Michał Wnuk
- SCRIPT:
- Michał Wnuk
- DOP:
- Michał Popiel-Machnicki
- EDITOR:
- Maciej Pawliński, Bartek Pietras
- PRODUCTION:
- Balabusta Magdalena Kamińska
Michał Wnuk »
Born in 1980. He got his degree in Film Directing from the University of Silesia. After his studies, he worked as an assistant director in feature film productions and as a TV writer. He is a holder of scholarships from Berlin-based Nipkow Programm and Goethe Institut Stiftung (2006), and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005). He attended Archidoc program run by La Fémis, Paris (2011). Since 2012 he is a member of the Board of the Polish Filmmakers Association. What the Doctors Say was his film debut, for which he was awarded Golden Amber Award for the best short film during the 28th Koszalin Film Festival in 2009; the film was also screened at the festivals in Cannes, Brest, Moscow, Paris and Tehran among others.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 28th Cottbus Film Festival, Germany, 2018 (screening)
- 55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition)