WRITTEN IN INK
POLISH TITLE: CO RAZ ZOSTAŁO ZAPISANE
The main protagonist is a homeless, alcoholic living in the dregs of society. He is a tatoo enthusiast, with almost all of his body covered in ink. Each tatoo resembles a different story, of which there were many. Despite the uneasy possition he finds himself in, he is trying to take his life in his own hands once again and make up for the wrong he did in the past. After many years apart he is trying to reconnect with his siblings. Althogh his sister ignores his telephone calls and his brother doesn’t want to speak with him, he doesn’t give up hope that something may still change in his life. Martin Rath’s beautifully shot documentary shows how difficult it is to erase from the memory what has already happened in the past by revealing how deeply each new experience marks one’s life.
FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 11'
- YEAR:
- 2011
- DIRECTING:
- Martin Rath
- SCRIPT:
- Martin Rath
- DOP:
- Yori Fabian
- EDITOR:
- Bogusława Furga
- PRODUCTION:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
Martin Rath »
Martin Rath grew up in East Berlin. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and is currently studying at the directing department of the National Polish Film School in Lodz. His short documentary “Written in Ink” has been shown at more than 100 international film festivals including SXSW and Hot Docs. In 2013 Martin completed his 23 min. fiction short film “Arena”.- Shnit International Shortfilmfestival, Austria, 2011 (screening)
- 59th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia, 2012 (screening)
- 28th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2012 (screening)
- UNLIMITED Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany, 2012 (screening)
- 2. Filmfestival filmPOLSKA Munchen, 2012 (screening)
- 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2013 (screening)
- 31st Festival Tous Courts -Aix en Provence, France , 2013 (screening)
- Friss Hus Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary, 2014 (screening)
- 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)
- 21st Court c'est Court Short Film Festival, France, 2014 (screening)
- Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival Dokubazaar, Slovenia, 2011 (competition)
- Abu Dhabi Film Festival, The United Arab Emirates, 2011 (Best Short Documentary)
- 19 th International Short Film Festival in Chile Santiago, 2011 (Second Prize for the Documentary Film)
- Short Film Festival of Dijon - "Fenêtres Sur Courts", France, 2011 (competition)
- 20. European Film Festival for Documentaries dokumentART, Germany/Poland, 2011 (competition)
- 56th Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2011 (competition)
- ZINEBI 53 International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Spain, 2011 (competition)
- DOCUDAYS – Beirut International Documentary Festival, 2011 (competition)
- 6th Athens International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2012 (competition)
- Northern Wave International Film Festival, Iceland, 2012 (competition)
- South by South West, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Go short International Short Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2012 (competition)
- Fort Myers Film Festival Florida, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 59th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia, 2012 (competition)
- Dawson City International Short Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 8th Annual European Short Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- European Short Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 14th Mecal International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2012 (competition)
- 60°N Os International Film Festival, Norway, 2012 (competition)
- 41. International Student Film Festival Konrad Wolf, Germany, 2012 (competition)
- Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Norway, 2012 (competition)
- Hot Docs, Canada, 2012 (competition)
- Fresno Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- The Monaco Charity Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 7th Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco, 2012 (competition)
- Kurzfilmfestivals 20min|max, Germany, 2012 (competition)
- Twin Rivers Multimedia Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- New Jersey International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Snake Alley Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Open Eyes Filmfestival, Germany, 2012 (competition)
- Maine International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Gimli Film Festival, Canada, 2012 (competition)
- Euganea Film Festival, Italy , 2012 (competition)
- 10th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2012 (competition)
- MIFF Waterville, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Guanajuato IFF, Mexico, 2012 (competition)
- Open Cinema Film Festival, Russia, 2012 (competition)
- FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- HollyShorts Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Minneapolis Underground Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy, France, 2012 (competition)
- Phenom Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Split Film Festival, Croatia, 2012 (competition)
- Encounters Film Festival, UK, 2012 (competition)
- 7th Annual Harlem International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (Best Short Shorts Award)
- Fieri International Film Festival, Albania, 2012 (competition)
- Arizona Underground Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Lowcountry Indie Shorts, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Crested Butte Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Milwaukee Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Raindance Film Festival, UK, 2012 (competition)
- Tacoma Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- East Lansing Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 13th Annual Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- I've seen films International Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (Best Documentary Short)
- New Orleans Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Laughlin International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Reel Independent Film Extravaganza, USA, 2012 (Best Documentary Short)
- Cyprus International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2012 (competition)
- 7th 15 Short Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- EDINDOCS 2012, Scotland, 2012 (competition)
- Clones Fim Festival, Ireland, 2012 (competition)
- Konstanzer Kurz.Film.Spiele_1.9, Germany, 2012 (competition)
- 35th Starz Denver Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 24fps Inernational Short Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 14th International Documentary Encounters of Columbia, 2012 (competition)
- Lone Star Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Valley Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 18th annual Cucalorus Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Mecal Chile, Chile, 2012 (competition)
- Weyauwega International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Cornwall Film Festival, UK, 2012 (competition)
- 18th Kolkata Film Festival, India, 2012 (competition)
- 48th Chicago International Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- 9th Festival International de Cortometrajes Fenaco- Lambayeque, Peru, 2012 (competition)
- International Film Festival Anyigua Barbuda, 2012 (competition)
- Cinemaiubit Student Film Festival, Romania, 2012 (competition)
- International Student Film and Video Festival, Slovenia, 2012 (competition)
- 36th Portland International Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- Thin Line Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia, 2013 (competition)
- One World - People in Need International Human Rights FF 2013, Czech Republic, 2013 (competition)
- 10th Docudays, Ukraine, 2013 (competition)
- ECU - The European Independent Film Festival, France, 2013 (competition)
- Hot Media International Film Festival, USA, 2013 (Best Documentary Short)
- 5th annual Wallabout Film Festival, USA, 2013 (Best Cinemtography Award)
- 11 th In the palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2013 (competition)
- 27th Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Estonia, 2013 (competition)
- The Smalls Film Festival, UK, 2013 (competition)
- Apolonia International Student Film Festival, Albania, 2013 (competition)
- Southern Screen Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 9th International Students Film Festival “Early Bird”, Bulgaria, 2013 (competition)