OTART OR REASON REGAINED
POLISH TITLE: TOTART CZYLI ODZYSKIWANIE ROZUMU
Full of energy, the film is a dynamic account of Totart, an artistic group from Gdańsk. In the drabness of the mid 1980s young people from Gdansk initiated a number of artistic activities, including happenings and performances. The main character in the film is Zbigniew Sajnóg, an unofficial leader of Totart and the ideologue who stood behind the surreal and anarchistic projects developed by the group. From a broader perspective, Bartosz Paduch’s film is a story of the last rebels fighting against the greyness of communist Poland as well as a story about the roots of Polish popular culture.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 80'
- YEAR:
- 2014
- DIRECTING:
- Bartosz Paduch
- SCRIPT:
- Bartosz Paduch
- DOP:
- Bartosz Bieniek
- EDITOR:
- Miłosz Janiec
- MUSIC:
- Szelest Spadającyh Papierków, Pancerne Rowery
- SOUND:
- Wojciech Cwyk, Piotr Podgórski, Piotr Pastuszak
- PRODUCTION:
- Darek Dikti Biuro Pomysłów
Bartosz Paduch »
Director and screenwriter born in Gdansk in 1979, graduated in film directing from from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television in Katowice – University of Silesia, also completed Development Lab and Script programs at Wajda School. Working as 1st AD at numerous long feature film sets across Poland. Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Currently working on his debut feature film 'Finis Poloniae' and full length documentary ‚Scandal‘.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (screening)