RIGHT SIDE OF CELLO
POLISH TITLE: WARIACJA NA WIOLONCZELĘ SOLO
Dominik Połoński is an eminent musician who survived cancer. His struggle with the disease left a mark, partial paralysis, as the artist may use only one arm. This, however, did not prevent him from returning to practicing and concerts, although his repertoire has changed since the disease. Polonski is no longer able to perform virtuoso compositions. But he finds fulfilment as a performer playing contemporary pieces in which he experiments with the instrument sound. The film focuses on the relationship between the musician and the cello.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 37'
- YEAR:
- 2016
- DIRECTING:
- Aleksandra Rek
- SCRIPT:
- Aleksandra Rek
- DOP:
- Ásta Júlía Guðjónsdóttir, Kamil Frontczak
- EDITOR:
- Daria Szewczenko
- MUSIC:
- Dominik Połoński
- PRODUCTION:
- Wajda Studio
Aleksandra Rek »
Director of and screenwriter for documentary films and feature programmes made for Polish Television. She was born in 1982 in Lodz. She earned her degree in Television Journalism from the Film School in Łódź and in Culture Studies from the University of Lodz. She also graduated from the Wajda School in Warsaw. Currently, for nine years she has been collaborating with TVP Lodz as a feature programme and documentary film director.
AT FESTIVALS:
- IDFA, The Netherlands, 2016 (screening)
- 56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (competition)