THE LAST LESSON
POLISH TITLE: OSTATNIA LEKCJA
In the midst of intensive study for final exams, the camera follows secondary school students during classes and private conversations. They discuss their plans, dreams, views and feelings on the brink of adulthood, the moment when everything still seems to be possible.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 53'
- YEAR:
- 2018
- DIRECTING:
- Grzegorz Zariczny
- SCRIPT:
- Grzegorz Zariczny
- DOP:
- Weronika Bilska
- EDITOR:
- Grzegorz Zariczny
- SOUND:
- Krzysztof Ridan
- PRODUCTION:
- Katarzyna Zariczny Produkcja Filmowa
Grzegorz Zariczny »
Grzegorz Zariczny is a Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1983). He studied film directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (Faculty of Radio and Television) of the University of Silesia in Katowice and completed a documentary programme at the Wajda School in Warsaw. His documentary debut The Dog Hill (Marysina Polana, 2010) marked the start of his career and was widely awarded in Poland and abroad. His short documentary The Whistle (Gwizdek, 2012) went on to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Zariczny later directed fiction work including Waves (Fale, 2016), which had its world premiere in the Main Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Simple Things (Proste rzeczy, 2020). He is known for combining documentary sensitivity with narrative storytelling and intimate, character-driven cinema. He is known for combining documentary sensitivity with narrative storytelling and intimate character-driven cinema.
- DocPoint Tallinn 2019, Estonia, 2019 (screening)
- Flahertiana - IDFF, Russia, 2019 (screening)
- 58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- Nice European Short FF2019, France, 2019 (competition)