GUCZO. NOTES ON LIFE
POLISH TITLE: GUCZO. NOTATKI Z ŻYCIA
Full of archival delights, the film is a story of an aristocrat condemned by his family who lived in tumultuous times and was a man of many faces and talents. Who really was August Zamoyski? Was this admirer of female beauty who enjoyed his life to the fullest a sportsman, sculptor or a citizen of the world? Using unique materials, the film presents his life and work combined with the contemporary story documenting the return of Zamoyski’s works to Poland. Skilfully presented by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, they are equally important in the film as the fascinating biography of this extraordinary artist.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 76'
- YEAR:
- 2020
- COLOUR:
- colour / black and white
- DIRECTING:
- Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
- SCRIPT:
- Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Marta Szotkowska
- DOP:
- Jacek Petrycki
- EDITOR:
- Grażyna Gradoń
- SOUND:
- Aleksander Musiałowski, Michał Kawiak, Michał Białożej
- PRODUCTION:
- WFDiF (Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych)
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz »
Director of several dozen documentaries and TV theatre plays who has won numerous awards. She graduated from Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and from Film Directing at the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. The documentaries "I Am a Man" (1986) and "The Office" (1986) won her renown, in particular the latter one was showered with awards. For years, she has created film portraits of famous Poles, including Leszek Kołakowski, Czesław Miłosz and Jerzy Grotowski. Among her other well-known documentaries were: "Gdańsk Railway Station" (2008) and the biographical documentary "Wiera Gran" (2011). She is a lecturer at the Directing Department of the Film School in Łódź.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 60th Krakow Film Festival, 2020, Poland, 2020 (competition)