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FRESHMAN

POLISH TITLE: ŚWIEŻAK

"Freshman" is a two-year observation of a fifteen-year-old Jędrek. Cut off from his family and loved ones, the boy gets locked up in a juvenile prison. Now he has to adapt to this new, harsh environment. At first, he is scared and lonely, but later, he meets a friend - Wojtek. The juvy slowly becomes their new home.

TRAILER
GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
26'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Michał Edelman, Tomasz Pawlik
SCRIPT:
Michał Edelman, Tomasz Pawlik
DOP:
Tomasz Pawlik
EDITOR:
Przemek Krężel, Julia Polkowska
MUSIC:
Joanna Szczęsnowicz
SOUND:
Bartosz Putkiewicz
PRODUCTION:
Studio Munka

Michał Edelman »

Michał Edelman, born in 1995, studied Humanities at the University of Warsaw and graduated from the Directing Department at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Born into a filmmakers family, he grew up around film sets and developed a deep passion for cinema, which has only grown stronger over time. In 2020, he debuted with a documentary feature "Last Knights of the Right Side", which had it’s international premiere at the Ji.hlava IDFF. Recently he was awarded the Best Short at the Millennium Docs Against Gravity for his short documentary "Freshman".


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