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TELL ME, WHY?

POLISH TITLE: POWIEDZ MI, DLACZEGO?

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Jurek lives in Tel Aviv, Stella - in Boston. They met in 1936 in Otwock and fell in love from the first sight. They were divided by the war - Jurek went to Auschwitz, Stella was sent to work in Germany. The last letter from Stella came in 1945. After the war he had spent a long time looking for her until he found out that she had got married. Then he met Nora. They lived together for 57 years. Now, after all those years, he suggested to Stella they should meet again in Otwock

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
pl
RUNNING TIME:
45'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Małgorzata Imielska
SCRIPT:
Małgorzata Imielska
DOP:
Tomasz Tupalski
EDITOR:
Ewa Smal
MUSIC:
Fiodor Karol Borodziuk
PRODUCTION:
TVP 1 S.A., Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop

Małgorzata Imielska »

Film director and screenwriter. Graduate of Film and Television Directing at the Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Her documentaries focus primarily on World War II and the Holocaust. She also directs television theatre performances. Her most important awards, gained in Huston, Krakow and Canton, among others, were in recognition of her documentary Tell Me Why (2006). Currently, she is developing her feature-length documentary Love and Empty Words.
AT FESTIVALS:
AWARDS AT POLISH FESTIVALS:
* Krakow Film Festival - The President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award
* Krakow Film Festival - Audience Prize * “Jewish Motives” Film Festival, Warsaw 2006 - Bronze Fenix
* Crossroads Of Europe, Lublin 2007 - Special Mention
* Worldfest Independent Film Festival - Bronze Remi
* GZDOC, Guangzhou 2007 - Special Mention