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BENEK BLUES

The action is placed in a cramped flat in Warsaw’s district of Ochota. A father and a son, both bedridden, live in a fascinating symbiosis. The son, a well‑known photographer Bernard ben Dobrowolski, is lying in bed  because a chronic condition has deformed his body and immobilized him. The father, Dominik, has recently suffered from a stroke. Now they are taking care of each other and crowds of visitors move through their room.

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
56'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
SCRIPT:
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
DOP:
Jacek Petrycki
EDITOR:
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
MUSIC:
Ryszard Zawistowski, Wiktor Zydroń
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop

Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk »

Film editor, professional photographer and director. "Benek Blues", the film with which she made her debut as a director, was awarded the two most prestigious prizes at the Cracow Festival: Grand Prix – the Golden Dragon and Golden Hobby-Horse, and prizes in Leipzig, Neubrandemburg and in Taiwan. For many years she worked for the Documentary Film Studio in Warsaw and edited most films by Marcel Łoziński: ("Próba mikrofonu" / "The microphon test", "89 mm od Europy" / "89 mm from Europe", "Wszystko może się przytrafić" / "Everything is possible", "Pamiętam" / "I remember"), and also "Przesłuchanie" / "Interrogation" by Ryszard Bugajski, "Robotnicy 80" / "Workers 80" by Andrzej Chodakowski and Andrzej Zajączkowski, "Wół" / "An Ox" by Józefa Cyrusa and many other important documentary films. She has been a member of the Association of Polish Photographers since 1979.
 
AWARDS AT POLISH FESTIVALS:
* International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films - German TV Prize
* Krakow Film Festival - Grand Prix "the Golden Dragon"
* Krakow Film Festival - Grand Prix "The Golden Hobby-Horse"
* Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) - Special Prize