Bandmasters
Poland2016documentary42'Konkurs polski (2017)
Tomasz Knittel shows a portrayal of the contemporary Polish scene of source music. He invited the following bands to participate in his film: Chłopcy Kontra Basia, Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa, Kompania Prusinowski Infidelis, Kapela Brodów and Kapela Maliszy. The essence of this creative documentary is to combine tradition with modernity. Traditional images like bread baking or folk dances in the streets of Warsaw are intertwined with the impressionist landscape of a contemporary city, all to the rhythm of folk songs.
- directed by
- Tomasz Knittel
Director of short films, PR spots, music videos and social campaigns. He is a fan of musical films and an author of documentaries devoted to the subject, including “From Podserednieje with Love” (2015), “Good Evening, Opole!” (2014) and “Polska – Path of Dance” (2016). He has developed “Elektro_sonda” (2016), a production escaping traditional genre divisions. His film “Universam Grochów” has been awarded at many festivals (58th Krakow Film Festival, Grand Prix of Kameralne Lato 2018). He is also an author of a documentary series about the role of tower block estates in Polish culture formation, “BLOK”.
- cinematography
- Nicolas Villegas Hernandez
- script
- Tomasz Knittel
- animated by
- Szymon Tomiło
- editing
- Kuba Pietrzak
- production
- (National Audiovisual Institute), Tomasz Kronenberg (Telewizja Polska)
- Photo
