Over the River

Poland2021documentary43'Panorama polskiego dokumentu (2021)

Once he wanted to be a soldier and today he is a rural doctor and a hard-working farmer. He is also a lonely guardian of the memory of this land’s Jewish inhabitants whose only reminder is an overgrown cemetery. Next to the protagonist, there is his little son who is killing time during summer holidays. Who will little Gosza become in the future? Will he stay in the village which is gradually becoming depopulated and losing ties to its past? The only thing that will remain in place is a bucolic landscape over the Neman River, preserving the traces of the deceased.

directed by
Andrei Kutsila, portret reżysera
Andrei Kutsila

Film director and journalist He was born in 1983 in Baranowicze, Belarus. In 2007 he earned a degree in Journalism from the Belorusian State University and two years later he graduated from the Belorussian State Academy of Arts. He has taken part in many international master courses, including Berlinale Talents and IDFAcademy. He is a laureate of the Gaude Polonia scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. He collaborates with numerous film studios and television stations. In 2019 he received a number of awards, including the Silver Hobby Horse at the 59th Kraków Film Festival for his picture "Summa".

cinematography
Andrei Kutsila
script
Larysa Hrybianuk, Andrei Kutsila
editing
Andrei Kutsila
production
Beata Krasicka (Biełsat (TVP))
Photo
Kadr z filmu Over the River
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