The Rocking Horses
Poland2022documentary30'Konkurs polski (2022)
A touching, warm and painfully accurate portrait of a person with mental disability. We observe the protagonist during her classes and therapies, we learn about her family situation, we get to know what she dreams of and what she does in her everyday life. Animation brings Ewa’s drawings to life and helps us to see the world though her eyes. We may not be able to fully understand her but thanks to Marcin Lesisz’s film we may at least get closer to her. We may realise what kind of problems she faces and notice the person, not the illness; the person who has the right to be who she wants to be.
Awards
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2022 National competition
The award for the best Polish short documentarySilver Hobby-Horse
- directed by
- Marcin Lesisz
Director and cinematographer. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Cinematography at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia. His film Goran the Camel Man has been screened at festivals in Poland and abroad, winning a number of awards. He is the producer and cinematographer of the short feature film Ricochets. He also works as a cinematographer and camera operator on spots, documentaries, features and TV series.
- cinematography
- Marcin Lesisz
- script
- Marcin Lesisz
- animated by
- Artur Hanaj
- protagonists
- Ewa Werfel, Genowefa Werfel, Józef Werfel
- music
- Konrad Rogiński
- sound
- Grzegorz Kubaszko, Marcin Czapka, Iga Kałduńska
- editing
- Marcin Sucharski
- production
- Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński (Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association), Małgorzata Domin, Dominika Mandla (Domino Film)
- Photo
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