Problem

Poland2020fiction15'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2020)Konkurs polski (2020)

A single film shot and a single event that shakes up the everyday routine of people sharing the same backyard. Everyone has things to do, everyone is in a hurry, but an unconscious man is lying on the pavement – and he is the eponymous 'problem', both for passers-by and for the services. This short story, which could be just a formal exercise, is transformed into a gripping and in-depth socio-philosophical reflection about man confronted with a tragedy. The director's documentary experience and realistic angle are quite conspicuous here.

directed by: Tomasz Wolski
Film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. He was born in 1977. He is a graduate of Journalism at the Jagiellonian University and of a documentary course from the Wajda School. He has taken part in the Berlinale Talent Campus and the Berlin Today Award. He has made several documentaries, which include The Clinic (2006), "The Lucky Ones" (2009), "Doctors" (2011), "The Palace" (2012), "Not for Everyone" (2012), "Festival" (2017) and "An Ordinary Country" (2020, the winner of the Golden Hobby Horse at the 60KFF). As a editor he has worked with Sergei Loznitsa on his documentaries "Babi Yar. Context" and "The Kiev Trial". He is a co-director (with Piotr Pawlus) of "In Ukraine" which premiered at Berlinale in 2023. A member of the Polish Filmmakers Association, Polish and European Film Academies, and since 2024, a member of the Council of the Polish Film Institute.
cinematography: Wojciech Staroń
script: Katarzyna Tybinka
cast: Michał Pawlik, Magda Alexander, Piotr Grabowski, Adam Szyszkowski, Marcin Janos Krawczyk, Dorota Kuduk, Lech Mackiewicz, Anna Krotoska, Agata Sasinowska, Katarzyna Nejman, Łucja Wolska
sound: Zofia Moruś, Tomasz Wolski, Marcin Lenarczyk
editing: Tomasz Wolski
production: Anna Gawlita (Kijora Film)
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