1970
When protests broke out in Communist Poland in late 1970, a crisis team gathered in Warsaw. Soon after the militia made use of their batons. Shots were fired. Through archival recordings and animations, viewers are able to observe various power mechanisms. The film “1970” is a story about a rebellion but told from the perspective of the oppressors.
Award:
2022 Festival Film Dokumenter, Indonesia – International Feature-length Documentary Competition, won: Jury’s Special Mention
2022 History Film Festival, Croatia – Official Selection; won: Best Editing
2022 Zagrebdox International Documentary Film Festival, Croatia – International Competition; won: Special Mention
2021 Visions du Réel, Switzerland International Feature Competitionw; won: Special Jury Award
2021 Kraków Film Festival, National Competition; won: Silver Hobby Horse for Best National Documentary
2021 Batumi International Art House Film Festival, Georgia; won: Best Documentary
2021 Escales Documentaires – International Festival of Creative Documentary, France – Feature Competition; won: Special Mention
2021 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Best of Fests Nomination Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame; won: Award for Best Creative Use of Archive
2021 International Film Festival “Off Cinema”, Poland, won: “Srebrny Zamek”
Selection:
2021 Tirana International Film Festival, Albania – Feature Documentary Competition
2021 Bogotá International Film Festival, Colombia – Official Selection
2021 Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Canada – Panorama
2021 Viennale, Austria – Official Selection
2021 West Lake International Documentary Festival, China – IDF Competition
2021 Ji.Hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic – Testimonies
2021 Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom – Documentary Competition
2021 Scanorama European Film Forum, Lithuania – Official Selection
2021 Seville European Film Festival, Spain – New Waves Non- Fiction Competition
2022 Trieste Film Festival, Italy – Documentary Competition
2022 DocPoint Tallinn Documentary Film Festival, Estonia
2022 Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg – Doc Competition
2022 Doc Fortnight, United States – Official Selection
2022 Docville, Belgium – International Competition
2022 KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival, United Kingdom
2022 Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea – Polish focus
2022 IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal – Silvestre Competition
2022 DOK.fest München, Germany – International Competition
2022 Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Canada – Archives and Letters Spotlight
2022 Beldocs – International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia – Fireworks
2022 Flatpack Film Festival, United Kingdom – Official Selection
2022 Diyarbakir Film Festival, Turkey – International Feature Competition
2022 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia – Feature Film Competition
2022 FICG – Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Mexico – International Animation Feature Film Competition
2022 Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania – Polish Focus
2022 Atlàntida Film Festival, Spain – Main Online Programme
2022 Elements Film Festival, Slovakia – Official Selection
2022 Primanima, World Festival of First Animations, Hungary – Official Selection
2022 Animaphix International Animated Film Festival, Italy – Official Selection
2022 Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, Peru – Wild Regions section
2022 Archivio Aperto, Italy – Competition
2022 Festival of Freedom, Slovakia
2022 Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, the Netherlands – Official Selection
2022 FIDBA – International Documentary Film Festival, Argentina – Official Selection
Review, wyborcza.pl.
Interview with Tomasz Wolski, newsweek.pl
Review, filmkommentar.dk
Interview, businessdoceurope.com
