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Polonez

By

Agnieszka Elbanowska

Duration

16 MIN

Language

Polish

Subtitles

French/english

Country

Poland

Year

2016

War, war, that’s no reason to miss a DOCUMENTARY FILM about TRADITION
Diffusion completed
Polonaise 1

Synopsis

In the small, central Polish town of Aleksandrow Kujawski, the director of the local culture center announces a competition. The theme ... a creative presentation of your personal patriotic attitude. Entrants are free to demonstrate their creativity in whatever form they like; in song, recitation or gesture, by giving a speech or staging their piece. Anything goes. There’s just one requirement; entrants may only present their own, original work. The eleventh day of the eleventh month arrives ... Poland’s Independence Day. And on this very day, the jury, consisting of the director, the mayor, a priest and a local poetess, will select the region’s number one patriot.

Agnieszka elbanowska director

Direction

Agnieszka Elbanowska

Director, editor, reporter and photojournalist Agnieszka Elbanowska is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, Roma Tre University and the Wajda School and is currently working on her Ph.D. at the Lodz Film School. A member of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Her most recent film, The Love Equation of Henry Fast, has been screened at festivals in Poland and abroad and has won numerous awards.

Editing

Agnieszka Elbanowska

Cinematographer

Pawel Chorzepa

Screenplay

Agnieszka Elbanowska

Original Title

Polonez

English Title

Polonaise