sprinter
absurd black comedy about an ex-gangster
Sprinter (2008)
Genre: Black comedy, documentary
Production year: 2008
IMDB Link: –
Running length: 20 mins
Production company: Polish National Filmschool
Format: Mini DV
“Polish director Piotr Ryczko’s haunting film ‘Potwor’(Monster) is the culmination of five years at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Described as a ‘story about orphan child Peter and his journey to find self acceptance’, the film – deeply allegorical, like a Grimm’s fairytale – is shot in black and white with a spare, brutal yet dreamlike quality, reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovsky’s ‘Ivan’s Childhood’ or Bill Douglas’s trilogy ‘My childhood’. Like the director’s earlier film, ‘Below the Silence,’ ‘Potwor’ dips in and out of dream-like or delusional states. A powerful, disturbing piece of cinema.”
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“..with certainty the most memorable film was Piotr Ryczko’s film “Monster” as the publics award and several other awards were an adamant proof of. The story of the little Peter escaping the orphanage stirred up the most controversy and emotions in the festivals public…
Quest Europe 2013
Awards & Nominations:
Best Short Film – 22nd Arizona International Film Festival 2013
Best Student Film – UK Film Festival 2013
Publics Choice Award – Quest Europe 2012
Best Director – 10th Wegiel Film Festival 2013
Cinematic Achievement Award – Tess International Film Festival 2014
Best Cinematography – 12th Almeria En Corto 2013
Special Regard – 5th Solanin Film Festival 2013
Special Regard – Quest Europe 2012
Best Cinematography – CinemaForum 2013
Best Lead Actor – Malta Horror Film Festival 2013
Best Cinematographer – 10th Wegiel Film Festival 2013
Best Lead Actor – Quest Europe 2012
2nd prize – 11th Gliwice Film Festival Off 2012
1st place for Best Script – ING Script Competition
Nomination Award for Best Directing (Machulski Award) – Quest Europe 2012
Nomination Award for Best Cinematography (Machulski Award) – Quest Europe 2012
Nomination Award for Best Cinematography (Machulski Award) – MFNFF 2012
Nomination Award for Best Cinematography – 5th Solanin Film Festival 2013
Nomination Award for Best Cinematography – IFF. Zoom Zbliżenia 2013
Nomination Award for Best Editing(Machulski Award) – Quest Europe 2012
Nomination Award for Best Editing (Machulski Award) – IFF. Zoom Zbliżenia 2013
Selections:
36th Sarasota International Film Festival 2013
ECU – European Independent Film Festival 2013
22nd Arizona Film Festival
11th Ischia Film Festival 2013
11th Sedicicorto International Film Festival 2013
UK Film Festival 2013
12th Almeria En Corto 2013
36th Norwegian Short Film Festival 2013
37th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
12th International Film Festival of Almeria En Corto 2013
5th International Festival de Cortometrajes “Pielagios En Corto” 2014
8th Aurora Noveno Festival de Cine De Horror 2014
5th Solanin Film Festival 2013
In the Palace International Short Film Festival 2013
Malta Horror Film Festival 2013
10th Wegiel Film Festival 2013
14th KAN ART Film Festival 2013
17th Zoom Zblizenia 2013
6th Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
Quest Europe 2012
MFNFF 2012
MFNFF 2013 (special nominations)
Gliwicki Off Film Festival 2012
Etiuda and Anima – Polish Graduates 2012
X Panorama of Polish National Filmschool
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Cast & crew:
Title: Sprinter
Genre: Documentary
Production year: 2007
Running length: 29 minutes
Production company: Polish National Filmschool
Format: miniDV
Main Cast:
Wlodek Marszalek
Magdalena Tamborek
Jan Tamborek
Piotr Zelazko
Urszula Marszalek
Ola and Natalia Marszalek
Direction: Piotr Ryczko
Photography: Piotr Ryczko
Editing: Barbara Snarska, Malgosia Bednarek, Piotr Ryczko
Sound: Piotr Ryczko
Music: Trentemøller, Ulver
Color Correction: Piotr Ryczko
Production manager: Beata Gzik
Artisitic Supervisor: Kazimierz Karabasz
Script: Piotr Ryczko
PWSTviT 2008
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