drama/sci-fi (movie)
Art house Sci-Fi
Logline:
“When Sonja, a 40-year old lgbt mother, is stripped of her civil rights, she must confront a near-future technocratic regime, or risk losing her family.”
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
Production year: 2023
World Premiere: TBA
IMDB Link: TBA
Producer: Storygeist, TBA
Running time: TBA
Documentary
heartfelt documentary about three mothers
“Trzy kobiety, trzy matki, których dzieci znalazły się w pewnym momencie poza rodziną. Więzi odNowa śledzi losy bohaterek w trakcie ich zmagań o odzyskanie dzieci i uratowanie z nimi więzi”.
Genre: Dokument
Production year: 2019
Format: 4k digital
Producer: Fundacja Zielone Wzgórze
dark & hypnotic thriller
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Production year: 2008
IMDB Link:
Running length: 15 mins
Production company: Polish National Filmschool, Kreativa (Coproduction)
Format: 35mm
“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.”
Counterfeit Magazine
“..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
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
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
(Image courtesy of Shutterstock)
Director: Piotr Ryczko
Script: Trond Arntzen & Piotr Ryczko
DoP: Nicolas Villegas H.
Artistic Caretaker: Jan Jakub Kolski
Additional Artistic Help: Robert Glinski, Andrzej Mellin
Piotruś: Aleksander Madej
Ogrodnik: Mariusz Wojciechowski
“Matka” Młoda: Ewelina Dubczyk
“Matka” Stara: Elżbieta Zalewska
Syn: Dawid Raczkowski
Mały Piotruś: Sebastian Drygulski
Reżyseria: Piotr Ryczko
Zdjęcia: Nicolas Villegas H.
Scenariusz: Piotr Ryczko, Trond Arnzten
Scenografia: Małgorzata Bednarek
Kostiumy: Agnieszka Litwinowicz, Małgorzata Bednarek, Marta Nowicka
Charakteryzacja: Karolina Mamełka, Olga Duraj
Kierownictwo Produkcji: Tomasz Stefaniak, Alicja Kurzępa, Łukasz Hirsz
Casting Statystów: Aleksandra Jankowska, Alicja Kurzępa
Asystent Reżysera: Aleksandra Jankowska
Asystent Scenografii: Zbigniew “Błażej” Błażejeswki
Współpraca: Paweł Mrulewicz, Mikołaj Zientalski
Druga Kamera: Malte Rosenfeld, Yori Fabian, MIchał Gruszczyński
Focus Puller: Wiesław Błażynski, Paweł Fiwek
Asystent Kamery RED: Paweł Fiwek
Dźwięk: Wojciech Emm
Montaż Dźwięku: Weronika Raźna
Postprodukjca: Kreativa
Korekcja Barwna: Jarek Sterczewski
Napisy: Małgorzata Bednarek
Kamery RED ONE: KREATIVA
Fim otrzymał I. Nagrode za scenariusz w konkursie ING.
Podziękowania dla: Rodziny Madej, prof. A. Mellina, proj.J.Koprowicza,
Anny Jadowskiej, Denijala Hasanovica, Wojtka Pawlaka, Małgosi Szyłak, Ani Karasińskiej,
Justyny Kowalskiej, Pauli, Sylwka K., Grześka P.
Szczególne podziękowania dla:
Państwo Tryzno (Muzeum Książki), p. M. Sobańskiego (Pałac Sobańskich w Guzowie)
p. K. Zięby prezesa Kopalni Soli w Bochni (Pałac Goetz w Brzesku),p. Agnieszki Krakowskiej (Almi Decor W Łodzi)p. Marka Zawieruchy
p. Pawła Śmiałkowskiego (TVP Kraków),
oraz: Teatru im. Słowackiego w Krakowie, Centrum Ogrodniczego “Natura” w Brzesku, Akademii Muzycznej w Łodzi, Mieszkańców z ul. Popioły 14
w Łodzi, Zakładu Karnego nr.1 w Łodzi, Domu Studenta PWSFTviT w Łodzi, Przedszkola Witaminka, Przedszkola nr. 108 w Łodzi, Przedszkola nr. 118 w Łodzi, Przedszkola nr. 119 w Łodzi, Przedszkola nr.129 w Łodzi, Przedszkola nr. 206 w Łodzi, Domu Dziecka dla Małych Dzieci,
w Łodzi, Pogotowia Opiekuńczego nr. 1 w Łodzi, PCK Łódź
PWSTviT / Kreativa 2012
(Image from Below the Silence)
(Image from Below the Silence)
(Image from Below the Silence)
gripping magical realism about life and death
Genre: Drama
Production year: 2003
IMDB Link: N/A
Running length: 14 mins
Partial Funding: Norwegian Film Institute
Production company: Niebo Film
Format: mini DV
“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn’t be filled?”
Jodi Picoult – Author
“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
Mahatma Ghandhi
The main theme I wanted to express was of a spiritual realationship between birth and death. To quote Dalai Lamas words “Every moment of our waking and concious life should be a preparation for our death”. Where “Death” is only meant as a passage and not an ultimate ending.
Mila dives into her magical world, filled to the brim with magical hope. (Image taken from the short)
Mila who is only 9 years old is slowly fading away from cancer. As the girl has accepted it as a natural order of things, she is more worried about her mother who is not able to come to terms with losing her only child. Mila tries her best to help her, especially now that her mother is carrying her baby brother, someone she might never get to see. At the same time, she slowly starts to glide into a world of fantasy and beauty which opens up a new hope in her soul.
Mila falls asleep beside her mother, and even if her body has given in to the fight, her soul remains forever in her mother’s warm embrace. (Image taken from the short)
Best Director – Grand Off 2007 Warsaw
1st Place – 69. World Film Festival UNICA 2007
Special Regard – 13. Zoom Zblizenia Jelenia Gora
Special Regard For Cinematography – 69. World Film Festival UNICA 2007
1st Place – “To Love a Man” Oswiecim 2008
1st Place – 53. Ogolnopolski Konkurs Filmow Amatorskich Konin
Nomination to Off-skary Best Director – 13. Zoom Zblizenia Jelenia Gora
Nomination to Off-skary Best Director – MFKA QUEST 2007 Zielona Gora
Nomination to Off-skary Best Cinematography – 13. Zoom Zblizenia Jelenia Gora
Grand Off 2007 Warszawa
Teheran International Film Festival
13. Zoom Zblizenia in Jelenia Gora 2008
The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2007
“Kochac Czlowieka” – Film Festival in Oswiecim 2008
Karachi International Film Festival 2007
Unabhangiges Filmfest Osnabruck 2007
Offskary 2008 Warszawa
53. Ogolnopolski Konkurs Filmow Amatorskich im. prof. Henryka Kluby
7th International Film Festival Era New Horizons 2007
MFKA Quest Europe 2007
69. World Film Festival of Non-Professional Films UNICA 2007
12th Teheran Short Film Festival 2007
International Philosophy Film Festival 2007
Mila welcomes the butterflies, one by one, as they prepare her for the ultimate passage of her soul. (Image taken from the short)
Director: Piotr Ryczko
DoP: Christian Koblizek
Script: Piotr Ryczko
Mother: Kristin Zachariassen
Mila: Trine Kjølstad
Lights/grip: Hilde Fynnset, Bjørn Amund Lien
Editing: Piotr Ryczko
Sound: Rune Rosseland, Harald Longva, Piotr Ryczko
Make-up: Monika Larsen
Music: Franz Shubert
Color Correction: Piotr Ryczko
Production manager: Beate Kynø
Script: Piotr Ryczko
Production: Niebo Film 2003
Mila rings her magical birthday present, the bells which she got from her mother. (Image taken from the short)
absurd black comedy about an ex-gangster
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.”
Counterfeit Magazine
“..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
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
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
(Image from “Sprinter”)
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
(Image from “Sprinter”)
(Image from “Sprinter”)
(Image from “Sprinter”)
