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Grandma has gone

Babcia wyjezdza

Genre: Fiction
Country: Poland
Year: 2009
Duration: 18 min

Director: Tomasz Jurkiewicz
Scenario: Tomasz Jurkiewicz

Cast: Lukasz Czeladzki, Krzysztof Warunek, Stanislawa Lopuszanska

Programme selection: Up to 10.000 Bucks

Budget: 8000

Synopsis:

Jurek, a sixteen year old cottage boy, has problems at vocational school – he is a permanent liar. Soon his ability to make things up will be very useful to him. After his granny, who is very close to him, is taken to hospital, Jurek has to deal with his father, who is an alcoholic. A moving story about dreams and coming to terms with lot.

Director: Born 1981, Graduate of Film and Media Studies in Jagiellonian University in Cracow and Film Directing on University of Silesia, Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department. Screenwriter and director of shorts( 2005 - “Franciszek”, 2006 - “Broadcast Rehearsal”, 2007 - “Sleepwalkers”, 2008 - “Live-Action Radio”, 2009 - “Merry Christmas”, “Grandma has gone”, 2010 – “If fish could talk” ) - awards on many Polish (Cracow, Gdynia, Warsaw) and international film festivals (Karlovy Vary, Seul, Espinho, St. Petersburg), screenwriter.