East of the West - Competition 2018 / Via Carpatia / Poland, Czech Republic, North Macedonia 2018
Julia and Piotr are a well-situated, middle-class married couple entertaining the idea of a dream holiday. At the request of Piotr’s mother, however, the pair set out instead on a trip across the Balkans, heading for a refugee camp on the Macedonian-Greek border. Student Academy Award holder Klara Kochańska makes her debut with an intimate, independent road movie which stands out for its subtle performances and quasi-documentary authenticity. The film was co-directed by Kasper Bajon.
Julia and Piotr are a well-situated, middle-class married couple entertaining the idea of a dream holiday. At the request of Piotr’s mother, however, the pair set out instead on a trip across the Balkans, heading for a refugee camp on the Macedonian-Greek border. Klara Kochańska, winner of a Student Academy Award for her short film Tenants (Future Frames at KVIFF 2016), returns to Karlovy Vary with an intimate, independent road movie which stands out for its subtle performances and quasi-documentary authenticity. The protagonists of the film, which was co-directed by Kasper Bajon, are forced to leave their comfort zone and take a closer look at the situation of refugees in contemporary Europe, something they have only encountered thus far sitting on their sofa watching television.
Lenka Tyrpáková
75 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Klara Kochańska, Kasper Bajon
/ Screenplay Kasper Bajon, Klara Kochańska, Julia Kijowska, Piotr Borowski podle námětu / based on an idea by Kasper Bajon
/ Dir. of Photography Zuza Kernbach, Julian A. Ch. Kernbach
/ Editor Marcin Sucharski, Barbara Fronc
/ Art Director Justyna Suwała
/ Producer Agnieszka Kurzydło
/ Production MD4
/ Coproduction HEAVEN'S GATE, Sektor Film, Chimney Poland, Sound Mind, Kijora Film
/ Cast Julia Kijowska, Piotr Borowski, Bajram Severdžan, Dorota Pomykała
/ Sales IKH Pictures Promotion
Klara Kochańska (b. 1984). Filmography: Tenants (Lokatorki, 2015, short), Via Carpatia (2018). Kasper Bajon (b. 1983). Filmography: Via Carpatia (2018)
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Agnieszka Kurzydło
Producer
Klara Kochańska
Film Director
Kasper Bajon
Film Director
Piotr Borowski
Actor
Julia Kijowska
Actress
Julian Kernbach
Director of Photography
Zuzanna Kernbach
Director of Photography
Dagmara Piasecka
Producer
Kamila Kuś
Producer
Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik
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