Figura
It's white and windy all around. A gigantic figure emerges from behind the snow curtain and hits the road. It passes towns, villages, houses, to land on top of a hill, next to spiders, saints and bumper cars. FIGURE is a surreal tale about creating myths, about religious kitsch, and about the desire for greatness. Who is our protagonist? The world's largest sacral miniature park resident. A gigantic contradiction.
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Katarzyna GondekDirectorFIGURE (2015), HOSANNA (2013), THE SUPREME (2013), MIŁOSZ (2013), THE TOWN (2011)
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Katarzyna GondekWriterFIGURE (2015), HOSANNA (2013), THE SUPREME (2013), MIŁOSZ (2013), THE TOWN (2011)
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Katarzyna GondekProducerFIGURE (2015), HOSANNA (2013), THE SUPREME (2013), MIŁOSZ (2013), THE TOWN (2011)
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Studio Filmowe Largo - Agnieszka TraczewskaProducer
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Jarosław PiekarskiProducer
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Studio PUK - Katarzyna SzczerbaProducer
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BEKKE FILMS - Ben VandendaeleProducerSiemiany (2009), The Letter (2011), Subaru (2013), De weg van alle vlees (2013), De Smet (2014), In de naam van de kater (2014), ALLER - RETOUR (2014), August (2014), Het Geluk (2015)
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Jarosław PiekarskiDirector of photography
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Katarzyna SzczerbaSound Designer / Mix
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Andrzej DoboszGraphic designer
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RADIATOR IP Sales - Ben VandendaeleFestival promotion / Sales agent / DistributorSiemiany (2009), The Letter (2011), Subaru (2013), De weg van alle vlees (2013), De Smet (2014), In de naam van de kater (2014), ALLER - RETOUR (2014), August (2014), Het Geluk (2015)
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:8 minutes 53 seconds
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Completion Date:June 3, 2015
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Country of Origin:Poland
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Country of Filming:Poland
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Aspect Ratio:2:35
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Krakow International Film FestivalKrakow, Poland
June 3, 2015
World premiere -
Concorto Film FestivalPiacenze, Italy
August 23, 2015
International premiere
A graduate of film studies and documentary course in Wajda School. Author of films and literary forms. She wrote and published two novels (HORROR VACUI and OTOLITH), a poetry book (PLEXUS) and a couple of short stories.
A hunter for the surreal.
Her latest film works are THE FIGURE, a poetic comedy about a gigantic plastic pope and HOSANNA, a short narrative that also lightly deconstructs a few religious myths. Right now she is working on a short fiction, a Polish/Belgium coproduction called "DEER BOY” and a documentary about disappearing memories ("THE BLACK CURTAIN"). Her films have been shown and sometimes awarded on festivals allover the world.
Winner of the WARTO Award in the film category (2014), nominated for Barańczak literary scholarship award (2015).
Filmography
FIGURA (2015) – short documentary
HOSANNA (2013) – short fiction film
THE SUPREME (2013) – short documentary
MIŁOSZ (2013) – documentary film
THE TOWN (2011) – short experimental documentary