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Warsaw Rising

"Warsaw Rising" CINEMATIC VR EXPIERIENCE is the first feature film in Poland executed in the virtual reality technology. It tells a story based on the fate of one of Warsaw insurgents, Capt. Władysław Sieroszewski alias "Sabała", who received a note with a message from his daughter when he was leaving to fight in the
Uprising in August 1944. At the time, he did not know yet that the note would influence his further fate.

  • Tomasz Dobosz
    Director
  • Tomasz Dobosz
    Writer
  • Mariusz Laszuk
    Writer
  • Rafał Wiśniewski
    Producer
  • Mariusz Laszuk
    Producer
  • Mirosław Haniszewski
    Key Cast
    "Sabała (capitan)"
  • Agata Różycka
    Key Cast
    "Sophie"
  • Tomasz Ziętek
    Key Cast
    "Pip"
  • Tomasz Solich
    Key Cast
    "Tex"
  • Zacharjasz Muszyński
    Key Cast
    "Grizzly"
  • Marcin Magiera
    DOP
  • Kamil Sajewicz
    Sound Director
  • Artur Słotwiński
    Music
  • Dominik Greinert
    Editor
  • VRheroes.pl
    Production
  • National Centre for Culture
    Production
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Kartka z Powstania
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    170,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Language:
    English, Polish
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Polish Film Festival
    Gdynia
    Poland
    September 16, 2018
  • Lublin Film Festival
    Lublin
    Poland
    November 10, 2018
    Honorary Award of Lublin Film Festival for a groundbreaking film form.
  • Polish Television Theaters Festival in New York
    New York
    United States
    November 15, 2018
  • DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival
    Tel Aviv
    Israel
    September 18, 2018
  • Film Spring Open
    Krakow
    Poland
    October 19, 2018
  • Leuven International Short Film Festival
    Leuven
    Belgium
    December 1, 2018
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
    Calcutta
    India
    February 8, 2019
    BEST VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) - AWARD WINNER
  • KO:SH FILM FEST
    Korça
    Albania
    July 8, 2019
    Albania Premiere
    Award Winner
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    November 30, 2019
    Spain Premiere
    Award Winner
  • Los Angeles Film Awards
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 2, 2019
    Award Winner
  • The Fine Arts Film Festival
    Venice
    United States
    May 24, 2019
    Award Winner
  • The American Film Award
    New York
    United States
    November 5, 2019
    Award Winner
  • MiMo MILANO MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL
    Milano
    Italy
    December 29, 2019
    Italy Premiere
    Award Winner
  • Buenos Aires International Film Festival
    Buenos Aires
    Brazil
    March 5, 2020
    South America Premiere
    Award Winner
  • Best Polish VR feature film - European Film Forum "Cinergia"
    Łódź
    Poland
    November 22, 2019
    Award
  • Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award in Digital Culture section 2019
    Warsaw
    Poland
    Award
Distribution Information
  • VRheroes.pl
    Country: Poland
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Tomasz Dobosz

Tomasz Dobosz, film director, producer and screenwriter, director of Cinematic VR, graduate of doctoral studies in the field of Organization and Management, graduate of the Warsaw Film School, a long-term academic lecturer, co-founder of the VRheroes Film Studio, e-mail: biuro@vrheroes.pl

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Director Statement

Thanks to Warsaw Rising VR, we no longer have to imagine what we would have done if we had lived in those times. We feel our physical presence in that time and place, which – given the right sensitivity – enables us to feel what choices we might have made. Watching a scene of guerrilla fighting, do we feel like hiding or joining the battle? Seeing Warsaw destroyed by the war, do we feel sadness or anger? Thanks to the fact that VR can deceive the human brain in terms of experiencing presence in the given place, we can come a little closer to answering these questions.