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(un)usual Manhattan

70's'. Poland is under the foot of the USSR and it is at this time that an architect, visionary, with her stubbornness and consistency led to the construction of her life's work: a concrete estate in a style that is considered by many to be an icon of social modernism to this day. The film director takes us on a journey during which we learn how architecture works after more than 50 years of use. We observe life in apartments, corridors, yards, basements and we get to know a kind of micro world of the housing estate in the center of Wrocław. Is it a magnifying glass for Polish society and Poland itself?

  • Filip Janerka
    Director
  • Filip Janerka
    Writer
  • Michał Duda
    Writer
  • Małgorzata Devosges-Cuber
    Writer
  • Kova Production
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 21, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    English, Polish
  • Shooting Format:
    cyfrowy
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 19th Millenium Docs Against Gravity 2022
    Wrocław
    Poland
    May 21, 2022
    21.05.2022
    Documentary
Director Biography - Filip Janerka

A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts (majoring in photography and multimedia). He has 20 years of experience in the creative industry, dealing with film and photography, he worked for well-known brands such as: Lotto, KFC (AmRest), MSI, Lower Silesia, Podkarpacka Regional Tourist Organization and many others. For the last 3 years he is developing the Kova Production house in Wrocław, where documents related to architecture such as: "in Polish Manhattan", "(un)usual Manhattan" have already been created. In addition, he is involved in social activities, as shown in the documentary "Happy 8".
In 2022, the premiere of the film with the working title "Food Matters" and "Pandemic Underground" is also planned.

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