Sceneggiatura, montaggio / Screenplay, Editing: Tomasz Wolski Musica / Music: Jerzy Rogiewicz Suono / Sound: Marcin Lenarczyk, Tomasz Wolski Produzione / Produced by: Kijora Film Coproduzione / Co-produced by: Telewizja Polska S.A., Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN), Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy Con il sostegno di / Supported by. Polish Film Institute Distribuzione internazionale / World Sales So FILMS
Poland, 1981. A country on the verge of an unravelling revolution, with communist authorities willing to do whatever it takes to suppress it. General Wojciech Jaruzelski announces a historic decision on national television: Martial Law is imposed in communist Poland on December 13. The next day, tanks take to the streets. Soldiers control the cities, enforce a curfew, and the army pacifies the striking workers. Statecontrolled journalists try to discredit the opposition led by Lech Wałęsa, and Solidarity members are imprisoned. Propaganda is in full swing. Rationing of goods, queueing for toilet paper, and other ridiculous attempts to kill the spirit of freedom and independence begin. Shall Poland cry over her fate or laugh about the farcical theatre in which she’s the main protagonist? A found footage film about a breakthrough moment in Polish and world history.
Tomasz Wolski
Film director, editor and scriptwriter, Tomasz Wolski was born in 1977, in Gdynia, Poland. He is a graduate of the ‘Andrzej Wajda’ Master School of Film Directing. Wolski is a member of the Guild of Polish Documentary Directors, the Polish Film Academy and the European Film Academy (EFA). As an editor, he collaborated, among others, with Sergei Loznitsa on Babi Yar. Context and The Kiev Trial. His documentaries An Ordinary Country, 1970 and the short film The Fence were presented at the Trieste FF. A Year in the Life of a Country was presented at the Krakow Film Festival and at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
2009 Szczesciarze (The Lucky Ones) cm / sf doc.; Premi / Awards: Krakow FF – Premio del pubblico / Audience Award 2011 Lekarze doc.; Premi / Awards: Camerimage – Golden Frog 2013 Nie dla kazdego cm / sf doc. 2015 Córka (Daughter) cm / sf 2017 Festiwal diretto con / directed with Anna Gawlita doc.: Premi / Awards: Krakow FF – Migliore fotografia / Best Cinematography 2020 An Ordinary Country doc.; Premi / Awards: Krakow FF – Golden Hobby Horse; Visions du Réel IFF – Premio della giuria Clinique de Genolier / Jury Prize Clinique de Genolier 2021 1970 doc.; Premi / Awards: Visions du Réel IFF – Premio Speciale della giuria / Special Jury Award 2022 Płot (The Fence) cm / sf 2023 In Ukraine diretto con / directed with Piotr Pawlus doc.; Premi / Awards: Visions du Réel IFF – Menzione speciale / Special Mention 2024 Rok z życia kraju (A Year in the Life of a Country) doc.; Premi / Awards: Krakow FF – Silver Horn
