GRANDMA HAS GONE
POLISH TITLE: BABCIA WYJEŻDŻA
Jurek, a sixteen year old cottage boy, has problems at vocational school – he is a permanent
liar. Soon his ability to make things up will be very useful to him. After his granny, who is very
close to him, is taken to hospital, Jurek has to deal with his father, who is an alcoholic.
A moving story about dreams and coming to terms with lot.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRYI:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 18'
- YEAR:
- 2009
- DIRECTING:
- Tomasz Jurkiewicz
- SCRIPT:
- Tomasz Jurkiewicz
- DOP:
- Kacper Fertacz
- PRODUCER:
- Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)
Tomasz Jurkiewicz »
born in 1981, a graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and Film Directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University. The author of short films: "Franciszek" (2005), "Broadcast Rehearsal" (2006), "Sleepwalkers" (2007), "Live Action Radio" (2007), "Merry Christmas" (2009), "Grandma has gone" (2009), "If fish could talk" (2010) awarded on many Polish (Cracow, Gdynia, Warsaw) and international film festivals (Karlove Vary, Seul). Screenwriter.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, Ireland, 2013 (screening)
- Visegrad Shorts On Tour, travelling festival, 2012 (Audience Award)
- 11th International Short & Independent Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010 (competition)
- The 10. up-and-coming Int. Film Festival Hannover, 2009 (competition)
- 7th Asiana International Short Film Festival, Korea, 2009 (Grand Prize)
- 23rd Open Air Filmfest, Weiterstadt, Germany, 2009 (competition)
- Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 2009 (Best Film Centropa)
- 9. International Film Festival Era New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland, 2009 (competition)