When the Lights of Dawn Arise

Director and screenwriter: Mateusz Głowacki

Director of photography: Marcin Banasiak

Editor: Wojciech Janas

Production manager: Natalia Mieszczanin

Artistic supervisors: Maciej Pieprzyca, Andrzej Ramlau

Cast: Błażej Wójcik, Maciej Ferlak, Dariusz Gnatowski, Juliusz Chrząstowski, Anita Poddębniak, Dariusz Chojnacki, Mirosław Bieliński

Year of production: 2012

Running time: 29'

The 60. Poland. A coach trip: a group of office workers goes mushroom picking. The director announces a competition: the employee who finds the largest mushroom will get a bonus. The competition begins. However, it turns out that the trippers care more about buttering up their director than about the very mushrooms.

Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation

Festival screenings of the film:

Play Poland Film Festival, travelling (2013) - screening

filmPOLSKA, Berlin, Germany (2014) - screening

13th International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh (2014) - screening

37th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland (2012) - Best Short Film

31st The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2012) - in competition

12th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2012) - in competition

19th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland (2012) - in competition

11th International Independent Film Forum, Poland (2012) - in competition

6th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2012) - Second Prize in the Independent Short Film Competition

5th Polish Film Meetings "Kameralne Lato", Poland (2012) - in competition

9th Węgiel International Student Film Festival, Poland (2012) - Best Directing

6th Festival of Polish Independent Film Offeliada, Poland (2012) - Grand Prix in the Student Film category and Special Mention of the Student Jury

9th Comedy Film Festival "Barejada", Poland (2012) - "Grand Miś" Prize

Golden Anteaters Film Festival, Poland (2012) - Second Prize in the Student Films Competition

5th International Film Festival The Doors, Poland (2012) - Third Prize in the Student Films Competition

9th GOFFR Film Festival, Poland (2012) - Third Prize

Festival of Young Cinema "Piękni Dwudziestoletni", Poland (2012) - Best Actress Award for Anita Poddębniak

International Independent Film Festival „Publicystyka”, Poland (2012) - Second Prize in the Student Films Competition

28th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2012) - screening

Slot Art Festival, Poland (2012) - screening

20th Nationwide Film Festival Prowincjonalia, Poland (2013) - Best Short Fiction Film

59th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Poland (2013) - First Prize in the Student Films Competition

17th Festival of Polish Comedies, Poland (2013) - Grand Prix

"Filmowa Góra" Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition

11th Multimedia Happy End Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition

6th Festival of Film Directing, Poland (2013) - in competition

5th Solanin Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition

6th Independent Film Festival SPAM, Poland (2013) - Special Mention

2nd Festival of Film Acting, Poland (2013) - Best Actor Award in the Student Etudes Competition for Tadeusz Wojcieszak

6th OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema, Poland (2013) - screening

4th International Festival of Film Producers Regiofun, Poland (2013) - screening

7th Filmoffo Film Festival, Poland (2014) - in competition

10th Best Off Film Festival, Poland (2014) - Best Film

8th CK OFF Film Festival, Poland (2014) - Grand Prix