Knife In the Wife
Director, screenwriter and director of photography: Vita Maria Drygas
Editor: Tomasz Ciesielski
Music: Atanas Valkov
Production manager: Karolina Korta
Artistic supervisors: Bogdan Dziworski, Jerzy Łukaszewicz
Year of production: 2014
Running time: 11'
Knife In the Wife is a documentary impression portraying the life of the provincial Arizona Circus. The culminating point of their show is the throwing of knives. For over fifteen years the circus owner and his son have been throwing them at their wives. The world of this six-person circus troop, though it gives the impression of the grotesque, is frequented by sorrow. Despite the fact that their show isn't the highest of arts, the magic of the circus fascinates the young viewers.
Festival screenings of the film:
24th Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia (2014) - in competition
23rd DokumentART - European Film Festival for Documentaries, Germany (2014) - in competition
20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece (2014) - screening
25th Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary (2015) - Best Short Documentary Film
13th International Short Film Festival FIKE, Portugal (2015) - Documentary Film Special Mention
14th Euganea Film Festival, Italy (2015) - in competition
UNICA Film Festival, Russia (2015) - Best Photography and Bronze Award in the Student Competition
20th Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS, Latvia (2015) - in competition
Les Enfants terribles European First Film Festival, Belgium (2015) - in competition
8th Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco (2015) - The Golden Cave Award for the best short documentary film
Un festival c'est trop court, France (2015) - in competition
38th Poitiers Film Festival, France (2015) - in competition
14th St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Film Beginning, Russia (2015) - in competition
2nd First Step Film Fest, Albania (2015) - in competition
Luksuz Film Festival, Slovenia (2015) - The Arizona Dream Award
22nd Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival, USA (2015) - in competition
27th Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago, USA (2015) - in competition
11th Budapest International Short Film Festival BuSho, Hungary (2015) - screening
filmPOLSKA, Berlin, Germany (2015) - screening
Play Poland Film Festival, travelling (2015) - screening
17th International Short Film Festival Bunter Hund, Germany (2016) - in competition
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, United Kingdom (2016) - in competition
1st Paphos International Film Festival, Cyprus (2016) - in competition
30th Montenegro Film Festival, Montenegro (2016) - in competition
3rd Chennai International Short Film Festival, India (2016) - screening
54th Krakow Film Festival, Poland (2014) - in competition
21st International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland (2014) - in competition
9th Szczecin European Film Festival, Poland (2014) - in competition
18th International Documentary Film Festival Off Cinema, Poland (2014) - in competition
33rd The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2014) - in competition
43rd Lubuskie Film Summer, Poland (2014) - in competition
9th International Short Film Festival Zubroffka, Poland (2014) - in competition
8th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2014) - in competition
7th Short Waves Film Festival, Poland (2015) - in competition
24th Euroshorts European Film Festival, Poland (2015) - in competition
61st Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Poland (2015) - Special Mention
9th CK OFF Film Festival, Poland (2015) - in competition
8th Independent Film Festival SPAM, Poland (2015) - Special Mention
13th Multimedia Happy End Film Festival, Poland (2015) - in competition
23rd Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland (2015) - screening
11th Independent Film Festival kiloff, Poland (2015) - screening
9th Filmoffo Film Festival, Poland (2016) - in competition
6th Student Art Festival sSAFka, Poland (2016) - screening
