Roots
Director: Kuba Gryżewski
Screenwriter: Kuba Gryżewski
Director of photography: Maciej Kwaśniewski
Editor: Bartosz Bretes
Sound: Jakub Jerszyński
Production manager: Stanisław Karnkowski
Artistic supervisor: Maciej Pieprzyca
Cast: Krzysztof Tyniec, Milena Staszuk, Idris Ceesay, Jacek Knap
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 14'
Stefan visits his adult daughter who lives in another city. He meets her new boyfriend on the spot. This one, however, does not appeal to him at all. The next time Marta wants to show her boyfriend the place of origin and, by the way, come to dinner for her father, Stefan decides to act and do everything to dissuade her daughter from her new love.
Festival screenings of the film:
59th Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2019 – in national competition
5. Spektrum Festival, Świdnica, Poland, 2019 – in competition
13. Film Festival OFFELIADA, Gniezno, Poland, 2019 – in competition
31. Polish Film Festival America, Chicago, United States, 2019 - screening
Solanin Film Festival, Nowa Sól, Poland, 2020 – in competition
Firenze Film Festival, Italy, 2020 – in competition
22. „Cinema on the Border” Festival, Cieszyn, Poland, 2020 - screening
13. Polish Film Festival Vistula, Moscow, Russia, 2020 - screening
8. Polish Film Festival Vistula in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 2020 - screening
3. Polish Film Festival Vistula in Kazakhstan, Karaganda, 2020 – screening
3. Polish Film Festrival Vistula in Croatia, Dubrovnik, 2020 – screening
2. Polish Film Festival Vistula in Georgia, Poti, 2020 – screening
2. Polish Film Festival Vistula in Ankara, Turkey, 2020 - screening
Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, 2020 – screening
Macau International Short Film Festival, Macau, China, 2020 – screening
5. Pyszadło, Mogilno, Poland, 2021 - in competition
Kannibal Fest Hungry for Filmmaking International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2021 - screening
Play Poland Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2021 - screening
Petit Plan: Europa III, Greece, 2022 - in competition
