Slave
Director: Grzegorz Piekarski
Screenwriter: Grzegorz Piekarski, Antoni Grałek
Director of photography: Antoni Grałek
Editor: Nikodem Chabior, Grzegorz Piekarski
Sound: Bartosz Idzi, Marcin Sobczak
Composer: Teoniki Rożynek
Production manager: Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch, Antoni Grałek, Maja Zaleska
Artistic supervisor: Maciej Pieprzyca, Adam Sikora
Cast: Andrzej Chyra, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Marcin Czarnik
Year of production: 2021
Running time: 29'
Nikodem serves his sentence under a new penitentiary programme involving work at the house of Maja and Łukasz, who have full power over him. The household members are surprised when Nikodem's appeal is successful and he regains his freedom. Despite the fact that they could have parted ways and never met again, they stay together for one more day.
Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation
Festival screenings of the film:
40. Koszalin Festival of Film Debuts Młodzi i Film, Koszalin, Poland 2021 – in competition
14. Polish National Film Meetings Kameralne Lato, Radom, Poland, 2021 – in competition
46. Polish Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland, 2021 - in competition
12. "Camera Action" Film Critics Festival, Łódź, Poland, 2021 – in competition
8. WAMA Film Festival, Olsztyn, Poland, 2021 – in competition
37. Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2021 – screening in the „Best Polish Shorts 2021” section
20. International Short Film Festival CINEMAFORUM, Warsaw, Poland, 2021 – Jan Machulski Awards screenings
29. Energa Camerimage International Film Festival, Toruń, Poland, 2021 – in Film and Art School Etudes Panorama
25. International Film Festival Zoom – Zblizenia, Jelenia Góra, Poland, 2022 – in competition
22. Sopot Film Festival, Sopot, Poland, 2022 - in competition
18. FEST - New Directors / New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal, 2022 - in competition
51. Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland, 2022 – in competition
22. New Horizons International Film Festival, Wrocław, Poland, 2022 – in shortlist section
4. Spokój Festival, Dąbrowa near Stężyca, Poland, 2022 - screening
2. "Wajda na Nowo" Film Festival, Suwałki, Poland, 2022 - Honorable mention
14. Solanin Film Festival, Nowa Sól, Poland, 2022 – in competition
7. Lower Silesia Film Festival "Złoty Samorodek", Złotoryja, Poland, 2022 - III Award in the Fiction Category
11. Festiwal Filmów Frapujących, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, 2022 – in competition
29. Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival, Ann Arbor, United States, 2022 - in competition
32. FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus, Germany, 2022 - in competition
15. Offeliada, Gniezno, Poland, 2022 – in competition
Toronto Polish Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2022 – in competition
16. Lublin Film Festival, Lublin, Poland, 2022 - in competition
3. Barć Film Festival, Barcin, Poland, 2022 – in competition
29. International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, 2022 - in competition
8. Play Poland Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2022 - screening
