Imprisoned
Director: Piotr Bieliński
Screenwriter: Piotr Bieliński
Director of photography: Marek Kita, Jan Barszczewski
Editor: Olga Bejm, Jan Briks
Sound: Marlena Korman, Krzysztof Ptak, Stanisław Najmiec
Production manager: Maja Krężel
Artistic supervisor: Andrzej Fidyk, Beata Dzianowicz, Bartosz Konopka
Year of production: 2021
Running time: 20'
Batory is a boy in a girl's body. We meet him when he is serving a prison sentence in the Warszawa-Grochów Detention Center for frequent travel by city train without a valid ticket and beating his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend. Batory shows us around the world - a world made up of bars and closed rooms.
Festival screenings of the film:
40. Koszalin Festival of Film Debuts Młodzi i Film, Koszalin, Poland 2021 – in competition
19. Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, Albania, 2021 – screening
68. OKFA, Konin, Poland, 2022 - Grand Prix in the student film category
51. Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland, 2022 – screening
36. Pärnu Film Festival, Pärnu, Estonia, 2022 - in competition
12. Prairie Pride Film Festival, Nebraska, United States, 2022 - in competition
8. Przeźrocza Film Festival, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, 2022 - Audience Award
2. Malhaar Global Virtual Film Festival, India, 2022 - in competition
3. ART200 International Queer Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2022 – in competition
20. Opolskie Lamy Film Festival, Opole, Poland, 2022 – Special Mention in the Short Documentary Category
10. International Film Festival in Olsztyn “Prison Movie”, Olsztyn, Poland, 2022 - "Dobry Łotr" Award for an alternative view
21. International Short Film Festival CINEMAFORUM, Warsaw, Poland, 2022 – Jan Machulski Awards screenings
15. Offeliada, Gniezno, Poland, 2022 – Mention of the Main Jury, Political Criticism Club Award
16. Lublin Film Festival, Lublin, Poland, 2022 - in competition
28. Festival of Documentary Forms NURT, Kielce, Poland, 2022 - in competition
13. Macau International Short Film Festival, Macau, China, 2022 – in competition
26. CineMAiubit International Student Short Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2022 - “Paul Călinescu” Award For Best Documentary
8. Play Poland Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2022 - screening
