Project Detail

My Friend the Polish Girl

Name: My Friend the Polish Girl
Director: Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek
Genre: Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2018
Duration: 94 mins

Synopsis

Borrowing from cinéma vérité and video bloggers to create a raw naturalism in style and performance, the demanding actor’s process and meticulously scripted dialogue result in a film that watches as a documentary, told through the eyes (and lens) of one of the main characters – first-time filmmaker Katie: an American rich kid, flippantly making a fly-on- the-wall observation of Alicja, an unemployed Polish actress. As Katie fumbles her way through making a “truthful” film, she slowly starts to understand the power she holds over her disturbing subject matter. Her disruptive presence in Alicja’s life mirrors the treatment of migrants in post-Brexit-vote England: welcomed, used, then discarded.
A raw, sexual, visually brash cine-essay.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Features
Running time: 94 mins
Format: Mixed formats
Director: Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek 1st Feature
Producer: Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek
Editor: Matylda Dymek
Screenwriter: Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek
Director of Photography: Michal Dymek
Composer: Tara Creme
Principal cast: Aneta Piotrowska, Emma Cohen, Daniel Barry, Max Davis, Darren Rose
Film Image: ©Warsaw Pact Films

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ewa Banaszkiewcz

Warsaw Pact Films
5 Eastlake House
London
NW8 8LU

Sales Company

Ewa Banaszkiewcz

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