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08. 02. 2017.
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For the first time in history, a Polish music video will compete at SXSW in the USA! The video is called ‘Answer Me’ by BOKKA.

The creators behind the music video are students and graduates from our Film School. Read on below to discover who was involved!

On the 7th February nominations were announced for the Video Clip category in the SXSW 2017 festival (South by Southwest). Among those nominated are Beyonce, Tame Impala, Frank Ocean and Avalanches as well as…the music video to Polish band BOKKA’s ‘Answer Me’, created by our students and graduates! Interestingly, this is the first nomination for Poland in the history of the festival, which has been taking place since 1994.

The music video was directed by Katarzyna Sawicka – a young director, editor and graduate of the Łódź Film School, who has previously been nominated at festivals such as the Berlin Music Video Awards and the YACH Film Festival. However, Katarzyna Sawicka is not the only person from our School who took part in the project. The production manager was fourth-year student Konstancja Sawicka from our Production department. The cinematographer was Adam Romanowski who has recently graduated, and other parts of the crew comprised of students from other departments, including Peter Sand Magnussen, Gokhan Ipekkan and Eri Mizutani.

Filming took place in June 2016 in Łódź, and lasted barely one day. The music video to ‘Answer Me’ has already been shown at smaller festivals in Australia, Portugal, and Italy.

The film, music and technology festival that is SXSW in Austin, USA, is the largest event of its kind in the world. Every year it attracts a huge audience (the film festival alone was attended by over 40,000 people last year). During last year’s festival, President Barack Obama was among the guests. A nomination in the music video contest is undeniably one of the greatest honours for this format of film not only in the Unites States, but above all, in the international arena.

Festival SXSW 2017 starts on the 10th March and lasts 12 days.

Link to the music video: https://vimeo.com/172280919
Link to the Festival website: https://www.sxsw.com/film/2017/sxsw-film-festival-reveals-midnighters-shorts-inaugural-vr-program/