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They told unique stories, and now the Festival of Future Storytellers will show them on the big screen: COMME DES COWBOYS, FAUSTYNA, DUCK BROTH. See you in Munich!
The 44th Festival of Future Storytelling runs from 14 to 22, November.
The Festival of Future Storytellers, formerly Filmschool Fest, which runs annually in Munich, receives entries from 41 film schools worldwide. For over 40 years, the event has been promoting student work and showcasing the talents who passionately tell film stories.
Here are the student films which are screening in the International Competition:
* COMME DES COWBOYS (fiction)
Film synopsis: Julita works at the stables to support herself. One day her ex-girlfriend, Stacy, arrives from France to take part in an equestrian competition. During her stay, she tries to get closer to Julita, who will have to confront her feelings for her and the fact that the only relationships she is able to have are with horses instead of people…
Credits:
screenplay and direction: Julia Sadowska
cinematography: David Bajerski
editing: Helena Wieczorek
production management: Piotr Abłasewicz
cast: Karolina Rzepa, Eliza Rycembel, Sebastian Pawlak, Magdalena Walach
artistic supervision: Magnus von Horn
* FAUSTYNA (documentary) Film synopsis: Faustyna is 22 years old and wants to hear her voice. Can sex work and theatre help her do that?
Credits
direction: Natalia Dutkiewicz
cinematography: Szczepan Lewandowski
editing: Aleksandra Folczak
production management: Jagoda Surzycka
artistic supervision: Marta Prus, Jacek Petrycki, Maciej Drygas, Rafał Listopad, Bartosz Pietras, Wojciech Staroń
* DUCK BROTH (animated)
Film synopsis: Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.
Credits:
direction, screenplay, animation: Maria Dakszewicz
production management: Katarzyna Lipińska
cast: Jakub Kondrat, Zofia Świątkiewicz, Natalia Modrzewska
artistic supervision: Jacek Rokosz, Kacper Zamarło, Piotr Milczarek
Festival programme: future-storytellers.de/en/program/films
Fingers crossed for our filmmakers!
1 – festival press materials
2 – still from the film COMME DES COWBOYS
3 – still from the film FAUSTYNA
4 - still from the film DUCK BROTH
The Festival of Future Storytellers, formerly Filmschool Fest, which runs annually in Munich, receives entries from 41 film schools worldwide. For over 40 years, the event has been promoting student work and showcasing the talents who passionately tell film stories.
Here are the student films which are screening in the International Competition:
* COMME DES COWBOYS (fiction)
Film synopsis: Julita works at the stables to support herself. One day her ex-girlfriend, Stacy, arrives from France to take part in an equestrian competition. During her stay, she tries to get closer to Julita, who will have to confront her feelings for her and the fact that the only relationships she is able to have are with horses instead of people…
Credits:
screenplay and direction: Julia Sadowska
cinematography: David Bajerski
editing: Helena Wieczorek
production management: Piotr Abłasewicz
cast: Karolina Rzepa, Eliza Rycembel, Sebastian Pawlak, Magdalena Walach
artistic supervision: Magnus von Horn
* FAUSTYNA (documentary) Film synopsis: Faustyna is 22 years old and wants to hear her voice. Can sex work and theatre help her do that?
Credits
direction: Natalia Dutkiewicz
cinematography: Szczepan Lewandowski
editing: Aleksandra Folczak
production management: Jagoda Surzycka
artistic supervision: Marta Prus, Jacek Petrycki, Maciej Drygas, Rafał Listopad, Bartosz Pietras, Wojciech Staroń
* DUCK BROTH (animated)
Film synopsis: Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.
Credits:
direction, screenplay, animation: Maria Dakszewicz
production management: Katarzyna Lipińska
cast: Jakub Kondrat, Zofia Świątkiewicz, Natalia Modrzewska
artistic supervision: Jacek Rokosz, Kacper Zamarło, Piotr Milczarek
Festival programme: future-storytellers.de/en/program/films
Fingers crossed for our filmmakers!
1 – festival press materials
2 – still from the film COMME DES COWBOYS
3 – still from the film FAUSTYNA
4 - still from the film DUCK BROTH