21 X NEW YORK

Poland, 2016, 71’

Director: Piotr Stasik

Production: Lava Films in coproduction with Telewizja Polska S.A.

 

SELECTIONS AND AWARDS

 

Kraków Film Festival, Award for the Best Short and Documentary Films Produced in Poland (2016)

 

SYNOPSIS

 

“21 x New York” is an intimate portrait of the city and its people. We meet the characters in the NYC subway and we follow them to the surface finding out about their lives, cravings, passions, hopes, and dreams – sometimes lost and sometimes still waiting to be fulfilled. What comes out of it is an emotional tale of solitude that haunts us in 21st century western world.

 

The film is presented by the director Piotr Stasik.

 

BIOGRAPHY OF DIRECTOR

 

Born in 1976, graduated from Department of Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. He completed documentary course at Wajda School. He co-founded the Association for Artistic Initiatives “ę”, an NGO supporting cultural undertakings in small towns. He lectured at Film Kindergarten at Wajda School and was the president of Young Polish Filmmakers Association Film 1,2. His recent films include “A Diary of A Journey” (awards at Łagów IFF, Docudays UA, and special mention at Kraków IFF) and “The Last Day of Summer” (awarded at goEast, Flahertiana, Camerimage, and DocFilm).

 

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)

 

2013 — Dziennik z podrózy

2013 — Nie dla kazdego

2011 — Koniec lata

2009 — Andrzej Wajda: Róbmy zdjecie!

2008 — Ponad chodnikami

2006 — 7 x Moskwa

2005 — Po kolei