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Wojciech Kasperski (VOY-Czech kahs-PAIR-ski), working towards a degree in film directing at the Lodz Film School, has taken workshops with such directors as Agnieszka Holland and Jan Jakub Kolski, and was selected by the European Film Academy as one of the ten most talented young European directors (to participate in a weekend seminar with prominent filmmakers). The Refuge City and his previous film The Seeds have already been screened at festivals in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, London, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Beirut, Beijing, Taipei, and many others, winning numerous top awards, including a Sterling Award at the AFI Discovery Channel Silverdocs festival in Washington, DC for The Seeds.
The Refuge City (Miasto ucieczki, 2006, Poland, 18 min., color/bw, shooting format: MiniDV-NTSC, 35mm, and Super-16). In Polish with English subtitles
A film by Wojciech Kasperski
Music by Grzegorz Daro
Edited by Tymek Wiskirski
Production Manager: Dawid Janicki
Director of Photography: Michal Tywoniuk
Executive Producer: Remigiusz Zawadzki
Sound Design: Leszek Freud
Produced by the Polish National Film School (Lodz Film School) in association with "Tor" Film Studio, "Zebra" Film Studio, and "Perspektywa" Film Studio
The film was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute
Cast: Eryk Lubos, Wojciech Zoladkowicz, Stefan Burczyk, Magdalena Kuta
The Seeds (Nasiona, 2005, Poland, 27 min., documentary, color, shooting format: BetacamSP) In Russian with English subtitles
A film by Wojciech Kasperski
Edited by Tymek Wiskirski
Director of Photography: Szymon Lenkowski
Executive Producer: Krzysztof Kopczynski
Sound Design: Iwo Klimek
Produced by Eureka Media in association with TVP S.A
The film was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute and Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing
The Seeds is an "achingly beautiful" (SILVERDOCS award) documentary portrait of a Siberian village family isolated by the community. "If Chekhov and Rembrandt had collaborated on a documentary film, it might have the visual richness and dramatic insight of SEEDS." (Big Sky Documentary Film jury)
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