POLONEZ
“Polonez” is the polish equivalent of the senior prom: a repeatedly circular dance-procession of paired up seemingly naïve and inexperienced young men and young women, awkwardly stepping forward, with some sort of hand in hand “cuttlefish” grasp, nodding once to a side and once with frigid reverence to the partner (rigidly of the opposite sex), to forcedly and formally celebrate the end of their studies. A ritual, a rite of passage, that seem to theatrically escort adolescents into their adults realms. Mateusz and Jacub’s Polonez seems to be a second attempt to hit the dance floor, not less awkwardly, but surely with something new to it.
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POLONEZ was written, pre-produced, shot and post-produced in the arch of 5 very long days in Poznan as part of the FILM RAVE PROGRAM 2014. Polonez was screened that same last day at Short Waves Film Festival 2014.
CREDITS
CAST Marek Zimakiewicz, Wojciech Rohde, Edyta Łukaszewska, Filip Zadro
WRITER-DIRECTOR Giorgio Bosisio
PRODUCER Adam Lipnicki & Film Rave
CINEMATOGRAPHY Jens Jacob Dinesen
EDITOR Dagmara Kucińska
SOUND RECORDIST Filip Zadro
COLORIST Alex Grigoras
TECH SPECS
>SHORT FILM<
PRODUCTION YEAR 2014
COUNTRY Poland
RUNNING TIME 7m:17s
LANGUAGE Polish
SUBTITLES English