Ameryka / America - a short film

A short film directed by Aleksandra Terpińska. Produced by Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice

Plot outline

Dawno temu w Ameryce... Dwie nastolatki - Anka i Dżastina - zabawiają się marzeniami o lepszym życiu. Nierozłączne przyjaciółki, znudzone codziennością, postanawiają przejechać się autostopem. Z początku niewinnie zapowiadająca się przygoda zamienia się w emocjonalną grę, w której prawda przenika się z fikcją, a rozwój kolejnych wydarzeń bezpowrotnie zmienia wzajemne relacje bohaterek i ich spojrzenie na dotychczasowy świat.

Once upon a time in America... Two teenagers – Anka and Dzastina – play around with dreams about a better life. The two inseparable friends, bored with their everyday existence, decide to hitch-hike. A meant-to-be innocent adventure changes into an emotional game in which truth intertwines with fiction and the sequence of consecutive events irreversibly changes mutual relations of the characters and their perspective of existing world.

Awards

23rd Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland (2015) - Golden Tadpole in the Student Etudes Competition
34th The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2015) - Special Mention
15th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2015) - Special Prize in the Zoom Competition
9th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2015) - 3rd Prize in the Independent Short Films Competition
10th Zubroffka international Short Film Festival, Poland (2015) - Best Student Film
28th Filmfest Dresden, Germany (2016) - Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury in the International Competition
45th International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte, Germany (2016) - Best Short Film
13th Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany (2016) - Jury Award Short Feature Film
24th Art Film Fest, Slovakia (2016) - Special Mention
3rd Student International Film Festival STIFF, Croatia (2016) - Best Short Fiction Film
Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland (2016) - Shnit Tribute Award - category up to 40 min
12th Early Bird International Student Film Festival, Bulgaria (2016) - Early Bird Grand Award
9th La cabina International Medium Lenght Film Festival, Spain (2016) - Best Actress Award
10th Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece (2016) - Cinematic Achievement Award
Winchester Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (2016) - Special Mention
15th Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy (2016) - Special Mention
23rd Nationwide Film Festival Prowincjonalia, Poland (2016) - Best Short Fiction Film
19th International Film Festival Zoom-zbliżenia, Poland (2016) - Grand Prix
13th Węgiel International Student Film Festival, Poland (2016) - Best Directing, Best Polish Film
10th Offeliada Film Festival, Poland (2016) - Best Short Fiction Film
10th Filmoffo Film Festival, Poland (2017) - Best Film
Jan Machulski Polish Independent Cinema Award for Best Editing, Poland (2017)

List of screenings abroad

23rd International Film Festival Febiofest, Slovakia (2016)
28th Filmfest Dresden, Germany (2016)
45th International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte, Germany (2016)
26th Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary (2016)
18th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel (2016)
24th Art Film Fest, Slovakia (2016)
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (2016)
One Country One Film - Apchat International Film Festival, France (2016)
24th Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal (2016)
31st Alpinale Short Film Festival, Austria (2016)
Festival Partie(s) de campagne, France (2016)
4th Fer Film Festival, Republic of Kosovo (2016)
3rd Sose International Film Festival, Armenia (2016)
13th Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany (2016)
10th Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece (2016)
3rd Student International Film Festival STIFF, Croatia (2016)
Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland (2016)
12th Early Bird International Student Film Festival, Bulgaria (2016)
42nd Filmets Badalona Film Festival, Spain (2016)
46th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, Ukraine (2016)
9th La cabina International Medium Lenght Film Festival, Spain (2016)
22nd Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium (2016)
3rd Cinema of Tomorrow International Competition, Egypt (2016)
39th Poitiers Film Festival, France (2016)
15th Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy (2016)
19th Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival, Japan (2016)
Winchester Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (2016)
23rd Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival, USA (2016)
28th Polish Film Festival in America, USA (2016)
12th Prague Shorts Film Festival, Czech Republic (2017)

List of screenings in Poland

55th Krakow Film Festival (2015)
15th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (2015)
23rd Camerimage International Film Festival (2015)
34th The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin (2015)
10th Zubroffka international Short Film Festival (2015)
44th Lubuskie Film Summer (2015)
9th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides (2015)
19th Summer with Muses Festival (2015)
31st Warsaw Film Festival (2015)
42nd Ińsko Film Summer (2015)
5th Sokołowsko Film Festival Hommage a Kieślowski (2015)
23rd Nationwide Film Festival Prowincjonalia (2016)
19th International Film Festival Zoom-zbliżenia (2016)
13th Węgiel International Student Film Festival (2016)
62nd Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA (2016)
Transatlantyk Festival, Poland (2016)
9th Polish Film Meetings Kameralne Lato (2016)
16th Sopot International Film Festival (2016)
34th Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival (2016)
To Tylko Montaż Film Festival (2016)
10th Offeliada Film Festival (2016)
Golden Anteaters Festival (2016)
Best Off Film Festival (2016)
Short Waves Film Festival (2016)
Cinema on Border Film Festival (2016)
Student Art Festival sSAFka (2016)
10th Filmoffo Film Festival (2017)
16th International Short Film Festival Cinemaforum, Poland (2017)

Description

Film krótkometrażowy w reżyserii Aleksandry Terpińskiej. Film reprezentowany przez Krakowską Fundację Filmową.

A short film directed by Aleksandra Terpińska. Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation.

Reżyseria i scenariusz / Written and directed by: Aleksandra Terpińska
Zdjęcia / Director of Photography: Bartosz Bieniek
Montaż / Editing: Przemysław Chruścielewski
Dźwięk / Sound: Mateusz Adamczyk, Grzegorz Kucharski, Sebastian Witkowski
Scenografia / Production design by: Mela Melak
Kostiumy / Costume design by: Aleksandra Chorążyczewska
Charakteryzacja / Make-up: Olga Dackiewicz, Jacqueline Bujek
Kierownictwo produkcji / Production manager: Beata Rzeźniczek
Koordynacja promocji i festiwali / Promotion & festivals coordinator: Michał Hudzikowski
Produkcja / Produced by: Wydział Radia i Telewizji im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach / Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Współfinansowanie / Co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej / Polish Film Institute, Mastershot
Producent towarzyszący / Associate producer: Film Produkcja Sp. z o.o.