My Country So Beautiful
Director: Grzegorz Paprzycki
Screenwriter: Grzegorz Paprzycki
Director of photography: Grzegorz Paprzycki, Aleksander Krzystyniak
Editor: Jakub Kopeć, Grzegorz Paprzycki
Sound: Grzegorz Paprzycki, Aleksander Krzystyniak, Rafał Paluszkiewicz
Production menager: Justyna Koziarz
Artistic supervisor: Beata Dzianowicz, Andrzej Fidyk
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 29'
"My Country So Beautiful" is a documentary portrait of Poland, in which two forces clash representing completely different worldviews. The left wing vision of the country against the homogeneous Poland built by the extreme right. Among these ideologies - people who fight in the name of their own values and principles. There is one main disagreement – the nationalism.
Festival screenings of the film:
59. Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2019 – The Golden Hobby-Horse
38. Debuts Film Festival MŁODZI I FILM, Koszalin, Poland 2019 – Jantar Award for the Best Short Documentary Film
48. Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland, 2019 – in competition
44. Gdynia Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland, 2019 – screening
Film Festival „Przeźrocza”, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2019 - New Eye Award
17. Opolskie Lamy Film Festival, Opole, Poland, 2019 – in competition
35. Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2019 – screening in the „Best Polish Shorts 2019” section
Unsound Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2019 – screening
6. WAMA Film Festival, Olsztyn, Poland, 2019 – in competition
Off Cinema International Documentary Film Festival, Poznań, Poland, 2019 - Audience Award
29. Media Festival Man in Danger, Łódź, Poland, 2019 – in competition
International Short Film Festival ŻUBROFFKA, Białystok, Poland, 2019 – in competition
19. WATCH DOCS International Film Festival, Warsaw, 2019 – in competition
13. MiradasDoc International Documentary Film Festival, Guía de Isora (Tenerife), Spain, 2020 – in competition
23. International Film Festival Zoom – Zblizenia, Jelenia Góra, Poland, 2020 – Special mention
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2020 – screening
17. Węgiel Film Festiwal, Katowice, Poland, 2020 – Special Mention
13. Polish National Film Meetings Kameralne Lato in Radom, Radom, Poland, 2020 - Special mention for best social issues short film
Solanin Film Festival, Nowa Sól, Poland, 2020 - Best Documentary in the „Kino offowe dokument” section
Short Waves Festival, Poznań, Poznań, 2020 – screening
It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil, 2020 - Best Documentary in the Short Film International Competition
15. Eyes and Lenses Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2020 – screening
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 2020 – in competition
Best Off Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2020 - Grand Prix
Szczecin Film Festival, Szczecin, Poland, 2020 - Award in European Competition for the best film
66. OKFA, Konin, Poland, 2020 - Special mention for student film, Youth Jury Award
14. Lublin Film Festival, Lublin, Poland, 2020 – in competition
20. Festival of the Art of Directing Interpretations, Katowice, Poland, 2020 – screening
19. International Short Film Festival CINEMAFORUM, Warsaw, Poland, 2020 – Jan Machulski Awards screenings
18. Gdańsk DocFilm Festival, Gdańsk, Poland, 2020 – in competition
Bytom Film Festival - Festival of Film Popularizers, Bytom, Poland, 2020 - Bytom’s Lion for best short documentary film
International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2020 - Best Short Film
14. Polish Film Festival Vistula, Moscow, Russia, 2021 - screening
2. Long Story Short Film Festival, Wrocław, Poland, 2021 – in competition
27. OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg, Marburg/Lahn, Germany, 2021 - in competition
CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Miskolc, Hungary, 2021 - screening
27. Caminhos Film Festival, Coimbra, Portugal, 2021 - in competition
14. OFFELIADA Film Festival, Gniezno, Poland, 2021 – Fotostube Award for Best Cinematography
