Liberty
Director: Joanna Różniak
Screenwriter: Joanna Różniak
Director of photography: Łukasz Łatanik
Editor: Aleksandra Kasprowicz
Sound: Franciszek Kozłowski
Production manager: Maria Kawalec
Artistic supervisor: Filip Bajon
Cast: Daniel Namiotko, Alina Chechelska, Andrzej Franczyk, Bartłomiej Błaszczyński, Juliusz Chrząstowski
Year of production: 2021
Running time: 14'
In a near-future dystopia, citizens are rising against their increasingly oppressive nationalist government. Kuba, a twenty-year-old member of an illegal opposition group, gets arrested during a street protest. Despite his clear political involvement, he receives a lighter treatment than he expects. As it becomes apparent that there is a personal dimension to his rebellion, he has to make a choice that will determine the shape of his future.
Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation
Festival screenings of the film:
4:3 International Short Film Festival, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2021 - in competition
19. Opolskie Lamy Film Festival, Opole, Poland, 2021 – in competition
12. "Camera Action" Film Critics Festival, Łódź, Poland, 2021 – Youth Jury Award
8. WAMA Film Festival, Olsztyn, Poland, 2021 – in competition
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany, 2021 – in competition
39. Torino Film Festival, Torino, Italy, 2021 - in competition
19. Węgiel Film Festiwal, Katowice, Poland, 2022 – in competition
19. Neisse Film Festival, Großhennersdorf, Germany, 2022 – in competition
10. Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2022 - in competition
68. OKFA, Konin, Poland, 2022 - in competition
24. Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022 - in competition
3. Morocco Shorts International Film Festival, Rabat, Morocco, 2022 - in competition
51. Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland, 2022 – screening
5. Beach Film Festival, Ohrid, North Macedonia, 2022 – Special Mention for Best Short Student Film
The Political Shortfilm - Hamburg Summer Cinema, Hamburg, Germany, 2022 - screening
34. Polish Film Festival in America, Chicago, United States, 2022 - in competition
3. Barć Film Festival, Barcin, Poland, 2022 – in competition
9. International Usak Short Film Festival, Uşak, Turkey, 2022 - in competition
8. Play Poland Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2022 - screening
