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2023.
Department
Acting
Acting
Our 2021 acting graduates appear on the big screen,. We are happy to invite you to the premiere of the film THE CLOWNS directed by Gabriela Muskała to take place at the International Warsaw Film Fest.
Actors making their debut film directed by a debutant director and on top of that the film is about debutants! THE CLOWNS is the seventh full-length diploma film featuring students of acting from our school! The trails of a completely new diploma form were blazed by Mariusz Grzegorzek with the film THE SINGING NAPKIN, the next ones were: CRYSTAL GIRL by Artur Urbański, SOYER by Łukasz Barczyk, MONUMENT by Jagoda Szelc, NOTHING GIVES by Kalina Alabrudzińska and DIFFERENT PATHS TO HOLINESS by Aniela Gabryel. In this way, each year, starting from 2016, in their final graduation year, our acting students have had a chance to debut both on stage in a diploma play, and on a film set - as befits a real FILM school!
In the film THE CLOWNS appear the following graduates of acting: Sebastian Dela, Jan Łuć, Justyna Litwic, Magdalena Dwurzyńska, Szymon Kukla, Jakub Dąbrowski, Karolina Kostoń, Klaudia Janas, Daniel Stanko, Oliwer Witek, Bogumiła Trzeciakowska, Klaudia Koścista, Jakub Sierenberg, Mikołaj Trynda. Gabriela Muskała who directed the film is a great actress, playwright, screenwriter and a graduate of our school. She has won many acting awards, including four Golden Mask theatre awards, an Eagle film award and the main prize at the Gdynia Film Festival. The film THE CLOWNS is her directorial debut in a feature film. What is worth noting is the fact that Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert and Robert Więckiewicz took a special part in the film of our graduates.
We are happy to invite you to the Warsaw Film Festival. The film THE CLOWNS is in the "1-2 COMPETITION" - a competition for the first and second full-length (over 60 minutes) feature films by their directors. "The Clowns" is among fifteen international films including those from Mexico, Bulgaria, Colombia, Spain and the USA. The screening during the Warsaw Film Festival will be the international premiere of THE CLOWNS.
What can we reveal about the film? That it is a film about a film!
Students from the Faculty of Acting find out that their graduation film will be made by the famous director Gajda. This news is electrifying – everyone wants to be in the cast.
Gajda turns up only occasionally. He leaves the students a camera – in his absence, they are to shoot improvised scenes around the themes of jealousy and rivalry based on the stories of Cain and Abel as well as Balladyna and Alina. Later, he will see the rushes and decide who will play the main roles.
As rehearsals begin, the students’ personalities, dreams and ambitions are revealed. What we also see are disproportions in the students’ acting talent, differences of opinion and financial status, envies, past transgressions, and complicated emotional relationships.
We focus on the relationship of four characters. Professional competition overlaps with private rivalry. The line between reality and fiction slowly starts to blur. All four play a game for a part in the film, but this progresses into an all-or-nothing game…
THE CLOWNS
SCREENPLAY & DIRECTION Gabriela Muskała
CINEMATOGRAPHY Piotr Żurawski
EDITING Jakub Darewski, Kosma Kowalczyk
PRODUCER Agata Golańska
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ewa Hoffmann
PRODUCTION MANAGER Aleksandra Dziura
SET DESIGNER Zofia Mazurczak-Prus
COSTUMES Kinga Kubiak
MAKE-UP Matylda Morska
CHOREOGRAPHY Daria Szymańska
COLOUR CORRECTION Piotr Putko
SOUND DIRECTION Michał Kosterkiewicz, Michał Kosterkiewicz Jr MUSIC Zbigniew Zamachowski
ARTISTIC SUPERVISION Mariusz Grzegorzek
PRODUCTION Szkoła Filmowa w Łodzi
CO-PRODUCER EC1 Łódź – the City of Culture in Łódź, Indeks Film Studio
POSTER Kreacja Pro Andrzej Pągowski, Magdalena Błażków
CAST: Sebastian Dela, Jan Łuć, Justyna Litwic, Magdalena Dwurzyńska, Szymon Kukla, Jakub Dąbrowski, Karolina Kostoń, Klaudia Janas, Daniel Stanko, Oliwer Witek, Bogumiła Trzeciakowska, Klaudia Koścista, Jakub Sierenberg, Mikołaj Trynda
and Oskar Hamerski as the director GAJDA
with special guest appearances of Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert and Robert Więckiewicz
Dates of the film screening during the WFF:
* 10, October, Tuesday, at 21:30, Multikino 3
* 11, October, Wednesday, at 16:15, Multikino 4
* 12, October, Thursday, at 13:45 Multikino 4
* 13, October, Friday, at 18:45 Multikino 4
Info on the film at Festival website: wff.pl/en/film/the-clowns
In the film THE CLOWNS appear the following graduates of acting: Sebastian Dela, Jan Łuć, Justyna Litwic, Magdalena Dwurzyńska, Szymon Kukla, Jakub Dąbrowski, Karolina Kostoń, Klaudia Janas, Daniel Stanko, Oliwer Witek, Bogumiła Trzeciakowska, Klaudia Koścista, Jakub Sierenberg, Mikołaj Trynda. Gabriela Muskała who directed the film is a great actress, playwright, screenwriter and a graduate of our school. She has won many acting awards, including four Golden Mask theatre awards, an Eagle film award and the main prize at the Gdynia Film Festival. The film THE CLOWNS is her directorial debut in a feature film. What is worth noting is the fact that Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert and Robert Więckiewicz took a special part in the film of our graduates.
We are happy to invite you to the Warsaw Film Festival. The film THE CLOWNS is in the "1-2 COMPETITION" - a competition for the first and second full-length (over 60 minutes) feature films by their directors. "The Clowns" is among fifteen international films including those from Mexico, Bulgaria, Colombia, Spain and the USA. The screening during the Warsaw Film Festival will be the international premiere of THE CLOWNS.
What can we reveal about the film? That it is a film about a film!
Students from the Faculty of Acting find out that their graduation film will be made by the famous director Gajda. This news is electrifying – everyone wants to be in the cast.
Gajda turns up only occasionally. He leaves the students a camera – in his absence, they are to shoot improvised scenes around the themes of jealousy and rivalry based on the stories of Cain and Abel as well as Balladyna and Alina. Later, he will see the rushes and decide who will play the main roles.
As rehearsals begin, the students’ personalities, dreams and ambitions are revealed. What we also see are disproportions in the students’ acting talent, differences of opinion and financial status, envies, past transgressions, and complicated emotional relationships.
We focus on the relationship of four characters. Professional competition overlaps with private rivalry. The line between reality and fiction slowly starts to blur. All four play a game for a part in the film, but this progresses into an all-or-nothing game…
THE CLOWNS
SCREENPLAY & DIRECTION Gabriela Muskała
CINEMATOGRAPHY Piotr Żurawski
EDITING Jakub Darewski, Kosma Kowalczyk
PRODUCER Agata Golańska
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ewa Hoffmann
PRODUCTION MANAGER Aleksandra Dziura
SET DESIGNER Zofia Mazurczak-Prus
COSTUMES Kinga Kubiak
MAKE-UP Matylda Morska
CHOREOGRAPHY Daria Szymańska
COLOUR CORRECTION Piotr Putko
SOUND DIRECTION Michał Kosterkiewicz, Michał Kosterkiewicz Jr MUSIC Zbigniew Zamachowski
ARTISTIC SUPERVISION Mariusz Grzegorzek
PRODUCTION Szkoła Filmowa w Łodzi
CO-PRODUCER EC1 Łódź – the City of Culture in Łódź, Indeks Film Studio
POSTER Kreacja Pro Andrzej Pągowski, Magdalena Błażków
CAST: Sebastian Dela, Jan Łuć, Justyna Litwic, Magdalena Dwurzyńska, Szymon Kukla, Jakub Dąbrowski, Karolina Kostoń, Klaudia Janas, Daniel Stanko, Oliwer Witek, Bogumiła Trzeciakowska, Klaudia Koścista, Jakub Sierenberg, Mikołaj Trynda
and Oskar Hamerski as the director GAJDA
with special guest appearances of Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert and Robert Więckiewicz
Dates of the film screening during the WFF:
* 10, October, Tuesday, at 21:30, Multikino 3
* 11, October, Wednesday, at 16:15, Multikino 4
* 12, October, Thursday, at 13:45 Multikino 4
* 13, October, Friday, at 18:45 Multikino 4
Info on the film at Festival website: wff.pl/en/film/the-clowns