International Competition

Charcoal Burners

Piotr Zlotorowicz
Screening time  
01.03. / Utorak, 15:00 - 17:00 Dvorana 1  
02.03. / Srijeda, 20:00 - 22:00 Dvorana 5  
04.03. / Petak, 18:00 - 20:00 Dvorana 2  
06.03. / Sunday, 14:00 - 16:00 Theatre 3  
06.03. / Sunday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 5  
06.03. / Sunday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 4  
Every summer, Marek and Janina work as charcoal burners in the Bieszczady Mountains.

Far from civilisation, in the heart of the mountains, they live according to the rhythm set by nature. We accompany the characters from dawn till dusk, observing the slow passage of time. The whole creates a story about people who chose a simple life.

Piotr Zlotorowicz

Piotr Złotorowicz was born 1982 in Dębno Lubuskie, Poland. In 2007 he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Szczecin University of Technology obtaining an MSc degree. In 2001-2006 period he made his first amateur films. In 2006 Piotr began studying film directing at the Polish National Film School in Łódź. Director’s filmography: ‘Charcoal Burners’ (2010), ‘Sleuth’ (2008), ‘Łódź – From Dusk till Dawn’ (2008), ‘Garsoniera’ (2007), ‘Chris’ (2007), ‘Memory Is the Cemetery’ (2006), ‘Piece of Eternity’ (2006), ‘Live Through Szczecin’ (2005).

General sponsor

Smolarze

Poland
2010, 15', color, video

Directed by:
Piotr Zlotorowicz

Screenplay by:
Piotr Zlotorowicz

Cinematography:
Malte Rosenfeld

Edited by:
Barbara Snarska

Producer:
Weronika Czolnowska

Produced by:
Polish National Film School in Lodz