WHEN THE LIGHT OF DAWN ARISES

feature film, 30 min.

The 60s. Poland. A coach trip: a group of office workers goes mushroom picking. The director announces a competition: the employee who finds the largest mushroom will get a bonus. The competition begins. However, it turns out that the trippers care more about buttering up their director than about the mushrooms.

Written and directed by: Mateusz Głowacki
Screenplay based on the novel by Marek Nowakowski
Director of Photography: Marcin Banasiak
Production management: Natalia Mieszczanin
Editing: Wojciech Janas
Sound: Kazimierz Nitkiewicz
Production design: Aleksandra Żurawska
Costume design: Eliza Milaniuk
Make-up: Lena Zięba

Cast: Błażej Wójcik, Maciej Ferlak, Dariusz Gnatowski, Juliusz Chrząstowski, Dariusz Chojnacki, Mirosław Bieliński, Anita Poddębniak, Tomasz Wojcieszak, Marian Bodziony, Renata Nowicka, Krzysztof Słowikowski, Marek Dziedzic, Marek Pyś, Stanisław Berny, Jan Tadeusz Daniel, Władysława Mik, Jolanta Windak, Janusz Stokłosa, Weronika Filo, Tadeusz Rudy

Produced by: Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute
Produced in: 2012

Links:

PL http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=621265
PL http://www.filmweb.pl/film/Kiedy+ranne+wstaj%C4%85+zorze-2012-648811
PL http://www.writv.us.edu.pl/pl/etiudy-filmowe/item/28-kiedy-ranne-wstaja-zorze-pl
EN http://www.writv.us.edu.pl/en/short-films/item/200-when-the-lights-of-dawn-arise-en
EN http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2420064/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_3

Awards:

  • 37th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland (2012) - Best Short Film
  • 6th Film and Art Festival "Two Riversides", Kazimierz Dolny, Poland (2012) - Second Prize in the Independent Short Film Competition
  • 9th Węgiel International Student Film Festival, Katowice, Poland (2012) - Best Directing
  • 6th Festival of Polish Independent Film "Offeliada", Gniezno, Poland (2012) - Grand Prix in the Student Film category
  • 6th Festival of Polish Independent Film "Offeliada", Gniezno, Poland (2012) - Special Mention of the Student Jury
  • 9th Comedy Film Festival "Barejada", Jelenia Góra, Poland (2012) - "Grand Miś" Prize
  • 6th Golden Anteaters Film Festival, Lublin, Poland (2012) - Second Prize in the Student Film Competition
  • 5th International Film Festival "The Doors", Gliwice, Poland (2012) - Third Prize in the Student Film Competition
  • 9th GOFFR Film Festival, Gliwice, Poland (2012) - Third Prize
  • 2nd Festival of Young Cinema "Piękni Dwudziestoletni", Warsaw, Poland (2012) - Best Actress Award for Anita Poddębniak
  • 19th International Independent Film Festival "Publicystyka”, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland (2012) - Second Prize in the Student Film Competition
  • 20th Nationwide Film Festival "Prowincjonalia", Września, Poland (2013) - Best Short Fiction Film
  • 59th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Konin, Poland (2013) - First Prize in the Student Film Competition
  • 17th Festival of Polish Comedies, Lubomierz, Poland (2013) - Grand Prix
  • 6th Independent Film Festival SPAM, Pleszew, Poland (2013) - Special Mention
  • 2nd Festival of Film Acting, Wrocław, Poland (2013) - Best Actor Award in the Student Etudes Competition for Tadeusz Wojcieszak
  • 10th Best Off Film Festival, Poland, Warsaw (2014) - Best Film
  • 8th CK OFF Film Festival, Przemyśl, Poland (2014) - Grand Prix

 

Music video for ,,When the Light of Dawn Arises''.

Directed by: Mateusz Głowacki
Written by: Marcin Banasiak, Mateusz Głowacki
Director of Photography: Marcin Banasiak
Production design: Anna Wołoszczuk
Editing: Wojciech Janas
Cast: Dariusz Gnatowski, Maciej Ferlak, Krzysztof "Słowik" Słowikowski, L.U.C