Three for the Taking
Bartosz Konopka
2006, 0 h 39 minThe 16-year-old Inga spends time either at football trainings or with her boyfriend who is her faithful fan. Her carefree life is interrupted by information about a fatal illness of her mother. Suddenly, Inga is left all alone with her two younger siblings. She has to run away from the social care – they want to put them in emergency care. Inga wanders with the children from her boyfriend’s to her aunt’s. Unwillingly, she becomes their mother. An unusual reward awaits her for this sacrifice…
Selected awards
“Slamdance on the Road” Festival Kraków 2007: Main Award
The New York Polish Film Festival 2007: Krzysztof Kieślowski “Beyond Borders” Award in the category of short film
Short Film Festival Warsaw 2007: Main Award; Audience Award
IFF “Tofifest” Toruń 2007: Grand Prix in the Best Feature Film Competition; Honorary Distinction for the best screenplay in the Best Short Feature Film Competition for Piotr Borkowski and Bartosz Konopka
European Short Film Festival Brest 2007: Grand Prix; award for the best acting creation for Klaudia Barcik
written by Piotr Borkowski, Bartosz Konopka zdjęcia
music Wojciech Waglewski
production design Aneta Suskiewicz-Majka
costume design Katarzyna Lewińska, Patrycja Gnatowska
make-up Janusz Kaleja, Karolina Wierzbowicz
sound Mariusz Bielecki, Sławomir Karolak
edited by Rafał Listopad
cast Klaudia Barcik, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Krzysztof Czeczot, Michał Włodarczyk, Julia Kruszewska
production Polish Filmmakers Association
co-produced by Telewizja Polska (TVP Kultura), Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
executive production Wajda Studio
executive producer Katarzyna Ślesicka
production managers Anna Wydra
co-financed by Polish Film Institute
