My Country So Beautiful

The irony of the title stems from the exacerbation of radical sentiments among Poles in recent years. According to the information at the beginning, the film is a “non-chronological documentation of selected social events”. Director juxtaposes rallies, demonstrations and street riots as well as speeches delivered by antifascist organisations. A non-linear structure creates a sense of escalation of strong emotions and hatred during public gatherings. Poles seen through Grzegorz Paprzycki’s lens seem to be a nation deeply conflicted or even divided into groups that use the same notions but in entirely different ways.

selected awards

Krakow Film Festival 2019: Golden Hobby-horse
Young and Film Koszalin Debut Film Festival 2019: award for a documentary short

Credits

Reżyseria

Grzegorz Paprzycki

written by

Grzegorz Paprzycki

director of photography Grzegorz Paprzycki, Aleksander Krzystyniak

sound

Grzegorz Paprzycki, Aleksander Krzystyniak, Rafał Paluszkiewicz

edited by

Jakub Kopeć, Grzegorz Paprzycki

cast

Gabriela Lazarek, Sebastian Słowiński, Rafał Suszek, Kinga Kamińska, Jolanta Urbańska

production

Wydział Radia i Telewizji im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach

producer

Andrzej Kowalczyk

production manager

Justyna Koziarz

co-financed by

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

Obsada

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