FOCUS TOFIFEST
FOCUS TOFIFEST – NEW CINEMA FROM POLAND!
Dorociński, Kapeliński, Kasperski, Jadowska, Sauter, Szafrański – these names are worth attention. Now in Poland there is a generation growing, which will run to conquer the cinemas from Seattle to Auckland. Among them all, one will surely find five guests of second edition of FOCUS TOFIFEST – a Torun Film Festival’s special section, which promotes young Polish filmmakers of great future.
Polish young cinema is almost not known abroad except narrow circles of film experts. A revolution, which was started in the end of the twentieth century in Poland by the authors of small digital camera made movies, gave birth to dozens of perfectly shaped film personalities. Polish cinema now is definitely not only Wajda and Zanussi any more...
That is why we have established – as the only Polish film festival – the initiative of promoting the new wave of cinema from Poland - FOCUS TOFIFEST. FOCUS TOFIFEST is a nonprofit action which promotes young Polish filmmakers and their works. It has been created and put into life by Torun Film Festival TOFIFEST.
Visiting film festivals throughout the world we were terrified to notice that – with few exceptions - only the East European cinema specialists do realize the existence of Polish filmmakers’ new generation.
That is why we decided to invite five not widely known but giving fair promise filmmakers to TOFIFEST each year and to promote them worldwide. We then present you their biographies, interviews with them, and we offer help in inviting their movies to your festivals or to your media. It appeared that we had a sharp nose, because Filip Marczewski, who was FOCUS TOFIFEST guest in October 2005, was nominated for student OSCAR in April 2006. FOCUS 2007 participant - Marcin Dorocinski get prestigeous Polish Young Cinema Award - Zbigniew Cybulski's Award.
We thank you in advance for the help in promoting our filmmakers in your country. Meet „new Polish wave”!
We declare third edition FOCUS TOFIFEST open!
TOFIFEST PARTICIPANTS:
* Dominik MATWIEJCZYK, director, two times TOFIFEST Golden Angel Winner, Polish Independent Cinema Award 2004, 2005 and more than 50 awards in Poland and world festivals
* Piotr MATWIEJCZYK, director, Polish Cinema Award 2006 Winner [Wrocław], Polish Independent Cinema Award 2005 winner and more other awards
* Maciej CUSKE, director, one of the most important documentary filmamakers in Poland, FLISAk TOFIFEST winner
* Bodo KOX, director, actor, Polish Independent Cinema Award 2005 winner
* Filip MARCZEWSKI, director, Oscar [Students] nominee, 50 international festivals winner, TOFIFESt 2004 Silver Angel winner
* Dariusz NOJMAN, director, Polish Independent Cinema Award 2006 winner
* Tomasz SZAFRAŃSKI, director, TOFIFEST FLISAK Award and Slamdance FF winner
* Piotr GŁOWACKI, actor, "Ode to Joy" selected in Rotterdam IFF 2006 competition
* Marcin SAUTER, director of documentary films, 20 international festivals winner, FLISAK TOFIFEST winner
* Anna JADOWSKA, director, Gdynia FF, Slamdance Poland FF and other festivals winner
* Marcin DOROCIŃSKI, actor, Zbigniew Cybulski Award
* Wojciech KASPERSKI, director, many international festivals winner [Washigton, Tallin, Beijing e.o.],Polish Independent Cinema Award 2007 winner
* Rafał KAPELIŃSKI, director, TOFIFEST Golden Angel and FLISAK Award winner, Seattle FF, Oberhausen FF, Gdynia FF, and many others winner
