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‘78 Days’ and ‘The Peasants’ are the winners of the 22nd edition of the Tofifest International Film Festival. Kujawy Pomorze Region!
The winner of the On Air Main Competition is ‘78 Days’ by Emilija Gašič, while ‘The Peasants’ by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman triumphs in the From Poland competition. More »

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Hanoi-Warsaw

Hanoi-Warszawa · dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Poland 2009, 27’

A young Vietnamese girl Mai Anh crosses the Polish state border. Now she has to arrive to Warsaw. There waits her fiance, better life  and wish ― fulfillment. Mai Anh's trip  through Poland is a trip by the hell of humiliation and violence.  This young girl escapes from brutal carriers and tries to go to the capital on her own, without any money and knowledge of language.

Director:Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Screenplay:Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Music:Marzena Majcher
Cinematography:Andrzej Wojciechowski
Editing:Andrzej Dąbrowski
Cast:Thu Ha Mai, Le Thanh Hunh, Michał Podsiadło, Klaudia Barcik, Przemysław Modliszewski
Awards:Specjalna Nagroda Jury / Special Award of the Jury, Wyróżnienie / Honorary Mention – Thu Ha Mai (Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2009)

Katarzyna Klimkiewicz is a graduate of Direction in The Film School in Łódź. She shoots reportages and documentary films.