Our Curse
Nasza klątwa · dir. Tomasz Śliwiński
Poland 2013, 27’
Screenings
10/22, 17:45 · Od Nowa – large hall
This film is a personal statement of the director’s, who, together with his wife, must face a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn baby – Ondine’s curse (or congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, CCHS). People afflicted with this disease suffer from respiratory arrest, when sleeping, and require a respirator to support breathing. The film demonstrates the process of familiarising with the fear that accompanies this disease.
| Director: | Tomasz Śliwiński |
| Screenplay: | Tomasz Śliwiński |
| Cinematography: | Magda Hueckel |
| Editing: | Justyna Król, Tomasz Śliwiński |
| Awards: | MFF „Nowe Horyzonty” / New Horizons Film Festival – Wyróżnienie w Konkursie Polskich Filmów Krótkometrażowych / Special Mention in the Polish Short Films Competition (2013) |
Tomasz Śliwiński (born in 1979) is a student of the Department of Directing at the Warsaw Film School, and a graduate of the Faculty of ETI, and Faculty of Management and Economics, at Gdansk University of Technology. The Curse (2011), his first short movie, has been presented at many film festivals.
2013 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening gala
- ON AIR
- SHORTCUT
- FROM POLAND
- LOCALIZATIONS
- The Worlds of Ulrich Seidl – a retrospective
- Martin Šulík’s retrospective
- Forward!: Małgośka Szumowska
- Focus: Syria
- Phenomena: Bruce Lee
- Woman in Russian Cinema
- New Romanian Cinema
- Forum 2012/2013
- The Best of Sofia IFF
- The Best of Jameson CineFest
- 3 × Colombian Cinema
- Special screenings
- Open meetings with the guests of the festival
- Masterclasses
- Accompanying events