The Dam
cinematographer: Stanisław Cuske
directed by Natalia Koniarz
Synopsis
After many years without contact, father and son go on a mountain journey. But it is not a normal weekend at a hut in the mountains. While they try to build a dam on a mountain stream, drunk father asks a rhetorical question: “And what, did you think it would be easy?” In the pool thus created, they may find expurgation and temporary solace.
Festivals & Awards
Sound & Image Challenge International Festival, China - Jury Prize for Best Documentary
"New Horizons", Wrocław - Prize of Zuzanna Jagody Kolska
FIPADOC, France - The Tënk Award - New Talent
11th Go Short - International Short Film Festival, The Netherlands - Grand Prix for Short Documentary
Young and Film, Koszalin - Grand Prix for Short Documentary
"Up to 21", Warsaw - Grand Prix
aOKFA, Konin - Grand Prix
Espinho (Festival Novos Cineastas "Fest") - Honorable Mention
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, Russia - Special Mention
FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival 2019, Portugal - Honorable Mention
Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland
34th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland
58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland
Skopje Film Festival, Macedonia