Ostatni Komers

10 novembre > SALA 5 ore 17

Poland – 2020 – colore – 91’

CREDITS

Direction: Dawid Nickel

Screenplay: Dawid Nickel

Cinematography: Micha? Pukowiec

Editing: Lukasz Swaryczewski, Magdalena Chowanska

Set design: Maciej Krajewski, Jana Laczynska

Costumes: Milena Libe

Cast: Mikolaj Matczak, Micha? Sitnicki, Sandra Drzymalska, Nel Kaczmarek, Zofia Swiatkiewicz, Jakub Wróblewski, Agnieszka Zulewska, Dobromir Dymecki, Jan Dravnel

Producer: Marta Habior

Production: No Sugar Films

World Sales: IKH Pictures

SYNOPSIS

The last day of school at a junior high school in a small Polish town. Waiting for the graduation party, so-called “komers”, a group of students spend time at a public pool. In the following days, they taste love, rejection and first disappointments. The record of what they’ve been through is a cherry on top of their junior-high-school days. It’s also a portrait of modern youth in search of identity, the sense of belonging and bonds.

THE DIRECTOR: DAWID NICKEL

Born in 1988 in Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland; studied at Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School in Katowice and Andrzej Wajda Film School in Warsaw; worked with Malgorzata Szumowska (Body/Cialo and Mug). In his practice he opens up the characters whose image in Poland used to be seen through violent stereotypes due to their marginal social positions. The protagonists in his stories relate to the small town life and non-normative sexuality. His first production Filipka – a documentary about his gender fluid friend, premiered this year at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

“I took up this subject for my debut, since it is based on my personal experiences and depicts the environment I was raised in and struggled. Its a story about young people and their problems in the times of the Internet, friend apps, and romantic prospects, over a period when creating genuine relations is unnaturally difficult. The action takes place somewhere in Poland, where ‘LGBT free zones’ are a reality in 2020. A portrait of modern day junior high school students who have a lot in common with each other and the rest of the world – they all seek love, a sense of belonging and affinity.”

FILMOGRAPHY

2020 Filipka (doc short)

2020 Ostatni Komers (Love Tasting)  

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

2020 Gdynia Polish FF – Microbudget Film Competition: Youth Jury Award as Best Film, Menzioni a Mentions to Sandra Drzymalska e and Michal Pukowiec

2021 Koszalin Debut FF

2021 Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa: Special Award

2021 Haugesund Norwegian IFF – Special Screenings