ABSOLUTE BEGINNER
(ALEJA GOWNIARZY)



2007, 104 min., Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Piotr Szczepanski
SCRIPT:
Piotr Szczepanski
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Piotr Szczepanski
ART DIRECTION:
Paulina Polom
EDITING:
Piotr Szczepanski
SOUND:
Jakub Lenarczyk
PRODUCED BY:
Anagram Film
PRODUCER:
Anna Pachnicka

CAST:
Marcin Brzozowski (Marcin), Ewa Lukasiewicz (Kasia), Wojciech Mecwaldowski (Radek), Bartosz Picher (Igor), Marcin Wiercichowski (Jan), Matylda Paszczenko (Agata)

The story of the film happens witin one weekend night in Lodz. Marcin is about to leave for Warsaw to find a job. His last hours in Lodz Marcin spends on looking for his lost cell phone. He eventually realizes that it’s not the phone he’s really searching for, but an his ex-girlfriend, Kasia.

PIOTR SZCZEPANSKI
Born in 1975 in Lodz. He graduated from Cinematography Department of the Lodz Film School in 1999. He was awarded with the Golden Tadpole award for his short film Q at the Cameraimage Festival in Torun. In 2004 he made awarded documentary "C.K.O.D. Generation."

FEATURE FILMOGRAPHY

2008 Absolute Beginner (Aleja Gowniarzy), feature film debut, Polish Filmmakers’ Association award in Gdynia '08.

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at 9pm (FACETS CINEMATHEQUE)