BURNED OUT
(WYPALONY)



2007, 28 min., Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Anna Wieckowska
SCRIPT:
Anna Wieckowska
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Maciej Walczak, Jozef Szymura
MUSIC:
Wiktor Stokowski, Franciszek Kozlowski
EDITING:
Marcin "Kot" Bastkowski
SOUND:
Tadeusz Laszczewski
PRODUCED BY:
TVP Channel 1, Polish Film Institute, Art Shop Film Studios
PRODUCER:
Andrzej Gutowski, Wojciech Widelski

Staszek works at a charcoal burning place along with a few other man. He doesn't want to retire because his job is what keeps him active and alive. Staszek is a university graduate. He speaks three languages and loves to share his life philosophies with others. He believes that a man is enslaved by his possessions. That's why he chooses to move into an abandoned train car and lead such a modest life. The only thing that Staszek owns is a dog. He believes that animals, unlike human beings, are not capable of hurting anyone.

ANNA WIECKOWSKA
A graduate of Italian studies at the University of Warsaw (1990) and one-year course for journalists and TV producers at the Television Academy (1996). In 1992-1994 she was a journalist of "Zycie Warszawy", since 1995 she has been working for the Polish Television. A producer and director of more than 100 TV documentaries, including "Pyramid Kids" (Dzieci piramidy, 2007), "The Third Centrury" (Trzeci wiek, 2006), "Tomek W" (2004), "Preeschooland" (Przedszkolandia, 2002).

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 9pm (GALLERY THEATRE)