2001, 90 min

in English

               

Where Eskimos live

           

            Best European Movie award at the 2002 FF in Avignon, France

 

Direction:                   Tomasz Wiszniewski

Scenography:             Tomasz Wiszniewski, Robert Brutter

Cinematography:       Alexei Rodionow

Music:                        Michał Lorenc

Scenography:             Jacek Osadowski

 

Cast:                           Bob Hoskins, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Sergiusz Żymełka, Andrzej Chyra, Łukasz Komosa, Rafał Nakoneczny

 

 

In 1995 in war-torn Bosnia, Sharkey, posing as a UNICEF official, is on a mission to rescue a young boy and take him out of the country safely. He picks up Vlado, an orphan who dreams of a better life. As they embark on their journey to freedom, they struggle with one another. However, in spite of themselves, they grow closer and closer, even if Sharkey is not what he claims to be.

 

 

Tomasz Wiszniewski

B. 1958

 

 

Graduate of the National Film Academy in Lodz. After graduation he worked as an assistant to Roman Polanski and Wojciech Has. Director and screenwriter, creator of feature films, documentary films,  television films, commercials, and television theater programs (most recently “A Brief Media Course” about correspondents in Chechnya). As co-author of the screenplay for “Where Eskimos Live” he is the recipient of two prestigious awards: Harthley-Marrill and Sundance/NHK. The film was voted the best European movie at this year’s New York/Avignon festival.

 

Filmography:

 

1990 The Scoundrel

2001 Where Eskimos Live

 

 

Links

http://www.festiwalfilmow.pl/hista/2002/fk15.htm

http://www.festiwalfilmow.pl/biografie/wiszniewski_tomasz.htm

http://www.stopklatka.pl/wydarzenia/wydarzenie.asp?wi=6045