RAVE
RAVE
Documentary Feature
Written & directed: Łukasz Ronduda, Dawid Nickel
Production: Poland, 2024
The film tells the story of evolution of rave music and subculture in Poland. Two young ravers will guide us through this world: Marysia and Janusz, along with Marcello Zamenhoff – a performance artist and one of the pioneers of Polish rave. The basic question the characters are hoping to answer is will the young generation be able to reconcile the Polish techno scene, which stays class-divided since its very beginnings in the ‘90s.
CREDITS
Written and directed by: Łukasz Ronduda, Dawid Nickel
DOP: Michał Pukowiec
Editing: Agata Cierniak, Kamil Grzybowski, Igor Kaczmarek
Art directing: Jana Łączyńska
Make-up: Kamila Jankowska
Sound: Jan Moszumański, Błażej Kafarski
Production management: Marta Szamałek
Producer: Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik
Executive producer: Mariusz Włodarski
Production company: IKH Pictures Promotion
Co-production companies: Łódź Film Commission, DI Factory, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Co-financed by Polish Film Institute
CAST
Maria Smolarz
Janusz Kotlicki
Marcelo Zammenhoff
Grzegorz Różański
Dominika Sitnicka
LIST OF THE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival, Poland (2024) – Special Mention
Gallery
DIRECTOR'S BIO
ŁUKASZ RONDUDA
Is a feature film director and art curator at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. His feature debut, PERFORMER, won „Think: An Award” at the Berlin International Film Festival. His second film, A HEART OF LOVE was presented at multiple international film festivals including Berlin and Rotterdam. The latest feature film FEARS won the Golden Lions Award at Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, the most prestigious award for a film in Poland. FLIGHT, documentary co-directed with Anna Zakrzewska, won Special Mention (The Chopin’s Nose Award) at 2021 Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival.
DAWID NICKEL
Born in 1988 in Kędzierzyn – Koźle, Poland. Graduate of Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice and Wajda School in Warsaw. In his original work, Dawid focuses on telling the stories of characters who are perceived in a stereotypical way due to their sexual orientation or social position. His first feature LOVE TASTING was awarded the top prize at the Polish Film Festival in the micro-budget section. Dawid gained experience working with such directors as Małgorzata Szumowska („Body”, „Mug”), Łukasz Ronduda („All Our Fears”), and Jan Kidawa-Błoński. 2023 is the year of the premieres of his latest productions: FILIPKA, a short documentary about his queer and gender-fluid friend, and high-budget tv series for HBO Max, #BRING BACK ALICE.
