BREAD AND SALT
CHLEB I SÓL
Fiction, 100′
Written and directed by: Damian Kocur (directing debut)
Production: Poland, 2022
Awarded at the Venice IFF 2022 🏆
Inspired by true events, played by non-professionals. Tymek, a young, talented pianist (plays himself) – student of the Warsaw Academy of Music, returns to his small hometown for a vacation, a place where time has stood still. The central meeting point for local youth is the newly created kebab bar. Tymek witnesses a growing conflict between Arab kebab workers and his colleagues from the neighborhood. A conflict that will turn out to be tragic.
CREDITS
Written and directed by: Damian Kocur
DOP: Tomasz Woźniczka
Editing: Alan Zejer
Art directing: Ewa Mroczkowska
Costume design: Zuzanna Kot
Sound: Katarzyna Białas, Łukasz Kaczmarski
Production management: Weronika Pacewicz
Producers: Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński
Production company: Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association
Co-production companies: Canal+ Poland, Silesia Film Fund, KIVI Sp. z o.o., King House Michał Sadowski, EXA Studio
Co-financed by Polish Film Institute
International sales & Festival distribution: IKH Pictures Promotion
CAST
Tymoteusz Bies
Jacek Bies
Nikola Raczko
Dawid Piejko
Nadim Suleiman
Nadeem Shalave
Małgorzata Puzio
LIST OF THE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Venice International Film Festival, Italy (2022) – Special Jury Award in the Orizzonti Competition
Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2022) – Best Directing Award
FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany (2022) – Special Jury Award for Directing and the DIALOG Award
Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (2022) – Bronze Pyramide for the Best Debut
Gijon International Film Festival, Spain (2022) – Youth Jury Award
EAGLE Polish Film Award in the category Discovery of the Year for Damian Kocur, Poland (2023)
EAGLE Polish Film Award – nominations in the categories: Best Film, Best Directing, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
Bratislava Febiofest International Film Festival, Slovakia (2023) – Special Jury Award
Crossing Europe Film Festival, Austria (2023) – Best Feature Film Award
International Film Festival OFF Camera, Poland (2023) – FIPRESCI Prize
New York Polish Film Festival, USA (2023) – Best Debut Award
Neisse Film Festival, Poland/Germany/Czech Republic (2023) – Special Mention
Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, Lithuania (2023)
IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal (2023)
FILMADRID International Film Festival, Spain (2023)
Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania (2023)
New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2023)
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland (2023)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece (2023)
GALLERY
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Director and cinematographer. A graduate of Cinematography and Photography at Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Film School in Katowice and a PhD student at the Łódź Film School. He is the author of internationally awarded short films. His last film „Beyond Is the Day” won, among others, Award for Best Short Film at the International Film Festival in Trieste, Tehran, best European film at Clermont-Ferrand and was qualified for a European Film Award Nomination. The film was shown at the New Directors / New Films review at MOMA in New York in 2021. As a filmmaker, he follows the credibility of emotions on the screen and considers the authenticity of the presented characters and their stories as the most important goal.
