ABOUT THE FILM | TRAILER | FILM STILLS | CREDITS | FESTIVALS | LINKS | CONTACT | PRESS MATERIALS
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ABOUT THE FILM
OUR CURSE (pl. NASZA KLĄTWA) (directed by Tomasz Śliwiński, Poland 2013, 27 minutes) The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who have to deal with a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn child – the Ondine’s Curse (also known as CCHS, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome). People affected with this disease stop breathing during sleep and require a lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator. The film shows the process of taming fear associated with the disease. The story of the film characters is presented on the blog: www.leoblog.pl
Film is now available online at New York Times Op-Docs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/opinion/our-curse.html
TRAILER
FILM STILLS
CREDITS
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Tomasz Śliwiński
CAST Magda Hueckel, Tomasz Śliwiński & Leo Hueckel-Śliwiński
CINEMATOGRAPHY Tomasz Śliwiński, Magda Hueckel
EDITING Justyna Król, Tomasz Śliwiński
SOUND Grzegorz Lindemann
COLOR CORRECTION Przemysław Niedźwiecki
ARTISTIC SUPERVISION Anna Kazejak
PRODUCTION Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
PRODUCER Maciej Ślesicki
MUSIC The following track has been used in the movie:
The Twilight Singers "Number Nine" (words & music: Greg Dulli)
A lullaby sang in the film contains fragments of the following songs: "Kołysanka" by Andrzeja Kaliszczyk and "Kołysanka senna", music Tadeusz Woźniak, words Bogdan Chorążuk, used by kind permission of the artists.
THANKS We would like to thank all people that participated in the making of the movie and especially: Anna Kazejak Maciej Ślesicki Zbigniew Niciński Julia Hueckel & Jarosław Kamiński, Rafał Listopad and students of 4th year of editing at PWSFTViT 2012/13
SPECIAL THANKS Paweł Łoziński
a Polish Film Institute co-financed production
FILM FESTIVALS
The movie has been officially selected to participate in the following film festivals:
I. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
1 |
66th Locarno Film Festival
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Locarno, Switzerland | 13.08.2013 |
Competition Pardi di Domani
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International Premiere
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2 |
East Silver Market 2013
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Jihlava, Czech Republic | 24 - 27. 10.2013 | Silver Eye Award nominee | |
3 |
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 23.11.2013 |
IDFA Competition for Student Documentary
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Nomination for IDFA Award The Best of IDFA OnTour selection |
4 |
ONE WORLD - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
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Praha, Czech Republic | 06.03.2014 | Competition | |
5 |
19th Vilnius IFF “Kino pavasaris”
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Vilnius, Lihuania | 21.03.2014 | Short Films Competition | |
6 |
ASPEN SHORTSFEST International Festival of Short Films
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Aspen, Colorado, USA | 11.04.2014 | International Competition | North American Premiere Best Documentary Award |
7 |
IndieLisboa - 11th International Independent Films Festival
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Lisboa, Portugal | 29.04.2014 | International Competition | Audience Award for Best Short |
8 |
DOXA - Documentary Film Festival
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Vancouver, Canada | 10.05.2014 | Competition | |
9 |
Sheffield Doc/Fest
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Sheffield, UK | 08.06.2014 | Student Doc Competition | Best Student Doc Award Audience Award for Best Short |
10 |
Documentarist
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Istambul, Turkey | 07-12. 06.2014 | Non-competition screening | |
11 |
AFI DOCS
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Washington, USA | 20.06.2014 | Short Films Competition | Best of Fest selection |
12 |
Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival
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Pärnu, Estonia | 21.07.2014 | Non-competition screening | |
13 |
Monterrey IFF
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Monterrey, Mexico | 26.08.2014 | International Short Films Competition | Best International Short Documentary Award |
14 |
Jameson Cinefest - 11th Miskolc IFF
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Miskolc, Hungary | 12.09.2014 | International Documentary Films Competition | |
15 |
Look&Roll - Short Film Festival on Disability
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Basel, Switzerland | 25.09.2014 | Konkurs Międzynarodowy | Denk an mich Foundation Award |
16 |
CNEX Documentary Film Festival
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Taipei, Taiwan | 27.09.2014 | International Competition | |
17 |
Raindance Film Festival
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London, UK | 29.09.2014 | Short Doc Competition | Best Short Doc Award |
18 |
Bir Duino International Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 08.10.2014 | Competition | |
19 |
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA | 09.10.2014 | Student Films Competition | Best Student Doc Award |
20 |
Sapporo Short Fest
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Sapporo, Japan | 09.10.2014 | International Competition | Best Documentary Award |
21 |
Astra Film Festival
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Sibiu, Romania | 11.10.2014 | Competition | |
22 |
Seattle Polish Film Festival
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Seattle, Washington, USA | 15.10.2014 | Non-competition screening | |
23 |
Woodstock Film Festival
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Woodstock, New York, USA | 17.10.2014 | Competition | Best Short Documentary Award |
24 |
Heartland Film Festival
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Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | 17.10.2014 | Documentary Shorts Competition | Jimmy Stewart Memorial Crystal Heart Award for Best Student Documentary |
25 |
IndieCork Film Festival
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Cork, Ireland | 17.10.2014 | International Shorts Competition | Special Mention |
26 |
Imagine Science Films
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New York, USA | 22.10.2014 | Competition | Nature Scientific Merit Award |
27 |
Miradas Doc
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Guía de Isora, Canary Islands, Spain | 03.11.2014 | Competition | |
28 |
Cork Film Festival
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Cork, Ireland | 15.11.2014 | Competition | |
29 |
Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
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Budapest, Hungary | 13.11.2014 | Competition | |
30 |
International Bosphorus Film Festival
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Istanbul, Turkey | 16.11.2014 | Polish Shorts Section | |
31 |
Sleepwalkers - International Short Film Festival
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Tallinn, Estonia | 21.11.2014 | Baltic Sea Competition | Special Mention |
32 |
Festival du film d’éducation
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Evreux, France | 03.12.2014 | Competition | |
33 |
The Other Film Festival
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Melbourne, Australia | 06.12.2014 | Competition | |
34 |
BogoShorts - Short Film Festival
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Bogota, Colombia | 04.12.2014 | International Documentary Competition | Best International Short Documentary Award |
35 |
IDA 2014 - International Documentary Association Awards
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Los Angeles, California, USA | 05.12.2014 | Nomination to Best Short Documentary IDA Award | |
36 |
Festival International Signes de Nuit
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Paris, France | 06.12.2014 | Non-Competition Screening | |
37 |
Talca International Short Film Festival
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Talca, Chile | 08.01.2015 | International Documentary Competition | |
38 |
Irvine International Film Festival
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Irvine, California, USA | 16-22. 01.2015 | U.S. & International University Documentaries | Best University Documentary |
39 |
Oscar Academy Awards 2015
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Los Angeles, California, USA | 02.2015 | Nomination to Best Documentary Short Subject | |
40 |
Boulder International Film Festival
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Boulder, Colorado, USA | 07.03.2015 | Competition | Best Short Documentary |
41 |
Cleveland International Film Festival
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 21.03.2015 | Competition | |
42 | Ashland Independent Film Festival | Ashland, Oregon, USA | 04.04.2015 | Competition | |
43 |
West Chester Film Festival
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West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA | 24-26. 04.2015 | Competition | |
44 |
Newport Beach Film Festival
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Newport Beach, California, USA | 26.04.2015 | Competition | |
45 |
International Human Rights Film Festival In Albania
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Tirana, Albania | 24.09.2015 | Competition | |
46 |
THESS International Short Film Festival
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Thessaloniki, Greece | 9-13.10.2015 | Competition | Cinematic Achievement Award |
47 |
8th CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival
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Luxembourg | 24.10.2015 | Competition | |
48 |
Crested Butte Film Festival
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Crested Butte, Colorado, USA | 25.10.2015 | Competition | Best Short Documentary Award |
49 |
Stockfish Film Festival
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Reykjavik, Iceland | 18-28. 02.2016 | Non-competition screening | |
50 |
Sällsynta Filmfestivalen
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Stockholm, Sweden | 29.02.2016 | Non-competition screening | |
51 |
Kurzfilmwoche
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Regensburg, Germany | 12.03. 02.2016 | Non-competition screening | |
52 |
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
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Clermont-Ferrand, France | 01-08. 02.2020 | Non-competition screening | Focus on Poland retrospective |
II. POLISH FILM FESTIVALS
1 |
53rd Krakow Film Festival
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Kraków, Poland | 28.05.2013 |
Night of Student Films
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Pre-premiere
(incomplete version)
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2 |
32. Festiwal Polskich Debiutów "Młodzi i Film"
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Koszalin, Poland | 25.06.2013 |
Konkurs Filmów Krótkometrażowych
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Premiera |
32nd Festival of Polish Debuts "Młodzi i Film"
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Short Films Competition
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Premiere | |||
3 |
13. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy T-Mobile Nowe Horyzonty
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Wrocław, Poland | 27.07.2013 |
Konkurs Polskich Filmów Krótkometrażowych
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Wyróżnienie
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13th International Film Festival T-Mobile New Horizons
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Polish Short Films Competition
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Special Mention
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4 |
40. Ińskie Lato Filmowe
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Ińsko, Poland | 10.08.2013 | ||
40th Summer of Films
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5 |
Festiwal Filmów Szkolnych EUREKA
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Wrocław, Poland | 05.09.2013 |
Nagroda główna w kategorii film dokumentalny
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Festival of School Films EUREKA
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First Price in the documentary section
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6 |
29. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy
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Warszawa, Poland | 16.10.2013 |
Panorama Polskich Filmów Krótkometrażowych
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29th Warsaw Film Festival
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Polish Shorts Panorama
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7 |
11. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy TOFIFEST
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Toruń, Poland | 22.10.2013 |
SHORTCUT - Międzynarodowy Konkurs Filmów Krótkometrażowych
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11th International Film Festival TOFIFEST
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SHORTCUT - International Short Film Competition
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8 |
ŻubrOFFka - Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Krótkometrażowych
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Białystok, Poland | 05.12.2013 |
Konkurs STUDENCI
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Nagroda za najlepszy dokument |
ŻubrOFFka - International Festival of Short Films
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Competition STUDENTS
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Award for best documentary | |||
9 |
WATCH DOCS - 13. MFF Prawa Człowieka w Filmie
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Warszawa, Poland | 08.12.2013 |
Sekcja: Nowe Filmy Polskie
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WATCH DOCS - 13th IFF Human Rights in Film
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Section: New Polish Films
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10 |
TRANZYT - 5. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Dokumentalnych
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Poznań, Poland | 10.12.2013 | Konkurs | |
TRANZYT - 5th International Documentary Film Festival
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Competition | ||||
11 |
SHORT WAVES FESTIVAL 2014
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Poznań oraz inne miasta w Polsce i za granicą | 14 -30. 03.2014 | Konkurs SHORT WAVES GRAND PRIX | Nagroda Grand Prix |
Poznań and other cities in Poland and abroad | SHORT WAVES GRAND PRIX Competition | Grand Prix Award | |||
12 |
Węgiel Festiwal Filmów Studenckich
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Katowice, Poland | 25.04.2014 | Konkurs | |
Węgiel Student Film Festival
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Competition | ||||
13 |
Gdańsk Doc Film Festival
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Gdańsk, Poland | 05.06.2014 | Konkurs | |
Competition | |||||
14 |
Solanin Film Festiwal
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Nowa Sól, Poland | 17.07.2014 | Konkurs Kina Profesjonalnego | Nagroda za Najlepszy Dokument |
Competition | Award for Best Documentary | ||||
15 |
11. Europejski Festiwal Filmowy "Integracja Ty i Ja"
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Koszalin, Poland | 03.09.2014 | Konkurs | Wyróżnienie w kategorii film dokumentalny |
11th European Film Festival "Integration You and Me"
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Competition | Special mention for the documentary film | |||
16 |
Festiwal Filmowy Opolskie Lamy
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Opole, Poland | 10.10.2014 | Konkurs | |
Competition | |||||
17 |
OFFELIADA
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Gniezno, Poland | 07.11.2014 | Konkurs Filmów Dokumentalnych | Wyróżnienie |
Documentary Films Competition | Special Mention | ||||
18 |
IDFF OFF CINEMA
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Poznań, Poland | 21.11.2014 | Konkurs | Wyróżnienie |
Competition | Special Mention | ||||
19 |
NURT - Festiwal Form Dokumentalnych
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Kielce, Poland | 26.11.2014 | Konkurs | |
Competition | |||||
20 |
Prowincjonalia - Ogólnopolski Festiwal Sztuki Filmowej
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Września, Poland | 19.02.2015 | Konkurs | |
Competition | |||||
21 |
ZOOM Zbliżenia - Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy
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Jelenia Góra, Poland | 20.02.2015 | Konkurs | Wyróżnienie |
Competition | Special Mention | ||||
22 |
DRZWI - International Film Festival
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Gliwice, Poland | 22.04.2015 | Competition | Best Student Documentary Award |
LINKS
Interview with the authors - Leoparents:
http://www.portalfilmowy.pl/wydarzenia,92,16219,1,1,Oswajanie-klatwy.html (in Polish only)
http://polishdocs.pl/pl/czytelnia/1807/nasza-klatwa-tomasza-sliwinskiego-na-festiwalu-idfa---wywiad-z-autorem-filmu (in Polish only)
http://www.pisf.pl/pl/kinematografia/news/rozmowa-z-tomaszem-sliwinskim (in Polish only)
Film reviews:
http://www.krytykapolityczna.pl/artykuly/film/20130627/czlowiek-parowka-rozdaje-ulotki (in Polish only)
http://visionesospesa.blogspot.com/2013/09/locarno-66-5-nasza-klatwa-our-curse.html (in Italian only)
http://kulturalnytorun.pl/recenzje/rozne-oblicza-milosci (in Polish only)
http://stopklatka.pl/-/80046985,polski-dokument-trzyma-sie-mocno (in Polish only)
Cursed, before your eyes (The Aspen Times) (in English only)
Film databases:
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt3069992
FILM POLSKI: www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/1232632
FILMWEB: www.filmweb.pl/film/Nasza+Klątwa-2013-688241
PORTAL FILMOWY: www.portalfilmowy.pl/film,29458,1,Nasza-klatwa.html
CONTACT
DIRECTOR
Tomasz Śliwiński, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PRODUCER
Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa / Warsaw Film School
Maria Pułaska, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
tel. (+48) 501 097 197
www.szkolafilmowa.pl
PR & Media contact:
Amy Grey, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ashley Mariner, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dish Communications
(+1) 818-508-1000
Promotion supported by:
Krakow Film Foundation
Katarzyna Wilk, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
tel/fax. (+48) 12 2946945
www.kff.com.pl/fundacja
East Silver Caravan
Jana Ripplová, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
www.eastsilver.net
PRESS MATERIALS => http://szkolafilmowa.pl/pl/the-oscar-nominated-our-curse-press-materials