Ja i mój tata, 2017, 30 min.
2018
Huesca International Film Festival, Spain
Audience Award
2017
Heartland Film Festival, USA
Audience Choice Award
Lubuskie Film Summer, Poland
Best Short Film
Director | Alek Pietrzak | |
Screenplay | Alek Pietrzak, Mateusz Pastewka | |
Cinematography | Mateusz Pastewka | |
Art Director | Karolina Kosicka | |
Producer | Ewa Jastrzebska, Jerzy Kapuscinski, Aneta Hickinbotham, Leszek Bodzak |
Edward | Krzysztof Kowalewski | |
Dawid | Lukasz Simlat | |
Sylwia | Agnieszka Zulewska |
Edward – Dawid’s father, as a Master Mariner was able to see his son only few days every year. Now Dawid has his own family and he decides to take care of his father who has Alzheimer’s. Even though there is time now for them both to improve their relationship the illness makes it impossible. Every day Edward has less and less memories that are so valuable for Dawid to fill the gaps from his past. How much of his present life will Dawid be able to sacrifice to gain from his father’s past and spend the last moments with him and his vanishing consciousness?