Bogdan Dziworski :: Szczecin Film Festival 2020

Bogdan Dziworski

About the artist

Born on the 8th of December 1941 in Łódź. One of the most important figures of Polish documentary film, cameraman, director, screenwriter, photographer, professor of film art and fine-art photography. He worked with the greatest minds of Polish cinema, with time becoming one of them himself. He graduated from the Leon Schiller Theatre and Film School in Łódź (now PWSFTViT). Cameraman for Polska Kronika Filmowa, he also worked for Wytwórna Filmów Oświatowych in Łódź and for Przedsiębiorstwo Realizacji Filmów “Zespoły Filmowe” in Warsaw. Dean of the Radio and TV Department at Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Silesian University in Katowice. Winner of many prestigious awards, author of over fifty films, as well as numerous exhibitions and photo albums.

Films

Biathlon / Dwubój klasyczny, 11'

POL 1978, 11'

A film impression of the beauty of cross-country skiing and the risks that come with it. The camera accompanies the competitors during their impressive and successful acrobatics, and also in moments of failure.
Source: filmpolski.pl

Skiing scenes with Franz Klammer / Sceny narciarskie z Franzem Klammerem, 21'

Bogdan Dziworski, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Gerald Kargl, POL, AUT 1980, 21'

A documentary created together with Zbigniew Rybczyński (before he was awarded an Oscar) and Gerald Kargl. The film's protagonist is Franz Klammer, Austrian skier, one of the sport icons of the seventies. The film is an example of the so-called creational documentary.

Szapito, 29'

POL 1984, 29'

A lyrical report on the artists of the “Szapito” circus, who are ending their professional career. Dziworski records the last performances of the old people, furtively observing their behaviour. The mood is elevated by the beautiful cinematography by Krzysztof Ptak and Wit Dąbal.
Source: filmpolski.pl

The prisoner / Więzień, 40'

POL, GBR 1990, 40'

A documentary impression on Jurek Orłowski – a draughtsman-amateur with no hands. We are observing him in his prison cell, doing time for theft, and after he gets out of prison. For him, each and every little everyday activity is a fight for fitness and dignity.
Source: filmpolski.pl

Hockey / Hokej, 12'

POL 1976, 12'

World Championship in ice hockey in Katowice – the players are going all out – we are admiring the speed, the technique, the will to fight. At the same time, the signs of the sport's increasingly brutalised rivalry is alarming.
Source: filmpolski.pl

A Dream / Sen, 8'

POL 1986, 8'

The filmmaker’s subjective view on the creative work of another artist – distinguished painter Zdzisław Beksiński.

A Few Stories About Man / Kilka opowieści o człowieku, 14'

POL 1983, 19'

A portrayal of a young man (Jerzy Orłowski) who is missing both his hands. The camera records his behaviour in different circumstances. In spite of his cruel disability, the man is full of zest for life, he gets by in every situation, he is the master of his body.
Source: filmpolski.pl

Georg Philipp Telemann’s travels from Żary to Pszczyna, 14'

POL 1974, 14'

A film diary from the journey in the footsteps of a German composer who in 1704 came to the manor house of Graf Erdmann in Żary and from there he went for a short stay to Pszczyna.
Source: filmpolski.pl

Fencer / Fechtmistrz, 12'

POL 1980, 12'

A multidimensional story about Władysław Kurpiewski, who devoted all his life to fencing and raising new generations of Polish Olympians.
Source: filmpolski.pl

The Cross and the Axe / Krzyż i topór, 14'

POL 1972, 14'

A reflective story about the history and present day of the Krzyżtopór castle in Ujazd.
Source: filmpolski.pl

Olympics / Olimpiada, 17'

POL 1978, COL, DOC, OS, 17'

A film made during the junior ski competition in Zakopane reflects the atmosphere of the first sport struggles – the first losses, the first taste of victory, and the bitterness of failure. Children, cheered on by adults, give up their carefree pastimes to take part in “adult” competition.
Source: filmpolski.pl

The Cross and the Axe / Krzyż i topór, 14'

POL 1972, 14'

A reflective story about the history and present day of the Krzyżtopór castle in Ujazd.
Source: filmpolski.pl