LEAVE NO TRACES
Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk – a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek – the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state. The oppressive regime used its whole apparatus – the secret service, militia, the media, and the courts – to squeeze Jurek and other people close to the case, including his parents and Przemyk’s mother, Barbara.
Jan P. Matuszyński was born in 1984. Jan graduated in Film Directing from Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television University of Silesia in Katowice. His documentary Deep Love was awarded, among others, the Best Documentary Award at the 36th IFF in Moscow and the Silver Horn Award for Best Feature Documentary Film at the 54th Kraków FF. His feature debut, The Last Family, premiered at Locarno, where it won the Best Actor Award. It was screened at over 100 festivals worldwide, winning many international awards. Jan also works in TV, his most recent series The King of Warsaw, produced by CANAL+, was released in October 2020. Leave No Traces is his second feature film.
FilmFestival Cottbus – Special Prize for Best Director
Polish Film Festival – Golden Lions for Best Film, Silver Lions for Best Director, Best Production Design, Award of Festivals and Reviews of the Polish Film Abroad
Film Festival Oostende – Look Prize for Best Film
LEAVE NO TRACES (ff.)
DIRECTOR: Jan P. Matuszyński
COUNTRY: Poland, Czechia, France
YEAR: 2021.
RUNTIME: 160’
LANGUAGE: Polish
CAST: Tomasz Ziętek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek Braciak
PRODUCTION: Aurum Film, Les Contes modernes, ARTE
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PROGRAM LINE: KINOKAUCH PRESENTS