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Michał Hytroś - 20 mins | Poland, 2018

Behind the mighty eighteenth-century wall of the oldest enclosed convent in Poland - Benedictine convent in Staniatki, near Krakow - the life of twelve nuns in their 70s goes on. Despite their age and the world of rapid change, they try to comply with the rule set over ten centuries ago ‘ORA et LABORA’ each day. Our protagonists – nuns Anuncjata and Benedykta (40 years in convent) – introduce us to the world behind the wall telling us about their lives and decisions in a specific way. They show us the world of convent in true colours, without stereotypes, often touching and amusing at the same time. This is the film about silence said aloud.

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Nominated International Documentary Award

Michal Hytros

Michał Hytroś was born in 1994 in Krakow. He studies directing at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz and acting at The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.

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AT FESTIVALS:

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• MakeDox, Macedonia, 2018 (screening)

• Antarctis Film Festival, Antarctica, 2019 (screening)

• Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)

• 38th Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy , 2020 (screening)

• 10th Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2018 (competition)

• 58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (Silver Dragon, Special Mention)

• Film Festival Herceg Novi, Montenegro 2018, 2018 (competition)

• Message to Man IFF, Russia, 2018 (competition)

• CinEast - Central and Eastern European FF, Luxembourg, 2018 (competition)

• Riga International FF, Latvia, 2018 (competition)

• Seminci - Valladolid IFF, Spain, 2018 (competition)

• DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2018 (competition)

• Listapad Minsk IFF, Belarus, 2018 (competition)

• 59th Festival dei Popoli, Italy, 2018 (competition)

• 1st Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, 2018 (competition)

• Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)

• Kinofilm: Manchester International Film Festival, The United Kingdom, 2018 (Runner Up Best Student Award)

• Cinemaiubit International Student Film Festival, Romania, 2018 (Best Short Documentary)

• Budapest International Documentary Festival, Hungary, 2019 (competition)

• 21st Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain, 2019 (Grand Prix)

• Neisse Film Festival 2019, Germany, 2019 (Best Short Film)

• Class Fest International Festival of Theater Schools, Moldova, 2019 (competition)

• 21st Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, 2019 (competition)

• 34th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spain, 2019 (competition)

• 3rd Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, Portugal, 2019 (Special Mention)

• SHOTS: International Independent Short Film Festival, Slovenia, 2019 (Best Documentary)

• 19 International Film Schools Festival, Uruguay, 2019 (Best Documentary)

• CILECT Prize 2019, 2019 (Best Documentary)

• EBS International Documentary FF, South Korea, 2019 (competition)

• Atlantic International Film Festival, 2019 (Best Documentary Short Film)

• Viva Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2019 (competition)

• Equinoxio Film Festival, Colombia, 2019 (competition)

• BEAST International Film Festival 2019, Portugal, 2019 (Best Documentary Film)

• International Short Film Festival Kalmthout 2019, Belgium, 2019 (Best Documentary Short)

• STIFF – Student International Film Festival 2019, Croatia , 2019 (STIFF Best Documentary Award)

• Georgia Documentary Film Festival 2019, USA, 2019 (competition)

• 7th DOCfeed Documentary Festival Eindhoven, 2020 (competition)

• 9th McMinnville Short Film Festival , 2020 (competition)

• Docu Film León 2020, Mexico , 2020 (competition)

• Story? International Student Documentary Festival, Ireland, 2020 (Best Documentary of the Festival)

• 20th Ivy Film Festival , 2020 (competition)

• 14th Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, 2020 (competition)