The Whale from Lorino / Wieloryb z Lorino, 2019

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2019

Poland

Pokromski Studio

Maciej Cuske
Maciej Cuske
Mikołaj Pokromski, Aldona Pokromska
Piotr Bernaś
documentary
16+
59 min.

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2019
Poland
Pokromski Studio
Maciej Cuske
Maciej Cuske
Mikołaj Pokromski, Aldona Pokromska
Piotr Bernaś
documentary
16+
59 min.

The Whale from Lorino

Wieloryb z Lorino

Chukotka, a place located on the edge of Siberia, where the cold winter lasts ten months. It's a severe land, where only the strongest are able to survive. One of the oldest Siberian tribes live there for centuries. Its tradition, culture and life in harmony with nature, were brutally destroyed by the Soviet regime. Since the USSR collapsed they have been trying to survive, missing the wisdom of their ancestors and hope for the future.
One of the last sources of life and tradition of Chukchi is whale fishing, whose fate is also threatened. For the Chukchi people, the whales are hope to survive the next winter. When the land of Lorino warms up from the sun, the hunting begins.
It is a struggle of two worlds that approach at each meeting the edge of existence.

Selected festival history

2019 - 2021 гг.
Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias (Вarcelona, Spain)
Euganea Film Festival (Padova, Italy)
FIPADOC International Documentary Festival (Biaritz, France)
Polish Film Festival «Vistula» (Warszawa, Poland)
Mostra Ecofalante (San Paulo, Brazil)
Krakow Film Festival (Krakow, Poland) (Silver Horn)
International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival (Warszawa, Poland) (The Smakjam Polish Competition Prize for the Best Production)
Neisse Film Festival (Groshennersdorf, Germany)
IsReal Festival (Jerusalem, Jerusalem)
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (Batumi, Georgia) (Best Doc Film Award)
West Lake International Documentary (Xiangshan, P.R.China) (D20 Filmmaker of the Year)
EnergaCAMERIMAGE (Toruń, Poland) (Golden Frog for best documentary feature)
Festival Dei Popoli - International Festival of Documentary Film (Florence, Italy) (CG Digital Distribution on Demand Award)
Festival Film Dokumenter (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Artdocfest Documentary Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)

Maciej Cuske

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Maciej is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He started as an amateur (What do you think about it, Gałuszko?, 12000 kilometres), during his studies he participated in the production of Silence (2003). The Cure (2004), Old Book Store (2005) and The Suburban Train (2007) were awarded at the Krakow Film Festival. An award winner at the festivals, among others, in Győr, Paris, Cieszyn, Łagów, Wrocław and Toruń.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - Wieloryb z Lorino
2016 – Romantik
2013 - Stacja Warszawa
2009 – Kruzenshtern
2006 – Elektryczka
2005 - Antykwariat

Maciej Cuske

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Maciej is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He started as an amateur (What do you think about it, Gałuszko?, 12000 kilometres), during his studies he participated in the production of Silence (2003). The Cure (2004), Old Book Store (2005) and The Suburban Train (2007) were awarded at the Krakow Film Festival. An award winner at the festivals, among others, in Győr, Paris, Cieszyn, Łagów, Wrocław and Toruń.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - Wieloryb z Lorino
2016 – Romantik
2013 - Stacja Warszawa
2009 – Kruzenshtern
2006 – Elektryczka
2005 - Antykwariat

Maciej Cuske

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Maciej is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw. He started as an amateur (What do you think about it, Gałuszko?, 12000 kilometres), during his studies he participated in the production of Silence (2003). The Cure (2004), Old Book Store (2005) and The Suburban Train (2007) were awarded at the Krakow Film Festival. An award winner at the festivals, among others, in Győr, Paris, Cieszyn, Łagów, Wrocław and Toruń.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - Wieloryb z Lorino
2016 – Romantik
2013 - Stacja Warszawa
2009 – Kruzenshtern
2006 – Elektryczka
2005 - Antykwariat