Forgotten
Forgotten is a film about two young women and their struggle for the right to a normal life. They both come from small villages where poverty and penury deprive people of their dignity, and where religion is the only hope. A forgotten world in the midst of revolutionary societal changes and brutal capitalism. A forgotten world in the middle of Europe. Two young women: Ania who is forced by her mother to go to the capital to save her family from starving. Gosia who has decided to go to the capital in order to save her mother from dying of cancer as she can't afford the necessary medication. A mystical journey. A journey that has taken place in all times and in all societies. A journey to a better place, with the hopes of finding the source of life. Two women starting from the same point, but with two completely different personalities and fates. A film about two young women in a brutal society, struggling to keep their soul and faith intact as they are forced to make vital decisions.
Credits:
Director: Agnieszka Lukasiak
Producers: Malla Grapengiesser, Antonio Russo Merenda
Photography: Kacper Lisowski
Editing: Agnieszka Lukasiak, Jaroslaw Barzan
Production manager: Michal Bisaga
Research: Monica Sieradzka, Michal Bielawski
Sound: Agnieszka Lukasiak
Production Assistants: Malgorzata Matuszewska, Jaroslaw Goral
Original music: Antoni Lazarkiewicz
Musicians:
Krzysztof Malicki - flute
Miroslaw Pokrzywiski - clarinette
Andrzej Budejko - bassoon
Wojciech "Malina" Kowalewski - percussion
Wlodzimierz Pawlik - piano
Marek Wrolski - 1st violin
Dobroslawa Siudmak-Nur - 2nd violin
Igor Kabalewski - viola
Barbara Piotrowska - cello
Radoslaw Nur - contrabass
Jerzy Cembrzylski - bass
Klaudiusz Baran - accordion
Music recording: "Agnieszka Osiecka" Studio, Polish Radio, Warsaw
Studio Engineer: Radoslaw Regulski
Sound design: Olli Huhtanen
Mix: Peter Nordström, Meguru Film Sound Oy, Helsinki
Color correction: Kacper Lisowski, Kjell Amrén, FilmTeknik
Graphics: Kazuko Otsuka
Translations: Jennifer Evans
Thanks to:
Agnieszka Holland, Agnieskza Lukasiak, Miriam Lukasiak, Tomasz Lukasiak, Ulla Simonen, Wojciech Staron, Ingemar Persson, Lotta Moberg, Bertil Ahlberg, Gunilla Jakobson, Jakub Sladkowski, Ania's and Gosia's families
Very special thanks to:
Anand Tucker
Produced by:
Hysteria Film AB in association
with Kinotar Oy, Cilla Werning.
In co-production with:
SVT / Documentary, Patrick Bratt
YLE Co-productions, Sari Volanen
With the support of:
Swedish Film Institute, Hjalmar Palmgren
Finnish Film Foundation, Petri Rossi
Nordic Film- & TV Fund, Eva Færevaag
Theatrical distribution in Sweden:
Folkets Bio
Att: Bettan von Horn
bettan@folketsbio.se
Festivals:
Att: Andreas Fock, Swedish Film Institute
International Department
Box 27126, 102 52, Stockholm, Sweden.
Tel +46 8 665 11 41. Fax +46 8 666 36 98
andreas.fock@sfi.se
Festivals (selection):
Gothenburg Film Festival 06 (Sweden)
Nordisk Panorama 06 (Denmark)
Nordische Filmtage 06 (Germany)
Best of Nordisk Panorama 06 (Norway)
DokMa/Documentaries in Maribor 06 (Slovenia)
Fox Days 06 (Finland)
International Images Film Festival for Women 06 (Zimbawe)
Oslo International Film Festival 06 (Norway)
Trieste Film Festival 07 (Italy)
DocsBarcelona 07 (Spain)
ZagrebDox 07 (Croatia)
Sofia International Film Festival 07 (Bulgaria)
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 07 (USA)
Bucharest Film Festival 07 (Rumania)
Reykjavik Shorts & Docs 07 (Iceland)
International Women's Film Festival, 07 (Israel)
Festival du Film d'Europe centrale et orientale de Rouen, 07 (France)
Awards:
Best Documentary, Nordisk Panorama 06 (Denmark)
Best Documentary, International Images Film Festival for Women 06 (Zimbawe)
Humanity Prize, Tempo Documentary Festival 06 (Sweden)
Alpe Adria Cinema Prize to the Best Documentary, Trieste Film Festival 07 (Italy)
