24-10-2011

FNE at Regiofun: Polish Family Road Movie Gabriel in Preproduction

By Katarzyna Grynienko

    KATOWICE: Polish director Mikołaj Haremski is in preproduction with Gabriel, a road movie for the children and family audience. The film will premiere in 2013, distributed by SPI International Polska (www.spi.pl).

    The film follows a boy who sets off into a journey to find his father, traveling trough the whole of Świętokrzyskie Province while accompanied by a mysterious friend named Gabriel, who proves to be an original road trip companion.

    Haremski directed the television hit Klub Pana Rysia. The set will be designed by Marek Skrobecki, who worked on the Oscar winning animation Peter And Wolf . The film is produced by Anima-Pol Film Studio (www.animapol.pl) based in Lodz with a budget of 3 million PLN ( EUR 683,000). The film received 2 million PLN in production financing from the Polish film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and 500,000 PLN from the Świętokrzyskie Film-Promotion Fund (www.rot.swietokrzyskie.travel).

    "A full-length feature family film presenting locations only in the Świętokrzyskie Province is a dream script for us. A big asset of this project is the vast plan for distribution, first in cinemas, next in television and then on DVD to reach the largest number of viewers. Apart from the promotion of the region, the pictures carries a beautiful message about friendship, loyalty and family values. We think that it will be a warm, family film that will have major attendance success," Adam Dąbek from the Świętokrzyski Film-Promotion Fund told FNE during the 2nd Regiofun IFF in Katowice (www.regiofun.eu).

    The shoot for the film is planned for the first half of 2012. The locations in the Świętokrzyskie Province will include Chęciny, Kielce, Miedziana Góra and the Krzyżtopór Castle in Ujazd .


    Production information:

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