15-09-2014

FNE at Gdynia 2014: The Word

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    The Word by Anna Kazejak The Word by Anna Kazejak

    WARSAW: Anna Kazejak explores the world of modern teenagers in her new thriller The Word which will compete at the Gdynia Film Festival.

    The Word is a fusion of a crime thriller and a drama about passionate teenage love. When a young girl gets her heart broken after her boyfriend cheats on her, she wants revenge. She dares her boyfriend to kill the cheerleader with whom he cheated.

    The movie is directed by Anna Kazejak thought to be one of the most interesting young directors in contemporary Polish cinema. The cast consists of young debutant actor Eliza Rycembel in the lead accompanied by accomplished Polish actors Andrzej Chyra, Magdalena Popławska and Dawid Ogrodnik.

    The Word was shot on location between June and July of 2013 in Szczecin. The movie is a Polish-Danish coproduction between Opus Film and SF Film Production (Jesper Morthorst). The film received support from the Polish Film Institute and the Pomeranian Film Fund as well as
    Eurimages and Det Danske Filminstitut. The film opened in Poland on 13 March 2013 and sold over 120,000 tickets to date. The title also had regular distribution in Norawy, Denmark and Sweden.

    "Our coproducer from Denmark is SF Film Production is also one of the biggest distributors in the region so international distribution was always a plan," Łukasz Dzięcioł from Opus Film told FNE.

    The world sales of The Word are managed by LevelK.

    Crew:

    Directed by: Anna Kazejak
    Written by: Anna Kazejak, Magnus von Horn
    Director of photography: Klaudiusz Dwulit
    Music by: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
    Production design by: Marcel Sławiński, Katarzyna Sobańska
    Costume design by: Paulina Sieniarska
    Make-up by: Anna Kieszczyńska
    Edited by: Morten Højbjerg
    Produced by: Opus Film
    Producer: Łukasz Dzięcioł
    Production management: Jacek Gawryszczak
    Co-produced by: SF Film Production (Jesper Morthorst),
    Zachodniopomorski Fundusz Filmowy Pomerania Film
    Co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Eurimages, Det Danske
    Filminstitut
    Distributed by: Kino Świat
    World sales: LevelK

    Cast:

    Eliza Rycembel
    Mateusz Więcławek
    Magdalena Popławska
    Dawid Ogrodnik
     Andrzej Chyra
    Luxuria Astaroth
    Jowita Budnik


    Production information:

    OPUS FILM
    Lakowa 29, 90-554 Lodz, Poland
    tel.  +48 42 634 55 00
    fax. +48 42 634 55 49
    email. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    www.opusfilm.com