22-09-2016

FNE at 2016 Gdynia Film Festival: The High Frontier

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    The High Frontier by Wojciech Kasperski The High Frontier by Wojciech Kasperski

    GDYNIA: Wojciech Kasperski’s debut feature The High Frontier will vie in the main competition of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival, set to take place from 19 to 24 September 2016. This dark thriller was shot by Łukasz Żal, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida (Opus Film).

    The High Frontier / Na granicy follows a father who takes his two boys to a secluded mountain base, but their attempt at a male bonding adventure is interrupted by a mysterious stranger showing up wounded and exhausted on their doorstep. The plot thickens and the teenage boys face a true test of maturity.


    "I wanted to make a genre film and to tell a story about growing up by creating a suspenseful thriller" the writer/director said.


    The film was produced by Marcin Wierzchosławski through Metro Films in coproduction with TVP, Alvernia Studios, Non Stop Film Service and Dreamsound. The budget was 812,160 EUR / 3.5 m PLN, of which 464,091 EUR / 2 m PLN was a production grant from the Polish Film Institute.

    The film premiered in the International Competition at the Netia Off Camera International Film Festival in Krakow and was released domestically by Kino Świat on 19 February 2016, reaching 89,827 admissions to date.


    Production Information:

    Metro Films
    ul. Macedońska 74
    02-761 Warsaw, Poland
    Phone: (22) 843 21 72
    Fax: (22) 642 68 09
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    www.metrofilms.com.pl

    Alvernia Studios
    Nieporaz ul. Ferdynanda Wspaniałego 1
    32-566 Alwernia, Poland
    Phone: + (48) 12 344 40 00
    Fax: + (48) 12 344 40 02
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    www.alvernia.com

    TVP
    Telewizja Polska S.A.
    ul. Jana Pawła Woronicza 17
    00-999 Warsaw, Poland
    Phone.: +48 22 547 44 50
    www.tvp.pl

    Non Stop Film Service
    Zagórna 5
    00-441 Warsaw, Poland
    Phone: +48 22 622 79 85
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    www.nsfs.com.pl

    Dreamsound
    Bobrowiecka 1
    00-728 Warsaw, Poland
    Phone: +48 601 949 357
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    http://www.dreamsound.pl/


    Credits:

    Director:  Wojciech Kasperski
    Scriptwriter: Wojciech Kasperski
    DoP:  Łukasz Żal PSC
    Cast: Zbigniew Adamkiewicz, Stanisław Tyczyński, Łukasz Poniński, Zbigniew Kula, Marcin Kasiński, Kacper Habisiak