Paladino Film Group 2009 54 min Poland
This documentary portrait of the most famous founder of the Polish cinema was made by four students of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Their observations, captured on the filming location of Katyń at the turn of 2006 and 2007, combined with the fragments of the director’s monologue make an original picture, different from the familiar and popular image of Andrzej Wajda promoted by the media.
Piotr Stasik – since 2002 he has been the head and coordinator of the Association of Creative Initiatives ‘ę’;
Thierry Paladino – studied in Marseilles, made an award-winning documentary At the
Datcha (2006);
Marcin Sauter – graduate of Łódź Film School, he has been working as a photographer of ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’, a Polish daily, and has his own documentary Programme on TV3 Polish television;
Maciej Cuske – artistic director and author of award-winning documentaries such as Silence (2003), The Cure (2004) and Old Bookstore (2005).
They met at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and this is when their cooperation began.