ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
NEW BRONX
Overview
Natalia is a boyish and impulsive girl in her mid-teens living in a rough part of Gdansk, Poland. Her crush on a boy from her neighbourhood becomes an obsession and she is prepared to do anything to get close to him. But when she finally reaches her goal, everything suddenly changes...
Director Biography — Filip Ignatowicz
Filip Ignatowicz (born 1990 in Gdańsk) is a polish visual artist and filmmaker. Filip is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. His diploma (2014) was awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (MKiDZN) during the exhibition The Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poland. Currently he is a student of Doctoral Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and currently is working on his PhD exhibition and thesis. Filip is also a graduate of Gdynia Film School – NEW BRONX (2017) is his graduation movie. Since 2017 Filip works as a full time assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
Director Statement
Although all of my works stem from painting, they are multidisciplinary. I create videos, installations, performances, as well as actions in public spaces and street art. I also deal with photography, artistic research projects and film. My recent pieces attempt to look at the human condition functioning in the consumerist reality. In cinema I am interested in characters whose actions are considered absurd or irrational, but for them their choices are the only possibly way of going further.
www.filipignatowicz.com
Credits
- Director
- Filip Ignatowicz
- Writer
- Filip Ignatowicz
- Producer
- Gdynia Film School
- Key Cast
- Paulina Kaczyńska
- Key Cast
- Agnieszka Platta
- Key Cast
- Łukasz Gawroński
- Director of photography
- Sławomir Witek
Specifications
- Original title
- NOWY BRONX
- Project type
- Feature, Student, Short
- Runtime
- 14 minutes 59 seconds
- Completion date
- June 13, 2017
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Countries of filming
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- Shooting format
- Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- Yes
- Student project
- Yes
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
"THE YOUTH AND FILM" - THE FESTIVAL OF FILM DEBUTS IN KOSZALIN
Koszalin
Poland
June 22, 2017
Polish Premiere
7th Montclair Film Festival
Montclair NJ
United States
May 5, 2018
International Premiere
Official Selection
16th Gdańsk DocFilm Festival - Dignity and work
Gdańsk
Poland
June 8, 2018
Audience Award for the best short film
The 2018 Lower East Side Film Festival
New York City
United States
June 9, 2018
New York Premiere
Official Selection
15th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (OSCAR® Qualifying)
Balchik
Bulgaria
June 28, 2018
Bulgarian Premiere
Official Selection
Social World Film Festival 2018
Vico Equense
Italy
August 4, 2018
Italian Premiere
The Grand Prix of the Quality Jury for the best short film in international competition
Figueira Film Art - Festival De Cinema Da Figueira Da Foz 2018
Figueira Da Foz
Portugal
August 28, 2018
Portugalian Premiere
Official Selection
Bytom Film Festival 2018
Bytom
Poland
September 6, 2018
WAMA Film Festival 2018
Olsztyn
Poland
October 12, 2018
45th Film Fest Gent - Flanders International Film Festival Ghent 2018
Gent
Belgium
October 12, 2018
Belgian Premiere
16th Catacumba Underground Film Festival 2018
Valencia
Spain
November 1, 2018
Spanish Premiere
10th Toronto Polish Film Festival
Toronto
Canada
November 9, 2018
Canadian Premiere
21st Indie Memphis Film Festival
Memphis
United States
November 5, 2018
Tennessee Premiere
Kerry Film Festival 2018
Kerry
Ireland
October 19, 2018
Irish Premiere
YoFiFest 2018- The Yonkers Film Festival
Yonkers
United States
November 3, 2018
SF SHORTS – San Francisco International Festival of Short Films 2018
San Francisco
United States
October 18, 2018
California Premiere
Euroshorts 2018 - International Film Festival
Gdansk
Poland
November 29, 2018
Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS
Riga
Latvia
November 28, 2018
Latvian Premiere
8th edition of the Eindhoven Film Festival
Eindhoven
Netherlands
December 1, 2018
Dutch Premiere