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FATHER AND SON ON A JOURNEY

Competition

In biographies I’m always the son of Marcel Łoziński (the son says). One day they’ll write that I was the father of Paweł Łoziński (the father replies). Father and son, both renowned filmmakers, are touring Europe in a camper van. The journey from Warsaw to Paris, the father’s birthplace, takes two weeks. Several fitted cameras record their conversations inside the vehicle, and when they stop at service stations or camping sites they film each other. It’s a journey full of laughter and jokes, but one fraught with tension and conflict as well. Certain subjects come up that were more or less taboo beforehand. Paweł would like to know, at last, why his father left his mother. Marcel is not responsive: he’d prefer to keep up the pretence of familial harmony. But the son is looking for cracks in the facade, wants to build a closer, more candid relationship. All the same, Paweł grows increasingly sceptical in the course of the journey: Is their project ultimately artificial – a construct from which it would be foolish to expect any personal benefit except for their art? A road movie and making-of documentary – about a film and a father-and-son relationship as well.

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MARCEL ŁOZINSKI
Born 1940 in Paris.
Studied directing at the Łódź academy. Considered one of the foremost Polish documentary filmmakers. His short documentary 89 MM OD EUROPY / 89 MM FROM EUROPE was nominated for an Academy Award and a Felix. JAK TO SIĘ ROBI / HOW TO DO IT won the Documentary Award at goEast in 2007. Łozinski received the Andrzej Wajda/Philip Morris Freedom Prize. His lifetime achievement was honoured in Tarnów in 2005 and in Warsaw in 2006.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION):
1974 / KOŁO FORTUNY / WHEEL OF FORTUNE (short, doc)
1993 / 89 MM OD EUROPY / 89 MM FROM EUROPE (short, doc)
2001 / PAMIĘTA / I REMEMBER
2006 / JAK TO SIĘ ROBI / HOW TO DO IT
2009 / POSTE RESISTANTE
2011 / TONIA I JEJ DZIECI / TONIA AND HER CHILDREN
2013 / OJCIEC I SYN W PODRÓŻY / FATHER AND SON ON A JOURNEY

OJCIEC I SYN W PODRÓŻY / VATER UND SOHN MACHEN EINE REISE
POL 2013 / 75 min
Director: Marcel Łoziński
  • Screenplay: Paweł Łoziński,Marcel Łoziński
  • Cinematographer: Paweł Łoziński,Marcel Łoziński
  • Editor: Przemysław Chruścielewski
  • Production Company: Łoziński Production - Poland
  • Rights Holder: Krakow Film Foundation - Poland
In biographies I’m always the son of Marcel Łoziński (the son says). One day they’ll write that I was the father of Paweł Łoziński (the father replies). Father and son, both renowned filmmakers, are touring Europe in a camper van. The journey from Warsaw to Paris, the father’s birthplace, takes two weeks. Several fitted cameras record their conversations inside the vehicle, and when they stop at service stations or camping sites they film each other. It’s a journey full of laughter and jokes, but one fraught with tension and conflict as well. Certain subjects come up that were more or less taboo beforehand. Paweł would like to know, at last, why his father left his mother. Marcel is not responsive: he’d prefer to keep up the pretence of familial harmony. But the son is looking for cracks in the facade, wants to build a closer, more candid relationship. All the same, Paweł grows increasingly sceptical in the course of the journey: Is their project ultimately artificial – a construct from which it would be foolish to expect any personal benefit except for their art? A road movie and making-of documentary – about a film and a father-and-son relationship as well.

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MARCEL ŁOZINSKI
Born 1940 in Paris.
Studied directing at the Łódź academy. Considered one of the foremost Polish documentary filmmakers. His short documentary 89 MM OD EUROPY / 89 MM FROM EUROPE was nominated for an Academy Award and a Felix. JAK TO SIĘ ROBI / HOW TO DO IT won the Documentary Award at goEast in 2007. Łozinski received the Andrzej Wajda/Philip Morris Freedom Prize. His lifetime achievement was honoured in Tarnów in 2005 and in Warsaw in 2006.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION):
1974 / KOŁO FORTUNY / WHEEL OF FORTUNE (short, doc)
1993 / 89 MM OD EUROPY / 89 MM FROM EUROPE (short, doc)
2001 / PAMIĘTA / I REMEMBER
2006 / JAK TO SIĘ ROBI / HOW TO DO IT
2009 / POSTE RESISTANTE
2011 / TONIA I JEJ DZIECI / TONIA AND HER CHILDREN
2013 / OJCIEC I SYN W PODRÓŻY / FATHER AND SON ON A JOURNEY
  • Screenplay: Paweł Łoziński,Marcel Łoziński
  • Cinematographer: Paweł Łoziński,Marcel Łoziński
  • Editor: Przemysław Chruścielewski
  • Production Company: Łoziński Production - Poland
  • Rights Holder: Krakow Film Foundation - Poland