Bread & Salt
program information
Director:
Damian Kocur
Production:
Munk Studio – Polish, Filmmakers Association Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński, Michał Sadowsk, Canal+ Poland, Silesia Film Fund, KIVI, King House Michal Sadowski, EXA Studio,
Main Cast:
Tymoteusz Bies, Jacek Bies, Dawid Piejko,Nikola Raczko, Nadim Suleiman, Nadeem Shalave
Screenplay:
Damian Kocur
Cinematographer:
Tomasz Woźniczka
Editor:
Alan Zejer
Production Designer:
Ewa Mroczkowska
Costume Designer:
Zuzanna Kot
Sound:
Katarzyna Białas, Łukasz Kaczmarski
Critical text
It usually happens in summer, or so the cinema has taught us. That moment when everything changes, either because you meet someone or because you meet the wrong people again. It happens to Tymek, a young pianist who returns to his village and finds that everything and everyone there remains the same.
Damian Kocur's debut film wants to be the result of its time. Based on a true story, this young adult fiction denounces the wave of xenophobia in Poland. The aim is to expose the facts, but also to make us reflect on its accomplices. ANDREA MORÁN FERRÉS ANDREA MORÁN FERRÉS
BIOGRAPHY
Damián Kocur was born in 1983 in Łaziska, Silesia, Poland. He is a film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He loves realism and is willing to work with amateur actors. Mainly known for his documentaries and short fiction films. Although he has only one feature film, he has won dozens of awards at festivals. In 2020 he graduated in film studies at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice. His path to filmmaking was not obvious. He grew up in a family without intellectual and artistic traditions. He became interested in film late in life, after starting out in photography.
