Poland in Denmark

Poland was represented by two short films at the OFF20 (24-30 August): “The Dress” directed by Tomasz Łysiak and “The little Soul” by Barbara Rupik. Both films competed in the Main Competition and “The Little Soul” participated as well in the Animation Competition.

After the screening of “The Dress” the audience had a chance to participate in Q&A session with the director Tadeusz Łysiak. The weekly Ugeavisen Odense selected his film as one of the five films showing the diversity of this year Festival’s program. “The Dress” tells an universal story about loneliness that we all feel, regardless of our differences. It was produced by Warsaw Film School and co-financed by Polish Film Institute.

For many years Polish Embassy in Copenhagen participates in the Odense International Film Festival, which is Denmark’s biggest short film festival, and with its launch in 1975, it is also the country’s oldest film festival. OFF is considered to be the most courageous and most adventurous short film festival in the country and was acknowledged as Denmark’s first Oscar qualifying film festival.

Photos: T. Łysiak