Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Gorol, Małgorzata Szumowska, Agnieszka Podsiadlik
The director (in the middle) together with the actresses on the Red Carpet at Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Gorol
The actress at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Gorol, Dieter Kosslick, Michał Englert
The Festival Director with the actress and the director of photography and screenwriter at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Agnieszka Podsiadlik
The actress at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Dieter Kosslick
The actor and the Festival Director inside Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
The director inside Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Mateusz Kościukiewicz
The actor inside Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Mateusz Kościukiewicz
The actor inside the cinema hall at Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Gorol
The actress inside the cinema hall at Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Gorol
The actress signing autographs at the Red Carpet.
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Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
The director and screenwriter during an interview at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Gorol
The actress at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
The director and screenwriter.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Michał Englert
The director of photography and screenwriter at Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Agnieszka Podsiadlik
The actress inside Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Dieter Kosslick, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Małgorzata Gorol
The Festival Director guiding the film team into the cinema hall.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
The director and screenwriter inside the cinema hall at Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 23, 2018Agnieszka Podsiadlik
The actress inside the cinema hall at Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Twarz | Mug
Feb 24, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
The Polish director received the Grand Jury Prize.
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Silver Bear
Feb 24, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska, Dieter Kosslick
The Polish director and the Festival Director on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Closing Gala – Silver Bear
Feb 24, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
At the Photo Call.
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Silver Bear
Feb 24, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Closing Gala – Silver Bear
Feb 24, 2018The Silver Bear
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Silver Bear
Feb 24, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
In the Berlinale VIP Club.
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Silver Bear
Feb 24, 2018Małgorzata Szumowska
Competition – Twarz | Mug – Silver Bear
Małgorzata Szumowska
Małgorzata Gorol
Mateusz Kościukiewicz
Agnieszka Podsiadlik
Michał Englert
Mateusz Kościukiewicz (Actor), Waldemar Pokromski (Make-up Artist), Michał Englert (Screenwriter, Director of Photography), Małgorzata Szumowska (Director, Screenwriter), Agnieszka Podsiadlik (Actress), Małgorzata Gorol (Actress)
Moderation: Nikolaj Nikitin
Press Conference at full lengthJacek loves heavy metal and his dog. He converts the country lanes outside his door into a racing track and bombs down them in his little car. When he and his girlfriend Dagmara take to the dancefloor, everyone runs for cover. He enjoys his existance as a cool misfit in an otherwise stuffy environment, and keeps his muscles toned working on a building site close to the Polish-German border where the world’s largest statue of Jesus is being constructed. But then his life is thrown badly off course by a terrible accident at work that completely disfigures him. Eagerly followed by the Polish media, Jacek becomes the first person in the country to receive a face transplant. He may be celebrated as a national hero and martyr, but he no longer recognises himself in the mirror. Meanwhile, the statue of Jesus grows taller and taller. Whilst events around Jacek come thick and fast, the film never loses sight of the bigger picture and instead brings things even more into focus. Twarz uses the format of an acerbic farce to consider conditions in modern-day Poland and explore life in the provinces, revealing a country that is busy setting its faith in stone.
by
Małgorzata Szumowska
Poland 2018
Polish
91’ · Colour
World premiere
Mateusz Kościukiewicz (Jacek)Agnieszka Podsiadlik (Jacek's sister)Małgorzata Gorol (Dagmara)Roman Gancarczyk (Priest)Dariusz Chojnacki (Jacek's brother)Robert Talarczyk (Jacek's brother-in-law)Anna Tomaszewska (Jacek's mother)Martyna Krzysztofik (Jacek's sister-in-law)
Born in Kraków, Poland in 1973, she graduated from the Polish National Film School in Łódź and went on to direct short films and documentaries before making her feature film debut in 2000 with Szczęśliwy człowiek (Happy Man). She won the Silver Leopard at Locarno in 2008 with 33 sceny z życia (33 Scenes from Life). Her films Ono (Stranger, 2004) and Elles (2011) both screened in the Berlinale Panorama. W imię... (In the Name of...) screened in Competition at the 2013 Berlinale and won the Teddy Award, while Body won the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2015.
Filmography1998 Cisza 1999 Siedem lekcji milosci 2000 Szczęśliwy człowiek (Happy Man) 2001 Dokument...? 2004 Visions of Europe · Ono (Stranger) 2005 Mój tata Maciek · Solidarnosc, Solidarnosc... 2007 A czego tu się bać? (Nothing to be Scared of) 2008 33 sceny z życia (33 Scenes from Life) 2011 Elles 2012 W imię... (In the Name of...) 2015 Body 2018 Twarz (Mug)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018
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