Competition Programme
ARENA
Poland | 2013Martin Rath
Director:
Martin Rath
Screenplay:
Martin Rath
Director of photography:
Bartosz Swiniarski
Film Editing:
Patrik Eriksson
Film School:
Polish Natonal Film School in Lodz
Producer:
Marcin Malatynski
Lukasz Dlugolecki
Cast:
Marcin Kowalczyк
Piotr Dmyszewicz
Mikolaj Chroboczek
Andrzej Borowski
Duration:
23’
Synopsis
A hitchhiker is taken in by a remote Polish mountain community. Tested by the hardened locals and the unforgiving harshness of his new environment he consttutes his presence in the mountains. But to whom do we have to prove what we’re made of?
Director Biography
Martin Rath
Martin Rath grew up in East Berlin. He is a student at the directing department of the Polish National Film School in Lodz. His short documentary “Written in ink” was the most screened Polish short film at international film festivals in 2012 with over 100 official selections world-wide including SXSW and Hot Docs. In 2013 Martin completed his short fiction film “Arena”.