"United States of Love" Win Brasilia IFF
Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love), a film directed by Tomasz Wasilewski and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute received Grand Prix for the Best Film at the 5th Brasilia International Film Festival (BIFF).
Tomasz Wasilewski’s Film with Grand Prix
Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love), a film directed by Tomasz Wasilewski and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute received Grand Prix for the Best Film at the 5th Brasilia International Film Festival (BIFF). The festival finished on November 13. The complete list of winners of the festival is available at: www.biffestival.com.
Another Award for Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love)
The world premiere of Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love) had place in Main Competition at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Tomasz Wasilewski – writer and director of Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love) – received the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay. Creators of the film received awards at the Valletta Film Festival in Malta. The competition jury awarded the title of Best Director to Tomasz Wasilewski and Best Actress to Dorota Kolak.. Film received also awards at the 41st Gdynia Film Festival: Award for Best Director (Tomasz Wasilewski), Award for Best Editing (Beata Walentowska), Award for Best Costume Design (Monika Kaleta), Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dorota), Award for Best Supporting Actor (Łukasz Simlat). The film received also the Special Mention of the Jury at European Film Festival in Palic and the award for the Best Production Design at Ooestnde Film Festival.
Nominations for the European Film Award 2016
Film Supported by The Polish Film Institute
Tomasz Wasilewski’s latest film is a Polish-Swedish co-production lensed by Oleg Mutu (cinematographer on Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Sergey Loznitza’s In the Fog). The film was produced by Mañana and co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.
Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love) features performances by Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Tomasz Tyndyk, Andrzej Chyra, and Łukasz Simlat.
Distribution
World sales of Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love) are handled by New Europe Film Sales. The film was released theatrically in Poland on July 29. In October 2016 Zjednoczone Stany Miłości (United States of Love) was released theatrically in Sweden and on November 18 it will be released theatrically in UK.
Paulina Bez