38th edition
17-25 january 2026

A Short Story

Opowiadanie

Marcin Pieczonka

Image A Short Story
Poland
2003 Fiction 24 min
A fourteen-year-old boy, Maurice, uses an amateur 8mm camera to film those around him. Through the lens he looks at his parents, his house and Casper, his younger brother. Then his father suddenly dies. Little by little, the gap between the two brothers widens, as each boy reacts differently to this first experience of death.
With : Kamil Staniczek, Jan Porzuczek, Katarzyna Bargiéłowska, Tadeusz Szymków
Screenplay : Marcin Pieczonka
Image : Brunon Szczapiński
Sound : Krzysztof Suchodolski
Music : Adrian Konarski
Editing : Marceli Majer
Production : OKO Film Production // 61 Pulawska Street, 02-595 Varsovie // Tel et fax : +48 22 845 55 81 // Email : sfoko@skofo.com.pl // Site Web : www.sfoko.com.pl
Co-production : Département de Radio et Télévision de l'université de Katowice
Marcin Pieczonka was born in 1974. After obtaining a degree in art history at the University of Cracow, he entered the department of Radio and Television at the University of Katowice, where he made Raskolnikow, Przystań (Harbour) and Wymarzenie (Indreaming). Opowiadanie was his final-project film.