37th edition
18-26 january 2025

Under the Volcano

Pod wulkanem

Damian Kocur

Next sessions

Tue 21/01
14h00
Grand Théâtre
Followed by a meeting with the director
Image Under the Volcano
Poland
2024 Fiction 1h45
OV with French subtitles
A Ukrainian family is spending the last day of their holidays on the island of Tenerife. Overnight the tourists become refugees.
Cast : Sofia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiya Karpenko, Fedir Pugachov
Scenario : Damian Kocur, Marta Konarzewska
Cinematography : Nikita Kuzmenko
Editing : Alan Zejer
Production : Lizart Film, Hawk Art
International sales : Salaud Morisset
Damian Kocur is a director, scriptwriter and cinematographer. A doctoral student and teacher at the Lodz Film School, he is the author of several short films that have won awards around the world, including the school film Moje serce (My Heart) (2019), presented at Premiers Plans in 2021. Chleb i sól (Bread and Salt) (2022), his first feature film, won the Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti competition at the Venice Film Festival, before going on to win awards at numerous other festivals. As It Was (2023), his first produced short, was in competition at Premiers Plans in 2024. Pod wulkanem (Under the Volcano) is his second feature film.