Borys Lankosz (born 31 March 1973,
Kraków
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) is a Polish
film director
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.
He graduated from the
National Film School in Łódź
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. His debut film "Evolution" (2001) received several awards, i.a. the Golden Gate Award at the
San Francisco International Film Festival
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. He is the creator of the documentary series ''From a Different Angle'', filmed in
Iran
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,
China
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and
Zimbabwe
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, and the films ''Kurc'' and ''Poles Poles'' (with
Wislawa Szymborska,
Stanislaw Lem Stanislav and variants may refer to:
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,
Krzysztof Penderecki
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).
His feature debut titled ''
Rewers
''Reverse'' (original title: ''Rewers'') is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
Plot
This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy wom ...
'' (''Reverse'') won first prize, the Golden Lion, at the
Polish Film Festival
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It has taken place every year sinc ...
in 2009 in
Gdynia
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. Lankosz is also a director and screenwriter of several documentary and short films: ''Radegast'' (documentary film), ''Alien VI'' (short).
His thriller “A Grain of Truth”, where the phantoms of medieval antisemitism seem to reappear in a contemporary small Polish town, was a box office hit of 2015.
Education
Lankosz is a graduate of the
National Film School in Łódź
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, which counts directors such as
Roman Polanski
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and
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Krzysztof Kieślowski (; 27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for ''Dekalog'' (1989), ''The Double Life of Veronique'' (1991), and the ''Three Colours'' trilogy (1993
–1994) ...
among its graduates, where he studied under Polish film director
Wojciech Has
Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925, Kraków – 3 October 2000, Łódź) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Early life and studies
Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków. Has himself was agnostic. However, his family ...
.
Career
Documentaries
Lankosz's diploma film, a 2001 documentary entitled ''Evolution'', won the 45th
San Francisco International Film Festival
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as well as many other international and Polish film festivals. The jury in San Francisco decided to award the film "because of its remarkable mood, tone and beauty."
According to the jury, ''Evolution's'' "every shot, cut, sound effect conspires to involve the audience in its tense, astonishing and provocative world.
..Its grip is unrelenting, and lasts long after its beautiful final moments."
This film marked a clear direction in Lankosz's creative work which would follow. The central themes of this work revolve around notions of otherness and the attempt to come to terms with it through the medium of film.
The success of his first film ''Evolution'', opened many doors at the outset of the young director's career. In proceeding years, with the Polish Television as the producer,
Lankosz made many documentary films which won the acclaim of audiences, critics, and awards at prestigious
international film festivals. Among the most notable of which are: ''Poles Poles'', a documentary about some of the most eminent Polish figures (such as Nobel prize-winning poet
Wisława Szymborska
Maria Wisława Anna SzymborskaVioletta Szostagazeta.pl, 9 February 2012. ostęp 2012-02-11 (; 2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent (n ...
, as well as the legendary
science fiction
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writer and author of ''
Solaris
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'',
Stanisław Lem
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, among others) and ''
Radegast
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'', a harrowing documentary tale about Western European Jews, who in 1941 were sent to the Łódź ghetto, which received the
Silver Phoenix Award The Atlanta International Film Festival was held in Atlanta from 1968 to 1974. It was backed by the city's businessmen and organized by J. Hunter Todd, who later ran the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. It went out of business due to f ...
at the International
Film Festival Jewish Motifs in Warsaw, the Finalist Award Winner of
The New York Festivals, as well as being awarded a Monumentum Iudaicum Lodzense Medal.
Borys Lankosz is also the author of a film series entitled ''From the Different Angle'', filmed in China, Zimbabwe, Iran and France. This four-part series was broadcast in prime time by the first channel of the public
Polish Television
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Sinc ...
(TVP).
Feature Films
In 2009, Lankosz directed his first feature film ''
Reverse
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* ''Reverse'' ...
'', which became a staggering success and marked a new direction in his work. The film was produced by legendary film studio
Kadr, responsible for the creation of the most important, now classic films of the so-called Polish Film School of the 1950s and 1960s. ''Reverse'', the studio's first production in over fourteen years, turned out to be a smashing success. Already at its premiere at the
Polish Film Festival
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in Gdynia, ''Reverse'' was heralded as the forerunner of a "New Wave" of Polish cinema, and Lankosz himself was appointed its patron.
Moreover, ''Reverse'' won the acclamation of the jury, winning 11 of the festival's awards, including the prestigious
Golden Lion Award
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for Best Film. Other notable awards included: the Audience Award and the selection of the film as the Poland's official entry for the
Academy Award
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for Best Foreign language film
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Borys Lankosz became the center of massive media attention, whose goal was to turn him into a celebrity, an attempt which he effectively evaded. He did however joyously accept two distinguished awards: one from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage who bestowed upon him the Artist of the Year Award; as well as the prestigious
Paszport Polityki
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, an award granted by the magazine
Polityka
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for an artistic event which was the "best debut of at least a decade."
Recently Lankosz completed thriller
A Grain of Truth
''A Grain of Truth'' (Polish original title: Ziarno prawdy) is a 2015 Polish film directed by Borys Lankosz, film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Zygmunt Miłoszewski.
The filming period lasted from April 30 to May 27, 2014. Pictu ...
an adaptation of Polish bestselling novel by
Zygmunt Miłoszewski
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, which was named novel of the year by Polish biggest bookstore chain Empik, was published in UK, US, France and Israel. According to NPR Books
A Grain of Truth
''A Grain of Truth'' (Polish original title: Ziarno prawdy) is a 2015 Polish film directed by Borys Lankosz, film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Zygmunt Miłoszewski.
The filming period lasted from April 30 to May 27, 2014. Pictu ...
, like every great crime novel, digs up more unsettling questions than it does answer; it also demonstrates the seemingly endless possibilities of the form itself to serve as smart social criticism. Who knows? Maybe 2013 will be the year Poland snatches the crime fiction crown away from the Swedes and Norwegians. The movie, which was directed, co-written and produced by Lankosz premiered January 2015.
Lankosz is now in pre-production of his next project, adaptation of another bestselling novel
Dark, Almost Night by
Joanna Bator
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She was born to Jewish paren ...
a winner of Poland's leading literary award NIKE.
Dark, Almost Night is a cruel tale that invites viewers to a labyrinth of tangled tales and legends of
Waldenburg, once a German city, that became a part of Poland after
World War II
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.
In the company of the central character, Alicja Tabor, who is a newspaper reporter, we will learn the painful history of her family and those closely connected with it, which goes back to World War II. she discovers the truth about herself and her own tragic childhood, over which a shadow was cast by her mother's madness and the death of her sister, who was obsessed with the legend of
Książ Castle
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and its beautiful resident,
Princess Daisy
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, who was under a curse.
Referring to the Gothic the book offers serious thoughts about a world that is permeated by evil (which here becomes personified in the mysterious "cat-eaters"), suffering in the historical past, madness and the tragedy of those who are too sensitive to bear the weight of it all. The past turns out to be a difficult, if not insuperable burden, history likes to repeat itself, and the demons can reawaken at any moment. And somewhere beyond these reflections of a general nature, the story of the heroine's loneliness is being told too, a woman who is incapable of entering into a deep, satisfying relationship with another person. Bator describes it all in language where simplicity appears alongside lyricism, and legend alternates with raw modernity.
Television
Lankosz directed a modern crime story TV series ' (2012) as well as two-part TV musical
Memoir of Ms. Hannah (2013), set in late 30. in bourgeois Warsaw. Starry cast "Memoir of Ms. Hannah" follows a young and attractive woman (
Joanna Kulig
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) who by careless romance gets involved in a spy affair.
Theatre
In 2014 Borys Lankosz made his debut in theatre. He directed a French play
Le Repas des faves[ :fr:Le Repas des fauves] by
Vahe Katcha in one of the most popular theaters in
Warsaw
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, Polonia Theatre.
1942, occupied France. Seven friends get together to celebrate the anniversary of their host. The event takes place under the best auspices, until at the foot of their building are slaughtered two German officers. In retaliation, the Gestapo demands they designate two hostages from among themselves .
Reception of ''Rewers''
Soon after its premiere, it became evident that this modest black and white film about Stalinist Poland (now a subject of research of film theorists as well as sociologists), was to become a box office hit, which in the Polish domestic market effectively competes with the biggest Hollywood hits such as
Twilight Saga or
2012
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.
Pre-premiere screenings of ''
Rewers
''Reverse'' (original title: ''Rewers'') is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
Plot
This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy wom ...
'' at the oldest Warsaw cinema Wisła became the site of meetings of the Polish intelligentsia and "high society," renewing a forgotten Polish tradition of spontaneous post-screening meetings and film discussions. ''Rewers'' became a cultural event incomparable to anything which was previously known to the Polish public.
In conjunction with an Oscar promotional campaign, ''Rewers'' was shown in
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at
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and the
Directors Guild of America
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Theatre.
''Rewers'' was also very well received by American film critics as evidenced by reviews which appeared in ''
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'' and ''
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''.
The
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nominated ''Rewers'' for the
Polish Film Awards
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: Eagles in 13 categories, eventually granting awards in eight of those, among them the Best Film Award. ''Rewers'' set a new record for the number of awards granted, surpassing the previous record held by
Roman Polanski
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's film ''
The Pianist''.
Soon thereafter, awards began to appear on the international arena. ''Rewers'' received
FIPRESCI
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Award at the
Warsaw Film Festival
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; the St. George Award at the
Moscow International Film Festival
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; as well as the Grand Jury Prize for Best New Director at the
Seattle International Film Festival
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. The decision of the latter award was articulated by the jury as follows: "Borys Lankosz’s ''Rewers'' succeeds its substantial ambition to tell the story of love, family, and loyalty in a brutal post war Warsaw. Uniquely, first time director Lankosz manages to deliver a highly stylized vision without sacrificing character, story, or performance. We are happy and honored to give the Best New Director Award to this touching, thrilling, and deeply human film."
Personal life
Borys Lankosz is married to Magdalena Lankosz and has a step-son Antoni.
Filmography
Dark, Almost Night- Director, Writer
Autor Solaris- Director
*''A Grain of Truth'' ("
Ziarno prawdy") - Director, Writer, Producer
* ''Reverse'' (''
Rewers
''Reverse'' (original title: ''Rewers'') is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
Plot
This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy wom ...
'') – Director
* ''Alien VI'' (''
Obcy VI'') – Director
* ''
Radegast
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'' – Director
* ''
Kurc'' – Director, Writer
* ''Poles Poles'' – Director, Writer
* ''Evolution'' (''Rozwój'') – Director, Writer
Awards
''
Rewers
''Reverse'' (original title: ''Rewers'') is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
Plot
This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy wom ...
''
*
Seattle International Film Festival
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2010 – Grand Jury Prize for Best New Director
*
Moscow International Film Festival
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2010 -
St. George Award
*
Warsaw International Film Festival
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2009 –
FIPRESCI
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Award
*
Polish Film Awards
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: Eagles 2010 - Best Picture, Discovery of the year
*
Polish Film Festival
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It has taken place every year sinc ...
Gdynia 2009 - Grand Prix Jury
Golden Lion
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, Don Kichot Award, Journalists’ Award, Arthouse Cinemas Association Award, Audience Award
*
Paszport Polityki
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2010
* Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award 2010 - Artist of the year
* Tarnów Film Award 2010 - Special Jury Award, Audience Award
''
Radegast
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''
*
The New York Festivals 2010 – Finalist Certificate
* International Film Festival Jewish Motifs 2009 – Silver Phoenix for Best Documentary
* Man in Danger Festival 2009 – Monumentum Iudaicum Lodzense Foundation Award
''Evolution''
*
San Francisco International Film Festival
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2002 –
Golden Gate Award
*
Kraków Film Festival
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It has been organised every year since 1961. The Artistic President of the festival is ...
2002 - Silver Dragon Award for Best Documentary Director
*
Kraków Film Festival
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It has been organised every year since 1961. The Artistic President of the festival is ...
2002 - Bronze Hobby Horse Award
''Alien VI''
*
International Film Festival Jewish Motifs 2008 –
Silver Phoenix Award The Atlanta International Film Festival was held in Atlanta from 1968 to 1974. It was backed by the city's businessmen and organized by J. Hunter Todd, who later ran the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. It went out of business due to f ...
for Best Short
''Kurc''
* Summer Frames Films Festival 2006 – Best Documentary
See also
* ''
Rewers
''Reverse'' (original title: ''Rewers'') is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
Plot
This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy wom ...
''
* Borys Lankosz profile on
imdb.com
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* Borys Lankosz profile on filmpolski.pl http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/419041
*Borys Lankosz profile on Directors' Guild of Poland http://polishdirectors.com/en/member_post/lankosz-borys/
References
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1973 births
Living people
Polish film directors
Polish screenwriters
Film people from Kraków
Łódź Film School alumni