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coal

dir. ewelina węgiel / 2023, Poland, 12'

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8.09.24

18:00

Kinoteka, plac Defilad, Warszawa, Polska

Director: ewelina węgiel
Screenplay: ewelina węgiel
Cinematography: Łukasz Jędrasik
Editing: ewelina węgiel
Sound: ewelina węgiel
Music: ewelina węgiel
Producer(s): ewelina węgiel
Production: ewelina węgiel
World sales: ewelina węgiel
Language: English
Website: https://ewelinawegiel.com/

SYNOPIS

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A cacophony of fairy tales coming out of the ground told from the perspective of a coal mine that can be seen from the moon. Adam Bobbette, a geologist whose text I was inspired by, writes that coal is the remnant of ancient forests, the fuel for industrialisation—and therefore modern civilisation. The fuel is literally ancient dead organisms, and the earth is 'strewn' with 'deposits' of the fossilised past. Progress is driven by the burning of history itself. He asks: how did carbon create a modern, spiritual sense of self?

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

ReWilding: Climate-Focused Experimental Media-Arts Festival, filmPolska

EWELINA WĘGIEL

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Multimedia artist interested in quasi-documentary work that puts her in contact with various human and non-human communities. Together with them, she looks at contemporary intuitions in the context of post-end-of-the-world reality. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, the UdK University in Berlin, the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. Her works have been shown nationally and internationally—at Piccadilly Circus in London (by Circa Gallery and “Dazed” Magazine), at Manifesta 14, in Zachęta National Gallery, in Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Polish Sculptural Centre in Orońsko and are part of the Secondary Archive. After a year-long residency organised by Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin and Münchner Kammerspiele, together with Anna Mazurek she directed a piece “Grunwald Reconstructions” in Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin. Laureate of Best Art Diplomas Competition in Gdańsk, finalist of the Class of 2021 (Circa, Dazed), Artistic Journey of Hestia competitions. She has collaborated with the Goethe-Institut and the Harun Farocki Institute. In 2023 she received the Creative Scholarship of the City of Krakow.

GALLERY

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