Podkarpackie Film Chronicle
The aim of the program is to capture, in the form of documentary films, events, places, and people connected with the Podkarpackie region.
Podkarpackie Film Chronicle
The program supports the creation of favorable conditions for the development of film production in the Podkarpackie region, as well as the documentation of its past and present. It operates as a competition announced once a year. To date, 10 editions of the Podkarpacka Film Chronicle have been held (the first in 2016), and nearly PLN 560,000 has been allocated to support the production of more than fifty films. The competition is financed from the budget of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Among the completed projects, there are films that delve into history, portraying the lives and remarkable achievements of outstanding figures from the region, such as Franciszek Kotula (The Unknown One, dir. Roland Dubiel), Edward Janusz (The Januszes of Rzeszów, dir. Ilona Dusza Kowalska and Jakub Pawłowski), Aleksander Ładoś (Passport Matters, dir. Roland Dubiel), and Wieleżyński, the Alchemist from Lviv (dir. Mariusz Bonaszewski).
The extensive catalogue of films produced under the Podkarpacka Film Chronicle also includes portraits of artists who have gained recognition both in Poland and internationally. Noteworthy examples include documentaries about Barbara Porczyńska, a talented painter (Mamalarka, dir. Katarzyna Mazurkiewicz); Arkadiusz Andrejkow (They Are Back Again, dir. Paulina Ibek), known for creating so-called “deskals”; and Jerzy Dynia (And the Band Plays On, dir. Roland Dubiel), a promoter of folk music.
Social themes have also attracted strong interest among filmmakers, including the run of parents of children suffering from cystic fibrosis along the Great Bieszczady Loop (Kilometres of Breath, dir. Rafał Gużkowski), as well as the work of STORAT rescuers and their search-and-rescue dogs, constantly ready to save the lives of missing persons (Fuks, dir. Jakub Kowalczyk). Other films explore life in the wild corners of some of the region’s most beautiful areas—the Bieszczady Mountains and the Low Beskids (Płaje, dir. Rado Barłowski and Łukasz Grudysz; A Well-Fed Paradise, dir. Rafał Gużkowski).
Most of these films have been broadcast on regional television channels. The catalogue is also available on the Podkarpacka Film Commission’s YouTube channel.
