From Bed Thou Arose
A comically absurd parable in the spirit of Tadeusz Różewicz and Michel Gondra that tells the story of a furniture maker who, after the fall of communism, expands his business, from camp beds right through to run-ins with the mafia. He pays a price in his private life for getting drunk on freedom and capitalism. The Polish transformation from an armchair point of view, or 20 scenes from the groundbreaking events in Poland’s recent history, with Prof. Leszek Balcerowicz himself in one of the roles.
Agata Bratek
Bartosz Konopka
Born in 1972. Director, screenwriter. Studied Film Studies at Jagiellonian University, Direction at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Faculty University of Silesia in Katowice and at the Wajda School. Also studied Journalism at Warsaw University. Worked as a reporter for TVN and TVP. His film Rabbit à la Berlin has received awards all around the world, including an Oscar nomination for Best Short Film. His debut feature film Fear of Falling (2011) premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. A member of the European Film Academy and is on the board at the Polish Film Institute.
Selected filmography
2003 Ballada o kozie / Goat Walker (doc.)
2009 Królik po berlińsku / Rabbit à la Berlin (short, doc.)
2011 Lęk wysokości / Fear of Falling
2013 Sztuka znikania / The Art of Disappearing (co-dir., doc.)
2014 Z łóżka powstałeś / From Bed Thou Arose