Kurzinterview: Paweł Ferdek

How long did it take to make SZKLANA PULAPKA? Was it difficult to get financing?
The preparations took one month, shooting 24 hours, editing one month and 24 hours. It was financed by programme of documentary debutes created by Polish Filmmakers Assotiation, Polish Film Institute and TVP KulturaChannel - small budget but "easy money".

Which thoughts come to mind concerning a “European cinema community”?
The tribe of fragile fighters.

If you owned a theatre for one night, which films would you screen?
No films, just gather audience together and talk wit.

What is your next project?
It’s SCRAP ODYSSEY, a documentary film: Almost all metal scrap was sold from poor Kyrgyzstan to powerful China; the rising empire is feeding on fallen Soviet colossus. This "road movie" shows a global phenomenon in micro scale: the hard work of a Kyrgyz truck driver and a few events from a long journey across Tien Shan Mountains.

Courtesy of European Film Academy, 2010.