Short interview: Katarzyna Klimkievicz

How long did it take to make your short? Was it difficult to get financing?
Hanoi-Warsaw took almost two years to make from the idea to the first screening. The script won the competition organized by Kino Polska TV and was than produced by this private TV station. The co-producers were: Mastershot Studio, who secured the Red camera and postproduction facilities and Film 1,2 Association (artistic support). In post-production the film got extra finance from Munk Studio and SFP, the latest co-producers of the film.

Which thoughts come to mind concerning a “European cinema community”?
When I hear "European cinema community" I think of an my favorite cinema "Muranów" in Warsaw, where I've discovered the most amazing films. Before every screening they show the "Europa Cinemas" credit and seeing Warsaw among other cities make me feel part of "European cinema community".

If you owned a theatre for one night, which films would you screen?
If I owned a theatre for one night I would screen: Apocalypse Now, Hidden and 9 songs.

What is your next project?
My next project is Flying Blind a UK production. It's a story of high-flying aerospace engineer Frankie, who is in absolute control of her life, until she meets and falls passionately in love with Hassan, a French Algerian student twenty years younger than her. Love is blind, and Frankie fails to see the warning signs as she stumbles into danger.

Courtesy of European Film Academy, 2011.