Katarzyna Płazińska
Polish filmmaker currently residing in the United States. Her works have screened at various venues, including: Film Society at Lincoln Center, New York Museum of Chinese in America, Washington Jewish Film Festival. Płazińska is a MacDowell Arts Colony Fellow and Iowa Arts Fellow. Some of her awards include: Grand Prix at Montreal Underground, Ann Arbor Film Festival Jury Award, Black Maria Director’s Choice Award.
Filmography:
Charpi (2014)
Films
- Chapri6’
Production: PL 2014
From nothingness, a shapeless structure, by man's hand are fragile layers made. The author shows the hand-crafting of Muslim paper through simple cinematic means: “Light, shadow, and sound form an impressionistic portrait of an ephemeral act.” The craftswoman, Katharina Siedler, uses a technique that traces back to the 8th century. As the director puts it: “The papermaker embodies the process of its crafting.” The film is dedicated to the great French filmmaker Robert Bresson.
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