Ewelina Rosinska

25 min

16 mm / DCP

Geology, animals and the human path flow into this subjective portrait of Portuguese landscapes. Between 2018 and 2023,

I came across different regions and places in this country, either alone or with a group of artists and eco-activists. The footage was shot on the fringes of these groups' work and activities, reflecting and revealing themes such as nature conservation, ethnography, agriculture or actions against gentrification. The rhythm of the film is determined by the Bolex camera, but is rather slow and contemplative, aligning the film with the contemporary idea of slowing down.

Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design, Production: Ewelina Rosinska

In collaboration with Nuno Barroso (Additional Cinematography, Location Sound, Production)

Music: Mary Jane Dunphe, Lyudska Podoba (among others)

Color Grading: Faraz Fesharaki

Sound Mix: Jan Pasemann

Premiere: doc lisboa international film festival 2024

20 min

16 mm / DCP

I read in the writings of one painter that, for him, the Polish landscape seems to constantly draw our gaze to the ground, making us look not over the horizon but under our feet, at the bones buried beneath each step.
The film shifts between a portrait of my eighty year old grandparents and my view on the elements and imagery of the national-Catholic narrative in the Polish landscape.The title “Ashes by name is man” is borrowed from a church notice board in Nowa Grobla, in Roztocze. At the centre of my explorations is the rage of hills Roztocze, while Krakow and Lviv form the boundaries of the area in which I was shooting.

Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design: Ewelina Rosinska

Color correction: Nadia Khairat Gomez

Sound Mix: Jan Pasemann

Production: Ewelina Rosinska, Roxana Richters

Premiere: IFFR 2023, International Film Festival Rotterdam

Awards:

BEST EXiS AWARD (Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, South Korea)

Nomination for the GERMAN SHORT FILM AWARD 2023

Other festivals (selection):

First Look 2023, Museum of the Moving Image in New York

Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey

FICUNAM International Cinema Festival in Mexico-City

Marienbad Film Festival, Czech Republik

Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, South Korea

New Horizons Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland

Fracto, Experimental Film Encounter, Berlin, Germany

20 min

16 mm / DCP

Like a photo book the film creates new images and relationships between the shots, it resembles a journey of impressions where the outlines of the world undulate. Between faith, anarchism and tourism, in Poland or Germany, between simple gestures and everyday life in Portugal, Brazil and Greece. Portrait of life between different countries, among friends and family.

Directing, Cinematogrpahy, Editing, Sound Design, Production: Ewelina Rosinska

Color correction: Faraz Fesharaki

Sound Mix: Jan Pasemann

Premiere: Marienbad Film Festival

Other festivals (selection):

Punto de Vista Film Festival in Pamplona
Syros International Film Festival
Her Docs Film Festival in Warsaw
Courtisane Film Festival in Ghent
Musée de la Photographie Charleroi, Belgium, Solo Exhibition at Boîte Noire
First Look and Persistent Visions Program at Museum of the Moving Image in New York