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Maciek Hamela

Maciek Hamela

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Biography

Maciek Hamela is a Polish film and radio producer, director, scriptwriter. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he received a master's degree from Sorbonne University (Paris IV) in French literature and studied film directing at École Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation (EICAR). Director and producer of a feature documentary "In the Rearview" that screened at Cannes Film Festival and TIFF and won main prizes at Sheffield DocFest, Zurich Film Festival and Hamburg FilmFest. A co-creator of a documentary short film "Bless You", which received a Doc Alliance Award within the Cannes Docs program (Cannes FF 2021). He produced films such as "Convictions" (MDR Film Prize for an outstanding Eastern European documentary film at Dok Leipzig IFF 2016), "Gatherers of Sea Grass" or "Parquet". Being a director and a producer of various radio works he has received the Silver Melchior Radio Award for the Premiere of the Year 2018 in the Polish Radio Reporters National Competition. He produced and co-directed "Plan B", a documentary podcast series for Audioteka.

Known For

Gatherers of Sea Grass
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Every year teams of seasonal workers come to Solovki islands to harvest sea kale. They go out to sea and mow it from car-basses. As the last of the teams go back to Arkhangelsk in October, only a watchman and his dog are left to pass the winter.

Gatherers of Sea Grass

2016
The Broken Tower
4.6

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

The Broken Tower

2012
My Wife's Romance
6.0

When Paul dies, he leaves his wife Eve with a mountain of debt. As the police begin their investigation into Paul’s death, Eve is supported by a lawyer named Chollet, a friend of her husband who generously helps her to clear the debts she has inherited. Eve and Chollet become close, perhaps too close, and their intimacy soon begins to arouse the suspicions of the police..

My Wife's Romance

2011
Crash Test Aglae
6.2

Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.

Crash Test Aglae

2017
Loneliness in the Net
4.6

When an unhappily married woman meets a renowned scientist online, the two start to fall for each other as they exchange romantic emails.

Loneliness in the Net

2006
Klondike
6.5

The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.

Klondike

2022
In the Rearview
6.8

A Polish vehicle traverses the roads of Ukraine. On board, people are evacuated following the Russian invasion. This van becomes a fragile and transitory refuge, a zone of confidences and confessions of exiles who have only one objective, to escape the war.

In the Rearview

2023
Parquet
4.0

The creators of the legendary tango à trois reunite for an encore performance 25 years after breaking up. Determined to take on the night as if they had never aged they face the realities when their families arrive to join the audience.

Parquet

2021
Francuski numer
5.0

Businessman Kurowski dispatches employees Leon and Chwastek to track down his stolen, beat-up Mercedes, which has ended up at Magda’s used-car lot. Strapped for cash, Magda advertises four seats on a Paris trip, answered by Stefan and his son Janek, African student Machu, and Armenian émigré Sergei, while Leon and Chwastek tail the quintet, determined to recover the missing car at any cost.

Francuski numer

2006
The Day of Chocolate
5.1

Through the window, Dawid watches a new neighbour move into a house next door. The girl is more or less his age. She's wearing a strange skirt. Later on, Dawid finds out it's a Hawaiian hula skirt and the girl's name is Monika. Most probably, he also learns why Monika's grandma has gone away to Hawaii.

The Day of Chocolate

2018
Polonaise
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In the quirky Polish village of Aleksandrów Kujawski, culture center officials have decided to host a "patriotism contest."

Polonaise

2016
Miracle Seller
6.5

A recovering alcoholic on a pilgrimage meets two young refugees who are trying to find their father. Their struggles during the trip from Poland to France will forever change their lives.

Miracle Seller

2010
Raging Rose
5.0

Jozef travels from Poland to France to work and to find his son Roman, who he abandoned 15 years earlier. Jozef works for a Polish immigrant family that has successfully settled in France. Rose, the family’s teenaged daughter, volunteers to help him find his son. Roman happens to go to the same school as Rose, and she finds him attractive. After an unexpectedly wonderful experience with Roman, she falls desperately in love with him.

Raging Rose

2015
Convictions
1.0

Four stories of young men's encounters with army recruitment commissions. Ardent pacifist Roman is sent through a series of humiliating court trials. Losha and Viktor endure long and condescending deliberations that undermine their personalities. Finally, LGBT movement veteran, Johnny is bluntly rebuked and handcuffed. All are put to test by a bureaucratic machine that doesn't sympathize with those who dispute the purposiveness of military service. The conscript enters a room packed with officials. The officials have to listen to his convictions that go in conflict with the idea of military service. It's for the officials to decide whether the conscript leaves the room as a soldier or as a civilian.

Convictions

2016
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Krojanty Charge

2016
Bless You!
5.0

Against the backdrop of Saint Petersburg during the Corona lockdown, Recordings of the almost empty city merge with calls to a municipal hotline tasked with offering help and advice. Elderly people in particular are affected by poverty, hunger and loneliness.

Bless You!

2020
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Miracle

2009
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At the age of 77, Ernst Akramov is a living legend of medicine in Kyrgyzstan. He devoted 56 years of his existence to surgery. A real priesthood for which he sacrificed his private life. Where others would have chosen fame and money, Akramov feeds on the recovery of his patients. He chose to live in a small room in his hospital to give them his full attention. But what hides the loneliness of this man devoted to the human cause?

Merci Docteur

2016
Bonne Chance
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The plot of "Bonne Chance" revolves around a woman who walks through the streets, asking people to wish her good luck without revealing the reason why. Despite her efforts, people refuse to offer their well-wishes. Feeling disheartened, she decides to try her luck with a lottery ticket. Just when she seems to have given up hope, a stranger passes by and finally wishes her good luck. The film explores themes of human connection, empathy, and the unexpected moments of kindness that can brighten someone's day.

Bonne Chance

2011
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A ma mesure

2017