"Glasgow", or the hen laying golden eggs

During the Film and Music Festival "Küstendorf", which ended on Monday, and which was founded by Emir Kusturica, the Piotr Subbotko film entitled "Glasgow" was awarded the Bronze Egg prize. This is the fifth award won by the short feature produced under the "30 minutes" programme, a joint initiative of the Studio Munka Polish Film Association, the Wajda Studio, the TVP and the Polish Film Institute.

The Chairperson of the 5th edition of the Serbian festival's jury was actress Leila Hatami, known from the film "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi and she was the one to hand the award to Piotr Subbotko. The justification of the verdict reads: "The movie went into the story of a mother and a child with humorous and surprising moments, which were always unpredictable."

The Silver Egg was awarded to the film "Boys Where Are You?" by Jelena Gavrilović (Serbia), and the Golden Egg went to Fernando Pomares and his film "Alto Sauce" (Spain). It is worth noting that the Critics Prize was awarded to the Polish film "Barbacan", directed by Bartłomiej Żmuda.

"Küstendorf" takes place in Mokra Gora [Wet Mountain]. In its programme, in addition to the competition section, there are also retrospectives (this year Kim Ki-duk's retrospective and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's one), the festival also presents the latest trends in world cinema and the newest authors. The audience also has an opportunity to see films featuring the winners of lifetime achievement awards (this year there was a retrospective of Isabelle Huppert).

So far, "Glasgow" has won awards at the following festivals: "Tous Courts" in France, the "Golden Apricot" in Armenia, "Message to Man" in Russia and in Cottbus in Germany.

"Glasgow" is the directorial debut of Piotr Subbotko, writer, graduate of the "Development Lab" fiction programme at the Wajda School. His film tells the story of 12-year-old Damian, who lives in the belief that his father is a famous footballer for the Glasgow Celtic club. During one summer vacation, in order to raise money for a trip to Scotland, Damian works on house renovation with his retired friend Miecio. Having fallen in love with 15-year-old Monika, who is pregnant, he wants to take care of her child and to take them both to a better world. The film features performances by Rafał Garnecki, Sandra Korzeniak, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Adam Graczyk, Filip Garbacz, Jowita Budnik and Marcin Tyrol.