THE LAND OF THE HOMELESS

SYNOPSIS

Father Paleczny, a monk who devoted his life to helping the homeless, came up with an idea of building a huge yacht that would take him and his charges around the world. He died in 2009, but his last will remained valid so a group of his Warsaw friends took on the ambitious challenge of completing his boatbuilding project. It is a task that requires coordinating the work of many people and consequently it requires sobriety. One of the film’s characters is a welder named Slawek. Will he be able to master his alcoholism and finish the boat?

MARCIN JANOS KRAWCZYK
Born in 1978 in Tomaszów Lubelski. Director, screenwriter, producer. Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Wrocław. As a director, he made his debut with the film “Rendez-vous”, nominated for and winning numerous awards at dozens of festivals around the world, including Hot Docs 2007, Silverdocs 2007, Cinema du Reel 2007, and the Short Film Competition at the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival 2007. Another of his films, “Six Weeks,” had a premier at the IDFA festival in Amsterdam in 2009 where it won the first prize. In the same year, it also won the Silver Eye and was selected for over forty festivals. As a producer he debuted with the film “Mother 24/7” made for Polish Television.