Polish musician Andrzej Piaseczny recently came out out as gay and it was initiated by an excerpt from the lyrics of “Miłość” (“Love”), which is a single from the artist’s latest album. It is his intention, along with the video directors, to make this music video a voice of support for the LGBT+ community in Poland.
Written and directed by Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak, the video is delicate and ephemeral rather than shocking and sensationalized.
Szpak says, “The key words we started working with were tenderness, closeness and naturalness. Heroes whom you like and who keep your fingers crossed for their shared happiness. We wanted to find actors who would be credible, personally involved in the case and who, through their presence, would fill the entire story with organic emotions.
Thanks to Maciek and Bartek, we have created a romantic, sensitive atmosphere. The ease with which they interacted allowed, despite the short filming period, to create a subtle on-screen relationship.”
Written & Directed by Helena Ganjalyan & Bartosz Szpak
DOP – Kacper Zięba
Production – Makata
Executive producer – Jan Szczeniowski
Producers – Dominika Głuchowska, Ania Popeć
Set manager – Zenon Budyn
Set design – Katarzyna Tomczyk
Set design assistant – Weronika Kałwak
Costumes – Joanna Opińska
Costumes for Andrzej Piaseczny – Kamila Brudzyńska
Make-up & Hair – Dominika Harat
Make-up & Hair Assistant – Aleksandra Baran
Make up for Andrzej Piaseczny – Alicja Stempniewicz
Focus puller – Adam Korcz
1AC – Paulina Kowol
Kamera – ATM System
Stage hand – Grzegorz Stachowicz & Jan Przeniesławski
Scouting – Helena Ganjalyan & Bartosz Szpak
Casting – Helena Ganjalyan
Edit – Kacper Plawgo
Postproduction manager – Ula Nazarko-Mrugacz / Link Visuals
Color grading – Ania Sujka
Online – Ola Miciak & Artur Romanik / Link Visuals
Sound design – GŁOŚNO
Graphic design – Bartosz Szpak
„Miłość” music by Majka Jeżowska, lyrics by A. Piaseczny
Management for Andrzej Piaseczny – IMPRES JOT Julita Janicka
CAST
Maciej Cymorek
Bartłomiej Cabaj
Marta Bartczak
Dominika Kimaty
Hanna Piekarska
Jerzy Wojtkowski
Andrzej Piaseczny
Robert Wasiewicz
Majka Jeżowska
Natalia Strzelecka
In other roles:
Aleksandra, Bogusław i Jan Szpak, Bren Cukier, Sebastian Szarata, Błażej Kanclerz, Olga Kanclerz, Marzena Kupis, Antek Kupis, Ariel Liwiński, Sylwia Jurasik, Mariusz Kozak, Maria Gazeł, Paula Mazurkiewicz, Karol Grad.
Set photoraphy – Gilad Sade
Transport – Transtour
Catering – Wawelove
Set medician – Agnieszka Lis / LOGOMED
Thanks to:
Robert Piaskowski, Igor Połaniewicz, Wojtek Jeżowski, Magda Pietrzak, Andrzej Serwach, Marzena Pawlak, Szymon Malecki, Paul’s Boutique Record Store, Hevre Kraków, Kraków Film Commission, Active Management Wspólnota Mieszkaniowa przy ul. Krzywej 12, Administracja Legutko-Szlęzak, Inne Obrączki, Centrum Sportu Parkowa w Krakowie, kurdyban.pl, Centrum Rowerowe Secesja.
Thanks to City of Kraków, Krakowskiego Biura Festiwalowego and Play Kraków.
Thanks to DAFI.
Thanks to BMW ZK Motors Dealer for lending of BMW 4 Cabrio.
Thanks to Starling Hats.
Special thanks to Majka Jeżowska.
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