TENSITY
Film is an experimental artistic documentary about dance and contemporary theater. The story is being led by Helena Ganjalyan - actress, dancer and choreographer. By clashing the disturbing dance with abstract shots of nature, the director introduces the world of art
from the borderline of theater, performance and dance to the viewer. The narrative of the actress is a pretext to create a multi-threaded visual-sound history in which elements such as body, space or water mix together creating a coherent picture filled with internal tensions and pulsating energy.
The dance based on the figure of Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" raises issues such as independence, autonomy, freedom, the right to determine oneself and its physicality. All special effect shots used in the film were made using traditional methods.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 10'
- YEAR:
- 2018
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Konrad Kultys
- SCRIPT:
- Konrad Kultys
- DOP:
- Konrad Kultys
- EDITOR:
- Dorota Stolarska
- MUSIC:
- Manehav
- PRODUCTION:
- Konrad Kultys, Dorota Stolarska
Konrad Kultys »
A film directing student and cinematography graduate of the Łódź Film School, he holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts. An alumnus of the Directors Series 2024 program at the NFTS in Beaconsfield, his films have been screened at over 70 festivals across five continents. Stagnant, written and directed by Konrad, was the most awarded Polish feature short at international festivals in 2022.In 2024, he won the TVN Warner Bros. Discovery competition and created a short sci-fi film using a volume LED screen (Aura 2025). He also completed several other short films set to be released in 2025 in Poland and the UK (Glitter, Harmony Cleaning, Unbeing, Conception Game). A member of the Polish Filmmakers Association, he works between Poland and the United Kingdom.
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Hidalgo, Mexico, 2018 (competition)
- 5th Taratsa International Film Festival, Greece, 2018 (competition)
- 5th Sose International Film Festival, Armenia, 2018 (competition)
- InShadow - Screendance Festival, Portugal, 2018 (competition)
- IFF Feminist Border Arts, USA, 2019 (competition)
- Tlanchana Fest, Mexico, 2019 (competition)
- Dança em foco - Festival Internacional de Vídeo & Dança, Brazil, 2022 (competition)