Imagine / Только представь!

POLAND – PORTUGAL – FRANCE – UK
2012, 105 MIN

Director & scriptwriter Andrzej Jakimowski
Camera Adam Bajerski
Design Ewa Jakimowska
Music Tomasz Gąssowski
Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Edward Hogg, Melchior Derouet, Francis Frappat
Producers Andrzej Jakimowski, Vladimir Kokh, François d’Artemare
Production Zjednoczenie Artystówi Rzemieslników, KMBO, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)

Young people press against each other on  the bench in bright sunshine clutching their white canes and listening to the sounds that should help them put together the puzzle of their existence. They are patients at the world-famous specialized clinic in Lisbon. Ian, their new instructor in space orientation, wants to go beyond traditional methods and to help them investigate their environment so that they shouldn’t feel vulnerable and be afraid. He tries to stimulate their curiosity and imagination. When things spin out of control, the question arises: how real is the image of the world that Ian tries to instill in his pupils? And to what extent he himself is honest with them?

ANDRZEJ JAKIMOWSKI

Director, screenwriter, producer. Born in 1963. He graduated in philosophy from the University of Warsaw and in film directing from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. His debut feature “Squint Your Eyes” (2003) won numerous awards, including the main prize at the San Francisco IFF 2004 and the Sochi IFF 2004, and four Polish Academy Awards including Best film and Best director. His second feature “Tricks” (2007) won over 30 prizes at international film festivals, including the Europa Cinemas Label for best European film and the Laterna Magica Prize at the Venice IFF, and the Eagle Award for best director of Polish Academy Awards.