War Drama ESSENTIAL KILLING Wins Four Major Prizes at Polish Film Awards
Jerzy Skolimowski's war drama Essential Killing came away with four awards from the Polish Film Academy's 13th Polish Film Awards which took place at a gala ceremony in Warsaw on the 7th March.
The film which follows an Afghan political prisoner who escapes from a secret prison in Eastern Europe scooped the awards for Best Film and Best Director (Jerzy Skolimowski), Best Music (Pawel Mykietyn) and Best Editing (Reka Lemenhenyi and Maciej Pawlinski). Starring Vincent Gallo, it has been widely lauded since its arrival on the festival circuit with Tribeca Film, the distribution branch of the renowned Tribeca Film Festival announcing that it will distribute the film in U.S cinemas and multimedia platforms. This follows a limited release in Irish cinemas with Element Pictures from the 1st April.
About ESSENTIAL KILLING
ESSENTIAL KILLING tells the story of Mohammed (Vincent Gallo), who is being pursued, possibly by the CIA, through inhospitable Afghan terrain. Captured, he is dispatched to a detention centre, and escapes only to be pursued again, this time beyond the limits of his endurance. Mohammed must constantly confront the need to kill in order to survive. The war thriller is an Irish/Polish/Norwegian/Hungarian co-production between Element Pictures (Garage, The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Skopia Film Production, Cylinder Productions and Mythberg Films with Andrew Lowe the executive producer for Element. The film has previously been selected for screening at international festivals including Toronto, London, Rotterdam and Venice, where it picked up the Jury Award and Best Actor for Vincent Gallo.