Polska | 2011 | 100 min
reż|dir Bartosz Konopka prod|pro Jacek Bromski, Ewa Jastrzębska, Dariusz Gajewski scen|wr Piotr Borkowski, Bartosz Konopka zdj|ph Piotr Niemyjski muz|mus Maciej Cieślak mon|ed Jarosław Barzan ob|cast Krzysztof Stroiński, Marcin Dorociński, Dorota Kolak, Magdalena Popławska, Anna Dymna, Mieczysław Grąbka dys|dis Kino Świat

Bartosz Konopka’s feature debut is a story about a young TV reporter, Tomek, who leads a very orderly life. One day he finds out that his father was put in a mental institution, and he is the only person who can help him. Tomek takes this as an opportunity to sell his father’s apartment without his knowledge. With each visit in the hospital he goes deeper into the world of madness and finds out the truth about himself.

“Fear of Falling” received a warm welcome from the audience and critics at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia; the film impresses not only with great performances from the leading cast (Marcin Dorociński and Krzysztof Stroiński), but also with the role of Magdalena Popławska, who won the Zbyszek Cybulski Award. The visuals, polished up to the smallest detail, gained much acclaim.

Awards
2011 FPFF Polish Film Festival in Gdynia – Award for directing debut or second film, Award for make-up

Bartosz Konopka (1972)
Polish director.  Graduated from the Film Faculty at the Jagiellonian University and the Radio and Television Faculty at the University of Silesia. In 2003 won the Planete television contest for documentary film script. He received numerous awards in Poland and abroad for his film “Ballada o kozie”/“Goat Walker” (2004), and was nominated to Oscar for his short documentary film “Królik po berlińsku”/“Rabbit à la Berlin.”