MARTIN, a shy Englishman in his early 20s, is in Poland doing a field study on river pollution when he sees a woman and her son bathe in the river, a moment of pure joy. Later, he discovers that Ewa works at the guest-house he's staying at and he warns them not to bathe in the river due to the pollution from the nearby factories. Jacek, Ewa's son helps Martin with his research and he becomes something of a father figure to him. As a thank you for letting Jacek help him out Ewa invites Martin for dinner before he is to return home to England. Martin misunderstands the invitation and at the end of the night, a little tipsy, he tries to kiss her - but is rejected. The next day he speaks to a lab technician in the UK about the samples he's sent back for testing– there is some pollution but not where Ewa and Jacek have been swimming. When Ewa doesn't show up for work and still hurting from the rejection Martin leaves without passing on the message that the river is fine to swim in.

Direction: Eva Weber

Script: Line Langebek

Production: Julia Godzinskaya, Sophie Vickers,

Cinematography: Chloë Thompson

Editing: Tracy Granger A.C.E

Production Design: Dorota Borkowska, Agata Trojak

Costume Design: Emilia Czartoryska

Sound: Harry Barnes

Original Score: Stuart Earl

Cast: Bradley Hall, MAGDALENA RÓŻAŃSKA, OLAF MARCHWICKI, SLAWOMIR HOLLAND

Original Title: FIELD STUDY

Film Production Country: United Kingdom

Biography of the Director/s
Originally from Germany, Eva Weber is a London-based filmmaker working in both documentary and fiction.

Her award-winning films have screened at numerous international film festivals, amongst others, at Sundance, Edinburgh, SXSW, BFI London and Telluride. Her films have also been broadcast on UK and international television, and shown at art exhibitons and museums. Her film ‘The Solitary Life of Cranes’ was nominated for the International Documentary Association’s Distinguished Short Award and selected as one of the top five films of the year by critic Nick Bradshaw in Sight & Sound’s annual film review.

Eva is currently in development with a number of feature projects, including the fiction feature ‘Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name’ based on the novel by Vendela Vida. With this project, Eva took part in the 2013 Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs, and also received the Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award to further develop the project. The film is also supported by a SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant.

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