The crew

Ivo KrankowskiIvo Krankowski, founder.

Born in New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Used to reside in Florence, Italy, but has been living in Warsaw since 1993. Member and co-founder of the Mass Defect (Defekt Masy) film group. Producer and cinematographer for award-winning films such as Counterstrike Players, 5 Cookies, Breakdancers and Pink Lennon Specs. In 2008 he directed and produced the Polish-French co-production The Hour Between Night And Day (Rue de la Source). Worked as an AD in advertising and theatrical features. Currently working at writer/producer Andrzej Saramonowicz's San Graal production company and pursuing a Master's degree in management at the University of Warsaw.

Krzystof UmińskiKrzysztof Umiński, co-founder.

Born in Warsaw. Worked as a reporter in a French radio station, translator, publisher’s reader, lavender picker in Provence, sous-chef in an Italian restaurant on Naxos (Greece) and middleman in international second-hand tractor trade. Wrote the screenplay of the Polish-French short film The Hour Between Night And Day (Rue de la Source). Directed the documentary film Kitchen Dreams together with his brother Michał Grosz. Graduated from the cultural anthropology department at the University of Warsaw.

Krzystof UmińskiMagda Grabowska, production manager.

Born in Warsaw. Studies cultural anthropology at the University of Warsaw. Their first collaboration with Ivo occurred in 1999 while shooting a mystery science-fiction thriller. They met again in Nancy, France, where she worked as production manager in The Hour Between Night And Day. Gained first experience in documentary filmmaking with the film Behind The Iron Gate as the assistant to the Austrian artist Heidrun Holzfeind. Besides working in the film industry or culture animation her dream is to become a tram driver.

Collaborators: Paweł Andryszczyk (music composer), Stève Aptel (music composer), Antoine Bataille (script editor), Michał Grosz (cinematographer, editor),
Tomasz Jeziorski (cinematographer), Tomasz Michalczewski (cinematographer, photographer), Urszula Sławiec (cinematographer, photographer), Mateusz Telega (sound).