JOHNNY

Premiere 23.09.2022

Movie description

Biography Drama

“Johnny” is a true story that inspires and touches people’s hearts. It is told from the perspective of father Jan Kaczkowski’s protégé – Patryk Galewski, a boy with a difficult start in life.

Patryk breaks into a house in a small town. He is sentenced to community service at the hospice in Puck, where he meets father Jan Kaczkowski, who is quite an unusual person. The priest engages young boys from the vocational school who seem to be tough rebels, into helping the terminally ill. In his work, he focuses on intimacy, affection and the struggle to establish a connection with other people. He teaches empathy. And he does it with a great sense of humour, which gains him huge popularity. Shortly afterwards, father Jan himself becomes a patient in the hospice. Patryk is put in a position that will change his entire life.

The cast

Dawid Ogrodnik
Piotr Trojan
Magdalena Czerwińska
Anna Dymna

Anna Dymna
Maria Pakulnis
Marta Stalmierska
Witold Dębicki
Michał Kaleta
Joachim Lamża

Crew

director Daniel Jaroszek
screenplay Maciej Kraszewski
producer Robert Kijak
cinematography Michał Dąbal PC

cinematography Michał Dąbal PC
set design Karolina Rączka
costumes Zofia Komasa
make up Liliana Gałązka
casting director Konrad Bugaj
editing Maciej Kozłowski
sound Sebastian Brański, Wojciech Mielimąka, Marcin Kasiński
music Michał Kush
production manager Michał Lipski
line producer Anna Orska-Olszewska
production / distribution NEXT FILM
executive producer Marcin Perzyna, Agnieszka Porzezińska
co-financing The Polish Film Institute
co-production TVN, Grupa Moderator Studio Filmowe, Warmia Resport, Rafał Różański, Visual Work Rebel Media, Dawid Podsiadło, Maciej Woć, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Aneta Graff-Dąbrowska, Abstraction Plan, Dreamsound, Cineline, Maciej Kraszewski, Dobra Robota.

Photos and videos

Awards and nominations

Polish Film Festival in Gdynia

Audience Award
Polish Film Festival in Gdynia

Best leading actor (Piotr Trojan)

Polish Film Festival in Gdynia

Professional acting debut – also for “Apokawixa” (Marta Stalmierska)
Golden Kangaroo – award of Australian film distributors

Dawid Ogrodnik
EAGLES – Polish Film Awards

Best Leading Actor – Dawid Ogrodnik
EAGLES – Polish Film Awards

Best Supporting Actress – Maria Pakulnis
EAGLES – Polish Film Awards

Best Make-up – Liliana Gałązka
EAGLES – Polish Film Awards

Audience Award
Janusz “Kuba” Morgenstern “Perspective” Award

Daniel Jaroszek
“Polish Cinemas” Association Award

Platinum Ticket
Tadeusz Szymków Film Acting Festival

“Golden Puppy” for best leading actor – Dawid Ogrodnik
Tadeusz Szymków Film Acting Festival

“Golden Puppy” for best supporting actress – Maria Pakulnis
Kozzi Film Festival

Award for Best Supporting Performance – Maria Pakulnis
Młodzi i Film Festival

Audience Award for a feature-length fiction film
Grand Prix Komeda Festival

Audience Award
Prowincjonalia Festival

Main Audience Award
Prowincjonalia Festival

Audience Award for Best Actor for Dawid Ogrodnik