Synopsis : The Peasants is a tragic story of a peasant girl Jagna forced to marry a much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and hate of the villagers and has to fight to preserve her independence.
Festival History : Toronto International Film Festival, 2023 Busan International Film Festival, 2023
Director :
DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
Producer :
Sean Bobbitt, Hugh Welchman
Screenplay :
DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
DOP :
Radosław Ładczuk, Kamil Polak, Szymon Kuriata
Editor :
Dorota Welchman, Patrycja Piróg, Michał Węcel
Cast :
Kamila Urzędowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Mirosław Baka, Andrzej Konopka, Ewa Kasprzyk,
Sonia Mietielica, Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Maciej Musiał, Dorota Stalińska, Julia Wieniawa and Mateusz Rusin
DK Welchman graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw with scholarships for Special Achievement in painting and graphics. After graduation she took to film and animation. She directed 5 shorts before her first feature film, the Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent.
Hugh Welchman co-wrote and directed Loving Vincent with his wife DK Welchman. It grossed $43 million at the BO internationally and was nominated for BAFTA, Golden Globes, and Academy Awards. Previously Hugh won an Oscar for producing the Best Animated Short, Peter and the Wolf (2006)