The Journalist

“The Journalist” (“Dziennikarz”) 2004. Documentary. 35mm. Dir. 8. min.
A short film about professional and private dignity. Portrait of Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski, an acclaimed Polish journalist. The film premiered at the 44. Polish Short film Festival in Cracow 2004. It won the second prize at the Polish “Youth and Film” festival in Koszalin 2004, and has been shown at several festivals in Poland, Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, the IDFA festival in Amsterdam 2004 and at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad 2005 where it got honorable mention. “Dziennikarz” has been shown in Polish television in the public channel “TVP Kultura” and cable television “Kino Polska” and screened in the regular program of Oslo cinemas (Norway). The film has also been bought by the Norwegian Film Institute as part of the “Norwegian shorts 2005” DVD.

Review in Grimstad Short Film Festival Magazine (Norway):

“This portrait documentary shows the story of a man’s life and captures it in the present. In contrast to biographies that shows the history of a person from birth to death, this film presents a person in present tense. Leiv Igor Devold’s The Journalist is an impressive film, in its unpretentious description of a human being. It shows a person’s diginty. (...) The Journalist is a film of a genre that is often used but difficult. However, Devold faces this challenge in an impressive way, making a beautiful and touching film.”

Gunnar Iversen - professor in film science, Department for Art and Media Studies, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).