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The Herd

    All titles (2)
    Documentary | 2016-2021 | HBO [pl] | Docu | Poland

    Brief synopsis

    An amateur female sports club Volteo takes on the challenge to become a national team at vaulting. Its members don’t realize how much sacrifice goes with that decision.
    A kid, a teenager and a woman — connected by unusual friendship decide to fight for the team, struggling with their own coming of age. Zosia (11) is naturally predisposed to vaulting,
    she is yet too young to cope with the responsibility that goes with regular and exhaustive workout.
    Vika (17), happy‑go‑lucky teenager for whom vaulting is just another hobby tries to split her time between training and dating.
    For Ola (22), the ‘mother hen’ of the team who enters her adult womanhood, vaulting means life but the lack of natural abilities forces her to face more and more failures at sport which translates to frustrations in her personal life.
    After a year of efforts Volteo still did not get into the national team. However, each of the characters has undergone a huge transformation.
    Now they are more experienced and mature. This season, the chance of getting into the national representation seems to be within their reach. Unfortunately, one of the key players decides to leave the team in favour of pursuing her individual career.
    The world of our three protagonists collapses.

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    ColoristOskar Pospolitak
    Digital intermediate assistantMaciej Szewczyk
    Director of photographyMonika Kotecka
    2nd unit dopNicolas Villegas
    DirectorKarolina Poryzała
    DirectorMonika Kotecka
    EditorKatarzyna Boniecka
    EditorMilenia Fiedler
    ComposerTomasz Wierzbowski
    ComposerAleksandra Kotecka
    ProducerEwa Jastrzębska
    ProducerKrzysztof Kuczyk
    ProducerAgnieszka Wasiak
    ProducerJerzy Kapuściński
    ProducerIzabela Łopuch
    HBO Europe
    HBO Europe
    Executive producerHanka Kastelicová
    Production managerAleksandra Kotecka
    Production managerMarta Gmosińska
    Production managerMałgorzata Wala
    Production sound mixerAnna Rok
    Sound designerMichał Fojcik

    Facilities

    DepartmentCompanyComment
    Film Processing/TransfersFixafilm
    image postproduction
    image postproduction

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Monika Kotecka2021Warsaw Film Festival [pl]
    Audience Award - Documentary Competition
    Audience Award - Documentary CompetitionWinner
    Karolina Poryzała2021Warsaw Film Festival [pl]
    Audience Award - Documentary Competition
    Audience Award - Documentary CompetitionWinner

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2022GermanyDok Leipzig
    5x5 Shorts from the East
    5x5 Shorts from the East
    2021PolandWarsaw Film Festival
    Documentary Competition
    Documentary Competition

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingPoland[HBO Max]Thursday, 07/07/2022, 12.00 PM

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    PremiereMonday, 11/10/2021Premiere at Warsaw Film Festival