Sati

Synopsis

A film reminiscence about Piotr Morawski, a conqueror of six eight-thousanders and a participant of the first in history winter expedition to Shishapangma who died in the Himalayas, at the slope of Dhaulagiri, on 8 April 2009. His story is reported by the mountaineer’s wife, Olga, full of both grief and respect for her husband’s passion. The meetings with Olga Morawska, edited in the film, occurred over a period of a few months following her husband’s death. The first one was just a month after the accident.

Director Biography

He graduated at the Faculty of Film and TV Production of the Silesian University. His love for observing reality drove him to study at the Faculty of Film and TV Directors at the same university, and then at the Wajda Film School. Swiderski directed several short movies, commercials, TV programmes and music videos. “Sati” is his documentary debut.