THE ANTARCTIC SYNDROME

SYNDROM ZIMOWNIKÓW

By Piotr JAWORSKI

KFF SALES & PROMOTION - as PROMO

Environmental - Completed 2019

The Polish scientist tested boundaries of human mental resilience in extreme conditions of solitude in Antarctica. The starting point for Piotr Jaworski's documentary is the psychologist's journal.

Festivals
& Awards

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Doc Market
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Environmental, Animation, Documentary
    • Countries
    • POLAND
    • Languages
    • POLISH
    • Duration
    • 73 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Piotr JAWORSKI
    • Producer(s)
    • Kamil SKAŁKOWSKI (Kalejdoskop Film), Janusz SKAŁKOWSKI (Kalejdoskop Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Does doctor Jan Terelak belong to an “elitist” group of the most unethical experimenters? The Polish scientist tested boundaries of human mental resilience in extreme conditions of solitude in Antarctica. The starting point for Piotr Jaworski's documentary is the psychologist's journal. The project from forty years ago was focused on studying the mental condition of polar explorers at the Polish station. Men were in the situation of confinement, comparable to a space mission. The film reconstructs these events, referring to the then contemporary context and changes in the perception of science.