Element Pictures have announced that principal Photography begins this week on renowned Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski's (Essential Killing, Deep End, Moonlighting) latest feature, currently titled 11 Minutes. The Polish/Irish co-production, which has the backing of Skopia Pictures, Element Pictures and the Irish Film Board, will shoot in Dublin for five days, with Richard Dormer (Good Vibrations, Game of Thrones) taking the lead role of a film director. The film also stars an ensemble cast of Polish actors, including Agata Buzek, Beata Tysziewicz, and Mateusz Kościukiewicz. The full synopsis is below.
The film follows the same 11 minutes in the lives of several different characters; young and old, prosperous and destitute. Some story elements surprisingly intertwine, others follow their own intricate rhythm. Some characters are shown just as they are about to make crucial life changing decisions, others are idly passing time, caught in the midst of their day‐to‐day routines. What they all have in common is an enigmatic sighting of the elusive dark spot, seen in the sky earlier that day, and the tragic chain of events that will seal their fate. What really caused it? Did all of them deserve it? Could any of them avoid it? What is the fabric of life? These lingering questions constitute the film’s underlying theme.
11 Minutes is released in Ireland in 2015 through Element Pictures Distribution.
