PFF: The Black Mill

An award-winning family film based on the best-selling novel by Marcin Szczygielski of the same title.

After a devastating fire, the local mill in a small town lies untouched. Once a place of work for many parents, now it only attracts the interest of local kids curious about what is hiding behind the fenced off ruin they are told not to approach. When twelve-year-old Iwo and his friends break the promise not to visit the Black Mill, the children accidentally unleash its evil powers. From that moment nothing will ever be the same again. Objects and adults start to disappear and it is up to Iwo, his sister Mela and his band of courageous friends to discover what really happened at the Black Mill. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Marcin Szczygielski of the same title. 

The film had its world premiere at the 25th Schlingel International Film Festival in Germany, where it received the Youth Jury Award. It also won the award for the best script at the Moscow International Children’s Film Festival and the MARCINEK award for a feature film at the 38th International Festival of Young Audience Films Ale Kino! in Poznan. 

Rating

CTC

Language

Polish

Cast

Marcin Dorocinski, Magdalena Niec, Krzysztof Kiersznowski, Maria Ciunelis, Magdalena Rózanska, Robert Talarczyk, Grazyna Bulka, Janusz Chabior

Director

Mariusz Palej