Pianoforte

Direction and script: Jakub Piatek | 2022 | Poland | 91 minutes

A behind-the-scenes observation, tense and elegantly intense, of the Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition held in Warsaw since 1927. Before and during the event, the camera follows a group of young pianists who compete in these Piano Olympics, a world of extreme demand, passion, anxiety, rituals and mental strength. As if their lives depended on every note and every gesture.