"The Silent Pilgrim" follows a Polish immigrant - who shepherds a community retreat in Erie, Pennsylvania - as he spends his free moments wandering the shores of Lake Erie collecting gnarls of driftwood, later molding them into art. Shot and directed by the artist's son and punctuated by extracts of Robert Henri's "The Art Spirit," "Pilgrim" explores the act of making art. It asks us to consider how our lives are twisted and shaped by the world around us, and in the process, reintroducing us - even those most estranged from it - to the artist within.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

FLICKERS RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

CHARLOTTE FILM FESTIVAL

POLISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BERLIN INTERNATIONAL ART FILM FESTIVAL

BLOW-UP ARTHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL

TORONTO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

STOCKHOLM CITY FILM FESTIVAL

credits:

artist - robert blank

producer, director, editor, DP, 3D - jakub blank

sound design, mix - john burton