W. SISTERS’ BEAUTY SALON

SALON SIÓSTR W.

In 2012, a peculiar beauty salon was opened in Szczecin. It is the only beauty parlour for women with cancer. It is run by two sisters, Joanna Wiszniewska and Jolanta Wiewióra, who know from their own experience how troublesome it may be for patients to visit to a hairdresser or a beautician. Their establishment is different. Clients have an opportunity to talk freely about their dreams and fears related to the illness.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2014

Director: Jakub Stożek

Script: Jakub Stożek

DOP: Aleksander Duraj, Michał Pakulski

Editing: Jakub Stożek

Production company: Afilm Anna Zajączkowska

Trailer

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About the director:

Jakub Stożek

Jakub Stożek

Documentary and short film director. He was born in Kraków in 1978. He is a graduate of English Studies at the Jagiellonian University and in 2008 he earned a degree in Film Directing at the Radio and Television Faculty of the University of Silesia in Katowice. He won the Golden Dragon at the 50th Krakow Film Festival for his documentary Out of Reach as well as numerous awards at festivals all over the world, including New York, Sao Paulo, Montreal, Sundance and Mexico.

At festivals:

54th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2014 (competition)

7th Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2015 (competition)

IDFF "Flahertiana", Russia, 2015 (screening)

20th Riga International Film festival 2ANNAS 2015, Latvia, 2015 (competition)

10th Miradas Doc - International Documentary Film Festival, Spain, 2015 (competition)

Gold Panda Awards, China, 2015 (competition)

GZDOC, China, 2015 (competition)