GRANDMA’S DAY

DZIEŃ BABCI

Tomek needs money. He tries to pull a ‘grandparent scam’ on an elderly woman. When it seems that everything is going according to  plan, the woman suddenly exposes the scammer and locks him in her apartment. She has a deal for him. Tomek will get the money if he pretends to be her grandson when a social worker comes to visit. If the social worker decides the infirm woman is not under her family’s care, she may find herself being moved to a nursing home…

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2015
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Miłosz Sakowski

Script: Miłosz Sakowski, Marcin Kubawski

DOP: Kacper Zieliński

Music: Mikołaj Szatko

Editing: Miłosz Sakowski

Production company: Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa

About the director:

Miłosz Sakowski

Miłosz Sakowski

Born in Gdynia. He studied journalism. For five years he worked as a reporter for Polish news channel TVN24. Meanwhile, he created short narratives and documentaries. He realized he would rather tell stories than merely report on them. He left television to study at Gdynia Film School. There he created his short documentary Unbreakables and films: Upload and Grandma’s Day.

At festivals:

31. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, Poland, 2015 (Audience Award)

25th Cottbus Film Festival, Germany, 2015 (Special Jury Award to director)

Caminhos Film Festival, Portugal, 2015 (competition)

19th Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium, 2016 (The Best Actress)

A Long Week of Short Films Festival Shanghai 2016, 2016 (Emerging Talent)

56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (competition)

37th Durban International Film Festival, RPA, 2016 (Best Short Film)

16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2016 (competition)

31st Alpinale Short Film Festival, Austria, 2016 (Special Mention)

20th Rhode Island Film Festival, USA, 2016 (competition)

10th Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2016 (Cinematic Achievement Award)

Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2016 (competition)

Un festival c'est trop court! - Nice Short Film Festival 2016, France, 2016 (Nice City Audience Award)

9th La Cabina International Medium Length Film Festival, Spain, 2016 (competition)

26th FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany, 2016 (competition)

33rd Court c'est Court International Short Film Festival, France, 2016 (competition)

Foyle Film Festival, UK, 2016 (Grand Prix)

36th FilmSchoolFest Munich, Germany , 2016 (competition)

1st Hancheng International Short Film Festival, China, 2017 (competition)

shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland, India, Argentina, Egypt, South Africa, Hong Kong, Russia, Mexico, 2017 (competition)

Festival Fenetres sur Courts 2017, France, 2017 (screening)

Film Festival Film Night at the Castle 2018, Slovakia, 2018 (screening)