BITTEN

UKĄSZENIE

Summer. Heat. Buzzing Insects. Obsession. Visions. Yoga. Peace enclave. Conversations and a mysterious man with his wife. Zofia knows his face and knows that he must remember her, but he denies. Water in the shower becomes boiling. The screeching of cicadas is growing increasingly louder. The atmosphere of the film will remain with the viewer for a long time.

Genre: Live action
Country: Poland
Running time: 24
Year: 2019
Color: colour

Director: Helena Oborska

Script: Helena Oborska

DOP: Tomasz Wierzbicki

Music: Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz

Editing: Paweł Klepacz

Production company: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

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About the director:

Helena Oborska, born in 1992. She is currently studying Film Directng at the Polish Natonal Film School in Lodz. She has fnished Journalism and Politcal Science at Warsaw University. During her last 4 years she worked in various students’ projects as flm director. Her flm “Biten” won best short polish fcton flm and best cinematography at Krakow Film Festval. Now she is working on her diploma documentary based in Spain.

At festivals:

59th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (Silver Hobby-Horse)

44. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni, Poland, 2019 (competition)

Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (screening)

26th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Polska, 2019 (Special Mention - Best Music)

25th Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2020 (competition)

FEST - New Directors, New Films Festival, Portugal, 2020 (competition)

33rd Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland, 2020 (screening)

29th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal, 2021 (screening)