SETTLING THE SCORE

PORACHUNKI

The film tells a story of elderly woman Halina (Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak), who makes a difficult decision and stands up for justice and her own dignity. Settling the score is an attempt to address the problem of marginalization of elderly people’s needs and their quality of life. In its form, the film is consistent and well thought through. It allows the viewer to freely interpret the plot and bitterness of its humorous finale.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 13
  • Year: 2019
  • Color: colour

Director: Zuzanna Grajcewicz

Script: Ewa Radzewicz, Zuzanna Grajcewicz

DOP: Ewa Radzewicz

Editing: Tomasz Kajetan Naruszewicz

Sound: Lucyna Wielopolska

Production company: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

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About the director:

Zuzanna Grajcewicz

Zuzanna Grajcewicz

Director and screenwriter, born in 1994 in Szczecin, raised in Łobez in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, currently residing in Warsaw. She graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz in Film Directing and before that from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow in Film Studies and Theatre Studies. In 2020, she was the recipient of the Młoda Polska scholarship funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Her short movies have been shown at over several dozen festivals in Poland and abroad. She was awarded, among others, at the 18th New Horizons International Festival, 40. The „Youth and Film” Festival and 16. „Two Rivers” Film and Art Festival. She gained experience in working on many film sets. At present, she is developing her debut feature film.

Filmography:

2021 – Słuch
2020 – Wenus z Willendorfu
2019 – Dog Days
2019 – Porachunki

At festivals:

MoliseCinema Film Festival 2020, Italy, 2020 (competition)

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art 2020, Ukraine, 2020 (competition)

35th European Short Film Festival in Brest, France, 2020 (competition)

36th interfilm, International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2020 (screening)

24th PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2020 (competition)

Short Film Biennale Vicenza 2021, Italy, 2021 (screening)

22nd Festival International du Film d’Aubagne - Music & Cinema, France, 2021 (competition)

Nòt Film Fest 2021, Italy, 2021 (screening)

24th Detours en Cinecourt, France, 2021 (competition)