BROTHER DOG

PSUBRAT

Panabi is a 12-year old boy, who lives in a big block of flats in Warsaw. The block is ruled by Bocian, a ruthless young thug, who – as usual – dates the prettiest girl. Unfortunately, Panabi’s brother is crazy about Bocian’s girl. As Christmas draws closer, disaster looms. "Brother dog", a loose adaptation of a short story by renowned Israeli writer Etgar Keret, is a twisted Christmas carol set in a Polish housing estate.

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  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2013

Director: Maria Zbąska

Script: Maria Zbąska, Kazimierz Zbąski

DOP: Krzysztof Wiśniewski

Editing: Ireneusz Grzyb

Production company: Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Wajda Studio

About the director:

Maria Zbąska

Maria Zbąska

is graduate of Photography (2000) and Cinematography (2007) at the Polish National Film School in Łódź. Between 1996 and 2005 she worked as a news photographer for Gazeta Wyborcza and National Geographic. Zbąska co-operated with Dutch M Magazine, NRC Handelsblad. Since 2005 she works as a Cinematographer & Director for short films, documentaries and commercials. Graduate of the DEVELOPMENT LAB Feature Film Programme and EKRAN Programme at the Wajda School.  

At festivals:

13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (competition)

23rd Film Festival Cottbus, Germany, 2013 (Main Prize of the Short Feature Competition)

10th Berlin International Directors Lounge [DLX], Germany, 2014 (screening)

19th Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2014 (competition)

20th Annual Palm Springs International Short Fest, USA, 2014 (competition)

13th Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)

11th Yerevan International Film Festival GOLDEN APRICOT, Armenia, 2014 (competition)

17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)

Let's Cee Film Festival, Austria, 2014 (screening)

30th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2014 (screening)

13th International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014 (competition)

12th International Festival Signes de Nuit, France, 2014 (competition)