FASCINATRIX

Fascinatrix is a musical about a revenge-driven fugitive woman, who cross-dresses as a witch hunter and enters the Inquisition’s castle. The jester, who had accused her of magic experiences guilt. Is she going to forgive him?

Genre: Live action
Country: Poland
Running time: 19
Year: 2018
Color: kolorowy

Director: Justyna Mytnik

Script: Justyna Mytnik

DOP: Maciej Twardowski

Music: Paweł Lucewicz, Maja Kleszcz

Editing: Magdalena Chowańska

Production company: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

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About the director:

Born in 1988. Director and screenwriter. Studying Direction at the Lodz Film School. Studied Art History and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. Creator of the show Defunct Pig, which was staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Won a rector’s scholarship from the Lodz Film School and a scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, among others. In 2015, won an award for young artists for her direction of the stage play Tit Anik at Warsaw’s Teatr Rozmaitości.

At festivals:

2nd International Student Film Festival USHQYN, Kazachstan, 2019 (competition)

FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival 2019, Portugal, 2019 (screening)

XV Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan, 2019 (competition)

Basta Fest 2019, Czech Republic, 2019 (competition)

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

42nd Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2020 (screening)

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