HEADFISH

SAMOGŁÓW

Gloomy milking parlor filled with sounds of Bach concertos from crackling speakers—this is the everyday life of Eryk, a cow milker at the Milky Paradise dairy. Eryk is a young man who gave up his career as a photographer and moved to an industrial town, far away from his family and friends. There he met Marissa, a sex worker in a low-grade nightclub. They became friends. They both want to find their place in the world.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 24
  • Color: colour

Director: Jakub Prysak

Script: Jakub Prysak, Taras Dron

DOP: Mateusz Kucharski

Music: Sebastian Ładyżyński

Editing: Tomasz Kajetan Naruszewicz

Sound: Bogdan Klat

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

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About the director:

Jakub Prysak

Jakub Prysak

Jakub Prysak was born in 1993 in Poland. He writes and directs films, he’s a graduate of Film Directing at The Polish National Film School in Lodz (2021). His short films including ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’ and ‘Headfish’ were presented at many Polish and international film festivals, such as Krakow Film Festival, New Horizons IFF, FilmFestival Cottbus and FIPADOC. Jakub also co-wrote two feature films: awarded at Warsaw Film Festival 2020 ‘Blindfold’ and ‘The
Glass House’, now in production.

At festivals:

61st Krakow Film Festival, 2021, Poland, 2021 (competition)

Etiuda&Anima, 2021, Poland, 2021 (competition)

33rd Trieste Film Festival, 2022, Italy, 2022 (PAG Jury Award)

18th FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival 2022, Portugal, 2022 (NEXXT – Academic Competition)

Tbilisi International Student Film Festival, 2022, Georgia, 2022 (Grand Prix)

The Inaugural Isiphethu International Student Film Festival, RPA, 2022 (competition)

RojaL Film Festival, Latvia, 2022 (competition)

CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary, 2022 (competition)

13th ONE Country ONE Film International Festival, France, 2022 (competition)

28th Caminhos do Cinema Portugues Festival, Portugal, 2022 (competition)

40th International Festival Tous Courts Aix-en-Provence, France, 2022 (competition)

20th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2023 (competition)