Short fiction about five members of a quite specific family. They meet at the police station. Three grown-up children have to testify against a man who beat up their father.
Director: Emi Buchwald
Script: Emi Buchwald
DOP: Tomasz Gajewski
Editing: Anna Gontarczyk
Production company: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna
Raised in Dąbrowice, Mazovia. Director and screenwriter. Graduate of Lodz Film School’s directing faculty and Wajda School’s documentary program where she made her first short documentary Brothers. Maker of short features and documentaries, including the award-winning Education (2016) and Heimat (2017).
Creator of the Instagram photo project @dobrestylowkistarszychpan
25th Camerimage Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (competition)
39th Film Festiwal Max Ophuls Preis, Germany, 2018 (competition)
40th Women International Film Festival, France, 2018 (competition)
Short Waves 2018, Poland, 2018 (2nd Prize)
FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival, Portugal, 2018 (competition)
9th Jagran Film Festival 2018, India, 2018 (competition)
23rd Milano Film Festival, Italy, 2018 (competition)
CinEast - Central and Eastern European FF, Luxembourg, 2018 (competition)
60th International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao ZINEBI, Spain, 2018 (competition)
25th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland, 2018 (competition)
Leuven Short Film Festival 2018, Belgium, 2018 (competition)
Class Fest International Festival of Theater Schools, Moldova, 2019 (competition)
13th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival, 2019 (competition)