HOUSE OF ANTS

DOM MRÓWEK

A full of humor portrait of a relationship between a single mother Kasia who comes from the aesthetic fashion world and her 14-year-old son Oskar who develops his strange collection of insects. He brings home species after species – ants, spiders, scorpions, and others, repeatedly overstepping mother’s boundaries. A difficult mother-and-son relationship evolves, tension rises leading to inevitable threat and ultimate confrontation. But they both have to learn how to grow up and respect each other’s personal spheres. “House of Ants” is a coming-of-age story about passion, love and respecting the differences between people and boundaries in a shared space.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 71
  • Year: 2026
  • Color: colour

Director: Katarzyna Kultys

Script: Katarzyna Kultys

DOP: Agnieszka Kokowska, Katarzyna Kultys, Oskar Jabłoński, Krzysztof Kawula

Music: Marzena Majcher

Editing: Michał Poddębniak

Sound: Katarzyna Kultys, Anna Stadniczeńko

Production company: Adam Ślesicki, FILM FRAME - Fundacja Filmowa im. Władysława Ślesickiego

About the director:

Katarzyna Kultys

Katarzyna Kultys

Katarzyna is a documentary filmmaker and graduate of the Wajda School’s Dok Pro and Doc Development in the Wladyslaw Slesicki Film Foundation. She studied cultural studies at SWPS, Gestalt psychotherapy and Marketing Management at GWSH. She was a founder of Fashion Magazine, the first professional fashion magazine in Poland and has done over 100 photo shoots with the biggest names in fashion and art. For her short documentary ‘Wiesia’, she received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture. ‘House of Ants’ is her first feature documentary.

Filmography:

2020 – Wiesia