LILA

Joszek is six years old. His cousin, Lila, comes to stay … for good. The children compete over who will sleep with Mummy. What lengths is a child who yearns to nestle in their mother’s embrace again capable of going to? Immersed in childhood fantasy, Lila is a tale of jealousy, rejection, hurt and revenge.

Genre: Live action
Country: Poland
Running time: 24
Year: 2015
Color: kolorowy

Director: Dominika Łapka

Script: Dominika Łapka

DOP: Weronika Bilska

Music: Tomasz Gąssowski

Editing: Wojciech Jagiełło

Production company: Studio Munka

About the director:

Dominika Łapka graduated in film studies from the Jagellonian University in Krakow, in screenwriting from the Łódź Film School and from the Wajda School, where she took part in the Development Lab and Script programmes. She made her debut as a director with Lila (2015), a short feature which has been screened at international festivals all over the world and has won a number of awards, including a Best Selection award at the Kaohsiung Film Festival (Tawain, 2016) and the Andrzej Dolata Award for the Best Debut at the Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival (USA, 2016). Dad You Never Had is her first documentary.

At festivals:

56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)

37th Durban International Film Festival, RPA, 2016 (competition)

44th Huesca International Film Festival, Spain, 2016 (competition)

22nd Festival International Du Film Nancy-Lorraine, France, 2016 (competition)

46th Kyiv International Film Festival «Molodist», Ukraine, 2016 (competition)

Kaohsiung Film Festival 2016, Taiwan, 2016 (Best Selection Award)

Alcine 46 - Festival de Cine de Alcala de Henares, Spain, 2016 (competition)