MOODY

Mudi, a natural-born dancer who can communicate with the spirit world, and his old mother live completely alone on a tiny tropical island in Indonesia. The price they have to pay for this “paradise” is extreme isolation. Their relationship is tense and they both find escape in music. As the rainy season is coming, they have to face new challenges. Will they find a way to get closer to each other?

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2022
  • Color: colour

Director: Karolina Karwan, Tomasz Ratter

Script: Tomasz Ratter, Karolina Karwan

DOP: Tomasz Ratter, Karolina Karwan

Editing: Patrycja Piróg

Sound: Błażej Kafarski

Production company: Studio Munka

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About the directors:

Karolina Karwan

Karolina Karwan

Filmmaker, photographer, traveller and neo tantra facilitator. She graduated from the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (ITF) and the Faculty of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw. She is a laureate of the Darmasiswa scholarship, during which she studied music and traditional dance at the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta. Author of short films: Dive Into, Bumi Bulao.

Tomasz Ratter

Tomasz Ratter

Director, cinematographer and visual artist. He has a degree in photography (Institute of Creative Photography in Opava) and cultural anthropology (University of Warsaw). A two-time scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Author of short films, videoclips and photographic projects. His works were widely exhibited in Poland and abroad (Berlin, Prague, Bratislava, Oxford). He spent two years in Java, studying traditional music and language.

At festivals:

62nd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2022 (competition)

38th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2022 (screening)

EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2022, Poland, 2022 (competition)

DOCAVIV 2023 Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Isreal, 2023 (Best Short Film)

21st Ischia Film Festival, Italy, 2023 (competition)

Screening at Israeli Documentary NPO, Israel, 2023 (screening)

41st Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France, 2023 (Special Jury Award)

30th International Short Film Week Regensburg 2024, Germany, 2024 (competition)

2ANNAS Riga International Short Film Festival, Latvia, 2024 (competition)

37th Montenegro Film Festival 2024, Montenegro, 2024 (competition)