MORNING HAS BROKEN

KOBIETA BUDZI SIĘ RANO

The hero, a woman stabs her husband dead, drowns the daughter. Quietly, no emotions. Goes to bed only to wake in the morning and discover that their cat is missing – that’s where our movie starts… A short film about alienation, loneliness, loosing yourself.

  • Genre: Live action
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 15
  • Year: 2017
  • Color: colour

Director: Olga Chajdas

Script: Olga Chajdas

DOP: Łukasz Łasica

Music: Mikołaj Stroiński

Editing: Kasia Adamik

Sound: Bartosz Putkiewicz

Production company: Wild Mouse Production

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About the director:

Olga Chajdas

Olga Chajdas

Born 1983 in Poznan, Poland. Graduated in Film Production at the Lodz Film School, Olga started as a Director’s assistant and 1st AD on numerous feature films and TV series (Oscar nominated “In darkness” by Agnieszka Holland). She directed for theatre (Edward Albee’s “The goat or who is Sylvia”, Tuvia Tenenbom’s “The Last Jew in Europe” etc.), award winning television series (“The Deep End”) and recently short films “3xLOVE” won Grand Prix at “Distances” Short Film Festival in Dublin and “Morning has broken” (opened in Raindance). Her feature debut film “Nina” opened in International Film Festival Rotterdam winning BIG SCREEN AWARD. Currently she’s on of four women to direct first Polish Netflix original series “1983”.

At festivals:

Tampere Film Festival 2018, Finland, 2018 (screening)

Maryland International Film Festival 2018, USA, 2018 (competition)

58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)

Brooklyn FF, USA, 2018 (competition)

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2018, Japan, 2018 (competition)

Big Sur Screening Series 2018, USA, 2018 (competition)

46th Huesca International Film Fest, Spain, 2018 (competition)

Show Me Shorts Polish Short Films Night, New Zeland, 2018 (screening)

21st Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2018 (competition)

32nd Leeds International Film Festival, The United Kingdom, 2018 (competition)

Soria International Film Festival, Spain, 2018 (competition)

Fastnet Film Festival 2019, Ireland, 2019 (competition)

Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)