WAITING ROOM

POCZEKALNIA

During the isolation period caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the director talks on the phone with her friends and family. The movie is a record of private confessions of people trying to adapt to this unusual situation – their longings, needs and emotions. In those stories, full of bitterness and humour, everyone can find a piece of their experience from those tough times.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 23
  • Year: 2022
  • Color: colour

Director: Aleksandra Folczak

Script: Aleksandra Folczak

DOP: Desi Kunsa

Music: Beata Molak

Editing: Natalia Jacheć

Sound: Piotr Szonert

Production company: Aleksandra Folczak

Trailer

About the director:

Aleksandra Folczak

Aleksandra Folczak

Aleksandra Folczak was born in 1997 in Warsaw. She studies film editing in Polish National Film School in Łódź. Before started FIlm School she had finished documentary course at Andrzej Wajda’s Film School.  At that school, she made her first short documentary – „I need to buy sneakers”. Her shorts have been screened at many film festivals in Poland and abroad.

Filmography:

2015 – I need to buy sneakers
2017 – Mrs. Rena, the Angel Lady
2021 – Waiting Room

At festivals:

20th DocLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, 2022 (competition)

XVI Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Miradasdoc, Tenerife, 2023 (competition)

"One Shot" 21th International Short Film Festival, Armenia, 2023 (competition)