WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE MY MOTHER

JAK TO JEST BYĆ MOJĄ MATKĄ

Monika, since her accident some three years previously, has been confined to a wheelchair. Her daughter Julia makes a film about her mother as part of a school project. This film allows both of them to say things they would not normally say to one another.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Fabularny
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 30
  • Year: 2007

Director: Norah McGettigan

Script: Norah McGettigan

DOP: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen

Editing: Małgorzata Orłowska

Production company: Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy (obecnie: Wajda Studio), TVP Kultura, Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Keep It Country Productions Ltd

About the director:

Norah McGettigan

Norah McGettigan

Born on 30 July 1976, in the North West of Ireland, Norah is a theatre graduate from the Universtiy of Ulster. On completing her studies, she travelled to Eastern Europe where she worked as a teacher for several years before commencing an M.A. program in film directing at The Polish National Film School. Her films “A Song for Rebecca” and “The Water Fight” have won numerous awards worldwide and were both officially selected for the Cinefondation student film competition at Cannes. Norah has completed her third short fiction, “What it’s like to be my Mother”, under the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.

At festivals:

Ourense International Film Festival, Spain, 2008 (screening)

B16, Brno, Czech Republic, 2008 (competition)

Molodist, Kiyev, Ukraine, 2008 (screening)

GZDOC, Guaghzou, China, 2008 (screening)

Polish Film Festival – Journey to Poland, Bristol, UK, 2009 (screening)

Toronto Polish Film Festival, 2009 (screening)

Istanbul Short Film Fesival, 2009 (screening)

International Short Film Festival "look&roll", 2010 (Second Price of the Jury)

KINOTEKA - 9th Polish Film Festival, London, UK, 2011 (screening)

Play Poland Film Festival, travelling, 2012 (screening)

31st Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2013 (screening)

3rd Parvin Etesami International Film Festival, Iran     , 2013 (competition)