Fiction, 85′
Written & directed: Monika Majorek (directing debut)
Production: Poland, 2024

The film tells the story of three siblings and their mother as they try to piece together remnants of her father’s memory after his untimely death. Ola (27), together with her siblings – younger brother Pipek (24) and the youngest Ajka (15) decide to recreate their childhood photos as they strive to reconnect their broken bonds. Ola discovers that each of them experiences trauma in their own way with neither being able to address it. As she confronts her family about this, Ola finally breaks through the facade of unspoken emotions.

Written and directed by: Monika Majorek
DOP: Mateusz Skalski
Editing: Katarzyna Leśniak
Art directing: Oliwia Waligóra
Costume design: Marta Kossakowska-Świstak, Elżbieta Frąckiewicz-Kuśnierz
Make-up: Monika Czyż
Sound: Błażej Kanclerz, Bart Putkiewicz, Katarzyna Kowalczyk, Olga Zalewska
Music: Jan Królikowski, Bart Putkiewicz

Production management: Karol Vo
Producer: Dawid Szurmiej
Production company: Studio Agart

Co-financed by Polish Film Institute 

International sales & Festival distribution IKH Pictures Promotion

Maja Pankiewicz
Agata Kulesza
Sebastian Dela
Klementyna Karnkowska
Bartłomiej Topa
Cezary Łukaszewicz
Michał Balicki
Magdalena Turczeniewicz

Polish Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland (2024) – The Bravest Look – dr Irena Eris Award and Hortex Award for a Fresh Look

Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2024)

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MONIKA MAJOREK is a screenwriter and director – a graduate of the Warsaw Film School, winner of the Panavision Film Award and the New Horizons Film Studio Award amongst others. Her short films („Inka”, „First”, „After Season”) have been a part of many international festivals garnering awards for directing, cinematography and music.