Section: Spectrum

TO NIE MÓJ FILM

IT'S NOT MY FILM

Maria Zbąska
PL, 2024, 99 Min

 Wanda and Janek's relationship is stuck in a rut. Do they still have a future? In search of fresh impulse they set off - 400 km along the Baltic coast in winter by sledge. A psychological kammerspiel at once bittersweet and poetic, a road movie without roads, a boundary-testing experience on a sandy beach: if they make it to the end, they stay together.

#feature #drama #love

Performance

2024-11-05 | 19:00
Kammerbühne
2024-11-09 | 10:00
Kammerbühne

 

Impulsive Wanda is simply annoyed. She and her boyfriend Janek have grown apart. They are chronically short of money, constantly argue, their joyless everyday existence is just a repetition of the same old thing, and Janek's routine pragmatism drives her mad. One thing is clear to them: they either reconnect by together undertaking a boundary-testing experience - or part ways forever.

And so they set off, along the Polish Baltic coast from west to east. One rule is non-negotiable: they cannot leave the beach. Any transgressions and the project is over - that applies to the trip and also to their relationship. Wind, cold and exhaustion take their toll, as does the need to find common ground on the smallest of details, and that despite their different personalities.

With this, her debut work, Maria Zbąska stages a journey that would appear to have neither a beginning nor an end.

Text: Rainer Mende

05.11.2024 | 19:00 | Kammerbühne (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

09.11.2024 | 10:00 | Kammerbühne (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

Drehbuch
Maria Zbąska
Kamera
Maria Zbąska
Ton
Bartłomiej Bogacki, Adam Szlenda
Schnitt
Andrzej Kowalski
Ausstattung
Marcin Płaszczyk
Musik
Anja Garbarek
Darsteller
Zofia Chabiera, Marcin Sztabiński
Produzent
Inga Kruk
Produktion
HI Movies
Co-Produktion
Hubert Koprowicz, DI Factory, Dreamsound, Magic Light, Heliograf, Wonder Films
Maria Zbąska

Maria Zbąska - Maria Zbąska is a graduate of the Lodz Film School and Wajda School. She has directed five short films, one of which was awarded at Camerimage Film Festival. For many years she worked as a photojournalist, showcasing her works in Zachęta, CCA, Perpignan, World Press Photo and receiving many photo awards. Over the past decade she has directed over 300 commercials for Polish and foreign markets. As part of the "30 Minutes" program, she directed the film Brother Dog produced by Munk Studio and Wajda Studio. This film brought her many awards including best short film in Young East European Cinema Festival in Cottbus.

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