Sinopsis
Fiction. Mula lives with her family in the country. Just before her daughter’s First Holy Communion, Mula’s sister – Kaja – pays them a visit. Kaja is the biological mother of the girl, but she suddenly left without a trace 6 years before. The family believes in reconciliation, but Mula believes that Kaja has come to take the child away. Meanwhile, a series of peculiar metaphysical events take place and Kaja’s presence triggers changes in people. Mula’s fear grows and she wants to get rid of her sister. Yet Kaja has come for a reason.
Born in Worcław, Poland in 1984. Film director and scriptwriter. From 2002 till 2006 studied at the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw (faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art). Then a scholar of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In years 2009 – 2015 studied at the Directing Department at the Polish National Film, Tv and Theatre School in Lodz, Poland. Her films have been screened at festivals such as Hot Docs, IDFA, New Horizons, Karlovy Vary IFF, and the Brooklyn Film Festival. Her short film Such a Landscape received the Golden Tadpole Award at the Camerimage Film Festival (2013). Tower. A Bright Day is her feature debut. At the 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia she received prizes for the Best Debut and the Best Screenplay for it.
Wednesday 4th April: 19.30h
Cine Estudio del Círculo de Bellas Artes
Section: Competitive
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 106’’
Country: Poland
Language: Polish
Director: Jagoda Szelc
Cast: Anna Krotoska, Malgorzata Szczerbowska, Anna Zubrzycki, Dorota Lukasiewicz, Rafal Kwietniewski and Rafal Cieluch
Producers: Marcin Malatyński
Production Companies: Centrala, Dolnoslaski Konkurs Filmowy, Dreamsound Studio, EBH Polska, Heliograf, Odra Film, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej and Studio Filmowe Indeks
Main Festivals and Awards: Polish Film Festival, Paszport Polityki and Berlinale
