Grandmamauntsistercat

Grandmamauntsistercat
dir. Zuza Banasińska/The Netherlands, Poland/2023/23 min.
place
date
time
Gdyńskie Centrum Filmowe, sala Morskie Oko
2024-05-14
18:30
Gdyńskie Centrum Filmowe, sala Goplana
2024-05-15
12:45

The classic Slavic witch figure, Baba Jaga, is reimagined as a “prehistoric goddess from the times of the matriarchy” using found footage from the Polish Educational Film Studio archive. This transformation incites layered reflections on kinship and identity, guided by a child grappling with binary gender roles. The often sexist and anthropocentric images, created as didactic materials in communist era, are repurposed into an emotive portrait of a multispecies matriarchal family seeking freedom and empowerment.

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  • projection time:
    23 min.
  • country/year:
    The Netherlands, Poland /2023
  • director:
    Zuza Banasińska
  • editor:
    Zuza Banasińska
  • production:
    Zuza Banasińska / Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych w Łodzi
  • festivals and awards:
    2024 – IFF Rotterdam, 2024 – Berlinale: "Best Short Film" in TEDDY AWARD competition

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