Monday, May 13 | 6:30 p.m. | Kino Charlie
Meeting with the director and the producers of the film “Grandmamauntsistercat”
after the screening of the film “Grandmamauntsistercat”, dir. Zuza Banasińska
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. The film won the 'Best Short Film' award in the TEDDY AWARD competition of the 74th Berlinale IFF.
The screening will be followed by a meeting with director Zuza Banasińska and the film's producers from the Educational Film Studio, dr Piotr Pławuszewski and Jakub Krakowiak. A representative of the Łódź Film School, where the film was developed in the Visual Narrative Laboratory, will also join the guests.
