Grandmamauntsistercat

dir. Zuza Banasińska/The Netherlands, Poland/2023/23 min.

place

date

time

Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe, sala Lwów

2024-05-16

18:30

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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

sections:

Shorts Competition
competitions:

Doc Alliance Award Warsaw Documentary Award Best Short Film Award
tags:

LGBTQ+ feminism fiction / non-fiction awarded Polish films