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Nela, a young Polish actress trying to build a life in Paris, moves from one temporary home to another. On her way to an audition, she calls her distant mother: learning that her little brother is getting a dog stirs memories of her mother’s absence in her own childhood. At the casting, she is asked to perform a happy family scene, but struggles to play along. Later that night, an encounter with a dog unexpectedly echoes their conversation.

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
Poland, France
RUNNING TIME:
15'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Sara Szymańska, Nadia Szymańska
SCRIPT:
Nadia Szymańska
DOP:
Nadia Szymańska
EDITOR:
Tomasz Kajetan Naruszewicz
MUSIC:
Hania Rani
PRODUCTION:
PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
COPRODUCTION:
N+S Studio, Hiersoir TV

Sara Szymańska »

Sara Szymanska is a director and screenwriter, and a graduate of the Film School in Lodz. Her short  films Opening Night (2023) and Five Minutes Older (2021) were presented at major festivals,  including New Directors/New Films at MoMA in New York, Clermont-Ferrand, PÖFF Black  Nights Film Festival and IndieLisboa. She lives and works in Paris. 

Nadia Szymańska »

 Nadia Szymanska is a cinematographer, director and screenwriter, and a graduate of the Film  School in Lodz. Thursday (2022), a short film on which she worked as Director of Photography,  screened at Palm Springs ShortFest and RiverRun, where it received the Special Jury Prize. She was  also cinematographer of In My Day, selected at Millennium Docs Against Gravity, London Short  Film Festival and Thessaloniki IDF. She lives and works in Paris.