KILLING AUNTIE

feature film – 30 min.

Jurek, 23, lives with his aunt who does her best to provide the boy with everything he may need. Tired by the stability and security of life under constant care, he decides to change his fate. To quiet down his aunt’s incessant jabbering he reaches for a hammer. The film, based on the unfinished novel ‘Killing Auntie’ by Andrzej Bursa, is a story about the need of deliverance, full of unobtrusive absurd and black humour.

Written and directed by: Mateusz Głowacki
Screenplay based on the novel ,,Killing auntie’’ by Andrzej Bursa
Director of Photography: Kacper Sędzielewski
Production management: Natalia Mieszczanin
Editing: Wojciech Janas

Sound: Bartosz Idzi
Production design: Agata Adamus
Costume design: Hanka Podraza
Make-up: Lena Zięba
Cast: Marek Kossakowski, Ewa Kolasińska, Aleksandra Pisula, Maciej Ferlak, Anita Poddębniak, Elżbieta Okupska, Alina Chechelska, Miron Jagniewski, Tadeusz Sławek, Bartłomiej Błaszczyński, Marian Bodziony, Dariusz Chojnacki, Juliusz Chrząstowski

Produced by: Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute
Produced in: 2013

Links:

PL http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1232398
PL http://www.filmweb.pl/film/Zabicie+ciotki-2013-684231
PL http://www.writv.us.edu.pl/pl/etiudy-filmowe/item/79-zabicie-ciotki
EN http://www.writv.us.edu.pl/en/short-films/item/252-killing-auntie
EN http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3438228/

Awards:

  • 53rd Kraków Film Festival, Poland (2013) – Special Mention in Polish Film Competition
  • 53rd Kraków Film Festival, Poland (2013) – Student Jury Prize in Polish Film Competition
  • 20th International Film Festival “Etiuda & Anima”, Kraków, Poland (2013) – Silver Dinosaur
  • 20th International Film Festival “Etiuda & Anima”, Kraków, Poland (2013) – FICC Award
  • 20th International Film Festival “Etiuda & Anima”, Kraków, Poland (2013) – Audience Award in the Etiuda Competition
  • 42nd  Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland (2013) – Best Short Fiction Film
  • 8th International Short Film Festival “ŻubrOFFka”, Białystok, Poland (2013) – Audience Award
  • 7th Grand OFF – World Independent Film Awards, Warszawa, Poland (2013) – Nomination for Best Production Desing and Costume Design Award
  • 7th Festival of Polish Independent Film “Offeliada”, Gniezno, Poland (2013) – Best Fiction Film
  • 7th Festival of Polish Independent Film “Offeliada”, Gniezno, Poland (2013) – Main Prize of the Youth Jury
  • 7th Festival of Polish Independent Film “Offeliada”, Gniezno, Poland (2013) –  Award for Best Screenplay
  • 7th Lviv International Short Film Festival “Wiz-Art”, Ukraine (2014) – Grand Prix
  • 32nd International Short Film Festival “Tous Courts”, Aix-en-Provence, France (2014) – Special Mention for actor Marek Kossakowski
  • 6th Short Waves Film Festival, Poznań, Poland (2014) – Main Prize in the Poznań Open competition
  • 7th International Film Festival “The Doors”, Gliwice, Poland (2014) – First Prize in the Student Film Competition
  • 11th Węgiel International Student Film Festival, Katowice, Poland (2014) – Audience Award
  • 60th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Konin, Poland (2014) – Special Mention in the Student Film Competition
  • 60th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Konin, Poland (2014) – Youth Jury Prize
  • 8th Golden Anteaters Film Festival, Lublin, Poland (2014) – First Prize in the Masters of Short Film Competition
  • 5th “Camera, Action!” Festival of Film Critics, Łódź, Poland (2014) – Special Mention
  • 2nd Filmmakers’ Day, Katowice, Poland (2014) – Best Fiction Film
  • 11th Best Off Film Festival, Warszawa, Poland (2015) – Best Film
  • 55th Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic (2015) – Best Live-Action Film Award in the Zlin Dog competition