Killing Auntie
Director and screenwriter: Mateusz Głowacki
Director of photography: Kacper Sędzielewski
Editor: Wojciech Janas
Production manager: Natalia Mieszczanin
Artistic supervisors: Leszek Wosiewicz, Adam Sikora
Cast: Marek Kossakowski, Ewa Kolasińska, Aleksandra Pisula, Maciej Ferlak, Anita Poddębniak, Elżbieta Okupska, Alina Chechelska
Year of production: 2013
Running time: 30'
“There was no doubt Auntie was a corpse. She lay still, a small trickle of blood pouring out of god knows where as there was no visible wound. I grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her face up. There was no doubt - she was a corpse. - Corpse - I pronounced half loud. - Corpse, corpse, corpse..."
Jurek is 23 years old and he is a history student. He lives with his loving auntie, who raises him and supports him. Feeling that she is a cause and a symbol of his existential boredom, monotony and malaise, he reaches for the hammer... But will his life without his aunt reach brighter colours? Killing Auntie is a movie about fighting your own demons, based on an unfinished novel written by Andrzej Bursa in 1957.
Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation
Festival screenings of the film:
18th Busan International Film Festival, South Korea (2013) - screening
26th European First Film Festival Premiers Plans, France (2014) - in competition
43rd International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte, Germany (2014) - in competition
8th River Film Festival, Italy (2014) - in competition
17th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt (2014) - in competition
7th Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine (2014) - Grand Prix
12th Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland (2014) - in competition
7th La Cabina International Film Festival, Spain (2014) - in competition
10th European Short Film Festival at MIT, USA (2014) - in competition
32nd Festival Tous Courts, France (2014) - Special Mention for Marek Kossakowski
37th Poitiers Film Festival, France (2014) - in competition
34th Munich International Festival of Film Schools, Germany (2014) - in competition
21st Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival, USA (2014) - in competition
19th Vilnius International Short Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, Lithuania (2014) - screening
22nd Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal (2014) - screening
49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic (2014) - screening
3rd Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine (2014) - screening
10th FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival, Portugal (2014) - screening
20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece (2014) - screening
Play Poland Film Festival, travelling (2014) - screening
16th Eskisehir International Film Festival, Turkey (2014) - screening
25th Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey (2014) - screening
Kisaca Film Festival 2014, Turkey (2014) - screening
17th International Festival of Short Film and Animation Mecal, Spain (2015) - in competition
Leiden International Short Film Experience, The Netherlands (2015) - in competition
55th Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic (2015) - Best Live-Action Film Award in the Zlin Dog competition
6th Festival du Film de L'ouest, France (2015) - in competition
11th Early Bird Student Film Festival, Bulgaria (2015) - in competition
7th Ljubljana International Short Film Festival, Slovenia (2015) - screening
filmPOLSKA, Berlin, Germany (2015) - screening
41st Summer Film School Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic (2015) - screening
Los Angeles International Culture Film Festival, USA (2016) - in competition
18th Semana del Cortometraje de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (2016) - screening
53rd Kraków Film Festival (2013) - Special Mention and Student Jury Prize
21st Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition
38th Gdynia Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition
32nd The Youth and Film - The Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin, Poland (2013) - in competition
13th New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland (2013) - in competition
20th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland (2013) - Silver Dinosaur, FICC Award and Audience Award in the Etiuda Competition
42nd Lubuskie Film Summer, Poland (2013) - Best Short Fiction Film
7th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Poland (2013) - in competition
8th International Short Film Festival Żubroffka, Poland (2013) - Audience Award
7th Grand OFF - World Independent Film Awards, Poland (2013) - Nomination for Best Production Desing and Costume Design Award
7th Festival of Polish Independent Film Offeliada, Poland (2013) - Best Fiction Film, Main Prize of the Youth Jury and Award for Best Screenplay
40th Ińsko Film Summer, Poland (2013) - screening
1st Black Bear FilmFest, Poland (2013) - screening
21st Nationwide Film Festival Prowincjonalia, Poland (2014) - in competition
Short Waves Film Festival, Poland (2014) - Main Prize in the Poznań Open competition
Festival of Young Cinema "Piękni Dwudziestoletni", Poland (2014) - in competition
7th International Film Festival The Doors, Poland (2014) - First Prize in the Student Films Competition
11th Węgiel International Student Film Festival, Poland (2014) - Audience Award
60th Nationwide Independent Film Competition OKFA, Poland (2014) - Special Mention in the Student Films Competition and Youth Jury Prize
Golden Anteaters Film Festival, Poland (2014) - First Prize in the Masters of Short Film competition
5th Camera, Action! Festival of Film Critics, Poland (2014) - Special Mention
2nd Filmmakers' Day, Poland (2014) - Best Fiction Film
13th International Independent Film Forum, Poland (2014) - in competition
12th Multimedia Happy End Film Festival, Poland (2014) - in competition
7th Independent Film Festival SPAM, Poland (2014) - in competition
30th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland (2014) - screening
21st International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland (2014) - screening
16th Cinema at the Border Film Festival, Poland / Czech Republic (2014) - screening
4th Student Art Festival sSAFka, Poland (2014) - screening
10th Independent Film Festival kiloff, Poland (2014) - screening
11th Best Off Film Festival, Poland (2014) - Best Film
11th Quest Europe International Film Festival, Poland (2015) - in competition
23rd Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland (2015) - screening
9th Filmoffo Film Festival, Poland (2016) - in competition
