Last Days of Summer
Director: Klaudia Kęska
Screenwriter: Klaudia Kęska
Director of photography: Kamil Małecki
Editor: Alan Zejer
Sound: Krzysztof Owczarek
Production manager: Stanisław Bryś, Aleksandra Gajdosz, Ewa Dubiel
Artistic supervisor: Maciej Pieprzyca
Cast: Julia Kuzka, Sonya Slousarenko, Jan Hrynkiewicz, Monika Kwiatkowska, Grzegorz Damięcki
Year of production: 2020
Running time: 28'
A summer idyll in a thriving family vineyard is interrupted by an assault on Yana, one of its seasonal workers. The victim’s story can only be confirmed by one person, her friend Tosia. The teenager faces a difficult moral dilemma between justice and protecting her family. What will she choose?
Film represented by Krakow Film Foundation
Festival screenings of the film:
60. Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2020 - Best Cinematography Award for Kamil Małecki, Special Mention for acting – Julia Kuzka in the national competition
39. Debuts Film Festival MŁODZI I FILM, Koszalin, Poland 2020 – in competition
36. Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2020 – screening in the „Best Polish Shorts 2020” section
WAMA Film Festival, Olsztyn, Poland, 2020 – in competition
18. International Film Festival Tofifest, Toruń, Poland, 2020 - in competition
Euroshorts Young Filmmakers International Film Festival, Gdańsk, Poland, 2020 - in competition
45. Polish Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland, 2020 - in competition
18. Węgiel Film Festiwal, Katowice, Poland, 2021 – in competition
Vienna Shorts International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, 2021 - in competition
67. OKFA, Konin, Poland, 2021 - Youth Jury Award
2. Long Story Short Film Festival, Wrocław, Poland, 2021 – in competition
International Short Film Festival ŻUBROFFKA, Białystok, Poland, 2021 – in competition
14. Polish National Film Meetings Kameralne Lato, Radom, Poland, 2021 – in competition
24. Summer with Muses Festival, Nowogard, Poland, 2021 - in competition
13. Solanin Film Festival, Nowa Sól, Poland, 2021 – in competition
New Horizons International Film Festival, Wrocław, Poland, 2021 – screening
"Wajda na Nowo" Film Festival, Suwałki, Poland, 2021 - in competition
BuSho Budapest Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2021 - screening
50. Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland, 2021 – Special Mention for acting for Julia Kuzka
15. CK OFF Film Festival of Independent Cinema, Przemyśl, Poland, 2021 - The first award
19. Opolskie Lamy Film Festival, Opole, Poland, 2021 – in competition
24. International Film Festival Zoom – Zblizenia, Jelenia Góra, Poland, 2021 – in competition
The European Short Film Festival of Nice Un Festival C'est Trop Court, Nice, France, 2021 - in competition
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany, 2021 – in competition
10. Festiwal Filmów Frapujących, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, 2021 – in competition
ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2021 - in competition
36. Brest European Short Film Festival, Brest, France, 2021 - Audience Award in the European Competition, Young Jury Award, „Des Passeurs de Courts” Award
Play Poland Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2021 - screening
Offeliada, Gniezno, Poland, 2021 – "Horacy" Award of the Youth Jury, Special mention of the Student Jury, "Laertes" Award of the Journalist Jury
20. International Short Film Festival CINEMAFORUM, Warsaw, Poland, 2021 – Jan Machulski Awards screenings
6. UkraÏna! Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2021 - in competition
39. International Young Audience Film Festival, Poznań, Poland, 2021 - in competition
Macau International Short Film Festival, Macau, China, 2021 – in competition
Women’s International Film Festival Nigeria (WIFFEN), Abuja, Nigeria, 2022 - Best Original Score Award
3. Habitat International Film Festival, New Delhi, India, 2022 - screening
3. Morocco Shorts International Film Festival, Rabat, Morocco, 2022 - Best Fiction Film
25. Festival Détours en Cinécourt, Saint-Geniès Bellevue, France, 2022 - screening
17.Busan Int'l Kids and Youth Film Festival, Busan, South Korea, 2022 - screening
63. International Film Festival BRNO16, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022 - Audience Award
1. Nano Film Festival, Kraków, Poland, 2022 - in competition
