BITTER HERB
POLISH TITLE: PIOŁUN
When wanting to stop breastfeeding a child, a mother in the old times would rub wormwood ointment into her bosom. Upon tasting the bitterness, the child would never desire for the mother's milk again.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 17'
- YEAR:
- 2019
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Maria Ornaf
- SCRIPT:
- Maria Ornaf
- DOP:
- Zuzanna Zachara-Hassairi
- EDITOR:
- Tomasz Kajetan Naruszewicz, Urszula Bucka
- CAST:
- Natalia Sikora, Wiktoria Czeczulin, Krzysztof Plewako-Szczerbiński
- MUSIC:
- Rafał Nowak, Pimon Lekler
- PRODUCTION:
- Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna
Maria Ornaf »
born 1989, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, scholarship holder of the Faculdade de Belas-Artes in Lisbon. Winner of Scholarship in a Filed of Culture and Art of Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region and the Art Scholarship of the Lodz City. She is currently studying Film Directing at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. She is continuously collaborating with Director of Photography Zuzanna Zachara-Hassairi. Their last film "Bitter Herb" had its world premiere at the 41th Moscow International Film Festival. Now the "Bitter Herb" is presented on many festivals worldwide and so far it was awarded at 38th Koszalin Festival Film Debut "Youth and Film", 9th International Transatlantyk Film Festival, 3th Suwałki Film Festival Notofest and 44th Polish FIlm Festival in Gdynia.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 33rd Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland, 2020 (screening)
- 3.Kinofest Praha, 2020, Czech Republic, (competition)
- 5. Zsigmond Vilmos International Film, 2021, Hungary, (Best short film special mention)
- 41st Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2019 (competition)
- 44. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni, Poland, 2019 (Best Cinematography)
- 24th Milano Film Festival, Italy, 2019 (competition)
- 13th Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2019 (Cinematic Achivement Awards)
- 38th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2019 (competition)
- 27th Energa Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (competition)
- Goa Short Film Festival 2019, India, 2019 (competition)
- Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival 2020, Portugal, 2020 (Best Acting)
- 16th Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, Portugal, 2020 (competition)
- Aswan international Women Film Festival 2020, Egypt, 2020 (competition)
- International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival 2020, Turkey, 2020 (competition)
- Golden Ger International Film Festival 2020, Mongolia, 2020 (competition)
- One Shot International Short Film Festival Yerevan 2020, Armenia, 2020 (competition)
- Golden Ger International Film Festival 2020, Mongolia, 2020 (competition)
- Norwegian Short Film Festival 2020, Norway, 2020 (competition)
- 43th Norwegian Short 2020, Norway, 2020 (competition)
- Kinomorphia International Short Film Festival 2020, Bulgaria, 2020 (competition)
- Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2020, Israel, 2020 (competition)
- 10. Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival, Italy, 2020 (competition)
- 3. Yerevan International Short Film Festival, Armenia, 2020 (competition)
- 10th Pune Short Film Festival 2020, India, 2020 (competition)
- Almaty IFF 2020, Kazakhstan, 2020 (Best Female Director)
- 11th Baku International Short Film Festival, Azerbaijan, 2020 (competition)
- VGIK International Student Festival 2020, Russia, 2020 (Student Jury Prize for the Best Film)
- 61. Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2021 (competition)
- 20.Dhaka International Film Festival, 2022, Bangladesh, 2022 (competition)