ONE SKY ABOVE US
POLISH TITLE: POD JEDNYM NIEBEM
Aiko from Hamamatsu and Sebastian from Warsaw meet at a Polish music school. After she returns to Japan, their paths cross repeatedly at the Chopin Competition. As the characters mature, Warsaw transforms too, and their love is tested by time, distance, and language.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 15'
- YEAR:
- 2025
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Kaja Sajdak
- SCRIPT:
- Anna Makysmenko
- DOP:
- Igor Kuna
- EDITOR:
- Oliwia Liebchen
- PRODUCTION:
- Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Kaja Sajdak »
A graduate of Film Directing at the Warsaw Film School. Director of short etudes and music videos, as well as a 1AD, assistant director and set design assistant in professional productions, including feature films. She combines her passion for cinema with her love for painting and visual arts. She is a certified fine artist, which she also actively incorporates into her film work. Her short film debut “Mine” (starring Ewa Szykulska) is being presented at festivals in Poland and around the world. So far, the film has received four awards: the Best Actress award (Ewa Szykulska) at the 18th edition of the Grand OFF – World Independent Short Film Awards, the Best Short Film award at the Wales International Film Festival, the Best Student Film award at the Onyko Films Awards, and Best Student Short at the Hollywood Shortfest. The Polish-Japanese short film “One sky above us”, directed by her, premiered at the world exhibition EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Kansai (Polish Pavilion).
- EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai, 2025, Japan, 2025 (screening)
- Pocity Film Festiwal, 2025, Slovakia, 2025 (screening)