“FRUITS AND VEGETABLES” SELECTED FOR THE BAFTA STUDENT AWARDS SHORTLIST

27.05.2022

Maciej Jankowski's short film is the only Polish production shortlisted for the prestigious Yugo BAFTA Student Film Awards 2022 in the Feature Film category.

Yugo BAFTA Student Film Awards is an extremely prestigious award aimed at identifying young filmmaking talent from around the world. Every year, film schools send their students' output. Only 21 short films were selected out of thousands of applications. Among them, there was only one production from Poland.

Fruits and Vegetables by Maciej Jankowski, a student of the Łódź Film School, tells the story of an obese 12-year-old Wojtek who is ashamed of himself and his embarrassing mother. The woman runs a failing grocery store. One unlucky day, the teenager rebels – wanting to change his mother – he unfortunately humiliates her.

Details of the awards and the full list of nominees can be found here.