THE MOTHER
POLISH TITLE: MATKA
Małgorzata - an important politician - is going to her home at the lake. Her son - a drug addict - needs her help. Małgorzata is asking her daughter for her support. At home they find Małgorzatas semiconscious son and a massacred body of a young girl. In the face of the tragedy, their relationship gets complicated, disclosing their hidden grudges. The mother has to make the most difficult decision in her life.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2013
- DIRECTING:
- Łukasz Ostalski
- SCRIPT:
- Łukasz Ostalski
- DOP:
- Sławomir Witek
- EDITOR:
- Łukasz Ostalski
- CAST:
- Danuta Stenka, Rafał Fudalej, Magdalena Czerwińska
- PRODUCTION:
- Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa
Łukasz Ostalski »
Lukasz Ostalski was born in Gdańsk, Poland. Political Science graduate at Gdansk University, Social Science Faculty. WFH Sopot Schools' of Photography Student. Award winner of press photography contests. In 2013 he graduated from Directing Faculty at Gdynia School Film. "The Mother" - his diploma film - won awards and special mentions in many international film festivals. In 2015 he debuted with the feature length film “New World”, where he was responsible for directing the segment entitled “Wiera”. He also works as TV series director.
- 11th International Festival Signes de Nuit Paris, France , 2013 (screening)
- 21 st Raindance International Film Festival, UK, 2013 (screening)
- 29th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (screening)
- 15th Festival du Cinema Europeen en Essone, France, 2013 (screening)
- 10th Berlin International Directors Lounge [DLX], Germany, 2014 (screening)
- 9th International Short Film Festival VILNIUS FILM SHORTS, Lithuania , 2014 (screening)
- Cork Film Festival 2014, Ireland, 2014 (screening)
- 29th Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2014 (screening)
- 22nd International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany, 2016 (screening)
- 26th FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany, 2016 (screening)
- Encounters - 23rd Short Film & Animation Festival, UK, 2017 (screening)
- Mieres Film Festival | Winter Showcase 2020, Spain, 2020 (screening)
- Mieres Film Festival 2021, Spain, 2021 (screening)
- 43rd Tampere International Film Festival, Finland, 2013 (Audience Award)
- 10th Yerevan International Film Festival Golden Apricot, Armenia, 2013 (Special Mention)
- 60th Pula Film Festival, Croatia, 2013 (Best Short Film )
- 13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (Best Short Fiction)
- Odense International Film Festival 2013, Denmark, 2013 (Storyteller Award)
- 8th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival, Georgia, 2013 (competition)
- 26th Helsinki International Film Festival 2013, Finland, 2013 (competition)
- DUHOK 2nd International Film Festival, Turkey, 2013 (competition)
- 8th Vilnius Film Shorts International Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2013 (competition)
- 43nd Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine, 2013 (Best Student Film)
- 2ANNAS 2013 international Film Festival 2013, Latvia, 2013 (competition)
- 27th Leeds International Film Festival, UK, 2013 (competition)
- 16th Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain, 2014 (competition)
- 2nd Next Geneneration Festival, Belgium, 2014 (competition)
- Bangkok International Student Film Festival, Thailand, 2014 (competition)
- TIFF ODA Film Festival, Macedonia, 2014 (Best Film )
- Tel Aviv 16th International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2014 (competition)
- 42nd Huesca International Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (Special Mention)
- 29th Valencia International Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (Luna de Valencia Award for the Best Short Film )
- FEST - New Directors New Films Festival in Espinho, Portugal, 2014 (Best Short Film, Audience Award)
- 13th Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)
- ShortsUp - Long night of Short Films, Romania, 2014 (competition)
- Regards au Long-Courts Deauville, France, 2014 (Best Actress Award)
- 12th FESCIGU Guadalajara, Spain , 2014 (competition)
- 11th Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)
- 7th CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2014 (competition)
- 55th International Short Film Festival Brno 16, Czech Republic, 2014 (competition)
- THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece, 2014 (Cinematic Achievement Award)
- 44th ALCINE International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (Second Prize "Alcine")
- 15th Santa Fe de Antioquia Film Festival, Colombia, 2014 (competition)
- Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)
- 18th International Short Film Festival Medina del Campo, Spain, 2015 (competition)