CAT

POLISH TITLE: KOT

A simple and honest story about teenage rebellion, loneliness and the need of closeness hidden behind the veil of lies, excuses and escape. The daughter comes to her father’s flat to feed the cat and water the flowers during his absence. However, the cat makes a fuss and the teenager discovers a long-hidden secret. This secret will change her life. And what role will the slightly nosy but kind neighbour play in all this?

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
21'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Zofia Kowalewska
SCRIPT:
Zofia Kowalewska
DOP:
Tomasz Wierzbicki
EDITOR:
Kamil Grzybowski
CAST:
Julia Kuzka, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Julia Szczepańska
SOUND:
Bogdan Klat
PRODUCTION:
PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna), INDEKS Film Studio

Zofia Kowalewska »

Film director, a diploma year student of Film Direction at The National Film School in Lodz, a graduate of Wajda School Documentary Film Program. Director of "Close Ties" (2016) - a short documentary that has won over 40 awards worldwide, including Silver Dragon at Krakow Film Festival and IDFA Special Jury Award for Student Documentary. Zofia is currently working on her diploma films at the Lodz Film School. "Siskin" is her debut feature documentary.