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BIRTHDAY

POLISH TITLE: URODZINY

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Sara loves her wife Katarina. She's making a surprise for her birthday. Katarina has a surprise for Sara as well. Sara has to handle  the unexpected news, while taking care of the birthday party. Her joy is mended with growing feelings of isolation and frustration.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
18'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jenifer Malmqvist
SCRIPT:
Jenifer Malmqvist
DOP:
Ita Zbroniec-Zajt
EDITOR:
Bogusława Furga
MUSIC:
Goran Abelli, Martin Dalin Volfing, Hanna Ekstrom, Olof Jonsson, Johan Ohlsson, Filip Runesson, BG Sahlin, Kristina Witzgall
PRODUCTION:
PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

Jenifer Malmqvist »

Born in Southern Sweden, has had many different jobs and studied a variety of subjects at advanced levels. After directing amateur theatre she started to study filmmaking in Sweden and Poland. She has written and directed several award winning short films, among them Peace Talk and At The End of The Street. Peace Talk was selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. In 2009 Jenifer was awarded the scholarship in the memory of Swedish film director Bo Widerberg. In 2009 she graduated from The Polish National Film School in Lodz; Birthday is her graduation film.
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