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Grandmamauntsistercat

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Canadian Premiere

A dazzling array of materials compiled from the educational archive in Łódź, reveals the often sexist images that were first used as a didactic means of power in Communist era Poland. The footage is repurposed to form a new portrait of the female condition through the lens of a fictional non-binary child.

 

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Director
Credits
Country of Origin

Poland

Year

2024

Language

In Polish with English subtitles

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18+
23 min
Art, Music & Photography Documentary Experimental & Avant Garde Shorts Women Directors

Credits & Director

Producer

Zuza Banasińska

Screenwriter

Zuza Banasińska

Editor

Zuza Banasińska

Original Music

Martyna Basta, Julek Tarasuik

Zuza Banasinska headshot; Grandmamauntsistercat director

Zuza Banasinska

Zuza Banasińska is an artist and filmmaker from Warsaw, currently based in Amsterdam. In their essay films and installations, they use archives to examine how the reproduction of images enables the reproduction of systems, subjects and bodies. They studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, at the University of the Arts in Berlin, and at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. Their works have been shown in spaces such as the U-Jazdowski CCA in Warsaw, Dům Umění Mesta Brna in Brno, and Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, among others. Their work is currently supported by the Mondriaan Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, and Stimuleringsfonds, and is distributed by Video Power and EYE Filmmuseum. Their newest film premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024 and the 74th Berlinale, where it received the Teddy Award for best short film.

 

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