CALL ME MARIANNA

POLISH TITLE: MÓW MI MARIANNA

Marianna has made a dramatic choice between life in harmony with her identity and staying with her family. Preparing for gender reassignment, she had to leave her home and, following the Polish law, sue her parents in court. On the threshold of a new life, fate turned out to be extremely cruel to her. During rehearsals for a theatre play inspired by Marianna’s story the protagonist must face the difficult experiences from the time of her marriage once again.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
75'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Karolina Bielawska
SCRIPT:
Karolina Bielawska
DOP:
Kacper Czubak
EDITOR:
Daniel Gąsiorowski
MUSIC:
Natalia Fiedorczuk, Antony and The Johnsons
SOUND:
Jacek Pająk
PRODUCTION:
KALEJDOSKOP Film Studio
COPRODUCTION:
TVP

Karolina Bielawska »

Graduate of film directing at the Radio and Television Department of The University of Silesia in Katowice and the feature film course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Directed short feature films and documentaries which have been shown and awarded at film festivals in Poland and abroad. Her film “The End of Summer” have won the following awards: Golden Cat Award for the best film at the International Izmir Short Film Festival in 2007, Golden Medal of the Union Internationale du Cinema at the World Independent Film Festival UNICA in Tunisia (2008), Bronze Medal in the category:  works by film school students at the 49th International Competitive Festival of Short Fiction Films BRNO SIXTEEN 2008. „Warsaw available” co-direct with Julia Ruszkiewicz have won The Golden Hobby-horse of Best Polish Film at 50th Krakow Film Festival 2010.
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