GUARD UP!
POLISH TITLE: GARDA
An intimate portrait of a young woman trying to find a balance between the expectations of her loved ones and her own desires. Yara, a daughter of a Moroccan boxing legend and a coach who runs a family boxing school, is being raised to become the next champion. When her parents separate, boxing remains the only thing that still connects them. As she grows up, however, she begins to question the role assigned to her and tries to redefine her identity. The time has come when she can decide her own future.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 63'
- YEAR:
- 2026
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Katarzyna Wiśniowska
- SCRIPT:
- Katarzyna Wiśniowska, Piotr Ogiński
- DOP:
- Joanna Kakitek
- EDITOR:
- Svitlana Topor, Piotr Ogiński
- MUSIC:
- Joanna Longić
- SOUND:
- Kinga Zuchowicz
- PRODUCTION:
- HAKA FILMS, Tomasz Morawski
Katarzyna Wiśniowska »
Born in 1990. She is a graduate of Contemporary Film and Video course at Manchester School of Art as well as she has a Master degree at Film and Television Directing at Polish National Film School in Lodz. She wrote and directed several short documentaries and features. Her third year film „For You” was presented at various festivals such as Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia, Kaohsiung Fil Festival or Watersprite Student Film Festival in Cambridge. Currently she is working on her feature documentary debut „I want it all”, which was rewarded with Coloroffon award at Doc Lab Poland Pitch at 59th Krakow Film Festival as well as was selected for the prestigious Ex Oriente development workshops