ED AWARD for Central European short film
Sister of Mine
6. 9. 2024
10:00
Ještěrka
original title
Moja siostra
directed by
Mariusz Rusinski
produced by
Studio Munka
year
2023
duration
30 minutes
country
Poland
language
Polish with English and Czech subtitles
Synopsis
Zuzia, a very sensitive and artistically gifted teenager, struggles with drug addiction. Her brother, who is also the director of the film, tries to find out what happened in the whole family life that Zuzia fell into addiction.
The film was awarded the IDFA Award for Best Young Documentary at the IDFA Festival 2023, and also participated in the Krakow Film Festival 2023.
#documentary
Mariusz Rusinski graduated at the Wajda School and Screenwriting at the PWSFTviT in Lodz. He is currently a student of Directing at the Lodz Film School. His debut film Julia at the Seaside premiered at the 60th Krakow Film Festival and was screened at many other festivals, including the New Horizons IFF and the Parnu Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Jan Machulski Award in the best documentary category. Currently, Mariusz Rusiński is developing his full-length feature film as part of the "Screenwriting Atelier" screenwriting course, and is also working on a short feature at the Film School in Lodz.
