HAVEN
POLISH TITLE: PRZYSTAŃ
Nastya and Ira are staying at a temporary accommodation center for refugees in the seaside town
Gdynia, north of Poland. The haven in Gdynia for them becomes not only a refuge but also a time
for reflection. It prompts them to ponder whether people are the smiths of their own fate or
whether they are subject to unpredictable events over which they have no control.
Sunny Italy, Sweden, Germany, or France versus the scent of home, the taste of childhood, the
beloved view from a window. The world opens up before them, while they dream of returning to
their own place.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 18'
- YEAR:
- 2024
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Diana Szczotka
- SCRIPT:
- Diana Szczotka
- DOP:
- Diana Szczotka
- EDITOR:
- Julia Kharybina
- MUSIC:
- Mateusz Franczak
- PRODUCTION:
- Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa, Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados
Diana Szczotka »
Born in 1995 in Warsaw, Poland. Director, screenwriter and photographer. Diana graduated from the esteemed Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (2018). She boasts credentials from the 18th Pomeranian Film Workshops and has successfully completed the Online Camera course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Directing. Nominated for the PL Music Video Awards (2021). An alumnus of the Gdynia Film School (2023), "Haven" is her documentary diploma film.
AT FESTIVALS:
- NY New Filmmakers FF, 2025,USA, 2025 (competition)
- Busan Inter-City FF, 2025, South Korea, 2025 (competition)