ATIJAT, THE FIRST WIFE

POLISH TITLE: ATIJAT, PIERWSZA ŻONA

„Atijat, the first wife” is a por­trait of Sudanese family and social relations there. After several years of marriage, the main protagonist learns that her hus­band is looking for a new wife. Recon­ciled with his inten­tions and reality of life, she tells Anne, the film’s direc­tor, her pain­ful story. In the back­ground of Atijat’s story, there are conver­sations of Sudanese men and women, in which Anne takes an active part, get­ting to know the truth about Sudanese beauty canons, the phenomenon of polygamy – dif­ficult for women and funny for men, as well as the shoc­king tradition of cir­cum­cision for young girls.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
52'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Anna Błaszczyk
SCRIPT:
Anna Błaszczyk
DOP:
Natalia Jakubowska
EDITOR:
Mateusz Siesicki
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe OTO

Anna Błaszczyk »

was born in 1981 in Łodź. She graduated in Animation and Special Effects from Polish National Film School in Łódź and completed European Animation Masteclass in Halle (Germany). She directs animation films, her debut “Caracas” (2006) was awarded at many international film festivals. She also makes video clips and visualizations. Between 2009 and 2011 she had been character animator in Polish feature-length animation “George the Hedgehog”. Besides animation, she is successful book and press illustrator (for example in “WPROST” magazine).