OLD SUMMER
POLISH TITLE: STARSZA PANI SZUKA
‘Seeking a retired gentleman who is free and has no family obligations, financial liabilities or addictions,’ - reads the description of a potential partner prepared by Krystyna, an energetic seventy-two year old who is looking for real love. The best option is a younger man who can open her up to new sensations. The protagonist’s life has not quite turned the way she would like it to; nevertheless, despite all adversities Krystyna is ready to embark upon a new chapter of life. She starts dating but contacts with older men bring more disillusions than satisfaction. Successive failures make her reflect upon whether a relationship is something that she needs to be happy.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 24'
- YEAR:
- 2023
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Maria Wider
- SCRIPT:
- Maria Wider
- DOP:
- Miłosz Kasiura
- SOUND:
- Jacek Hamela
- PRODUCTION:
- Studio Munka
Maria Wider »
Graduate of the departments of psychology at Jagiellonian University and directing at Gdynia Film School. She participated in a year-long Script Atelier course and the SCRIPT Screenwriting Programme at Wajda School. In 2019, her short film “Within Me” received a Special Mention at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 63rd Krakow Film Festival 2023, Poland, 2023 (competition)
- Docaviv - The 26th Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival (Israel, 2024), 2024 (competition)
- Pyszadło - Festiwal Filmów Satyrycznych (Poland, 2024), 2024 (Nagroda Publiczności dla Najlepszego Polskiego Filmu Dokumentalnego)
- BIG Festivalowski (Poland, 2024), 2024 (Nagroda Publiczności )
- 17. Festiwal Filmowy OFFELIADA, Konkurs Filmów Fabularnych, (Poland, 2024), 2024 (Wyróżnienie Jury, Nagroda Specjalna Stowarzyszenia Offeliada)
- Autumn in Voronet International Film Festival (Romania, 2024), 2024 (Best Cinematography Prize, Best Cinematography Prize, Best Documentary Film )