BASIA: THREE SHORT STORIES
POLISH TITLE: TRZY OPOWIADANIA O BASI
‘I have decided to die this year,’ jokes Basia, who does not look like someone who turned 80. She fulfils herself in her role of a grandmother, mother and sister as well as on stage. The camera captures her preparations to the performance of her life. In the meantime, she meets her loved ones bestowing her attention as well as extraordinary energy and passion on them. Imperceptibly, art permeates everyday actions, which creates a remarkably intimate and personal story about passing experienced in the first person, the culmination of which is the protagonist’s performance in the finale.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 30'
- YEAR:
- 2023
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Mateusz Pietrak
- SCRIPT:
- Mateusz Pietrak
- DOP:
- Paweł Kozak
- EDITOR:
- Olga Bejm
- MUSIC:
- Daniel Adamczyk
- SOUND:
- Jacek Pająk, Katarzyna Kowalczyk
- PRODUCTION:
- Wajda Studio
AT FESTIVALS:
- BEAST International Film Festival (2024, Portugal), 2024 (screening)
- XXXVIII Pärnu Film Festival (2024, Estonia), 2024 (screening)
- Lubuskie Film Summer, 2024, Poland, 2025 (screening)
- 63rd Krakow Film Festival, 2023, Poland, 2023 (Golden Hobby- Horse for Best Documentary Film under 30 min)
- Warsaw Film Festival, 2023, Poland, 2023 (Best Polish Shorts, Audience Award)
- FIPADOC International Documentary Festival (2024, France), 2024 (Nagroda TENK Award )
- DokuBaku International Film Festival (2024, Azerbaijan), 2024 (Best International Documentary Short Film)
- Alexandre Trauner Art/Film Festival (2024, Hungary), 2024 (competition)
- Astra Film Festival (2024, Romania), 2024 (competition)
- MOLODIST 50th Kyiv International Film Festival (2024, Ukraine), 2024 (Award for Best Student Film)
- Iran International Documentary Film Festival “ Cinema Verite” 2024, Iran, 2024 (competition)
- Opavský páv - International Student Film Festival in Opava, 2025, Czech Republic, 2025 (Best Documentary Film Award)
- Seoul International Senior Film Festival (SISFF), 2025, South Korea, 2025 (The Excellence Award of the Best International Short Film )
- Caribbean Film Festival, 2025, 2025 (competition)
- Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, 2025, USA, 2025 (Hollywood Eagle Award nomination)
- EDUKINO – Empowering Film Festival, 2025, Poland, 2025 (competition)