Nina

  • 130'
  • Poland
  • 2018

After twenty years, Nina's marriage to Wojtek is going nowhere, partly because of their failed attempts to have children. When they meet a young woman, Magda, they decide to propose that she become a surrogate mother for their child. But things get more complicated when Nina suddenly feels attracted to Magda.

This accomplished debut paints a sensitive portrait of a strong yet confused woman trapped in her role as wife and daughter. The energetic, apparently carefree Magda breaks open her world. The camera stays close to the three protagonists, almost without the use of establishing shots, creating a sensorial, highly vibrating atmosphere. But there is one location that plays a crucial role: Natalia Bażowska’s artwork Birth Place, which represents a womb you can lie in and serves for the characters as their only shelter, where their love, freedom and identities are not bound by any conventions.

With IFFR Live screening on Sun 28 Jan. Winner VPRO Big Screen Award, IFFR 2018

  • 130'
  • Poland
  • 2018
Director
Olga Chajdas
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Poland
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
130'
Medium
DCP
Language
Polish
Producer
Dariusz Pietrykowski / Film it
Production Company
Film it
Sales
WIDE
Screenplay
Marta Konarzewska, Olga Chajdas
Cinematography
Tomasz Naumiuk
Editor
Kasia Adamik
Production Design
Anna Anosowicz
Cast
Julia Kijowska, Eliza Rycembel, Andrzej Konopka
Director
Olga Chajdas
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Poland
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
130'
Medium
DCP
Language
Polish
Producer
Dariusz Pietrykowski / Film it
Production Company
Film it
Sales
WIDE
Screenplay
Marta Konarzewska, Olga Chajdas
Cinematography
Tomasz Naumiuk
Editor
Kasia Adamik
Production Design
Anna Anosowicz
Cast
Julia Kijowska, Eliza Rycembel, Andrzej Konopka