ISLAND OF BEES

WYSPA PSZCZÓŁ (ISLAND OF BEES)
Status: In Development

Directed & Written by: Iwona Strzałka
Produced by: Joanna Flis
Production House: Kompania Filmowa

Logline:

Burdened by a hidden childhood trauma, a young woman reluctantly returns to her estranged beekeeper mother’s isolated island, where a community scandal threatens their family apiary, forcing her to unravel a decade of silence, confront pervasive prejudice, and ultimately face the deep-seated legacy of inherited shame.

Key image comes from the film “Memory”

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Miracularity

CUDOWNOŚĆ (Miracularity)
Status: In Development

Written by: Joanna Didik
Directed by: Iwona Strzałka

Production House: Autograf Film

The movie tells the story of a woman who grapples with grief over the loss of the chance for motherhood, which she never had and will never have the opportunity to experience. Her way of working through this loss is to decide to live a year with a doll that looks eerily like a baby.

The photo was taken during the final of the Script Pro script competition during the Mastercard Off Camera International Film Festival, where Joanna Didik received an award for the screenplay of the film “Curosity”.

Photo: A screenwriter Joanna Didik, and a film director Iwona Strzałka.  

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