ISLAND OF BEES
Title: 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.
The script was selected for the finals of the Gdansk Script 2025 script competition.
Key image comes from the film “Memory”
Rotten Egg
Title: ROTTEN EGG (ZBUK)
Status: In Development
Written by: Iwona Strzałka & Monika Zięba
Directed by: Iwona Strzałka
Folk horror. Polish countryside of the 1930s. Magdalena, the newly married wife of a respected farmer, discovers that her husband’s child from his first marriage has been declared a phantom and killed. When she learns of the family history of infant anomalies, she realises that her own yet-to-be-born child could suffer the same fate. Amidst the fear, superstition and blind faith of the village, she must confront not only her husband and his mother, but the entire community to save her child and survive.
„Rotten egg” is inspired by real events from June 1933 in the village of Chrusty, where, under pressure from neighbors, a farmer killed his child born with teeth. The case was widely reported in the Polish press.
The project was included in the official selection of the 9th Edition of SFPitch’25, an event showcasing projects with high production potential.
Key image comes from the film “You Won’t Be Alone” by Goran Stolevski
Miracularity
Title: CUDOWNOŚĆ (Miracularity)
Status: In Development
Written by: Joanna Didik
Directed by: Iwona Strzałka
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.