Crib composition

A young woman is entangled in a binary (crib/szopka) arrangments in which she is constantly forced to take specific parts like in the cruel play. By acting for the first time in "accord with herself", does she finally become a separate entity, or does she succumb to another — this time unconscious — coercion?

  • Jan Konrad Klein
    Director
  • Jan Konrad Klein
    Writer
  • Jan Konrad Klein
    Producer
  • Patrycja Pałka
    Key Cast
    "She"
  • Jakub Ormaniec
    Key Cast
    "He"
  • Janina Wójcik
    Key Cast
    "His Mother"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 26, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    Polish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.19:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions 2023 Hosted by @LiftOffGlobalNetwork

    Official Selection
Director Biography - Jan Konrad Klein

Born in 2002 in Kraków.

Polish filmmaker of German-Armenian descent; author of poetry, prose and essays, as well as composer of film music. Currently a student of Directing and Film & Television Production at Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice interested, apart from creative activity, in academic work on film narrative.

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Director Statement

I sincerely believe that cinema is able to show the power of a small, big gestures — a gestures of real ambiguity, but also of real depth.