Leben

Perpetual student Olga, moves into an apartment inherited from her grandmother and finds herself back in the world of her long gone childhood: the eccentric community of the "Nest" estate. As a child, she was friends with Jola and Immanuel, who turned out to still live next
door. Immersed in chaos and entropy, Olga is tired of coexisting with her roommate, Justyna, who prefers Ordnung. In order to improve their relations, Olga takes Justyna to the nearby Astoria bar – the meeting spot of the local fishing club "Perch.

  • Anna Płonka
    Director
  • Anna Płonka
    Writer
  • Maciej Śleciski
    Producer
  • Warsaw Film School
    Producer
  • Wiktor Malinowski
    Cinematography
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Leben
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    Polish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Warsaw Film School
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • International Film Festival New Horizons
    Wrocław
    Poland
    July 23, 2024
  • Kosice International Film Festival
    Kosice
    Slovakia
    Best Director Short Movie
  • Love & Hope International Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
  • San Francisco Frozen IFF
    San Francisco
    United States
  • FARO Concurso de Cinema Mediterrâneo e Mundial
    Faro
    Portugal
  • Berlin Indie Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
  • 49. Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
    Gdynia
    Poland
Director Biography - Anna Płonka

Ania Płonka, born 1989; visual artist and film director, graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and film direction at Warsaw Film School. Author of numerous video-art pieces, among which the most acknowledged were Posen (2017, which hadit premiere at ComingOut exhibition among the best graduation projects at Academy of Fine Arts) and I can’t stand myself, but I’m working on it (2018), both presented at festivals and exibitions in Europe (in London, Brussels, Naples, Milan, Cracow, Warsaw, and more) and in the USA (in New York, Portland and Los Angeles). She is also an author of documentary forms (Thank You Boy i Taki lajf) and fiction films - Love by Quarantino Prod. (2020), Let me in (2020) – presented, at HER Docs Film Festival, Praca nie uszlachetnia (2021), and Leben (2023).

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