Do You Hear Me?

Poland2024documentary17'Konkurs polski (2024)

Danusia lives alone. For years, each of her days has consisted of the same activities: cooking, looking at old photos and calling her grandson. Kuba, who is 17 years old, stays in a foster care facility. He is not really interested in his grandmother’s affairs as he is busy with his own life. Even when he comes to see her at Easter, he gets easily upset and leaves promptly. Danusia is left alone again. A poignant story about everyday lives of elderly people, who – even if they have families – face loneliness.

directed by: Magdalena Sienicka
Graduate of the SWPS University in Warsaw, majoring in Social Psychology and Cultural Studies. She has participated in numerous film workshops such as DOK-PRO at the Wajda School, storytelling and film image analysis at the Spekaers' Avenue Film School, Warsaw Next for young filmmakers and the IMPAKT programme organised by the Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation. So far, she has made several short films on the borderline of reportage and documentary. Her debut was the film ‘Cinderella’, about a young girl full of dreams, just out of ballet school. The documentary ‘How to become a doula’, showed four heroines from different parts of Poland who want to emotionally support pregnant women. A film about ‘Amazons’ presented a group of women who, despite traumatic life experiences and older age, are active and want to enjoy life. She has also made several workshop films.
cinematography: Magdalena Sienicka, Małgorzata Ząbkowska
script: Magdalena Sienicka
editing: Mateusz Powszedniak
production: Magdalena Sienicka
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