Sashka
Director: Katarzyna Lesisz
Script: Justyna Bilik
Director of Photography: Michał Dymek
Producer: Agata Golańska, Polish Film School
Musician: Dominik Buczkowski
Editing: Cecylia Pacura
Sound: Rafał Nowak
Cast: Daria Polunina, Mateusz Król, Oksana Terefenko, Damian Ul, Arkadiusz Jakubik
Poland / Fiction / 26’ / HD / Color / 2018
Sasha, a young Ukrainian, receives a message about death of a man with whom she took a fictional marriage to get Polish VISA. The funeral of her husband gives her an opportunity to meet her beloved Piotr, who arranged her marriage years ago and decided to leave her with no explanation. Based on Etgar Keret's story.
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Katarzyna Lesisz was born in 1985, in Warsaw. Graduated from film directing at the National Film School in Lodz in 2017.
Filmography
Dancing for You 2018, Sashka 2018, A New Tomorrow 2017, Our Little Game 2015
Festivals Attended
Sashka: Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Spectrum Festival, Kameralne Lato, WAMA Film Festival, Festiwal Filmowy Opolskie Lamy, Krakow Film Festival (Polish Panorama)
Dancing for You: International Documentary Filmf Festival Amsterdam, Warsaw Film Festival
Awards
Sashka: Special Jury Prize – Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
Dancing for You: Best Children’s Documentary – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Contact: lesiszka@gmail.com