Homo Lesbomo
dir. Maria Nitek / 2023, Poland, 11' / Warsaw premiere
8.09.24
13:30
Kinoteka, plac Defilad, Warszawa, Polska
Director: Maria Nitek
Screenplay: Maria Nitek, Weronika Miziołek
Animation: Maria Nitek
Editing: Maria Nitek
Sound: Paulina Wyszkowska, Joanna Szczęsnowicz
Music: Antonina Nowacka
Producer(s): Agata Golańska
Production: Lodz Film School
World sales: INDEKS Film Studio
Language: Polish
Website: https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1262299
SYNOPIS
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Is the world of nature beautiful, harmonious and soothing, or dangerous, sinister and full of chaos? "Homo Lesbomo" is a satirical story about an island inhabited by unusual creatures. At first, it resembles a nature documentary, but over time it transforms into a psychedelic and ironic narrative about otherness and the ideas associated with it. The existence of non-heteronormative women has been erased from culture and history for years. Maria Nitek's film is an expression of the desire for visibility and an attempt to regain or create a lesbian heritage. The way in which the protagonists of “Homo Lesbomo” are presented refers to the depiction in European culture of the indigenous peoples of the land conquered by colonizers.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Koszaliński Festiwal Debiutów Filmowych “Młodzi i Film”, International Animated Film Festival Animator
MARIA NITEK
Born in 1996 in Warsaw, Poland. Student of Animated Film at the Lodz Film School, graduate of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She works with video production, including animated forms. She is fascinated by areas at the border of reality and dream, psychedelic and defying definition. She is interested in reportage and documentary cinema. Texts that reflect the perspective of minority groups, as well as contact with nature and non-human beings are important to her.
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