„These Damn Peonies” at the BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festival!
„These Damn Peonies” are about to embark on their first journey abroad! The comedy directed by Polina Biliaieva with cinematography by Zhan Zharoff will take part in the Bolton Film Festival, both BAFTA and British Independent Film Awards-qualifying festival!
Still from the film „These Damn Peonies”. Cinematographer: Zhan Zharoff
The Bolton International Film Festival is ranked in the top 10 short film festivals in the UK. The event boasts the prestigious Creative England CE50 certificate. BIFF is among the Top 20 best-rated and Top 50 most popular festivals in the world according to the FilmFreeway.
This year's edition will feature a subversive comedy from the Warsaw Film School, written by its director herself. The film tells the story of Rita, who is determined to finally experience her first orgasm before she turns twenty-five.
British viewers will watch our film on October 5 at 3:30 PM at Light Cinema Bolton Screen 3.
Stills from the film „These Damn Peonies”. Cinematographer: Zhan Zharoff
Earlier, however, „These Damn Peonies” will compete for awards in Poland at the Solanin Film Festiwal (screening: August 25, 11:15 AM, Nowosolski Dom Kultury) and in the Short Film Competition of the Gdynia Film Festival.
We hope that the intense search for pleasure led by Rita, the tireless heroine of our short, will win over viewers both in the country and abroad. We're keeping our fingers crossed!
Below you will find the logline and the list of the film crew of the short.
Poster by Paweł Białokozowicz
THESE DAMN PEONIES
Rita is 24 and she has never experienced an orgasm. Till her 25th birthday she decided to get it in any cost.
CAST: Adrianna Malecka, Kamil Szeptycki, Kaja Drzewiecka, Rafał Rosiak, Grzegorz Feluś, Paulina Krupa, Michał Krzywicki, Dagmara Brodziak, Artur Zudzin-Wiśniewski, Barbara Markowska
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Polina Biliaieva DOP: Zhan Zharoff EDITING: Zuzanna Ciosmak SOUND: Grzegorz Lindemann MUSIC: Roman Bogachkin, Amelia Hejduk PRODUCTION MANAGER: Maria Manista, Sonia Pawica, Marta Iwańska ARTISTIC SUPERVISION: Filip Hillesland, Mateusz Pastewka PRODUCER: Maciej Ślesicki PRODUCTION: Warsaw Film School
| Polina Biliaieva – Born in 1997 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She is a Warsaw Film School directing student since 2020. Graduated from Kharkiv State Academy of Culture with a directing diploma. Her film „Sonata for unaccompanied violin” was awarded in Film Festival Kinoko in Kiev. She gained an experience working on filmsets in Ukraine and Poland (“Sex Insta ZNO” dir. Antonio Lukich, “Dad” dir. Anna Maliszewska) as an assistant director. In Ukraine she also worked as a journalist for four years. Polina graduated Music School in Kharkiv with a violin degree. She put her hobby into practice by playing in the student orchestra for several |
Films by students of the Warsaw Film School are co-financed by the Polish Film Institute