Archive of films Tenants / Lokatorki

Poland
2015, 30 min

Section: Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow Section includes annotation
Year: 2016

Thirtysomething Justine buys an apartment at auction but she is thwarted from moving in by the previous tenant, who has no interest in giving up her abode so easily. Tenants presents a sometimes frosty contemplation of the line between the right to exist and common compassion, which can be just as fragile as the glass doors separating the entryway from the rest of the apartment.

Synopsis

Thirtysomething Justine tries to open the door of the apartment she just bought at auction and that should have been vacated long ago. But the key doesn’t fit the lock, and what’s even stranger is that when she tries to get in, the previous tenant – who has decided not to give up her abode – accuses her of breaking and entering. Stellar performances by the two lead actresses highlight the director’s sometimes chilly contemplation of the line between the right to exist and common human compassion, which can be just as fragile as the glass doors separating the entryway from the rest of the apartment.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

Klara Kochańska (b. 1984) is in her fifth year at the National Film School in Łódź, Poland. Her short films have been awarded at many festivals and have been presented on Polish TV. Her graduation effort Tenants took the Short Grand Prix at the 31st Warsaw IFF and the prize for Best Foreign Film at the 13th festival of student films in Hong Kong. At present she is in preproduction on her feature debut Cold Water.

Contacts

Indeks Film Studio
Targowa 61/63, 90-323, Lodz
Poland
Tel: +48 515 123 369
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.studioindeks.pl

Polish Film Institute
Leona Kruczkowskiego 2, 00-412, Warsaw
Poland
Tel: + 48 221 026 403
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.pisf.pl

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow

Director:	Klara Kochańska
Screenplay:	Klara Kochańska, Kasper Bajon
Dir. of Photography:	Zuzanna Kernbach (Pyda)
Editor:	Barbara Fronc
Art Director:	Anna Marzęda
Producer:	Marcin Malatyński
Production:	The Polish National Film Television and Theatre School
Cast:	Julia Kijowska, Beata Fudalej,Diana Zamojska, Sławomir Orzechowski, Paweł Królikowski, Joanna Drozda
Sales:	Indeks Film Studio
Contact:	Polish Film Institute

Guests

Klara Kochańska

Film Director

Zuzanna Kernbach

Director of Photography