Director: Milena Dutkowska
Screenwriter: Milena Dutkowska
Director of photography: Igor Połaniewicz
Editor: Nikodem Chabior
Sound: Adam Sypka
Composer: Teoniki Rożynek, Marcin Markowicz
Production manager: Ernest Małkiewicz
Artistic supervisor: Filip Bajon
Cast: Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan, Krzysztof Dracz, Mateusz Biernat, Bartłomiej Firlet
Year of production: 2021
Running time: 24'
Cyprian, 10 years old orphan, raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly his grandmother dies and a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Now he has to confront with the real loss and realize what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering.
Festival screenings of the film:
43. Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2021 – in short films competition
15. Film and Art Festival Two Riversides, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, 2021 – in competition
46. Polish Film Festival, Gdynia, Poland, 2021 - in competition
12. "Camera Action" Film Critics Festival, Łódź, Poland, 2021 – The Main Award in the category of the best etude
26. International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience SCHLiNGEL, Chemnitz, Germany, 2021 – in competition
10. Festiwal Filmów Frapujących, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, 2020 – in competition
22. Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, 2021 - Bridging the Borders Award
28. Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival, Ann Arbor, United States, 2021 - Award for the best short film
75. Salerno International Film Festival, Salerno, Italy, 2021 - in competition
Harkat 16mm Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2021 – in competition
45. Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival, Selb, Germany, 2022 - Jury film Award "Eastern European Film"
27th National Film Festival "Prowincjonalia 2022", Września, Poland, 2022 - in competition
19. Węgiel Film Festiwal, Katowice, Poland, 2022 – Audience Award
62. Zlín Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín, Czechia, 2022 - Jury Award in the Live-Action Category
28. Palm Springs International ShortFest, Palm Springs, California, United States, 2022 - in competition
51. Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów, Poland, 2022 – in competition
18. BuSho Budapest Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2022 - in competition