Kurzfilm
Synchronization
Anna Kasinska • PL 2019 • 20‘
DCP • plOF+eUT • Österreichpremiere
16.07.2021, 17:00 Leokino Double Feature with Énorme
In 2084, when the male sex is near extinction, four women wait for their menstrual cycles to synchronize. They all want to become mothers and there can only be one donor. When the day comes, Donor finally appears at their doorstep.
Director Statement: I’m not shying away from using strong stylistic devices like grotesque, I love to bend and flip realities, make little incisions on them. I’ll use anything to make us look closer and attentively on the fantasies that bring hope and joy. Synchronization introduces a secluded community of women who care for each other and on their own terms relentlessly build a shelter for next generations. For me, it’s soothing. The change is just behind the corner and it is the world without a patriarchy.
Director, Writer Anna Kasinska • Cinematography Zuzanna Kernbach • Edit Grazyna Gradon • Cast Agnieszka Grochowska, Joanna Brodzik, Karolina Porcari, Justyna Suwala, Tomasz Wlosok • Music Candelaria Saenz Valiente • Producer Joanna Ruta Baranowska, Anna Kasinska
Anna Kasinska (*1985), director, screenwriter and former producer based in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated in Culture Studies from Warsaw University and studied Film and TV Production Organization at Lodz Film School. She is an author of audiovisual and live performances (with i.a. Malta Poznan Festival, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw). For five years she was working as a producer and associate director for numerous shortand full-length features and documentaries. SYNCHRONIZATION is her first film as writer/director.