Grandmamauntsistercat

Zuza Banasińska

Poland, Netherlands 2024 / 23’

Forgotten Things It Rained Tomorrow Night

Awarded at the Berlinale, the found-footage Grandmamauntsistercat feels like a live report from an unusual lesson in "raising a family." Zuza Banasińska overpowers a strict teacher, steals teaching aids (in this case, communist-era didactic films made at the Educational Film Studio), and repurposes them, replacing the misogynistic undertones of the originals with a celebration of matriarchy. The result is an authentic thought revolution, all the more effective because it is carried out with a playful smile.

Piotr Czerkawski

awards

Berlin IFF 2024 - Teddy Award for Best Short Film
Go Short International Short FF Nijmegen 2024 - Best Short Film

Zuza Banasińska

Zuza Banasińska is a director and artist originally from Warsaw, now living in Amsterdam. Her works have been shown at venues such as the CCA U-Jazdowski Castle, the Brno House of Arts, and the Het Nieuwe Instituut. Banasińska's work is currently distributed by Video Power and EYE Filmmuseum. Her latest film premiered at this year's Rotterdam IFF and Berlinale, where it received the Teddy Award for Best Short Film.

Selected filmography

2018 I Didn’t Go to Crimea and All I Got Was This Alien Message (video installation)

2021 The House That Shadows Built (video installation)

2024 Grandmamauntsistercat (short)

Credits

director Zuza Banasińska

screenplay Zuza Banasińska

cinematography found footage

editing Zuza Banasińska

sound Zuza Banasińska, Constanza Castagnet

producer Zuza Banasińska

production Zuza Banasinska, Educational Film Studio in Łódź

sales Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych/Zuza Banasińska

language Polish

colouration colour & b&w